Chapter 425 Senior Master Sheng, "Every Member In Sheng Family Is Modest!"

The result of the court examination came out sooner than that of the metropolitan examination, given the smaller number of candidates.

The ranking was released on March the twenty-fourth, ensuing the examination set on the twenty-second. And the imperial examination wrapped up.

To many people's surprise, and in a minority of people's expectations, Sheng Shuihe won the first place.

With the absence of Gao Chengxuan, who was said to get injured in a fall, Huang Wujiu won the second place.

The third place was a candidate strange to Sheng Weiqiao's party, whose political position also remained unknown to them.

Putting aside the three best candidates, the fourth place was won by Xu Baomo, who came only eighteenth in the metropolitan examination, which also surprised Sheng Shuihe. He communicated with Xu Baomo on their essays after the metropolitan examination, and he estimated that Xu Baomo's rank wouldn't fluctuate