"Examine the candidates for the Character Bing section—"
Outside the vermilion-lacquered gates of the Tribute Examination Hall, accompanied by the loud chanting of the officials from the Ministry of Rites, the studded doors slowly opened, revealing rows of neatly arranged examination cells inside.
Zhao Yan sat straight at the huanghuali wood desk in the center of the courtyard, tapping his fingers idly as he watched the candidates undergo inspection one by one and then file into their respective cells.
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