This year, as usual, the prefectural school only selected one hundred and fifty students, and of course, the Prince of Yizhou couldn't possibly finish reading all one hundred and fifty thick exam papers.
Moreover, the academics presented one hundred and eighty papers, from which one hundred and fifty were to be chosen.
Therefore, he only flipped through a few on the top, which were those ranking closest to the front. After looking them over, he asked, "Are there any controversial essays?"
After exchanging looks, the academics replied, "Your Highness, we have roughly ranked the papers, but everyone has different opinions, so it's normal to have some controversy."
The Prince of Yizhou then frowned, dropped the papers he held, and with a lifted chin said, "Then let me see the last ten papers."
"Yes."
Bai Shanbao's paper was among the last ten.
