One person had simultaneously occupied three sections—poetry, the Legalist School, and the Craftsmen School. His influence had already surpassed that of a Nation-Quelling Poem. As for the content itself, aside from people from the Legalist and Craftsmen Schools, most people did not really care.
They only knew that since those articles were qualified to appear in Sacred Way, they had to be important!
Inside Ning'an County Government, numerous aides had gathered in Fang Yun's residence, some holding Sacred Way, others reading the Literary Gazette.
The articles Fang Yun submitted to Sacred Way carried extremely high confidentiality clearance. Before their official publication, only Ao Huang and Yang Yuhuan in the entire Fang Household could read them; Little Fox, Little Meteor, Inkstone Turtle, and Ink Maiden were included as well. No one else, including Su Xiaoxiao and Fang Yingwu, was permitted to read them.
Fang Yingwu approached with the Literary Gazette in hand and said, "My lord, in the end, you were too proud. In this three-month Palace Examination ranking in the Literary Gazette, you failed to take first place."
"It does not matter. I have always said that the one who laughs last laughs best." As Fang Yun spoke, he looked toward the Palace Examination rankings attached to the Literary Gazette.
At present, the highest-ranked candidate in the Palace Examination was neither Lei Shushan and Mo Shan, who had attained a Grade B-Middle rating in public works, nor Fang Yun, who had reached Grade B-High in both criminal justice and public works, Grade C-High in administration, and Grade C-Low in literary affairs. It was Xiang Lancheng, who had never drawn much attention.
As the Zong Family's son-in-law, he was not particularly famous outside the Qing Kingdom. Yet throughout the Palace Examination, he had displayed formidable ability.
Fang Yun had been in