Recap: As we saw last time, after Li Rufeng's relentless efforts, the rice seedlings finally stopped going on strike. But no sooner had this matter settled than a fresh batch of trouble came knocking.
Li Rufeng thought he could peacefully grow his Spirit Rice, but who could have foreseen that the Third Princess would hatch another one of her schemes.
On the fifteenth day of the sixth lunar month (July 6th), the sun hung scorching hot over the Imperial Academy's examination grounds, as if someone had heavily spiked it with fiery liquor.
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