"Mr. Li."
"Risheng."
"Eldest Son."
Li Ang strode towards his expectant Yizhou classmates. Chai Cuiqiao came trotting down from the pavilion, anxiously asking, "How did it go?"
"It's alright, I suppose," Li Ang replied with a slight smile and a wave of his hand. "It seems I've passed."
"Great!"
The thunderous cheers from the Yizhou scholars made everyone present turn to look.
A young scholar from out of town, who was over the age for entering the Academic Palace and had come to observe the ceremony, sourly muttered to his friend, "Who is this? Celebrating so joyfully now, I hope he's not one of those who couldn't answer and had to hand in his paper early to leave."
"Who would voluntarily leave during the final challenge of the Academic Palace?" his friend replied helplessly. "Besides, that person was second in the preliminary exam and first in the re-examination. Now he's the first one out again. It looks like this year's Academic Palace Top Scholar will be from Yizhou."
