Unboxing Review

Chapter 710: Unboxing Review

"They're here, they're here! Look up, quick—the Noon Gate is moving! The Noon Gate is moving! The civil and martial Number One Scholars are coming out! This year's civil and martial Number One Scholars are coming out!"

"Everyone, go look! Go look!"

The shouts of several sharp-eyed people were like the horn sounding a charge. The common folk of the entire capital surged around Accumulated Water Pond toward the Imperial City in a mighty flood.

The ground trembled, and ripples spread across the water.

Startled, the fish school in the pond wagged their tails and scattered.

Down on the riverbed, the Fat Catfish huffed as it tossed aside wreckage and dug for treasure. It spat out mud, suspicion in its eyes, then surfaced with black sludge all over its head. After two shakes, a thin black mist drifted away.

River otters climbed the masts one after another and leaned against the ship's rails.

The windows of taverns, pleasure houses, and famed towers all flew open.

After nearly a month, the Imperial Examination and Martial Examination had finally settled into dust. Today was the day of the "parade"! Within Heavenly Chen Hall, the Sacred Emperor announced the names and personally determined the rankings of the civil and martial Number One Scholars and the other examinees. After the civil and martial Number One Scholars led the examinees in thanking the imperial grace, they could immediately parade through the streets by imperial command—riding in formation down the main roads and along Accumulated Water Pond, openly displayed for the common people to see and the nobles and officials to judge. It was a grand spectacle seen only once every three years.

The crowd pressed shoulder to shoulder, and the warmth breathed out by countless mouths drove away the biting chill