"You haven't slept yet."

"Waiting for you."

Song Chi put his hand on Su Mingyue's shoulder and said, "Tomorrow I will be pointed at and spitted at by thousands of people."

"Didn't I tell you that I would stay with you no matter what?" Su Mingyue hugged Song Chi.

The next day, it was just dawn.

Teams of runners came out of the yamen and headed to the places where the results were announced in the streets and markets. The policy essays and war manifestos written by Song Chi in the imperial examination were posted on the list. Each team was followed by a scholar sent from the Hanlin Academy.

Their task was to preach the articles written by Song Chi.

The people were illiterate and could only communicate through speaking. In fact, the real purpose was only one. Wenqu of the Great Zhou said that war was right and even wrote a call to arms.

In addition, there is one more thing to announce, that is, Song Chi has become the top scholar in front of the emperor!

The notice was posted everywhere, and the Ministry of Rites sent many people to publicize it on the streets. By the morning, the news that Song Chi had become the top scholar in the imperial examination had spread throughout the capital.

Everyone was talking about it on the streets, in the taverns and teahouses.

"Teaching war and defense strategies, preparing the entire nation for war... It turns out he became the first place in the imperial examination because he wrote such a strategic essay. It turns out he became the first place in the imperial examination because he wrote a conquest manifesto. How shameful!"

"The imperial court's forced conscription of soldiers and grain has already caused the people to suffer untold hardships. They are almost unable to survive, and yet he is still urging the entire nation to prepare for war?"

"Marquis Changfeng was stripped of his title, Duke Anguo was demoted, and he even advised Your Majesty to transfer Marquis Wu'an out of Youzhou."

"Marquis Wu'an was willing to offend the Prime Minister to protect him, and he could actually..."

"What's that? Marquis Changfeng once took him in, and he just stepped on him to get to the top, didn't he?"

"Despicable and shameless, talented but without moral integrity!"

When Song Chi's deeds became known, he was condemned and cursed by thousands of people.