Chapter 475 Being Granted as Prince

What kind of agreement the two sides had reached privately was naturally unknown to others.

The news was that Sheng Shuihe had officially changed his surname back to Rong. However, perhaps because he had been used to the current name, he had not restored the original name of "Rong Qingchou". He was called Rong Shuihe from now on, and his courtesy name was still Hengshu.

The rule that Royal Family was not allowed to participate in the imperial examination was stipulated by His Majesty Emperor Taizu, so it was not easy for future generations to violate this rule. At least the party of Gaomi King was not able to violate this rule now, so Rong Shuihe was exempted from the title of the Number One Scholar.

However, it was the fact that Rong Shuihe won the first place in the entry-level examination, the first place in provincial imperial examinations, the second place in the metropolitan examination, and finally became the Number One Scholar. T