Chen Xu opened his eyes inside the examination cell, listening to all the sounds within the examination hall.
He realized that on the surface, everything seemed flawless.
For example, a fire in the examination hall.
Such an event, though not common, is never surprising.
After all, it's a prolonged examination lasting nine days and eight nights.
During some sessions, some examinees, striving to perfect their answers, would even work through the night, burning the midnight oil.
But examinees are, after all, mere mortals, and if they exhaust themselves too much, they naturally cannot escape fatigue and drowsiness.
Thus, knocking over candlesticks and causing a fire could be considered "reasonable."
Of course, the examinee who causes a fire is usually disqualified.
Moreover, due to the structure of the Imperial Examination Hall, any small-scale fire within a single examination cell is generally extinguished immediately.
