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When Pei Yi and Xie Zhichan returned to Prince Yan's Mansion, Yang Zhuoyan was already waiting there.

Today someone came to his house to pick him up, saying that the Crown Princess of Prince Yan's Mansion wanted to see him. He followed without saying a word, thinking that the Crown Princess had another task for him to complete.

The person who came to pick him up took him to the side hall of Tingxueju, served him tea, and only told him to wait for a moment until the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess returned home.

Ever since Yang Zhuoyan decided to work with Xie Zhichan, his heart has settled down, so he is not anxious and just waits quietly in the side hall.

As soon as Pei Yi and Xie Zhichan walked into the gate of Tingxueju, the servant who went to pick up Yang Zhuoyan came to report that someone was already waiting in the side hall.

Pei Yi nodded and ordered, "Go and bring the person to the study."

Afterwards, he went directly to the study with Xie Zhichan.

As the two of them entered the study, another servant came to report that Young Master Hua had arrived.

Pei Yi then invited him to the study.

Hua Manxi has recently finished the work of making a list of new recruits. The current business of the Pei family army is mainly the training of new recruits. With Liang Qixing and Fan Xingyang around, it is not his turn to worry about these things.

Moreover, after so long, they were all concerned about how Pei Yi's health had recovered, so they sent him to visit Prince Yan's Mansion on behalf of the three of them.

Hua Manxi followed the servants of Tingxueju into Pei Yi's study. She saw that besides Pei Yi and Xie Zhichan, there was another unfamiliar face sitting inside. She didn't know who this person was, so she couldn't say much. She just asked, "Nandu, how are you doing recently? Yuheng and Daxing are concerned about you, so they sent me to ask about you."

Pei Yi didn't want Yang Zhuoyan to know that he had recovered. Once the news got out, someone would definitely ask who cured him, or some people would simply investigate. He didn't want anything that might bring danger to A Yuan to happen.

So he just nodded to Hua Manxi and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

After Hua Manxi got the hint, she felt completely relieved.

After meeting Xie Zhichan, he knew that Pei Yi's body could recover thanks to Xie Zhichan. He also remembered that it was Xie Zhichan who saved Liang Qixing's life and reconnected his arm. He respected her even more, even more than Pei Yi.

Xie Zhichan was worried about his chicken chop-like handwriting. Although he had become more familiar with ancient Chinese characters in the past few months, calligraphy is not something that can be achieved overnight. When he met Hua Manxi, he remembered that Pei Yi had said that Hua Manxi's calligraphy and paintings were both excellent and would usually be sold at sky-high prices if hung in Liuyanzhai. So he decided to let Hua Manxi take his dictation.

So I said to him, "I have something that I need you to write down. I'll say it and you write it."

Hua Manxi was a little confused. She glanced at Pei Yi and saw Pei Yi nodded. She knew that there must be something important, so she agreed to Xie Zhichan's request and sat behind Pei Yi's desk. She spread out a piece of fine bamboo paper, weighed it down with a paperweight, and waited for Xie Zhichan to dictate.

When Xie Zhichan began to dictate, Hua Manxi's writing became more and more lively, and the rice paper was soon covered with dense regular script. However, the more he wrote, the more frightened he became, and he took a quick look through it after he finished writing.

Looking at Pei Yi and Xie Zhichan, he was shocked and said, "Is this the answer sheet of this year's special examination?!"

Yang Zhuoyan was completely stunned. When he heard Xie Zhichan dictate the beginning of a policy paper, he was already stunned. He thought: Wasn't it my answer that the Crown Princess dictated? But how did the Crown Princess know it? And she memorized it word for word!

He came back to his senses when he heard Xie Zhichan's question.

He heard the Crown Princess ask him: "It took me a lot of effort to memorize it, am I remembering it well?"

He picked up the rice paper that Hua Manxi had just written in shock. The handwriting on the paper was even more elegant and handsome, but the contents on the paper were all written by him in the compartment of the Imperial Examination Hall, enduring the cold spring weather.

He nodded excitedly and said, "Every word is correct."

Xie Zhichan had no time to explain Yang Zhuoyan's doubts, so he just said to Hua Manxi, "There are two more copies. Take two more sheets of paper and write them."

Hua Manxi didn't know what happened in the capital during his trip. When he came back, he heard about what happened in the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion and the Princess's Mansion.

But obviously he didn't have time to understand the details of those things, and now new problems are waiting for them.

He nodded in response, took two more pieces of paper, weighed them down with the paperweight, and continued to write according to what Xie Zhichan said. The more he wrote, the more his brows furrowed. The level of the second answer sheet was obviously higher than the previous one, and it could even be said that it was close to the level of the top three. However, the level of the third answer sheet was very ordinary, and it could even be said that there were many incomprehensible parts.

Xie Zhichan asked him to write down these three answers from memory. It was obvious that this matter was related to the imperial examination. Throughout the history of previous dynasties, cases involving the imperial examinations were bound to lead to bloody storms.

Hua Manxi finished writing.

Xie Zhichan said to Pei Yi, "Take a look at it. Can you tell the difference? How about showing it to Lu Xiuzhu?"

Pei Yi's face darkened instantly. He took the two pieces of paper in front of Hua Manxi and glanced at Xie Zhichan: "Do you think I'm a reckless man who only knows how to wield a sword?"

Xie Zhichan touched her nose and said, "I don't think you are a reckless man." Although she did think so when she first saw his bearded image in Northern Xinjiang.

Seeing Pei Yi's dark face, he explained: "I just said it casually. I just thought that he was a candidate in this imperial examination after all, so his judgment might be more accurate."

Pei Yi just snorted lightly, lowered his head and carefully looked over the two test papers in his hands.

Xie Zhichan distinguished them for him: "The second answer is from Guo Yi, whom Young Master Yang mentioned, and the third one is from the last candidate of this year's high school."

Yang Zhuoyan exclaimed: "What?" Brother Guo Yi's and the last one?

He had just listened to Xie Zhichan reciting silently, and knew the level of the two test papers.

He looked down at the answer sheet in his hand again, and after a while his lips moved as he said, "But my answer is no worse than the last person!" There was an expression of incredible shock on his face, and it seemed that a terrible answer was about to come out of his mind.

Pei Yi's face was clouded with gloom. He was basically certain that the imperial examination in the 17th year of Jingde was a joke.

He looked at Xie Zhichan solemnly and asked, "Ayuan, have you memorized the household registration of this year's high school candidates?"

Xie Zhichan nodded.

Pei Yi sat face to face with Hua Manxi in front of the desk, took a new piece of paper and spread it on the table, and said to Xie Zhichan: "You read it, and I will write it."

Hua Manxi and Yang Zhuoyan looked at Xie Zhichan in amazement as Pei Yi wrote down what he had read. Soon, the paper in front of Pei Yi was filled with the names and hometowns of this year's high school students.

Hua Manxi stared at Pei Yi writing from the opposite side. He had heard of the noble families of many of the names listed above, but he couldn't figure out the connection between these people.

When Pei Yi finished writing, he saw Pei Yi frowning, obviously he had discovered something, so he asked him, "Is there anything wrong with this list?"

Pei Yi said with a heavy face, "Many of the successful candidates here are from the official families or aristocratic families of the Prince's Party. If I guess correctly, many of the other poor children have also entered the Ministry of Revenue controlled by the Prince's Party or filled vacancies in local areas."

Yang Zhuoyan was still wondering why he failed the exam. When he heard this, he didn't understand and asked, "Sir, what does this mean?"