The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl

Chapter 234: Face-Slapping Galore

Jin Chen’s question, however, stumped the chief examiner.

The countless examination papers, reviewed repeatedly by a hundred examiners, led to endless disputes in the end.

Especially for this examination, involving a contest between Spirit Warriors, this old dignitary was a thoroughbred civil servant.

He was a veteran minister from the Emperor’s era, naturally holding the Emperor in the highest esteem, thus more biased towards Xin Lin.

However, when it really came down to the details, the old dignitary couldn’t quite articulate a clear reason.

"Jin Chen, are you not convinced? Fine, I’ll let you understand why you only deserve third place. Do you want to know why your answer only merits third?"

Xin Lin did not say much; she turned to Captain Yang and requested a set of brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Then, with the swish of her brush, three sets of examination papers appeared in front of her after a quarter of an hour.

"Ah Zhuo, read the answers aloud for everyone to hear."

Xin Lin said with a cold sneer.

Little Xinzhuo leaned in to take a close look and couldn’t help but exclaim softly.

"Sister, how did you know the answers we three wrote?"

What Xin Lin had written down were indeed the examination answers of Murong Ziyue, Little Xinzhuo, and Jin Chen.

The three sets of papers were copied without missing a single word, all transcribed by Xin Lin.

Jin Chen thought someone had peeked at Xin Lin’s paper, not knowing that Xin Lin had also memorized the answers of the three before submitting her own.

"My lord, please take a look and verify that these three sets of examination papers belong to them."

Xin Lin bowed to the chief examiner.

The chief examiner stepped forward to inspect and nodded in affirmation.

Only then did Little Xinzhuo begin to recite the answers of the three.

After the reading, the examinees present were once again in an uproar.

Murong Ziyue turned her head to glance at Little Xinzhuo, a look of intense admiration in her eyes.

At such a young age, to have such knowledge and insight, Little Xinzhuo’s fourth place indeed seemed undeserved.

Jin Chen grunted unhappily.

"Foot washing maid, what exactly are you getting at? My paper is in no way inferior to Murong Ziyue or Xinzhuo, doesn’t this prove even more that the Written Examination was unfair?"

Jin Chen was very confident in his own paper.

In Murong Ziyue’s answers, starting from her own perspective, she stated that in a battle between martial artists and Spiritual Practitioners, the martial artists would win, concise and incisive.

In Little Xinzhuo’s paper, with extensive references, he demonstrated through data that the Spiritual Practitioners would win, which was also quite dazzling.

Jin Chen’s paper also believed that the army of Spiritual Practitioners would be victorious.

Little Xinzhuo, due to handwriting reasons, was nitpicked by Empress Feng, thus only managing to secure fourth place.

Jin Chen, with his illustrious family background and elegant seal script, attained third place.

In Jin Chen’s view, his paper was in no way inferior to Murong Ziyue’s.

Why should Murong Ziyue be awarded first place?

"Exactly, Young Master Jin’s paper is outstanding. I think those with backers have someone else to rely on."

Chu Miaoyun remarked sarcastically from the side.

Chu Miaoyun disliked Xin Lin, and equally disdained Murong Ziyue.

This Murong Ziyue, it’s unknown where she emerged from; in this Imperial Examination, she, Chu Miaoyun, should have been the most distinguished. Instead, she found herself eclipsed by the sudden rise of Xin Lin and Murong Ziyue, how could Chu Miaoyun be content with that.

"The tail-end Charlie is still the tail-end Charlie, short-sighted. Let me ask you, in the cultivation of martial artists and Spiritual Practitioners, what is the most important thing?"

Xin Lin mocked with a cold smile.

Were she the examiner, she would definitely score Jin Chen a level lower than Ziyue and Little Xinzhuo.

Chu Miaoyun’s face turned pale with anger from Xin Lin’s retort.

"Who are you calling tail-end Charlie? In the cultivation of martial artists and Spiritual Practitioners, the most important thing is naturally talent. The stronger the talent, the swifter the cultivation."