As soon as the palace examination began, Shi Yu's attention was drawn back to the palace.

However, she still didn't forget to talk to Gua66 in her mind.

Shi Yu, [Gua66, look, among this group of test takers, my eldest brother is the best-looking.]

Although my dad is a terrible person, he's at least good-looking.

Look at the five of us siblings, not one of us is ugly.

Hehehe, standing out from the crowd.

[Gua66, look how calm my older brother is! He can answer all the questions these people are asking.]

...

Shi Yu kept praising her older brother to Gua66.

While answering the questions below, Cheng Xi unconsciously clenched his hands.

He raised his handsome and confident face and answered the question with great calmness and composure.

His adorable little sister praised him so highly.

If he doesn't perform well, wouldn't he disappoint her?

Therefore, he must do his best no matter what!

The palace examination was extremely boring.

However, Shi Yu always manages to find something fun.

Because every time a candidate comes out to answer a question, she and Gua66 start gossiping about it.

For example:

Shi Yu, [Quickly search this person (Gua66) to see if there's any gossip about them?]

Gua66: [Oh, Yuyu, this person has rather unusual tastes.]

Upon hearing that he had unusual hobbies, Shi Yu immediately became excited.

What kind of fetish do you have? Tell me quickly!

Gua66: [He likes women older than him, feeling he can receive emotional support from them.]

He didn't care much about his wife, but he was very attentive to the wet nurse she hired for their child.

[The two started an affair while his wife was having a baby.]

[I even brought it with me when I went out to take the exam.]

Shi Yu: [Wow, that's awesome! I admire him. Why didn't he just dig one out of the grave? That would definitely be old and worn enough.]

Oh dear, he's finished answering the questions, but he's blushing and out of breath and can't answer any more.

Did you overexert yourself last night and get exhausted? Hahaha...

Shi Yu's laughter was loud and cunning, and everyone in the hall could hear it.

The candidate who answered the question was no exception.

He listened to the voice in his mind and felt the strange gazes around him.

If it weren't for a strong will, he would have already urinated and knelt on the ground by now.

He had no interest in answering the questions that followed and was unable to continue.

He could only utter the words "This humble commoner is not talented enough" before hastily retreating back into the queue.

He kept his head down, afraid of being targeted by the voice in his mind again.

If you get targeted by that voice again, forget about becoming an official.

Whether his family can prosper after he goes back is a huge question.

One candidate went down, and another candidate walked up cautiously.

There's no way around it, Shi Yu is just too good at gossiping.

No one is without fear.

Besides, as human beings, who hasn't done some bad things in their life?

The examiner's trembling appearance immediately caught Shi Yu's attention.

Shi Yu, [Gua66, look at this examinee, why is his body shaking so much?]

[My big eyes can see right, can't they?]

Gua66, [Yuyu, of course you didn't read that wrong.]

As for why this candidate was shaking, I think it's because he had done something wrong.

Shi Yu, [What did you do wrong? What wrong thing did you do?]

Gua66: [Yuyu, this student has a younger sister who is incredibly beautiful.]

His sister fell in love with a servant.

He disagreed because he wanted to marry his sister off to an official in exchange for his own career advancement.

So they conspired with the official to kill his sister's lover and bury him in the wilderness.

His sister was heartbroken and hanged herself after learning what had happened.

Shi Yu, [So he's a murderer. No wonder he's so guilty.]

...

Shi Yu and Gua66 chattered away for a long time.

Half of the candidates who came to participate in the palace examination were not clean.

When the final results of the palace examination came out, they were truly astonishing.

Because, apart from Shi Chengxi, who truly deserved the first place.

The other top scholars, such as the second-place scholar, the third-place scholar, and the third-ranked scholar, were not among the top few in the provincial examination.

This result is truly baffling.

On the main street, the top scholar paraded through the streets.

The capital city was bustling with activity that day.

Many daughters of officials who usually stayed at home came out to join in the fun.

Those who rank in the top few today are very likely to be their future spouses.

Along the street, flowers and women's sachets and handkerchiefs were thrown at the top three scholars: the first, second, and third place winners.

However, the main problem was that when things turned out this way, things turned out differently.

The second and third place winners were mainly due to their close relationship with Shi Chengxi, which was an incidental result.

Shi Yu was kept behind by Emperor Tai'an for a while, and came out a little late.

By the time she caught up with her elder brother's procession, the streets were already packed with people.

Shi Yu rode his big dog, struggling to walk among a group of adults.

She had considered using a spatial skill to teleport directly to Shi Chengxi.

But today is her older brother's special day, and Shi Yu decides to be an obedient and good younger sister, not to steal the spotlight from her older brother.

Just as Dang Yu was thinking this, the crowd around him suddenly parted to make way.

Shi Yu hadn't yet realized what was going on.

Suddenly, a large hand reached down from the horse's back, lifted Shi Yu up, and carried her onto the horse.

"Big brother!" Shi Yu's pretty and delicate face was full of joy when she saw Shi Chengxi.

Her older brother is such a caring and considerate man.

Who knows which woman will benefit from this?

"Big brother will take you horseback riding through the streets," Shi Chengxi said.

He even took the scholar's flower from the scholar's hat and pinned it on Shi Yu's head.

Shi Yu raised her little hand to touch the bright red flower, and was very happy.

“My brother gave me the flowers, but what about him? His hat is empty.” Shi Yu said.

"It's the same whether there are flowers or not," Shi Chengxi said.

"Let's go, let's go parade through the streets together."

"Hehe..." Shi Yu was delighted to hear this.

"Oh, great! Let's go parade together!"

The women who had been optimistic about Shi Chengxi along the roadside were heartbroken.

They couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

"What a handsome and promising young scholar, how come he got married so soon?"

"That's right, the children are all so big now, the lady should still be alive."

"If the top scholar has no chance, then we can only give the flowers to the second and third scholars."

...

And so, the young women began to change their targets.

They all took flower sachets and handkerchiefs and threw them at the second and third place winners.