However, the Ministry of Rites has already determined the rankings, and presenting them to the Emperor is just a final review. If there are no issues, they will be finalized.
In the past, the Emperor rarely had any opinions, but this time, as the Crown Prince participated as a half chief examiner for the imperial examination, he had mentioned to the Emperor that some examiners from the Ministry of Rites directly ranked papers based on general scores, which displeased him.
Thus, when Libationer Kong presented the exam papers and the list, the Emperor carefully reviewed them. He first glanced through the list and noticed Bai Shan, Bai Cheng, the Imperial Consort's son-in-law, and Wei Yu were all on it before proceeding to the papers.
