Approximating the time, Su Que left the inn and went to the center of Jiannan Prefecture, to a large academy holding the rural examination.
After the rural examination began, Su Que, like other candidates, sat in a narrow little room.
To prevent candidates from cheating, answering questions, eating, drinking, toileting, and sleeping were all conducted in this small room over the days.
...
Nine days went by in the blink of an eye.
The rural examination ended.
Wearing a black scholar's cap and a gray scholar's robe, carrying a wooden book case on his back, Su Que walked out of the examination hall.
He answered the questions relying on the memories of his original self, whose knowledge reserve was abundant, allowing long essays for each question, but as for the results, he couldn't judge.
After participating in the rural examination in the prefecture, all the candidates' papers would be escorted by martial arts experts to the state mansion.
