The day the imperial examination results were posted, countless scholars flocked to the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall, eager to see if their names had earned the honor of being listed.
However, the successful ones were always a minority.
More often than not, the majority were but small carps in the grand event of leaping over the dragon gate, struggling in vain without ever making the leap.
"I passed! I passed! I... Wait, my surname isn't Zhao! Why the hell isn't my surname Zhao?!"
"Who would've thought that even the grandson of a duke made it! How did I hear this guy has been mad since childhood, and that's why the duke has kept him indoors all these years, for fear he'd run amok causing trouble?"
"I just saw Cui Wentai from the Cui Family on the list too. But that lad's handwriting looks like dog scratches, could he really have passed?"
