"Second class, seventh place, Li Wen Li, step forward to pay respects."
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"Second class, eighth place, Zeng Gongliang, step forward to pay respects."
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Afraid of having an "urgent" matter as happened during the last palace examination, Su Ke didn't dare to drink a drop of water before leaving the house this morning. Combined with having been made to drink lots of wine yesterday, Su Ke's voice started out smooth, but by the middle of the roll call, he felt a bit of dryness in his throat. After announcing all four hundred-plus Jinshi scholars, his throat felt like it was smoking.
And now, it was already noon.
Su Pan'er had long since slipped back unnoticed to the Imperial Harem's Palace. There would be plenty of chances to see Ke'er tomorrow.
