The constant warfare at the Northern Border did not affect the normal performance of this year's examinees.
After three sessions over nine days, Yuanbao emerged from the examination hall feeling relieved.
The crowd was overwhelming; Xu Dengke had to squeeze through for quite a while before he found Yuanbao and asked, "How do you feel?"
"Can't really say." Yuanbao was unusually modest, "It's alright."
Xu Dengke chuckled, "For you to say such a thing suggests the exam went well."
"It's useless for me to think it went well." Yuanbao waved his hand, "Only if it catches the examiners' eyes can it be considered good."
Although Song Wei was the chief examiner, there were eight examiners in total, and his opinion alone could not represent all. The combined tally from all eight examiners would determine the rankings and finalize the list.
