Nanny Deng broke out in a sweat, "Miss, thankfully you didn't suggest letting the young master retake the exam."
Yueyao laughed lightly, "Unless the Emperor issues a decree for cousin to retake the exam, no one has the right to demand that, and the Emperor would decidedly not issue such a decree." If the Emperor were to issue a decree for cousin to retake the exam, he would indirectly admit that there was favoritism and corruption in this session of examinations, and it would be foolish of the Emperor to do such a thing.
There was something else Yueyao hadn't told Nanny Deng: as long as big cousin's results in the palace examination were excellent, nobody would doubt him any longer; it was impossible to suggest that the Emperor himself was involved in favoritism and corruption.
Nanny Deng angrily said, "I don't know who spread such heart-wrenching rumors; they deserve to be sent to the Eighteen Levels of Hell."
