The snow in Shengjing stopped by the fifth watch of the night.
A night had passed, and the entire city was cloaked in white.
Whatever had happened in the palace last night, come early morning, the whole city was under martial law, with patrols from the City Guard coming and going along West Street.
Official Hu had sent a servant to Renxin Medical Hall with a message for Lu Tong, stating that the matter of securing a spot for the Imperial Medical Bureau's spring examination had been entrusted to someone and was under negotiation. News would be sent back soon, so Lu Tong should patiently wait.
Lu Tong packed several prescriptions for nourishing herbal teas for the servant to take back to Official Hu. Ah Cheng, upon seeing this, hesitated and asked, "Doctor Lu, have you really made up your mind about going to the Hanlin Medical Institute?"
