Everyone froze for a moment when they saw Yang Yuhuan's name, then felt boundless envy. With a Half-Sage personally teaching her and all manner of divine treasures served as her meals, Yang Yuhuan now undoubtedly had the potential to become a Great Scholar. Even if she later retraced Fang Yun's path, passing four examinations Before the Sages in a single year and advancing straight from Licentiate to Metropolitan Graduate, no one would find it surprising.
Two people in one household earning distinctions Before the Sages was a first for the human race. A husband and wife both doing so was likewise a first.
Some scholars sourly remarked that if they had another life, they would definitely become women-and a Half-Sage's woman at that.
Within a few hours, the peaceful, if rather sour, Discourse Ranking suddenly erupted.
It turned out that among the seventy-one Sage-front Tongsheng was a famous prostitute from the Qi Kingdom, Lu Meier.
Lu Meier was not the sort who sold only her performances, not her body, nor was she an untouched courtesan. Her reputation for beauty and her other reputations rang throughout the Qi Kingdom's capital. Almost every word used to describe a prostitute could be applied to her. She had always maneuvered among her clients, had been hurt and had broken others' hearts, had contracted diseases and had abortions. Jealous rivalries and the like were mere trifles.
After seeing Lu Meier's name and learning about her past, the Discourse Ranking immediately unleashed a furious wave of denunciations.
Countless scholars petitioned to revoke Lu Meier's status as a Sage-front Tongsheng and strip away her literary qi.
Scholars brimming with righteousness listed all manner of rules and laws to prove that even a man who had done those things would not deserve to be a scholar.
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