Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration novel Chapter 371

Chapter 371: Special Agent 366 has turned into a commoner (12) at the third update

By this time, it was already April.

All the scholars who had participated in the palace examination had been summoned into the Imperial Palace, waiting for the Emperor to decree their final rankings.

Except for a very few individuals, these scholars were all extremely nervous.

Besides their nervousness, the entire Imperial City, along with the bureaucrats, had opened a betting pool.

"Grand Tutor, I heard you have placed a bet too?" a dignitary asked upon seeing the Grand Tutor, "Who did you bet on for the top position of the first grade?"

The Grand Tutor showed no embarrassment, "The fourth young master from the Ye Residence, Ye Shaohua."

The Grand Tutor was the most learned person in the entire court.

As an examiner for the metropolitan and palace examinations, his words suggested that this fourth young master must truly be extraordinarily talented.

The officials around him harbored their own thoughts.

The Third Prince even secretly met with Ye Jin and instructed her to get along well with Ye Shaohua.

Ye Jin was greatly surprised, "Your Highness, can my fourth brother really become the Number One Scholar?"

These days, she had specifically courted favor from Auntie Mei, who obviously wasn’t as warm as before, causing Ye Jin much distress.

In fact, she was still waiting for Ye Shaohua to fail miserably.

But unexpectedly, the Third Prince said such words, which took her by surprise.

"Now in the Imperial City, everyone is betting on the Number One Scholar, almost everyone is betting on your residence’s fourth young master, even the Grand Tutor has bet on him; this matter is a sure thing." After saying this in a hurry, the Third Prince left.

Just by his effort to personally convey this message to Ye Jin, one could tell how much importance he attached to this matter.

Ye Jin pursed her lips and made a decision in secret.

**

Within the Imperial Palace.

"Your Majesty, have you reviewed the policy essay by Young Master Ye?" An examination official, looking at the Emperor seated on the dragon throne, couldn’t help but speak with humility.

Duan Yunxiu squinted his eyes and glanced at that person, then put down the several sheets of paper in his hand, "Has there been a result for the dispute over the second to fifth positions expressed by my beloved subjects?"

They were discussing the rankings from second to fifth place.

This indicated there was no disagreement about who would be first.

The head eunuch waiting by the door knew who the top spot of the first-grade candidates would go to upon hearing this statement.

The examination official, looking at the policy essay just mentioned, was itching to read it again.

Aside from when the Emperor was but a prince, they hadn’t come across such a knowledgeable and well-argued essay.

However, since the man in question was the Emperor, an inscrutable sovereign, none of these officials dared to say anything. They simply reported that they had already drafted the list as planned.

"Three scholars from the first-grade, Ye Shaohua, Li Tianxu, Fang Yong."

Duan Yunxiu wielded his brush and wrote a line, and soon the names for the first, second, and third grades were posted on the Imperial Roll.

Ye Shaohua, along with the second-place and third-place winners, paraded through the streets in bright red robes.

She seldom wore such bright colored clothing, and in the red brocade robe, her skin appeared luminous as jade, her face the color of peach blossoms, leaving even the eunuch leading the horse stunned by the vibrant color for a long moment.

He thought that not only was this year’s Number One Scholar young in age, but his face was also rarely seen handsome.

The common people lining the streets wished they could follow along with the procession.

The second and third-place candidates following her were certainly not unattractive. Although the third-place winner was slightly older, the second-place winner was only twenty and was very handsome as well.

But compared to Ye Shaohua in front, they paled significantly.