The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl

Chapter 226: The Peacock Girl Appears

Chu Miaoyun’s appearance instantly caused a stir among those present.

The Imperial Doctor Mansion has been highly favored by the Emperor in recent years, especially since Grand Doctor Chu cured Emperor Longteng’s chronic headache, and Emperor Longteng showed great affection for everyone in the Imperial Doctor Mansion.

Chu Miaoyun is Grand Doctor Chu’s beloved daughter, and with her remarkable beauty, her earlier acts of distributing porridge have earned her a good reputation in Purple Cloud City.

Many officials’ offspring couldn’t help but take a few more glances at her, barely concealing their admiration.

"Miaoyun, my sister, I wondered why I didn’t see you; turns out you’re in the second group."

Jin Chen was also acquainted with Chu Miaoyun. Chu Miaoyun has always been a popular candidate for the Third Prince’s Princess Consort, and Jin Chen was quite respectful towards her.

While Chu Miaoyun was still queuing outside North Square, she heard the chatter about Jin Chen getting into a dispute with a few commoners.

Jin Chen, being the son of the Grandmaster, was found to have True Qi in his body at the age of eight and broke through to become a Xuanwu Practitioner at ten. He has reached the Third Rank of Xuanwu Practitioner now, and there had been rumors that Jin Chen would be the leader of this year’s Zixiao Palace Exam.

In fact, even if Jin Chen didn’t participate in the Zixiao Palace Exam, his status and power were enough to get him recruited by Qingtian Academy; his participation was purely to grab the spotlight.

Upon seeing Chu Miaoyun, Jin Chen put on a smile.

Little Xinzhuo became nervous when he saw Chu Miaoyun, tugging at Xin Lin.

Xin Lin understood what Little Xinzhuo meant; Chu Miaoyun looked fine, and it seemed like taking the Ultimate Marrow Cleansing Powder had no effect on her.

Chu Miaoyun’s Written Examination was about to start. She didn’t even glance at Xin Lin and the others, exchanging a few polite words with Jin Chen before entering North Square with a proud and haughty demeanor.

She is already a Dark Martial Artist First Rank, and even if she doesn’t become the leader of the Zixiao Palace Exam, she should still make it into the top ten. In her eyes, low-grade people like Xin Lin were not even worthy to carry her shoes.

"Peacock girl."

Little Xinzhuo stuck out his tongue at Chu Miaoyun’s retreating figure.

"Ah Zhuo, remember that there’s a saying; ’A phoenix that has fallen to the ground is no better than a chicken.’ Let’s just wait and see."

Xin Lin had personally experienced the effects of the Ultimate Marrow Cleansing Powder; there could be no mistake about its effectiveness.

As for why it hadn’t shown effects on Chu Miaoyun yet, there had to be a reason for it.

But it was thanks to Chu Miaoyun’s interruption that Jin Chen, who had been indecisive about the Golden Silk Robe matter earlier, was provoked by her and gritted his teeth in agreement to the bet.

"Let’s compete, and you’ll wait to be my foot washing maid."

Jin Chen’s face was full of arrogance.

Xin Lin simply smiled without a word, pulling Little Xinzhuo to wait outside North Square.

Another two hours passed, and all remaining batches of candidates had finished their exams, and the examination papers had been sent to the palace.

With 10,300 exam papers, the amount to be graded was substantial, and the results of the Written Examination had to be announced before evening, so nearly a hundred examiners were mobilized to mark the papers this time.

Of the students who had signed up for the Zixiao Palace Exam, nearly 40% had been eliminated even before the marking began, including those who were illiterate.

Officials responsible for marking the Written Examination couldn’t help but talk among themselves.

"Empress has indeed shown great wisdom. If we really had to screen over ten thousand candidates one by one, it would have taken more than ten days. Her question truly spared us a lot of trouble."

"The Empress has decreed that if we see any papers with the mentioned handwriting, they should be presented immediately for Her Majesty to review personally."

Li Kuai, from Empress Feng’s side, came quickly, bringing a few pages of paper to be distributed among the examiners grading the papers.