章 70: Chapter 68: Outcome

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The wager between Jiang Li and Meng Hongjin, regarding the results of achieving three levels of examination, has been settled. If we compare it to a betting house with two rounds, then the first half is certainly Jiang Li's win. It's not just that Jiang Li won; she also became the top scholar of Mingyi Hall, which inevitably brings to mind the bet between her and Meng Hongjin. If Jiang Li ends up as the top scholar in the final outcome, Meng Hongjin's penalty won't simply be kneeling to apologize, but rather, in front of the gates of the Imperial College, stripped of his outer garment, kneeling with a birch on his back to apologize.

For a time, many of the young scions in Yanjing City took their seats daily at winehouses and tearooms across from the Imperial College, all eagerly awaiting the day to witness this spectacle.