The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 381 - : 197 Real Versus Fake Missy (two updates combined into one) _3

Chapter 381: 197 Real Versus Fake Missy (two updates combined into one) _3

As long as he’s in the mansion, these problems can’t be resolved.

But he can’t move to the outer houses, old lady Gu wouldn’t agree.

Gu Jiao and Dr. Song visited his ward.

When they entered the room, Gu Chenglin was lying on his side, his back to the door.

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The room was dimly lit, but it was clear to see he had lost a lot of weight.

Gu Jiao approached the hospital bed, “If you don’t leave –”

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Gu Chenglin didn’t turn around, just silently raised a silver note.

“The ward at the medical hall is for patients –”

He raised another silver note.

“Business has been good lately –”

Eight silver notes.

Each one worth a hundred taels.

Gu Jiao pocketed the thousand taels, “Take care of your recovery.”

Dr. Song: “…”

After taking the silver notes, Gu Jiao cheerfully exited the room!

On the other side, after finishing his daily homework, Gu Chengfeng made his way to the medical hall to care for his brother.

Before, he used to do the homework during the day and missions at night. Ever since Gu Chenglin was injured, he’s now doing homework and taking care of Gu Chenglin during the day, and doing missions and taking care of Gu Chenglin at night.

Gu Chenglin’s body is perfectly fine now, but he’s become withdrawn and refuses to communicate with others.

Gu Chengfeng’s secret is almost exposed to Gu Chenglin, but the small mercy is that in his current state, Gu Chenglin doesn’t seem likely to spill Gu Chengfeng’s secret.

Getting up early and working late, worn out again and again, Gu Chengfeng finally managed to accumulate a total of one thousand taels silver.

This was the last debt.

After he pays this off, he won’t have to work so hard anymore!

“Third Brother, after Big Brother pays off this debt, I will take you to a better medical hall!” Gu Chengfeng said while reaching under Gu Chenglin’s pillow to touch his silver notes.

He felt it once, huh? Nothing.

He felt it the second time. Still nothing.

He pulled out the pillow, only to discover in despair that his hard-earned one thousand taels of silver notes had disappeared!

He felt like the sky was falling: “Third Brother! Where’s my money?”

On the ninth day, the first formal exam began.

The imperial guards had surrounded the Imperial College the day before, leaving no gaps, not even a fly could get into.

The invigilators took out the exams from the sealed boxes and distributed them to each examination room.

The Imperial College in the Capital City had a total of four examination rooms, east, west, south and north. Each examination room had up to five hundred exam candidates, adding up to a total of two thousand exam papers.

After the exam papers were distributed, the candidates were not allowed to start immediately, but had to wait for the toll of a bell in the Imperial College. Only after this bell sounded three times could candidates begin to write their answers.

The same went for when the exam was over. The bell must sound three times, and then the writing must stop. Otherwise, it was regarded as cheating in the exam.

Because of the large number of candidates in the Imperial College, there were also many invigilators and patrols all day. Under such high-pressure conditions, it was very difficult to cheat.

The weather seemed to be getting colder, with light snow falling early in the morning.

The chilling wind howled and the candidates were shivering in the cold, unable to hold the brush properly.

Xiao Liulang had a piece of dried meat and a steamed bun for breakfast, dipped in chili sauce, which made him sweat profusely and his hands were warm.

This exam focused on the Four Books and Five Classics, including questions about copying scriptures, interpretation and discussion. The exam was quite extensive.

Those who were able to make it to this round were all cream of the crop from all over the country, their mental quality and genuine knowledge were much better than those of the county exam candidates. The difficulty of this first exam was not going to stump them, it’s just the freezing weather was too difficult to bear.

“Achoo!”

In one of the exam rooms, Du Ruohan sneezed heavily.

He’d kicked off his quilt last night and woke up freezing in the middle of the night. After this, he wasn’t feeling well, his head was dizzy and he couldn’t concentrate on the questions.

“Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!”

After a series of sneezes, he felt his head was even dizzier.

If he continued like this, he would definitely fail.

Feeling desperate, Du Ruohan was saddened.

He couldn’t afford to fail. If he did, it would embarrass his aunt.

His aunt was already having a tough time at home. If he did poorly, his aunt would have an even harder time facing others.

Du Ruohan tried to force himself to read the questions, but his mind was too muddled to continue.

He wanted to eat something to boost his energy. When he opened his bundle, a small medicine packet fell out.

He was momentarily stunned before he remembered that it was something Gu Jiao had given him. She had said it was cold medicine and frostbite ointment. The cold medicine should be taken three times a day, two pills each time; the frostbite ointment was for external use, as needed.

But… would it really work?

If he consumed medicine indiscriminately and ended up with a stomachache, it would be disastrous.

Du Ruohan held on for half more of the two-hour block, and the morning was nearly over. However, he finished less than a quarter of the questions.