While Song Lin stood there in a daze, Cao Li shot him a cold look, drew a stack of slightly aged paper from her bosom, and spoke in a clear voice:
"I, Cao Li, am a commoner. This is the original manuscript of *An Essay on the Situation of Great Chu and Northern Qi*, written half a year ago. I beg Your Honor to examine it."
The Prefect ordered the legal secretary to take the papers and compare them side by side with Song Lin's palace examination essay. The Prefect's tightly furrowed brow never relaxed, while the crowd gathered outside the court began to buzz with discussion.
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