Within the Imperial Examination Hall.
After the candidates made their appearance, the stressful examination grading process began.
The papers of thousands of candidates were not graded by one person but by a series of examination administrators from various rooms.
After their review, those candidates disqualified were eliminated, and the others were further examined by higher-ranking officials.
After these two stages, the final papers recommended to the chief examiner were the cream of the crop.
In every study room, there was a mountain-like pile of examination papers.
"This one can't make it. How dare he take the examination with his incomprehensible composition?"
"This one... even has typographic errors... Wait, it's from the Royal Family. Let's lower the standards for this one..."
An examiner scrutinized the paper attentively.
