After all 180 names were announced, Fang Zhengzhi's name was not on the list. Hence, the result was obvious. Fang Zhengzhi had failed.
Su Donglin had not gone far. When he saw that Fang Zhengzhi's name was not on the Second-Class Roll, he turned to look at Fang Zhengzhi.
"Congratulations!"
"Same to you!" Fang Zhengzhi replied casually.
"Same?" Su Donglin did not know how to react. His tone was obviously sarcastic, but Fang Zhengzhi did not seem to understand.
Just as he was about to say something, a maid beside him gave him a look.
Su Donglin shut his mouth again.
However, he snorted coldly in his heart, "I'll let you be complacent for a while longer. When the List of First-Class Rankings is released, I'll see if you still have the face to stand here!"
…
After Qin Yumin finished announcing the Second-Class Ranking, he waited for a while. When everyone's emotions had more or less calmed down, he let out a heavy cough.
"I believe everyone knows that the Chief Examiner for the Imperial Examination this time is Han Changfeng himself. Furthermore, due to the Emperor's unparalleled favor, he has sent King Duan and the Ninth Prince to oversee the examination together."
"Now, may I invite Lord Han to reveal the First-Class Ranking List for everyone!"
After Qin Yumin finished speaking, he respectfully looked towards the Imperial Library. The other imperial messengers and soldiers also became serious.
Just as Qin Yumin finished speaking, another group of people walked out from the entrance of the Imperial Academy.
The person in the lead was dressed in a white luxurious robe. There was a golden beast pattern embroidered on his robe, representing his identity. This beast pattern was the symbol of the Great Xia Dynasty's army.
In the entire Great Xia Dynasty, only King Duan Lin Xinjue, who was in charge of the military, could embroider such a picture on his clothes.
There was also a young man standing on Lin Xinjue's left. He looked to be a few years younger than Lin Xinjue, probably in his early twenties. He wore a green robe with an ink lotus seat embroidered on it.
His complexion was extremely fair and clean, and he had a scholarly temperament. However, he seemed a little too refined …
Even though the young man was walking on Lin Xinjue's left side, Qin Yumin was still able to catch a glimpse of King Duan. The imperial messengers of the Imperial Academy, and even the descendants of the aristocratic families, did not even bother to look at him.
Even Han Changfeng, who was dressed in a white official robe and walking to the right of Lin Xinjue, received far more attention than this young man.
"Welcome, Your Highness Duan Wang. Ninth Prince, Lord Han! "When Qin Yumin saw them, he immediately led the monster trainers and bowed.
When King Duan saw this, he nodded his head lightly and turned to look at Han Changfeng, "Official Han, please open the First-Class Roll?"
"Alright!" Han Changfeng did not delay, but walked quickly to the front of the roll stone.
He took out a black square box from his bosom and opened it.
He didn't say much and directly pressed the square black jade into the First-Class Roll's Roll Stone.
In an instant, the List of Honor emitted a golden light, as dazzling as the sun in the sky. The entire sky seemed to be dyed gold.
All the examinees were blinded by the piercing light.
However, no one closed their eyes. Because, they all wanted to see who would make it onto the First-Class Roll of the Theory Examinations this time.
Su Donglin did not look at the Roll Stone. Instead, he looked at Fang Zhengzhi. He did not think that his name would be on the List of Honor.
Fang Zhengzhi was looking.
However, his expression was still relaxed.
Very quickly, names began to appear on the Roll Stone. Then, gasps of shock rang out.
"Xing Qingsui!"
"I did not expect Xing Qingsui to be on the List of Honor?!"
The first voice was filled with shock, the second voice was filled with doubt.
This seemed like a good thing.
However, everyone's attitude towards this good thing was different. Xing Qingsui's name appearing on the List of Honor meant that he would not be in the top three.
Then...
Who could suppress Xing Qingsui?
Su Donglin?
A name quickly appeared in everyone's mind. Then, they found Su Donglin on the List of Honor.
"Su Donglin is also on the List!"
"What... what is going on?"
The crowd looked at each other in disbelief. Who could suppress Xing Qingsui? In the entire Imperial Examinations, the only person they could think of was Su Donglin.
However, Su Donglin was on the List of Honor.
This made everyone a little confused …
The advanced stages of the Heavenly Reflection State was one of the best in this Imperial Examinations.
Who else could suppress Su Donglin?
Most importantly, it wasn't just one person. There were three people whose results surpassed Su Donglin's.
"Congratulations Young Master Su!"
A voice rang out from the crowd.
However, to Su Donglin's ears, it was as if he was being pricked by a needle. His face darkened.
Su Donglin's fists were clenched so tightly that they turned white.
The person who said this was Fang Zhengzhi.
Furthermore...
When Fang Zhengzhi said this, his expression was filled with sincerity and innocence.
It was as if he was congratulating a friend.
Su Donglin wanted to explode, but he controlled himself. He realized that Fang Zhengzhi seemed happy, and not dejected at all.
"Is he on the List too?!"
As Su Donglin thought about this, he finally looked at the ranking board.
Then, he realized that Fang Zhengzhi's name was not on it.
"Hahaha … Then, I must congratulate Young Master Fang for failing again!" Su Donglin finally found the last shred of comfort in his depressed heart.
No matter what, he was on the List of Honor.
But Fang Zhengzhi?
However, he still failed to pass the exam.
Su Donglin's voice drew the attention of the crowd. Just as Su Donglin had said, Fang Zhengzhi's name was not on the List of Honor again.
Top three?!
That was a joke.
As the saying goes, the more you do, the more mistakes you make. Even if it was the exam paper with the highest score among the six comprehensive exam papers, it was absolutely impossible for it to be as meticulous as the person who only did one exam paper.
"Nangong Mu is not there!"
"Nangong Mu's name is missing!"
Someone in the crowd finally remembered that there was another person who came from afar. He was Nangong Mu, someone from the Nangong Family.
Most importantly, Nangong Mu had an elder brother.
His name was Nangong Hao, the top talent of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Would such a person fail the exam?
Of course not.
Then, there was only one thing. Nangong Mu was in the top three. Furthermore, he was likely to top the Theory Examinations.
The gazes of all the courtiers once again gathered on the young man in the shadows under the tree.
That plain and unremarkable shirt and that plain and unremarkable face became incomparably dazzling at this moment. A light breeze blew past, causing the white ribbons on the young man's head to flutter.
"No wonder he is Nangong Hao's brother!"
"With a talented brother like Nangong Hao teaching him personally, it would be a shame if he could not get into the top three."
"I heard that Nangong Mu had the ability to pass the Imperial Examinations two years ago. However, he gave up."
"It seems to be because of Chi Guyan. But no one knows why."
The discussions did not seem to affect Nangong Mu at all. His gaze was calm, so calm that there was no light in it.
"Why do I feel like... the List of Honor is missing a name?!"
Just as all of the officials were focused on Nangong Mu, a gasp rang out in front of the roll stone.
Missing a name?!
This sentence sounded ambiguous, but it attracted everyone's attention. Then, they quickly understood the meaning of this sentence.
There were 20 names on the List of Honor. Excluding the top three, there should be 17 names.
But...
There were only 16 names on the List of Honor?!
"One name is missing!"
"It's not a name, it's a person!"
"Could it be that we missed one?"
Everyone's faces were filled with doubt, and their gazes naturally gathered on Han Changfeng.
However, Han Changfeng's expression did not change.
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