What was the root cause of tens of thousands of Great Corner students being unable to take the imperial examinations this time?
It was because Great Corner had brazenly attacked its own literary temple, defying the condemnation of The Whole World!
And Great Corner's imperial seal attacking the literary temple had been a sudden, baffling incident. By all reason, there should have been no reason for it to happen, yet it had happened nonetheless. It had arisen because of Lin Su, and its outcome had perfectly aligned with Lin Su's strategic intentions.
No wonder everyone was thinking too much.
Had there been a black hand surnamed Lin behind this matter?
Xue Qianxun was convinced it had been Lin Su!
He Su was convinced it had been Lin Su!
And Li Chi? He was obviously convinced as well!
Nearly all of the Great Yu High Command was convinced!
Even Ji Guang and Gexin, members of Lin Su's faction and an undisputed community of shared interests, believed so.
Then what about the Holy Hall?
How many people in the Holy Hall truly believed Lin Su was innocent?
How great a storm would this matter stir up afterward?
Even if ordinary people could not see it, how could Moyuan, a Night Watchman famed for poetry, possessed of an exceptionally keen mind, and priding herself on a grasp of the bigger picture, possibly fail to see it?
When they knew a matter would bring terrible repercussions, intelligent people chose silence.
But Moyuan had not. She had stepped forward!
She had attended the dynasty's Grand Court Assembly!
By stepping forward, she had indirectly vouched for Lin Su and acknowledged the legal legitimacy of his handling of the affair.
That was no small matter!
The unrest among the people would settle because of her stance, and