The focus of grading papers for the provincial examination is predominantly the first session's papers.
It can be said that the content tested in the first session essentially determines who will be selected in this year's provincial examination.
Even if Shen Mo and other examiners worked overtime to grade the papers, reviewing all the papers from the first session would take at least ten days, whereas in previous years, it would take at least fifteen to twenty days.
Considering the time constraints, Shen Mo did not waste much time on Xie Wenyuan's essay.
As it stands, the quality of Xie Wenyuan's essay ranks unequivocally first among the papers he has reviewed so far.
Thus, he temporarily sets this paper aside and continues the review process.
The second and third sessions of the provincial examination are basically just going through the motions.
