Chapter 553 Congratulations
The Sacrificial Officer was about to kneel in excitement to thank Leng Yu Yan for saving his life.
Seeing his knee bending, Leng Yu Yan personally helped him up, "The student has only done what a student should do. If the Sacrificial Officer has something to say, he may speak at the Imperial College."
The Sacrificial Officer nodded repeatedly, "What the Commandery Princess says is very true, very true!"
This situation, witnessed by the Minister of Rites and the Minister of the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs, made them silently fall back into line.
Today, luckily the daughter of Prince Zhenbei clinched the top scorer; if not for her, their heads might not have been spared like the Sacrificial Officer’s.
However, right now, in front of so many people, especially since all the princes were present, they kept a low profile.
Prime Minister Zheng’s face showed displeasure. He looked towards his son Zheng Likuo and rebuked in a low voice, "How could you not even surpass a woman in the exams?"
Zheng Likuo felt the place where he lost two teeth painfully throbbing. Facing his father’s reproach, he could only shamelessly respond, "Father, didn’t other people also fail to pass?"
Prime Minister Zheng looked sternly at Zheng Li Qi, "Just now you humiliated the daughter of Prince Zhenbei. Now that she has become the top scorer, how does it feel to be slapped in the face by your own words?"
Zheng Liqi blinked, then lowered her eyes.
She wanted Leng Yu Yan to be embarrassed, but she didn’t know the other had such strength—how could she be blamed?
Thinking that Leng Yu Yan had become the top scorer, it was a relief; her father would give up the idea of marrying her off to the top scorer.