Wenxian Hall.

A slightly noisy sound once again woke up Hu Fei, who was sleeping soundly on the table, and helplessly slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing other candidates starting to hand in papers again, Hu Fei stretched out and slowly sat up straight.

Immediately afterwards, as the candidates gradually exited the examination room, several teaching assistants came in and began to collect the examination papers on the table one by one.

Hu Fei accidentally saw Song Shen among the assistants and was stunned for a moment.

Song Shen also saw Hu Fei, winking at Hu Fei and pointing at his chin.

Hu Fei hesitated for a moment, realized something, and reached out to touch his chin. Only then did he realize that there was drool on his chin when he was sleeping, so he quickly wiped it off.

At this moment, Hu Fei suddenly noticed that Xue Ru was slowly walking towards him with a strange smile on his face.

After hesitating for a moment, Hu Fei glanced at the examination papers on his desk, stood up hurriedly, and imitated the way he did at the end of the first examination, and hurriedly collected the examination papers of the other candidates before and after him, covering himself.

The test paper was handed to Song Shen who walked up to him.

Seeing this scene, Xue Ru's expression changed, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart, but he didn't say anything more and could only watch Hu Fei's exam papers once again being submerged in a thick pile of exam papers.

"I've met Marquis Jiu'an."

Xue Ru walked closer and bowed respectfully.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Xue."

"By the way, what happened yesterday caused trouble for Mr. Xue, but I have already explained it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mr. Cai, and it should not involve you."

Hu Fei bowed his hand in return and said calmly.

"Thank you very much, Marquis Jiu'an. I am deeply grateful."

"I wonder how you did in today's exam?"

Xue Ru cupped his hands gratefully, and then asked tentatively.

"Well, it's okay, it's okay."

Hu Fei laughed and said with a smile.

"That's good, I hope..."

"By the way, Her Royal Highness the Princess is still waiting for me outside. I'll take my leave first. Master Xue, please stay."

Xue Ru wanted to say something more, but before he finished speaking, Hu Fei waved his hand and interrupted him. Then he greeted Song Shen and left the examination room without looking back.

Looking at Hu Fei's leaving figure, Xue Ru frowned slightly, and the ominous premonition became more and more obvious.

...

Outside the examination room.

A group of candidates gathered together again just like at the end of the first session, talking about something unknown.

Seeing Hu Fei walking out of the examination room, they all closed their mouths in unison and deliberately avoided Hu Fei's eyes.

Teng Ziqian was also in the crowd, but this time he was much more honest and did not dare to look at Hu Fei.

Hu Fei didn't make any stop, he just wanted to leave this place of right and wrong quickly, so as not to be blocked by Zhu Biao for a while, asking how he did in the exam.

Seeing Hu Fei leave quickly, the candidates started talking quietly again.

"It seems that Marquis Jiu'an still did well in the exam today. I think he fell asleep again early."

"Yes, I accidentally took a look at his exam paper. It was densely packed and seemed to have written a lot."

"Forget it, let's not worry about other people's affairs. Let's go back and prepare quickly to see if we can work hard towards the second place and third overall."

The candidates were coming and going, talking to each other, and it was obvious that they had voluntarily given up on competing for the top spot.

But I don’t know what kind of reaction they would have if they knew that Hu Fei handed in a blank paper in the first game.

At this moment, Prince Zhu Biao appeared at the entrance of the examination room, but after looking around, he found that Hu Fei had disappeared, so he had no choice but to turn around and leave.

Outside Wenxian Hall.

Princess Anqing and Chundie were looking at the door, watching each candidate come out with different expressions, but Hu Fei was nowhere to be seen, and their faces were full of anxiety.

At this moment, Pei Jie was the first to see Hu Fei walking quickly toward the door among the crowd.

"Look, the young master is out!"

Following Pei Jie's shout, Princess Anqing, Chundie and Xiao Wu waved their arms towards Hu Fei.

From a distance, Hu Fei saw a few people. He forgot about the exam and came to them with a faint smile.

"Brother Fei? How was it? How did you do in the exam?"

Princess Anqing stepped forward quickly, grabbed Hu Fei's arm, and asked expectantly.

"It's not bad, a little better than yesterday."

Hu Fei nodded and said affirmatively.

"Great! Let's go and celebrate!"

When Princess Anqing heard this, she jumped up happily and said with a smile.

"good."

Hu Fei agreed and took Princess Anqing's hand and walked towards the carriage.

For him, this second test was indeed better than the first test, because at least he still signed his name.

But in Princess Anqing's understanding, Hu Fei really performed better than in the first game, and the top spot is just around the corner!

After a few people got on the carriage, they headed all the way to Hong Bin Tower, planning to have a good celebration.

But what Hu Fei didn't know was that the fact that he turned in a blank in the first game had already been leaked.

...

Prince Yan's Mansion.

In the main hall.

Ge Yang, who went to inquire about the news, returned home as scheduled and quickly walked into the main hall.

"How about it?"

King Yan Zhu Di asked slowly while wiping the sword in his hand.

The sword was a New Year's gift given to him by Hu Fei. He would never tire of looking at it and polishing it, but he was reluctant to use it.

"Back to Your Highness, the second session has ended. According to the information I got from the old slave, the Marquis of Jiu'an seems to have done well in the exam. At least he is in a good mood. He has taken Princess Anqing back to Hongbin Tower."

Ge Yang bowed his hands and said respectfully.

"Okay, very good. It seems that the king should prepare to hold a banquet to celebrate for him."

When Zhu Di heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and smiled from ear to ear.

"Your Highness, there is something you should probably know about."

Ge Yang frowned and said with a troubled expression.

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Di hesitated for a moment, feeling an inexplicable worry in his heart.

"Jiu'an Hou's test paper yesterday was said to be a blank paper..."

Ge Yang frowned and whispered.

"What?!"

"Who told you that?!"

After hearing Ge Yang's words, Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and he stood up from the chair. Due to the too big movement, the sword in his hand shook, and a dragon's roar instantly came out.

"Back to Your Highness, I learned this from the invigilator who reviewed the exam papers."

"However, only a few invigilators and deputy examiner Cai Yuanji knew about this matter, and no one else knew about it."

Ge Yang shrank his neck and said hurriedly.

"What's going on?! How could he hand in a blank paper?!"

"Does the prince know about this?!"

After Zhu Di muttered something to himself, he turned around, stared at Ge Yang, and asked in a deep voice.

"You must already know it. The news has not been leaked so far. His Royal Highness must have given the order not to be spread. Otherwise, I'm afraid the entire capital will know about it."

Ge Yang nodded and said slowly.

After listening to Ge Yang's words, Zhu Di's face became even more ugly.

Originally, yesterday he was confident that Hu Fei would be the top pick this spring, but now he was caught off guard.

But what he didn't understand was why Hu Fei turned in a blank test, because he thought it was impossible for Hu Fei's talent not to be able to answer a single question.

"Send a few more people to keep an eye on the Wenxian Pavilion. If there is any trouble, report it to the king immediately!"
To be continued...