This year's grace exam was set for early March, and in addition to the usual Imperial Examination, a female examination was added.
This was destined to be a grand and monumental exam that would go down in history.
Since the previous year, scholars from all over Da Liang had flocked to the Capital City. After the new year, the influx of scholars going to the capital increased. The inns in the Capital City were fully occupied. Even the homes of civil and military officials were filled with visiting relatives and clansmen.
As Jiang Shaohua expected, after the news of the female examination selection spread throughout Da Liang, few women had the courage and the support of their fathers and brothers to come to the Capital City. Most candidates were talented and visionary noble family ladies, primarily the daughters, daughters-in-law, granddaughters, or granddaughters-in-law of officials in the Capital City.
