Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 917: Passed the Exam

After half a stick of incense.

Feng Hao and Fang Tianyi, neatly dressed, finally came out of the house.

The two of them have already made it to the end and are no longer secretive about their relationship like before. They are now openly holding hands and look very sweet to each other.

Gu Chan sighed and said, "Ms. Fang, if you want to live longer, it's best to separate from him and stop being so intimate with him."

"No, I just want to tell everyone that I am the wife of the top scholar." Fang Tianyi said stubbornly.

"Feng Hao, are you planning to kill everyone in the Feng family?" Gu Chan sneered.

Feng Hao stretched out his hand and pushed Fang Tianyi away and said, "Miss Fang, let's keep our relationship secret for now! I'll tell you when I come back from patrolling the streets."

"What? You want to deny it just because you put on your pants?" Fang Tianyi said with a frown.

"Silly, I'm doing this to protect you and everyone in the Fang family!" Feng Hao said angrily.

Fang Tianyi stared at him, feeling so aggrieved that she was about to cry.

Feng Hao gently reached out his hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes, then put his mouth close to her ear and whispered, "Don't worry, you are the only one in my heart."

"Yeah!" Fang Tianyi responded happily.

Then the four of them left Yuanyang Tower together and walked towards the inn over there.

On the way there, Fang Tianyi was obedient and did not act too intimate with Feng Hao, but from the look in her eyes when she looked at Feng Hao, it could be seen that she had fallen deeply in love with Feng Hao.

Gu Chan saw it all and lamented in her heart.

Being the wife of the number one scholar is not easy. From the very beginning, Fang Tianyi was attracted by Feng Hao's talent and family background. Even now that things have come to this, she took the initiative to approach him.

She didn't believe that Feng Hao really loved Fang Tianyi, and she didn't believe that they would have a good ending.

But now Fang Tianyi was already deeply involved in it, and no matter how much she tried to persuade him, it was useless, so she simply gave up.

Soon after, the four of them arrived outside the inn.

The people who had been waiting outside the inn immediately came forward to congratulate Feng Hao.

When Guo Yu saw Gu Chan coming, she quickly came up and praised, "You are really amazing. Everyone has been looking for Master Feng for so long but couldn't find him. Only you can find him."

"Oh my god, don't be like this! It's not a big deal, don't praise me for everything I do." Gu Chan said awkwardly.

"If someone likes you, why shouldn't you praise you? When a woman likes you, she will think you're good no matter what you do. Otherwise, when she doesn't like you, even your breathing is wrong." Feng Hao said jokingly.

Gu Chan smiled without saying anything, admitting that Feng Hao was right.

She herself is a woman, and she knows best what each woman's state is when she likes or dislikes someone.

The leading official dispersed the people who came forward to curry favor with Feng Hao, and said respectfully, "Mr. Number One Scholar, please put on your robes and get in the sedan chair!"

"Thank you for your hard work." Feng Hao said with a smile.

After saying that, he reached into his sleeve, took out a silver note of 100 taels, and stuffed it into the official's hand. The leading official immediately smiled from ear to ear, and quickly took out the top scholar's red robe, personally put it on Feng Hao, and then respectfully helped him get into the sedan chair.

After Feng Hao got on the sedan chair, the leading official looked at Gu Chan and said, "Mr. Xu, you should get on the sedan chair too! The big sedan chair next to it is prepared for you."

"No need for that! Why should I follow the number one scholar when he's on patrol? I fought that gold-eating beast last night just to protect myself, there's no need to make it such a grand affair." Gu Chan said with a wry smile.

Everyone standing around was also stunned.

Logically speaking, even if Gu Chan had fought the gold-eating beast last night and made great contributions, this was different from the top scholar's street parade! No one could figure out what the Imperial Academy meant by bringing two sedan chairs over and asking Gu Chan to go on the street parade with them.

The leading officer was startled when he heard this, then he slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, everyone. I was so busy waiting for the number one scholar that I forgot about Master Xu."

"What's the matter, Mr. Xu?" Guo Yu asked.

"Everyone, after being reviewed by the academicians of the Imperial Academy, submitted by the six ministries, and approved by Her Majesty the Queen, the third place winner of the first class of this year's spring examination is Mr. Xu Xian, recommended by Prince Leng." The leading official hurriedly took out the second red edict announcing the good news and shouted.

Everyone present was stunned where they were, their eyes wide open in shock, unable to contain themselves.

Even Gu Chan was confused.

Dry!
She wrote nonsense in the examination room as if she was writing a novel, and she still got third place?
In the ancient imperial examination system, the third place in the first class is called Tanhua, right?

She... could actually get the third place in the exam?

The leading official saw Gu Chan's dumbfounded look and couldn't help laughing and said, "Mr. Xu, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and accept the imperial edict."

"No, did you make a mistake? Is there a candidate in the examination room this year with the same name as me, also called Xu Xian?" Gu Chan asked after coming back to his senses.

"Don't worry, there is absolutely no mistake. You are the third in the first class approved by Her Majesty the Queen herself. Didn't Her Majesty see you last night? How could she make a mistake?" said the leading official.

Gu Chan suddenly realized and said, "Could it be because I dealt with the gold-eating beast last night and saved many civilians in Kyoto, so the Queen made an exception and approved my third place because of this?"

"That's not the case. If your article is not well written, it is impossible for all the academicians of the Imperial Academy to think it is good and submit it to the six ministries. If the people in the six ministries think it is not good after reading it, they will not submit it to Her Majesty the Queen!" explained the leading official.

"Uh..." Gu Chan opened her mouth stupidly, not knowing what to say.

Damn it! She felt as if she was dreaming.

Guo Yu happily held Gu Chan's arm and said, "Mr. Xu, just rest assured and get on the sedan chair! If the empress really wanted to reward you because of what happened last night, she would have given you a military-related official position instead of personally appointing you as the third place in the imperial examination!"

"That's right, Mr. Xu, you are very talented in writing. You should be confident in your own articles." The leading official echoed.

"Master, please quickly receive the imperial decree and get into the sedan chair!" Xuan Xiao urged.

All the people standing around came forward to congratulate her, thinking that Gu Chan did not become the third place in the imperial examination because of what happened last night, but because the articles she wrote were indeed capable of getting her admitted!
Gu Chan gave a dry laugh before suppressing her trance. She silently reached out to take the imperial edict, then took out silver bills from her sleeve and gave them as rewards to the officials.

The leading official brought the red robe for the top scholar and put it on Gu Chan, just like before, and helped her get into the sedan chair.

Afterwards, the team of officials who came to announce the good news, carrying two large sedan chairs, took Gu Chan and Feng Hao and began to patrol the streets.

Guo Yu and Fang Tianyi stayed in the inn waiting. At this moment, they were both very happy because the men they liked had passed the imperial examination.