Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and the day of the posting of the examination results arrived. Lin Anyu had still not appeared.
The Emperor had not mentioned a single word about her, and Su Wanzhao had been quietly keeping to herself in the family shrine day after day. The Capital remained calm, without a ripple, as if that night had been nothing more than a fleeting dream experienced by Weimo.
At dawn, with the sky just beginning to brighten, the wall outside the Tribute Examination Hall was already packed with students awaiting the results. Some wore brocade robes and jade belts, others were in simple cloth garments and straw sandals. Hundreds of people shoved and surged toward the red-lacquered wall; someone’s boot was trampled off, triggering a burst of curses.
Chapter 103