Felix didn't dare to make the next move, even though he knew that Kenneth and Charles had been summoned to meet the emperor.

Questioned by the emperor and other ministers, Kenneth soon gave the game away. He didn't even know what the contents of the examination paper were, which infuriated the emperor.

"How dare you! Kenneth Huang, you'd better make an honest confession!"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Kenneth was scared witless, but he didn't dare to forget his manners in front of the emperor. He began to regret cheating in the imperial examination.

"Kenneth, tell me, how did you cheat?" Philip shouted, unable to contain his anger. He had worked in the Imperial Academy for years, but hadn't been put in an important position until recently. It was humiliating to him that Kenneth cheated under his watch.

"I... I... I didn't enter the examination compound. I paid someone to disguise himself as me and take the examination in my stead. I thought the seventieth rank would be enough. I wasn't expecting that he would land me in the top three." Kenneth was filled with remorse. He wouldn't have hired that man if he had known that he was so capable.

"The inspection was very strict. How did he disguise himself as you?" the emperor asked in shock.

Kenneth choked with sobs. "I paid a lot of money to have a mask made of human skin. After he put on the mask, he looked exactly the same as me, so he could pass the inspection."

"A mask?"

"The mask was difficult to preserve, and it was easy to be damaged. He wore it when he entered the examination compound

es suggested.

"Thank you for your advice. I appreciate that." With those brief words of mock courtesy, Felix left in a rage.

A smug smile spread across Charles' face. He thought to himself, 'Felix, you abandoned me ruthlessly as you thought I was no longer useful to you. Now that I've got the better of you, you finally know that I'm not so easily used.'

"You seem to be in a good mood, Prime Minister Charles." Franklin had been standing in the corner and watching Charles for quite a while. Charles kept giggling, which made him frown. Charles' daughter was as shrewd as a fox, so why did he act like such an ass?

Charles finally snapped back to reality. "Oh Grand Secretary Franklin. I'm sorry I didn't notice you."

"What were you thinking about? You were standing at the entrance of the palace, laughing a silly laugh," Franklin rebuked him.

The smile on Charles' face died away. "I'm sorry. I'll avoid doing that again."

Franklin turned to leave but stopped after a few steps. He turned back to face Charles and said, "Prime Minister Charles, I can see that the space between your eyebrows appeared black. Maybe a disaster is coming your way. You'd better be careful."

His words left Charles in a daze. It was rumored that Franklin had said the same things to a man who was later killed by a horse after leaving his house. So when Franklin said Charles would have a disaster, Charles took it seriously and cursed silently. In light of the offense he had caused to Felix and the empress, it was obvious that the two of them wanted to make reprisals.