The Song Mansion hosted guests, with Song Lingsu and Song Lingjie, as the main attractions, being the busiest figures. They first made an appearance among the women, receiving a heap of praises and after showing their faces, followed the elders in entertaining the male guests and contemporaries invited over.
It is worth mentioning that the top scorer of this grand exam, Fu Shixian, who is the eldest grandson of Grandmaster Fu, also came with his grandfather and is now talking with Grandmaster Fu and Song Zhiyuan.
"Xiu Yuan is the top scorer, and the Grand Tutor didn't host a banquet to celebrate. Our family, on the other hand, is quite ostentatious, letting you have a laugh at us," Song Zhiyuan said, with a tone of embarrassment.
He was referring to Fu Shixian's courtesy name, who stood up, cupped his hands and replied, "Prime Minister, you overpraise me. I merely got lucky, far less than Huaiyan and the others."
