After the provincial examination, the results would be announced in mid-March, coinciding with the blooming of apricot flowers, thus the results list was also called "Apricot List".
After the Apricot List comes the palace examination, where Emperor Ning personally selects the top three, and no one can confidently say they will definitely become the top scholar.
So when Shen Ye boasted boldly in that moment, no one took him seriously.
Everyone merely saw him as an exuberant and reckless scholar, but no one would blame a young man for it. They would just smile kindly, maybe raise a cheer.
Perhaps because there were too many regrets in their own youth, this world always has a bit more patience for the young.
In the noisy crowd, Zhang Li rode the Qing Niu backward, writing the events of the moment into the Wordless Heavenly Scripture. No one knew he was the author of the Four Dreams of Bianliang, nor did anyone know a new story was about to emerge.
