Three days of non-stop exams were nerve-wracking.
Examinees were mentally exhausted, listless, and dragged their heavy feet out of the front gate.
Some were tormented by the exam questions to the brink of madness, crying loudly as they left the gate. Others couldn't bear the fatigue, collapsing on the ground, unconscious.
The common people in the Imperial City were used to seeing various reactions among the examinees. No one deliberately made a noise or pointed fingers.
Proctors maintaining order dragged those people away and focused their attention on the candidates coming out one after another.
Su Hu and his wife, Li Xiu'e, were there with their four slightly younger children.
Li Xiu'e reminded the children not to make a fuss and chat at the exam front gate.
The four children obeyed, following their parents closely and tiptoeing to look towards the main gate, hoping to find their brother among the crowd.
