Chapter 530

Yue Fei once enjoyed extremely high public esteem, yet in the end, he was still gone.

When Huang Jin learned that Zhu Youjian had entrusted the imperial examination matters to Su Qiao, he truly breathed a sigh of relief.

The heavy burden on his shoulders vanished at once!

Even Du Du Yinxi smiled as he passed by and said to him, "Fuyuan, your luck is truly excellent; you've tossed the matter straight to Mr. Su. You can relax now."

"It is mainly because Your Majesty shows understanding toward his ministers."

Huang Jin, being quite cunning, did not answer; he deflected the topic elsewhere, as if he had not understood at all.

However, Du Du Yinxi knew he had understood.

He said nothing more, smiled, pointed a finger at him, turned around, and left the main hall.

Su Qiao was actually quite surprised as well; she never expected Zhu Youjian would have her take charge of the imperial examination matters.

However, she did not refuse.

The next morning, she went directly to the Viceroy Yamen of the Ministry of Rites and summoned the two Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Rites to hold a meeting!

Yes, exactly a meeting!

Regarding the changes to the imperial examinations and the points of attention, Su Qiao had already organized them yesterday.

What remained was to discuss the methods of implementation.

Su Qiao certainly would not do everything personally.

She estimated the officials of the Ministry of Rites would not want a commoner to meddle in every single aspect.

Not only would Su Qiao exhaust herself to death, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites, from top to bottom, would not only fail to feel grateful; instead, they would secretly curse her.

After all, that would make them appear utterly incompetent.

Therefore, Su Qiao's purpose in holding the meeting was to discuss how to implement the changes and then assign tasks one by one.

Later, she would only need to confirm there was progress and that no one was fooling her, and that would count as success.

Do not forget that Su Qiao, Wang Chengen, and Luo Luo Yangxing currently enjoy good relations.

The informants of the Eastern Depot scattered across the country, or the Embroidered Uniform Guard, could all bring her the latest news.

Therefore, Su Qiao did not worry at all that the officials of the Ministry of Rites would deceive her.

After spending a day arranging everything the officials of the Ministry of Rites needed to do and what needed to be delegated,

she simply and decisively went home.

As for reporting progress and such matters, having the two Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Rites come to her home to report would suffice.

The Left and Right Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Rites were both newly promoted by Zhu Youjian, young backbone forces.

They were young and energetic, and held the official rank of Fourth Rank, Senior Grade in the court.

Within the Ministry of Rites, aside from the Minister of Rites, Huang Jin, basically the two Vice Ministers were considered the highest in rank.

Su Qiao felt quite confident in them.

Luo Luo Yangxing also knew that Su Qiao had taken over the matter of the special imperial examination next year.

He had thought she would be busy for a very long time.

For more than half a month, she had not come to ask for his help again.

Since Luo Luo Yangxing did not come, Su Qiao certainly would not go to Zhudongshang Sect on her own initiative.

She would absolutely never act like a simp.

She would rather die than act like a simp; a simp deserves a miserable end!

Although Su Qiao also very much wanted to find the person behind the case.

However, unless the Embroidered Uniform Guard invited her or begged her to help, she would not go.

She would absolutely not go to Zhudongshang Sect on her own initiative!

Thus, for this period of more than half a month, Su Qiao once again resumed her relaxed and joyful pastoral life.

However, just as the Embroidered Uniform Guard discovered many new clues again.

But when the clues pointed intermittently toward Tianjinwei yet yielded absolutely nothing upon investigation,

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Luo Luo Yangxing truly flew into a rage, a fury that could not be suppressed at all.

Mainly because he felt ashamed!

Previously, when there were no connected leads, the Embroidered Uniform Guard getting stuck on a case

was somewhat understandable.

But damn it, now there are new clues.

Yet still, nothing was uncovered; it remained stuck.

When Su Qiao was around, the Embroidered Uniform Guard's investigation progress was incredibly fast.

Now that Su Qiao is gone, it has completely stopped moving.

It is simply too shameful!

Luo Luo Yangxing himself was a very determined person with ambition.

It would be strange if he were not angry now.

So inside the room, he had already smashed several tea bowls in succession.

Mr. Su, by the way, where is Su Qiao?

After calming down slightly, Luo Luo Yangxing asked his subordinate, "What is Su Qiao doing?"

"Mr. Su is resting at home now; it seems she said she wants to brew some wine to drink. She specifically bought several vines of the finest grapes from the Western Regions, and today she might be transplanting them at home."

The subordinate said cautiously.

Luo Yangxing was left speechless, his mouth agape.

He was overworked and irritable every day, while Su Qiao was planting grapes and brewing wine, living in absolute comfort.

This is inhuman!

In that instant, Luo Yangxing's mind went blank for a moment; he felt a bit envious!

"Sigh, I don't recall he should be busy with the special imperial examination and the reform of the civil service exams? How did he suddenly become idle?"

Coming to his senses, Luo Yangxing asked the gatekeeper with great confusion.

385, a stack of contracts!

The subordinate below hurriedly explained, "My lord, Mr. Su has been idle for a long time. He had already assigned the tasks to the various officials of the Ministry of Rites. Except for the two Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Rites who occasionally go to Su Fu to report the situation, Mr. Su is basically leisurely at home."

Hearing this, Luo Yangxing was somewhat dazed.

He truly did not expect Su Qiao to do such a thing.

Before, when he learned that Su Qiao had taken on the task of reforming the imperial examinations, he had secretly mocked him, thinking Su Qiao had become arrogant. This was a matter of offending people; surely many would oppose him and target him.

By then, Su Qiao would regret it, and might even beg him for help.

But who would have known that so much time had passed, yet there was not a single reaction.

Actually, there were reactions, but once most people knew it was Su Qiao, they gave up.

Because there are many smart people, and two or three years have already passed.

The scholar-official class of the Great Ming court basically all knew about Su Qiao's affairs.

The smart ones understood even better that Su Qiao's position was as stable as Mount Tai; to topple Su Qiao, one should not even think about it before Zhu Youjian's position was shaken!

Has Zhu Youjian's position been shaken now?

It is almost as stable as Mount Tai, and becoming more and more secure.

The smart ones knew that even if they came out and shouted a couple of times, it would be useless.

Instead, they would only anger Su Qiao and Zhu Youjian.

It is simply not a worthwhile deal.

It is better to stay quietly in the shadows; even if they don't leave a good impression, at least they won't end up on some blacklist.

As for the remaining fools who submitted memorials wanting to make a fuss.

They were very simply suppressed by Zhu Youjian.

Luo Yangxing naturally did not feel that many people jumped out to oppose, nor did he notice many people targeting Su Qiao.

Hmm, since Su Qiao has nothing to do, should I invite Su Qiao to go to Tianjinwei with me to help investigate the clues?

Luo Yangxing's mind raced, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

However, if Su Qiao is to be invited to go, something must be given in return.