254 Top of the Honor Roll (First Update)

The Emperor was in Jinluan Hall, reviewing the examination papers of the candidates. The Minister of Rites, the Chief Eunuch of the Honglu Temple, and several Grand Scholars of the Cabinet were all present.

Although the papers had been corrected by several people, the Emperor would still question them if he had doubts.

All of them were extremely tense, especially the Chief Eunuch of Honglu Temple.

Of course, the papers presented to His Majesty were not all clean. They had intentionally mixed in papers from candidates they wanted to promote from each faction. These candidates were not necessarily weak, as those who performed poorly could not even make it to the Palace Examination.

They feared the Emperor might not favor the selected candidates and single them out for elimination, reselecting from the papers of those ranked after the 20th. This happened rarely, but it was not unprecedented.