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Everyone's gaze was focused on the man holding the bronze gong at the entrance of the academy.

That person cleared his throat and said, "Greetings, examinees. I am the teacher of Yueyang Academy, and my surname is Sun. Before we begin the exam, I would like to emphasize the rules of the Yueyang Academy exam. "

"There are only two examinations for the entrance exams of the academy. The first one is math, and the second one is poetry. Each round's exam time was one hour, and after finishing one hour of math, the results would be publicly announced in the Academy Entrance. After all the subjects have been tested, the list of admissions will be made public. For this exam, the top 30 candidates would be selected. In other words, the examinees who have failed in their math test will have to stand guard at the entrance for nothing. "

"The academy can only be used by examinees to enter, none of the examinees are allowed to enter. Those who enter with the examinees are disqualified …"

Suun Fuzi talked for a long time about the rules of the examination before allowing them to pass.

"Alright, you can enter now. I hope everyone will get a good result from the exam."

From the start, Xia Yue had been holding onto Xia Yi's hand the entire time, "Hurry up and go in, everyone has already gone in. Yue Yue, you can do it, don't be nervous."

Xia Yue glanced at Xia Yi's relaxed hand and nodded with some hesitation.

The little boy beside him reached out and patted Xia Yue's shoulder, "Come, Weeper, I'll bring you in, I'm familiar with this place."

"Hurry up and go." Xia Yi nodded, "Big sister will be waiting for you at Academy Entrance."

"Good luck, second sister!" Xia Yang also held both his hands in front of his chest, and spoke with a childish voice.

Only then did Xia Yue follow the little boy.

An hour's time per class was not too long, many people directly guarded the entrance of the academy, and did not leave. Xia Yi was no exception.

"Let's go, we'll wait for your second sister in the shade."

After Xia Yi dragged Xia Yang for a few steps, she realised that the attendant s had also followed closely behind him, not a single inch away from him.

"Why are you guys following us?" Xia Yi asked in confusion.

One of the attendant spoke up, "Miss, there is no need to panic. We must also wait here for Young Master to finish his examination.

"It doesn't matter." Xia Yi said, and the attendant continued to follow him.

While waiting for the name to appear on the list, Xia Yi roughly knew the identity of the boy.

The boy's name was Shu Zhongyuan, the second son of Grand Commandant Shu.

The reason he was still taking the Yueyang Academy exam at his age was exactly as Shu Zhongyuan said, he did not like to study, and the teachers invited by his family had all been angered away by him.

Ensign Shu was angry with his son, so he prepared to throw him into the academy.

In the past two years, Shu Zhongyuan had started rushing towards all the big and small academies in the capital city.

Aside from Yueyang Academy, both the Juxue Academy and the BoYong School had passed the examination.

It was just as he had said, the Yueyang Academy was the simplest subject within the academies.

In the exam at the end of September last year, Shu Zhongyuan was just short of thirty or so places to be accepted by the Yueyang Academy.

This was also the closest time Shu Zhongyuan had been able to pass the Yueyang Academy examination in the past two years.

Therefore, Great Lieutenant Shu helped Shu Zhongyuan to register for the exam at the end of March this year.

Furthermore, Grand Commandant Shu had said that if Shu Zhongyuan was unable to pass the examination this time, his academy would be reduced by half in terms of expenditure on food and clothing until he managed to enter which academy he could enter.

As he spoke, he heard another gong.

Looking towards the Academy Entrance, he saw that there were already a few pieces of red paper on the side wall of the academy.

Everyone immediately understood that the results of arithmetic had already been released.

There were already many people standing under the red paper. Some were happy while others were worried.

"Let's go and see your second sister's score." Xia Yi said to Xia Yang.

Just now, when Xia Yue was taking the exam, she was not as nervous, but now that she had actually gotten a score, Xia Yi was a little nervous.

With the help of the few attendant s from Shu Zhongyuan's family, it did not take Xia Yi much effort to get in front of them.

She looked at the name of the first place person, and after going past the first few names, she saw Xia Yue's name, which was in the eleventh place.

Xia Yue's poetry was a little weaker, but she had the confidence in being able to do the math. As long as she didn't score too badly, being accepted into Yueyang Academy shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Xia Yi continued to read until she found Shu Zhongyuan's name at the 39th place.

Thirty-nine, could also be considered a pretty good result. As long as he could get a good score on Poetry, being accepted into Yueyang Academy was not without hope.

Just as Xia Yi had that thought, she heard the attendant beside him say: "It's over, this time Young Master may not be able to take the Yueyang Academy again."

Another attendant said, "That's right, it's the exact same ranking as last time …"

"…" Xia Yi suddenly felt a pang in her heart for this young master who had failed many examinations.

While he was speaking, more and more examinees began to appear.

There were those who did not do well and thus did not stop at Yue Yang's Academy Entrance.

In no time, half of Yue Yang's Academy Entrance was gone.

Xia Yue and Shu Zhongyuan were practically the last to come out.

Seeing the two coming out, Shu Zhongyuan's attendant immediately went forward to welcome them: "Young Noble, how was the exam?"

Shu Zhongyuan stared at the attendant for a moment longer without replying.

Seeing Shu Zhongyuan's expression, attendant immediately understood, Shu Zhongyuan's test was definitely not good, and did not dare to continue asking.

Shu Zhongyuan looked up and asked: "How did Little Sister Yue Yue do?"

Xia Yue had just come out from the examination hall, and still did not know her own grade. She only shook her head: "I'm not sure."

"Elder sister …" Xia Yue walked over to Xia Yi's side and called out.

Xia Yi had seen Xia Yue's performance, and she said: "Yue Yue, your math test is not bad, where's the eleventh?"

"Really?" Xia Yue's eyes lit up, and then dimmed, "But my poems are only so-so, there are some that can't even be accepted."

"Don't worry Little Sister Yue Yue, there aren't many who can answer all of them correctly." Shu Zhongyuan said, "I only wrote a few sentences down."

After saying that, Shu Zhongyuan continued, "Little Sister Yue Yue can wait for my grade, I'll be leaving first."

"You … Are you not waiting? " Xia Yue asked.

Shu Zhongyuan laughed: "I can only answer a few of those poems, it's impossible for me to pass them."

Not long after, Shi Shi's results were posted along with the admission list.

Everyone naturally rushed to the list of candidates.

Xia Yi held Xia Yang in one hand and Xia Yue in the other, so it was naturally inconvenient for him to squeeze with them, so he first wanted to see Shi Shi's results.

Xia Yue's result in poetry was not high, so she was ranked forty-second.

After calculating the total score, Xia Yue was in thirtieth place, and just so happened to be in the last place.

However, this was only the result of his mental calculation. Xia Yi was still not completely sure if there was anything amiss in the middle of it.

When most of the people below the Red List had left, Xia Yi brought Xia Yang and the others over.

There were exactly thirty people on the Red List, but Xia Yue's name was nowhere to be seen.