In fact, everything that needed to be prepared had long been prepared in advance, but as soon as Shuyou heard that someone was coming to announce the good news, she nervously checked everything over again.
This was the Second Scorer, after all. Yunzheng had already taken four first places in a row before; this made it five in a row.
If he took first place again in the palace examination, that would be a solid six in a row.
Actually, Zhao Xi had analyzed it with Shuyou: Meng Yunzheng's learning was not lacking. As long as nothing went wrong during the palace examination, even if his essay was only so‑so, in all likelihood he would still be the top scorer.
After all, there had never been many people in history who took six firsts in a row. For such a talent to appear during the Emperor's reign, he would be recorded in the annals; it was an extremely glorious matter. Wouldn't the Emperor also want to round it up to a six‑time top scorer?
