The fourth prince, who was shouting his determination, waved his fists, his face full of confidence. Compared to him, the third prince looked extremely unconfident. Even though he was surrounded by the elite soldiers carefully selected by his father, he still looked a little weak, which was in sharp contrast to the fourth prince's enthusiasm.
"Fourth brother, do you really think we can pass? We seemed to have racked our brains to get the answers to the previous questions almost right. Moreover, when the written test results were announced, we were among the last few."
"What's the big deal about being at the bottom of the list? We're not the last ones!" The fourth prince has always been a sunny boy, and at this moment he still seems to be confident. "Besides, third brother, you're ranked two places higher than me, and I don't think there's no hope. What are you worried about? We didn't ask anyone to do it for us, and we didn't ask teachers for help. We are definitely better than many people!"
The Third Prince was extremely guilty. We really didn't ask anyone to do it for us, nor did we ask for help from powerful people like the Emperor and Grand Tutor Ge. Even when Sanlang Lu hinted at helping me, I pretended not to understand. But we actually cheated, because my brother and I asked each other for advice and worked together to solve most of the questions!
The two walked side by side under the protection of a group of soldiers from the Ruiqi Battalion, not noticing the group led by Yue Shanzhang who were avoiding them. The Third Prince was worried, so he rode his horse closer to the Fourth Prince and asked in a low voice, "Fourth brother, were those questions discussed and completed by the two of us? If the young master knew about it, would he..."
Before he had the chance to ask whether this would make Zhang Shou's impression of them worse, he ended up getting a stare roll from his fourth brother.
"Brother San, you are too cautious! Three cobblers can be as good as one Zhuge Liang, let alone the two of us? Brothers are united, and their strength is invincible. Besides, didn't we both try our best to come up with two solutions, and then each of us took one? There is no trace of similarity between our papers, which is guaranteed to be better than many people!"
It was not until this moment that the Third Prince smiled. Thinking of multiple solutions for each question was his only requirement after the Fourth Prince proposed to join forces. Otherwise, he was worried that the two of them would have the same papers, which would implicate his younger brother and cause him to be identified as cheating by Zhang Shou. In fact, they could only come up with two solutions for some of the questions, and they had made considerable breakthroughs on other questions.
There were two questions, and they came up with four and five solutions respectively! Then they divided the solutions between them and wrote them down!
It was not until the Third and Fourth Princes and their group passed by that Headmaster Yue narrowed his eyes slightly, then turned his head to the captain beside him and asked, "Are these the Third and Fourth Princes? I just heard them say that they are going to take the exam for the Imperial Academy's Jiuzhang Hall? I remember they are less than ten years old, right? The youngest of the first batch of students at the Imperial Academy's Jiuzhang Hall seems to be sixteen or seventeen years old. Isn't it too early for them?"
Hearing this, the captain was stunned at first, then he laughed dryly and said, "I heard that the Third and Fourth Princes begged the Emperor to take the exam, and said that if they failed this year, they could take it again the next year. The Emperor couldn't do anything about it. They are indeed the youngest among those who passed the written exam this year, and they were the last. But their papers have been posted, and their solutions are said to be unique."