Chapter 247: Chapter 106: Spring Exam Slots_2
"I’d like to take part in the Imperial dical Bureau spring exam this year," Lu Tong looked at him.
Dong Lin was stunned.
As the na suggests, all the participants in the Imperial dical Bureau’s spring exam are students from the Imperial dical Bureau. The students capable of studying at the Imperial dical Bureau also mostly co from families with connections; if not high-class aristocrats, then at least descendants of minor officials.
Indeed, to demonstrate fairness, every year the Imperial dical Bureau admits a few commoner doctors who are not students there for the spring exam. These doctors usually have many years of experience and are highly trusted for their dical skills in Shengjing. The Hanlin dical Institute grants these doctors the chance to take part in the spring exam, potentially allowing them entry into the Hanlin dical Institute.
But... Lu Tong taking the spring exam?
Dong Lin asked, puzzled, "Does Doctor Lu desire to enter the Hanlin dical Institute?"
Lu Tong nodded.
Dong Lin was even more confused. Although the Hanlin dical Institute did not exclude female dical officers, Lu Tong was doing well at the Renxin dical Hall. Truly entering the Hanlin dical Institute might appear more prestigious, but it was less free than operating outside. Moreover, most of the dical officers at the Hanlin dical Institute were forr students of the Imperial dical Bureau, who generally looked down on "wild doctors" from outside the bureau. An outsider joining them would have to endure their bullying.
Furthermore...
Dong Lin looked at Lu Tong, not believing she could pass the Imperial dical Bureau’s spring exam.
Although Lu Tong had saved his life and had recently saved Princess Wenjun and her daughter, her "Chun Shui Sheng" and "Xianxian" products were also selling extrely well in Shengjing. But the teachers at the Imperial dical Bureau were all forr dical officers from the Hanlin dical Institute. Lu Tong hadn’t seriously studied orthodox dical science; how could she pass all nine subjects of the spring exam? At least in recent years, the number of recomnded commoner doctors from the dical community who passed the spring exam could be counted on one hand.
"Why such a decision, Doctor Lu?" Dong Lin advised kindly, "Being a dical officer is just about having a bit more silver than working here. There are many more rules in the palace than outside. If Doctor Lu is short of silver, I could..."
"Young Master Dong," Lu Tong interrupted him, smiling at him, "When I first ca to Shengjing, it was to uphold my master’s last wish to join the Hanlin dical Institute..."
Dong Lin dazzled by her smile felt a burning sensation in his chest. Hearing her ntion "master’s last wish" evoked his admiration and pity, and he could no longer voice his objections. He only tentatively asked, "Is there any way I can help with this matter?"
"I think, as the Minister of the Imperial Treasury, your position should have a good relationship with the dical community. If you could ntion to them, adding
to this year’s list of recomnded doctors for the exam..."
At these words, Dong Lin heaved a sigh of relief internally.
He had thought Lu Tong was asking for his help to manipulate the final results of the spring exam. Considering that the Liang Dynasty had tightened all of its examination procedures a few months earlier due to a contribution fraud case, no one dared take risks at this juncture. If Lu Tong had made such a request, it would have been difficult for him to agree. But her request was only for a chance to take the exam.
"How hard could it be?" Dong Lin laughed, "Every year, the nas recomnded by the dical community don’t even fill the list. It’s just a minor matter. Leave it to , Doctor Lu."
Lu Tong’s face relaxed slightly, and she gratefully said, "In that case, thank you for your assistance, Young Master Dong."
Feeling like a hero in the presence of the woman he admired, Dong Lin was elated, even his voice becoming more spirited. After talking to Lu Tong for a while longer, it wasn’t until a patient ca seeking dical attention and Lu Tong began to get busy that Dong Lin stood to leave, departing reluctantly.
Shopkeeper Du, who was cracking lon seeds behind the felt curtain, watched Dong Lin’s retreating figure, spat a seed shell into his pouch, and muttered softly, "I don’t know what they talked about for so long, grinning ear to ear, and he is the Minister of the Imperial Treasury’s son, but look at how worthless his deanor is."
Yin Zheng ca in holding a dustpan of white thorns and, curiously glancing at Du Changqing, said, "Shopkeeper Du, you’re a bit strange."
"What’s strange?"
"Both of you have designs on a lady, but while you guard against Marshal Pei with all your might, I don’t see you blocking Young Master Dong?"
Every few days, Du Changqing would badmouth Pei Yunng in front of Lu Tong, as if he was terrified Lu Tong would be whisked away by Pei Yunng in an unguarded mont. Yet, Dong Lin’s eyes practically glued to Lu Tong, and Du Changqing didn’t utter a word of opposition.
"How can you compare the two?" Du Changqing rolled his eyes, "Pei Yunng looks the way he does, while Dong Lin looks like that. Young girls all love handso faces. Doctor Lu could very easily be chard by a Pei surna, but that Dong guy? She doesn’t care for him, so why should I bother?"
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