Smiling Under Lanter Chapter 348 - 134: First Entry to the Medical Officer Instit

Chapter 348: Chapter 134: First Entry to the dical Officer Institute_3

Lu Tong looked indifferently towards the Director of dicine, while behind her, Lin Danqing could no longer hold back and spoke up, "Officer, could there be a mistake in the roster? How could a new Imperial dical Officer be sent to the Southern Pharmacy?"

The Director of dicine seed displeased that she had spoken out of turn and glared at Lin Danqing, "How dare a re dical Practitioner question the arrangents of a superior?" With that, he closed the scroll in his hands and walked into the hall with his hands behind his back, "Pack up your things and find a place to settle."

He paid no further attention to the group.

After the Director of dicine left, the hall once again grew lively. dical Practitioners who were acquainted with each other were joyously discussing their dical specialties, and many people cast sympathetic or pleased glances towards Lu Tong.

Cao Huai, who had previously harassed her at the Tribute Court, saw this and couldn’t help but take delight in her misfortune as he feigned commiseration, "It’s really fate making fun of people! The top one on the honor list but assigned to the Southern Pharmacy, it’s said that no one who enters the Southern Pharmacy ever cos out. Miss Lu, you’re not going to spend your whole life in there picking dicine, are you?"

Lin Danqing angrily retorted, "Cao Huai, shut your mouth!" Then looking back at Lu Tong, she said, "Don’t listen to his nonsense. Don’t worry, sister, I will find out what I can. Maybe it’s a test from the Officer."

The girl’s eyes were filled with sincerity, and she was truly concerned for her, Lu Tong shook her head, "No need, I’m fine."

Lin Danqing ant well, but even if she were to ask Cui Min, nothing would change.

Lu Tong lowered her eyelids, knowing that Cui Min had done it on purpose.

He nad her the first on the honor list but despised her commoner status. Even to give an explanation to the Dong Family, he would not let her have an easy ti. Being sent to the Southern Pharmacy to warm a bench was already much better than what Lu Tong had expected.

"But still..."

"Don’t worry," Lu Tong smiled faintly, "I will be back soon."

...

Each departnt and office in the palace had its own hustle and bustle.

After finishing his duty rotation with the Imperial Guards, Pei Yunng returned to his quarters when it was no longer early.

Lanterns were lit inside and outside the room, shining brightly. Qingfeng, seeing Pei Yunng enter, hurriedly passed the food basket he had just picked up to him, "Officer, here are the snacks the young lady sent."

Pei Yunng replied with a sound and took it.

Pei Yunshu had moved out of the Pei Family’s house after the new year and was living in a residence adjacent to Pei Yunng’s. Pei Yunng often did not return ho when he was on duty in the palace, and sotis Pei Yunshu would send sobody to deliver snacks and als, urging him to eat properly.

Of course, these als and pastries were all purchased from the restaurant; Pei Yunshu would not cook them herself. Thus, Pei Yunng never told her that the food from the small kitchen in the Palace Marshal’s Mansion tasted quite similar to that from the restaurant.

Pei Yunng, carrying the food, entered the hall where Xiao Zhufeng was reading. Hearing the noise, Xiao Zhufeng looked up and glanced at the delicate food basket for a mont.

Pei Yunng opened the food basket, which was divided into several layers, containing at dishes, vegetarian dishes, and pastries in a delightful arrangent. He picked up a lotus seed paste cake and, seeing Xiao Zhufeng looking over, smiled brightly, "Envious?"

Xiao Zhufeng restrained himself, "It’s only made by a chef from the restaurant."

Pei Yunng nodded lazily, "Well, you don’t get any."

Knowing that he was customarily like this, a man of civil and martial virtues in the eyes of strangers but always hiding a bit of mischief in front of friends, Xiao Zhufeng didn’t bother with his childish antics and rely said, "Today, the new Imperial dical Officers entered the palace."

"Hmm."

"Lu Tong entered the palace."

Pei Yunng, "I know."

In fact, not only did he know, but he had also t with Lu Tong that very morning when she first entered the palace.

However, that eting could not be described as pleasant.

Xiao Zhufeng assessed his good friend, noticing that his deanor was relaxed and no different from usual.

After a pause, Xiao Zhufeng then said, "Aren’t you concerned about which departnt she was assigned to?"

All the new Imperial dical Officers had to be assigned to a departnt. In so ways, the initial allocation to a dical departnt could even determine the future prospects of these dical Practitioners.

The competition existed from the very beginning.

Pei Yunng chuckled, "Which departnt?"

"The Southern Pharmacy."

The Southern Pharmacy?

Pei Yunng was taken aback, and his eyebrows gradually furrowed.

The Southern Pharmacy was the most hopeless place in the entire dical Officer Institute. Each year, only the least promising dical Officers or those who had made mistakes were assigned to the Pharmacy. Those sent to the Southern Pharmacy almost never had the chance to serve again.

This was simply the worst possible start.

Xiao Zhufeng watched the man across from him, "Cui Min is probably doing it to cast favor with the Dong Family. However, being relegated to the storeroom, your Doctor Lu probably won’t have the chance for revenge."

His words were tinged with irony, carrying an imperceptible sense of relief. To Xiao Zhufeng, Lu Tong was an unruly elent, a wrong piece not ant to appear in this chess ga, and one false move could affect the whole situation. Now that she was out of the picture, nothing could be better.

"Two mistakes," Pei Yunng said.

"Where are they wrong?"

"First, she is not ’mine,’" Pei Yunng corrected.

Xiao Zhufeng finally couldn’t hold back and rolled his eyes, "And the second?"

"The second," Pei Yunng lifted his hand, the delicate pastry in his hand glowed under the candlelight, assuming the pale pink of a newly blooming lotus.

Staring at the beautiful lotus cake in front of him, as if through the translucent petals, he seed to glimpse a different kind of shadow, his eyes growing deep.

"The second, you’re underestimating her too much," he said.

"Opportunities are not waited for; I bet this Doctor Lu will soon create her own opportunities," he declared.