There were more poor scholars, all of them shook their heads and sighed, and some even complained that God was unfair.
Li Shishi waited anxiously in Zuixinglou, hoping Du Yuntai would pass the imperial examination. Her heart was beating like eighteen buckets at this moment. The maidservant had not returned yet, and she didn't know whether the imperial edict had been issued.
Finally, the maid ran in breathlessly: "Miss, the imperial edict has been issued!"
Li Shishi was overjoyed: "Did Master Du win?"
The maid shook her head: "No, the first place winner is a man named Ding Tiancheng, not Mr. Du."
Li Shishi's heart sank. "So, what place did Master Du get in the exam?"
The maid shook her head again: "No one is on the list."
Li Shishi was shocked: "Impossible! With his talent, how could he not be on the list of Jinshi and Juren?"
The maid still shook her head: "I saw it clearly, I read it seven or eight times. Among the hundreds of names on the imperial list, there is only one named Du Yuntai."
Li Shishi slumped down in her chair. "How could this happen? How could this happen? Why didn't he win?"
Meng Gurao came to the Wende Hall with a sullen face to ask for an audience with Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan was just about to go to the harem to hang out for a while when he saw Meng Gurao coming in and said, "My dear Meng, the imperial edict has been issued. I have ordered it to be posted on the wall outside the Imperial College."
Meng Gu Rao sent over a test paper: "Your Majesty, please take a look at this first."
Zhao Huan glanced at Meng Gu Rao, bewildered as he took it. His expression immediately shifted from astonishment to surprise, then to anger. After reading the test paper, he kicked the table away. "Come here, tear up the imperial edict! This exam is void! Investigate it, investigate thoroughly! I will have those bastards who committed favoritism and cheating tortured to death!"
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