The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 169

Chapter 169: 115 Perfect Answer Sheet! (Two updates in one)

Lin Chengye began writing vigorously.

Feng Lin, in the back row exam room, couldn’t help but chuckle a couple of times after seeing the questions.

When Xiao Liulang tutored Lin Chengye, he eavesdropped in, and when Lin Chengye was afraid of Xiao Liulang, he would sometimes go through the test papers himself. If he thought there were no problems, he would only then show them to Xiao Liulang.

In this back-and-forth way, he managed to memorize the “Classic of Filial Piety.”

If it weren’t for the strict discipline of the examination site, Feng Lin would already be humming a little tune.

Just from this one examination, the difficulty of the examiners’ questions was simply nothing compared to the devilish difficulty that Xiao Liulang made them endure.

Other candidates were not as calm as the three of them. They didn’t expect this year’s questions to be beyond the scope of their usual study materials. This was killing them!

However, those who could make it to the provincial examination generally had a pretty resilient mentality. Although they were screaming and roaring in their hearts, they just gritted their teeth and kept writing.

This year’s autumn heat was intense. It was already very hot when they entered the day before, but today was even hotter.

The examination room was narrow and poorly ventilated. Not long after the exam started, the students were already sweating profusely.

The bolder candidates started to disrobe. Though it didn’t look proper, the discipline of the exam site has always been that as long as they didn’t cheat, the examiners would even ignore them if they defecated or farted.

By noon, when the sun was directly overhead, the examination room got much hotter. All the candidates felt like they were being roasted on an iron plate.

Finally, a candidate from the provincial city fainted from heat.

This candidate, being from a wealthy family and never having suffered before, was not as resilient to high temperatures as those candidates born from poorer families, who were used to hard physical work.

The proctor was keeping an eye on him. He better wake up on his own, because once someone carries him out of the exam room, he will not be allowed to return to the site.

After waiting a while, the candidate still didn’t respond, so the proctor had to call the guard to take him outside for medical attention.

As soon as the guard took him to the door of the Imperial College, he woke up. He cried and pleaded to return to the test, but the rules of the examination site would not be broken for anyone, not even if it were a prince.

Therefore, the Imperial Examination demanded many things from candidates. Not only was a strong mentality necessary but a healthy body as well. Otherwise, they would not be able to withstand the high pressure of the examination.