"Nonsense, you just don't want to find me."
Luo Yurou pouted to express her dissatisfaction.
Song Chi remained silent. He had come to Shangjing City a long time ago but was deliberately avoiding meeting him because what he was going to do next might "disappoint" many people.
Duke Anguo Luochuannan has advised more than once that the Great Zhou should not attack the Northern Wei, but should focus on defense, and that the garrisons in various places cannot be mobilized. His Majesty is displeased by his frequent advice.
But he is a "war advocate". Once the article about the imperial examination is published, there will be an uproar. He is not there now to avoid embarrassment.
Song Chi is going to take a special path, a path that is not understood by others.
Of course it will be a lonely road.
Luo Yurou, unaware of the inner story, smiled and said, "Since we parted in Jiangzhou, you've become a different person. You've earned the title of Poet Saint and the great reputation of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Literary Music."
"It's all just empty reputation."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Do you remember what I told you?"
"What?"
"Look, you've forgotten everything."
Luo Yurou said dissatisfiedly: "You forgot what I said."
“You’ve said so many things, how can I know which one it is?
"I have a best friend, and I said I'd introduce you to her. We've already agreed that you'll let us eat your bottom."
Luo Yurou couldn't help swallowing her saliva. For a foodie, the chicken noodle soup made by Song Chi was really unforgettable. She had been craving it for a long time.
"Isn't this very simple?" Song Chi thought to himself that he would feed Luo Yurou before she ignored him.
"Let me tell you something in secret. My best friend is very beautiful. She's one of the four most beautiful girls in Beijing. She's even prettier than me, especially her figure... I really can't describe it."
As Luo Yurou was speaking, Song Ming came over and said directly, "With me here this time, there's absolutely no way you can win the championship."
"Do you still remember the one-year agreement we made in Ji County?"
Song Chi looked at him calmly and said, "I told you then that I would go to the capital in a year and defeat you in the imperial examination. I'll let you know that you are nothing in front of me!"
"you....."
Anger accumulated in Song Ming's eyes as he recalled the unpleasant things that happened in Ji County.
"Back then, you saw me as a thorn in your side and wanted to kill me. Now I've come to the capital and stand before you, yet you can't do anything to me."
This is really heartbreaking.
A year ago, he was the respected son of the Prime Minister, but now he is about to lose everything.
Song Ming took a deep breath and said, "I told you that the only winner of this imperial examination can be me. You are nothing in front of me!"
"Yeah?"
Song Chi smiled faintly. He had already seen three eunuchs coming over. The one leading them was a young-looking eunuch. Judging from his attire, he was from the palace, from the Imperial Household Department.
The originally noisy environment around them suddenly became quiet.
Although the leading eunuch was young, he held his head high and looked very arrogant.
He walked straight to Song Chi and unfolded the imperial edict in his hand.
"Go and tell the Minister of Rites, Master Pang, to come out and receive the decree."
The two eunuchs behind him immediately ran in from behind. Seeing this scene, the people around him looked even more confused. The first round of the imperial examination had just ended, and the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department came to convey the imperial edict, which must be related to the imperial examination.
What happened?
Lin Tianjiao walked over and asked quietly, "Do you know why you are here?"
Song Ming shook his head, but he had a bad feeling in his heart. He saw that the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict looked at Song Chi with a smile and a sense of respect.
Soon, Minister of Rites Pang Shichang, Right Vice Minister Shen Qi and others ran out with their robes in hand.
When Pang Shichang saw the eunuch delivering the imperial edict, he was shocked. The Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Qing had just taken away Song Chi's examination papers in the morning, and they came to deliver the imperial edict right after the examination was over. It seemed that the first champion of the Holy Front Examination in the Great Zhou was about to appear.
"Pang Shichang, accept the order!" the eunuch shouted and unfolded the imperial edict in his hand.
Pang Shichang lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, and the surrounding candidates and students also knelt down.
At this time, the eunuch spoke again: "His Majesty said, Song Chi, you are exempt from kneeling."
These words shocked everyone, and Song Chi, who was kneeling on the ground, looked surprised and confused.
Even a cabinet minister like the Minister of Rites had to kneel when receiving an imperial edict, but Song Chi was exempted from kneeling. What on earth did this guy do?
"The Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Qing inspected the examination hall this morning, and in the evening an imperial decree arrived, specifically exempting Song Chi from kneeling. This decree must be related to Song Chi, could it be..."
Lin Tianjiao, who was beside Song Ming, exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that this decree is to confer Song Chi the title of Saint Pre-Sage Champion?"
"The first place in the Holy Front?"
Song Ming was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Impossible. The title of Saint Champion is just a saying. Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no one has ever received this honor. How could he have gotten it?"
The two of them were whispering in the back, and Lin Tianjiao said in a low voice, "Besides this, I really can't think of what else it could be?"
It is said that the little girl of the Lin family is so smart that she is almost like a demon. The Lin family was just a small clan back then. It was Lin Tianjiao who helped her father get close to the prime minister, and only then did she become a general commanding a side.
Now it seems to be true.
Although the two spoke in a low voice, the eunuch Li Jing, who was delivering the imperial edict, heard it.
He screamed, "The Emperor, by the grace of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven, decrees: Song Chi is now conferred the title of Saintly Champion. This is my decree!"
It was just a short sentence, but it made everyone's jaw drop.
After the examination was over, but before any review was made, the emperor personally appointed the winner, who was known as the "Shengqian Huiyuan".
However, there had never been a champion before the emperor. The emperor generally did not pay attention to the imperial examinations, and there was no one worthy of being appointed.
They thought Song Chi would become the champion, but they didn't expect it to be in this way.
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