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Neither enjoyed the other party’s presence.

Grand Secretary Fang stared at Master Bai. “What if I can give you proof?”

“I’m all ears, then. I’m very curious myself about what kind of wonderful young woman Miss Feng Wu has turned into. Your Majesty, I’m very doubtful on this point.” Master Bai smiled.

Grand Secretary Fang snorted, took out a stack of exam papers, and put it on Emperor Wu’s table. “Your Majesty, please have a look.”

“What are these?” Emperor Wu narrowed his eyes.

Grand Secretary Fang said, “This is Feng Wu’s first go at the exam paper seven days ago.”

Emperor Wu picked up the first one, which had the same handwriting as the one Grand Secretary Fang showed him earlier. However, quite a few marks had been deducted.

“She only got a little over 200.” Emperor Wu frowned.

“Yes. Your Majesty, please turn to the next page,” Grand Secretary Fang said with a smile. “I’ve been giving Xiao Wu an exam paper every day, and she made unbelievable progress.”

Emperor Wu checked the second exam paper and saw that Feng Wu scored 230.

The third set, 240.

The fourth set, 250.

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And she scored 290 in the ninth set!

Emperor Wu looked at Grand Secretary Fang in bewilderment. “This is…”

“Her speed of progress is marvelous, isn’t it?” Grand Secretary Fang sighed with emotion. “In those seven days, Xiao Wu memorized all 1000 books from the must-read list and read 10,000 extracurricular books. That’s why she was able to do better in each paper and at such an amazing speed!”

Emperor Wu was rendered speechless.

“I don’t buy it.” Master Bai’s voice dripped with acid. “No one can memorize that much in seven days – normal people wouldn’t even be able to finish turning all those pages. Grand Secretary Fang, you’re just exaggerating.”

Grand Secretary Fang really wanted to kick Master Bai’s ass now!

He smirked. “Speak for yourself. What do you know about Xiao Wu? Why do you think she was able to get full marks?”

“Well, we don’t know how reliable that claim is yet…” Master Bai said sarcastically.

Emperor Wu frowned!

He had to get to the bottom of this!

Grand Secretary Fang threw a dirty look at Master Bai, then turned to Emperor Wu. “Your Majesty, may I go to Imperial College now to fetch Xiao Wu’s exam paper?”

Emperor Wu nodded. “Master Bai, go with Grand Secretary Fang.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Master Bai then went to Imperial College with Grand Secretary Fang.

At the same time.

The list of the top 1000 candidates had already started to get around.

After all, His Majesty had seen the exam papers already.

The information was leaked.

The Feng clan.

“What?! I got in?” Feng Liu, who was bedridden with a bad cold, jumped to her feet and was overwhelmed with excitement. “I’m in? I passed the written exam? Hahahaha! I really did?”

“Yes, Miss Liu.” Caiyue, Feng Liu’s chambermaid, whispered in her ear, “Miss, the list is for sale already and it’s really expensive. Young Master Feng bought a copy with 100 bronze coins.”

“Show me! I want to see it!” Thrilled, Feng Liu snatched the list out of Caiyue’s hand.

She began to look for her name from the top down.

And she finally found it at the bottom of the list!

“Hahahaha! I’m the 1000th!” Feng Liu was elated. “Didn’t Feng Wu take the exam as well? Is she in?”

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When it came to Feng Wu, Feng Liu was in fact intimidated by this sister of hers despite her apparent contempt. That was something that had been ingrained into her when she was little.

Feng Liu quickly went through the names.

Feng Wu wasn’t on the first page.

Or the second page.

Or the third.

She read all the way down to the tenth page!

And the 999th name was Yu Mingye!

“Is this list the real deal?” Because of the cold, Feng Liu didn’t feel very well. However, she jumped out of bed after looking through the list and grabbed Caiyue in excitement. “Is it real? Is it?!”

“The young master brought it back himself. It has to be.”

“Hahaha, hahahaha —” Feng Liu was so excited that she looked insane. She was crying and laughing at the same time.

Even Lady Wang heard the noise and came in a hurry to check up on Feng Liu.

“Mother, hahaha, look at this list!” Feng Liu said in an agitated tone. “Look!”

“The list is out?” Lady Wang took the list and began to look through the names.

Her eyes lit up when she reached the bottom. “Xiao Liu, you’re the 1000th!”

That was enough to get Feng Liu into one of the finest classes in Imperial College, where she would be able to enjoy a lot of resources.

“Mother, I still have to get through the physical tryout.” Feng Liu sounded very pleased.

“Wait a minute!” Lady Wang cried out in surprise. “Feng Wu isn’t here?”

Lady Wang thought the same as Feng Liu: no matter how much contempt they displayed toward Feng Wu, they were secretly on guard against her, for she had been simply too talented before.

That was until they read that list —

Lady Wang and Feng Liu let out breaths of relief in unison.

“The weather is really nice today. Do you want to take a walk?” Lady Wang proposed.

“Of course!” Feng Liu said in excitement.

And naturally, they headed for Feng Wu’s Fallen Star Yard.

In Fallen Star Yard —

Feng Wu’s beautiful mother was sewing an exquisite dress in the courtyard.

“Xiao Wu is going to college soon and I’ll make sure she has the prettiest dress.” The beautiful lady was embroidering a pink flower on the sleeve as she chatted with Granny Zhao, who was busy with household chores.

Granny Zhao nodded with a smile. “Miss Wu is brilliant. I’m sure she’ll do great.”

Feng Xiaoqi, who was chewing on a pancake, grinned. “My sister is the best! She’ll get nothing but the highest score!”

Chaoge added in excitement, “The highest? Xiao Wu will get full marks! I’m sure of it!”

Uncle Qiu, who was cultivating on the side, gave them a wry smile.

Each one of them had higher hopes than the last.

Luckily, Miss Wu was worth all that expectation.

Everyone was home except for Feng Wu.

While they were enjoying themselves in the yard —

Lady Wang and Feng Liu arrived with a bunch of servants.

Despite Fallen Star Yard’s high wall, they heard everything inside.

Feng Liu almost burst out laughing when she heard the conversation.

“Hahaha, hahahaha —” Feng Liu couldn’t wait to see their disappointed faces.

“Open up! Open up now!” Feng Liu banged on the door, puffed up with arrogance.

“Who is it?” Granny Zhao was washing some clothes. She feared that the clothes might be tampered with if they were washed by someone else, so she had always done the work herself.

Granny Zhao rose to her feet, dried her hands on her apron, and went to answer the door.