When he'd gotten back from Liu Yi's rooms at the palace, his little room had felt darker and emptier than it had the entire time he'd lived in the city. His papers and books were spread out in front of him, but they didn't hold him enraptured as they should have. Instead, the city beyond the small window kept drawing his attention. Setting aside his brushes, Wen Yu folded his arms on the desk and let his head rest on them. He wanted to be out eating noodles and talking to Zhi Ping, or drinking tea with Li Song. Most of all, he wanted to be talking to or playing liubo with Liu Yi. He didn't want to be stuck researching things he hated in preparation for passing yet another examination. What would happen if I just stopped? Wen Yu wondered, and he felt a wash of sudden dread. He hadn't ever known anything aside from study, and it would kill his father for him to have gotten this far and not take the final Palace Examination. Wen Yu was ranked first in his entire province; to be able to take this examination was his honor and his privilege.
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