Pei Xuanyun, without glancing to the side, interrupted his probing.
"They're all seasoned veterans of officialdom, why are they putting on airs with me?"
A storm is brewing; it's our duty to guard our respective offices and avoid any mishaps.
Hu Weiqian felt slightly relieved, shook his head and chuckled, with a hint of complaint in his voice:
"I'm afraid His Majesty will really listen to the Sixth Prince and make us old bones take the exam."
At my age, asking me to memorize those scriptures and commentaries would probably kill me.
"Why bother with the exams? Just retire directly; at least you'll save face."
Shen Zhongxiao, standing to the side, sneered and bluntly exposed his mistake:
"Old Hu, don't worry about the classics yet. With your ability to churn out a doggerel in three days, you'll never get past the poetry hurdle."
"Ha, you talk as if you're so capable, but your handwriting is terrible and lacks any style."
If I were the examiner, I wouldn't pass you after just one glance at your paper.
The two exchanged a few whispered words, which eased the tense atmosphere somewhat.
Shen Zhongxiao suppressed his smile, his tone becoming more serious: "Speaking of which, His Highness the Sixth Prince really surprised me today."
Hu Weiqian felt a pang of sympathy, saying, "Those few words were like sharp knives, and they still make my heart tremble to this day."
This matter appears to be far more than a simple case of cheating in the imperial examinations; breaking this deadlock will not be an easy task.
The Sixth Princess's method... was simply a complete reversal of the game.
It sounds like nonsense and utterly absurd, but in reality, the attitude is extremely tough.
That's fine, but the key point is that its core is extremely sharp: so what if there was cheating?
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, has it been as clean as a blank sheet of paper?
When has the imperial examination system ever been abolished due to cheating? It has continued to this day.
To be honest, this line of thinking is really...
Shen Zhongxiao glanced at Pei Xiang's calm profile and said, "Sixth Prince, you really are a man of few words but great deeds."
Pei Xuanyun remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he sneered.
Oh, you're surprised?
This is nothing.
If you were to lay out all the things that person did and the poems they wrote and tell them, I reckon these two people would be utterly astonished.
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