Chapter 376: Chapter 142: Marshal Rescues_3
Pei Yunng smiled faintly as he spoke, "The Imperial Guards have been training too fiercely lately, and with the added irritability of spring, the guards are all exhausted. I’m here to request that a dical officer accompany
to see to them."
Having said that, he seed to notice Lu Tong standing off to the side for the first ti, his eyebrows raising slightly: "A new dical officer? I think she is quite suitable. Let’s go with her."
His words were so sudden that everyone in the room was taken aback.
Lu Tong was also taken aback.
She looked up at Pei Yunng, whose face wore the usual smile as if he had casually chosen a dical officer that caught his eye, with apparently no other intentions, as innocent as can be.
anwhile, Cui Min’s face began to look ugly.
Pei Yunng’s words were directing Lu Tong to the Imperial Guards, but they also rescued Lu Tong from the embarrassing situation just monts before.
By doing so, not only was Lu Tong spared the hassle with the individual surnad Jin but she was also spared from the suspicions of the crowd—a perfectly reasonable explanation that left no room for fault.
But it was at this very mont...
Cui Min’s eyes darkened, a mory vaguely coming to mind.
After Lu Tong had topped the spring examination red list, he had soone inquire about her past achievents. Besides developing two new dicines nad "Spring Water Birth" and "Xianxian," her most famous feat was probably uncovering the poison "Infant Sorrow" that Princess Consort Wen had been afflicted with, saving her life while causing Consort Yan inside the Palace to be implicated. Soone from the Imperial Apothecary involved in supplying forbidden drugs was also implicated, making everyone in the dical Officer Institute and Imperial Apothecary uneasy at the ti.
Princess Wen Pei Yunshu is Pei Yunng’s legitimate older sister.
If Lu Tong and Pei Yunng had already ford a private connection at that ti, the sudden actions of this Commander might not be just an impulse.
As he was mulling this over, the voice of Pei Yunng reached him from beside: "Thinking it over for so long, is the Envoy finding it difficult to decide?"
Cui Min was jolted back to reality.
The young man before him had a smile on his lips, his Official Uniform of the Imperial Guards worn casually, not as stern and rigid as the usual guards but with dimples on his cheeks that made him appear friendly and bright.
Yet his gaze was not friendly.
Those beautiful black eyes shone like the stars but seed like a still deep pond, chilling to those who t them.
Cui Min’s heart tightened, suddenly feeling a trace of fear.
His encounters with the Commandant of the Palace Front Office had been few and far between. The man was young and promising, always bright and smiling whenever they t as if he was very approachable. However, at such a young age to hold high office, who could be simple minded? Over the years, those who had opposed him either t with accidents or were demoted...
It seed beneath his warm exterior lay another, more defiant heart.
It gave people an inexplicable intuition, that anyone who defied or disobeyed him was likely to et a terrible fate.
Cui Min neither wished nor dared to oppose him.
Putting away his reluctance, Cui Min bowed and said, "The Marshal jokes. If the Palace Marshal’s Mansion needs our service, it is our duty to comply." He turned to Lu Tong and instructed, "Doctor Lu, you should go to the Palace Marshal’s Mansion. Lord Jin’s urgent case will still be attended to by Cao Huai."
No matter whether Pei Yunng was deliberately rescuing Lu Tong or not, this statent gave Pei Yunng face.
Officer Cao Huai in the crowd looked disappointed upon hearing this, while Lin Danqing and Chang Jin heaved a sigh of relief.
Lu Tong stood still.
Pei Yunng glanced at her, "Doctor Lu?"
Lu Tong knitted her brows slightly: "Yes."
Cui Min smiled: "Good."
However, in the next mont, Lu Tong lifted her head: "However, Envoy, regarding Lord Jin’s case, I still wish to attend it with Officer Cao."
As these words fell, the room suddenly fell silent.
The gazes fixed on her turned odd in an instant.
She had already extricated herself from those vexing issues and did not need to be entangled with Jin Xianrong, so why was she eagerly running towards it? Was she a fool?
Lin Danqing abruptly made aningful eye contact with Lu Tong, but Lu Tong seed not to notice, calmly addressing Cui Min: "I will arrange the timings, attending to the Palace Marshal’s Mansion will not delay attending to Lord Jin, please grant permission, Envoy."
Her words were uttered so sincerely and calmly as if she genuinely wanted this task. Indeed, there were new dical officers in the Hanlin dical Institute who would clamor for more work to show off their diligence and dedication to their superiors... but one should also be clear about what kind of tasks they were clamoring for.
Any other dical officer wouldn’t be so eager for this duty.
When Pei Yunng heard Lu Tong’s words, his eyes landed on her face, his expression becoming quietly scrutinizing.
Without a word, Cui Min’s gaze shifted between the two of them before he slowly began to smile.
He comnded, "Doctor Lu has a Benevolent Heart, very good."
"Since Doctor Lu herself seeks it..."
He intentionally stressed the word "herself," his deanor gentle and approving, "granted."
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