He Lianfang thought of the phrase "a mind as sharp as a demon." People often said he had a mind as sharp as a demon, but compared to this child Zhao Yao, he was just a minor witch, while Zhao Yao was the true Great Witch.
What shocked He Lianfang the most wasn't Zhao Yao's nearly supernatural intelligence, but his clarity of thought. Even though he was only six years old, he had the sophistication and composure of a sixty-year-old, with a rationality that could see through everything.
If it were anyone else who came up with the idea of the imperial examination, they would rush to tell the emperor, thus gaining official positions and titles, and earning the gratitude of scholars across the land.
Scholars across the land would be grateful to him for a lifetime. And not only them, but future generations of scholars would also feel thankful.
