Chancellor Zhang sneered disdainfully: "Ah! It's not me who said everything is fake; it was actually you, Minister Jie, who said it."
"Hmph, isn't that what you meant?" Jie Huanzhi retorted with a dark face, raising his voice.
"Yes, that's exactly how I see it." Chancellor Zhang didn't back down either, "How can a mere village girl have talent? Who's she fooling? If village girls can become Top Scholars, then do all those studious scholars who have been immersed in books since childhood still need to take the examination?"
Lin Xingyi stepped forward, coldly stating: "It seems Chancellor Zhang looks down on village folks. Though I'm not talented, I did achieve Top Scholar while farming. According to what you say, Minister Zhang, am I also a fake?"
Lin Xingyi's Top Scholar title was personally appointed by the Emperor; who dares call it fake? Wouldn't that be questioning the Emperor?
Chancellor Zhang, who usually confronts everything and everyone, was suddenly at a loss for words.
