Outside the imperial examination hall.
Guo Ning originally had few friends in Xiangyang, but after becoming the Imperial Examination Champion, many people came to associate with him, and he made quite a few friends.
Here, as Guo Ning just came out of the examination hall, Sun City and Jiang Quyang, whom he had interacted with a few days ago, surrounded him, inquiring about the examination.
Seeing that both Guo Ning and Sun City performed well, Jiang Quyang sighed and said, "It seems I am fated not to be an Advanced Scholar, as I did poorly on the exam questions."
After the Great Song Dynasty's imperial examination, candidates are divided into three classes: the first class includes three who are conferred as Advanced Scholars, commonly known as the top three; the second class is conferred a scholar's background, with the top known as the herald; and the third class is conferred a co-scholar's background.
