Aftermath

The next morning, the whole of Yan Capital, from the various palace officials in their conference halls to the restaurants in big streets and small alleys. There was no one who was not talking about one name.

He was Fang Zhengzhi.

"An examination script with six sets, the whole six sets were finished in just four hours?!"

"Even if he did finish it, so what? Who knows if he just simply filled in nonsense? If it was nonsense, I could finish it too!"

"It was probably not nonsense, right? It was the Imperial Examination after all."

"Well then, have you seen anyone who finished all six sets of the examination script before? If it was not nonsense… How did he finish them?"

"Most likely…"

The East Palace, within the Royal Palace, was the residence of the crown prince for generations.