"Mrs. Su, please come in."
Qi Lianli quickly invited the person into the house, and from time to time he looked at Su Xingyi's face, his eyes full of amazement.
Looking at Su Xingyi from such a close distance, seeing him clearly, he seemed to be even more handsome than the eldest prince.
"Greetings, Lord Qi." Su Xingyi bowed respectfully.
Qi Lianli quickly helped the man up and said, "Quick, no need to be polite."
"Thank you, Master Qi."
Su Xingyi stood up and looked at Qi Lianli, who was upright, with sharp eyes and eyebrows, and was estimated to be in his early thirties. He felt a sense of security.
Lord Qi should be a good official!
Xiao Lingyu walked to the table and sat down, taking off his veil and putting it aside. "Master Qi, don't believe the rumors outside. I was able to restore the children's health and cure Su Xingyi's leg and eye diseases simply because I happened to read about the related diseases in a medical book and tried to treat them. I didn't expect that they would work."
"Madam Su, please don't be so modest. I heard from Master Miao that you learned medical skills on your own during the three years of mourning that are comparable to those of famous doctors. I've had trouble sleeping these days, so I'd like to ask Madam Su to take a look at me."
It was not difficult for Xiao Lingyu to guess from what he said that Lord Miao had been communicating with Lord Qi through letters, and he probably knew the situation of the Su family very well.
"Master Qi, please sit down quickly and let me take a look at you."
Qi Lianli then lifted his robe and sat down.
Su Xingyi and his four children stood behind Xiao Lingyu.
Qi Lianli carefully revealed his wrist, not daring to look directly at Xiao Lingyu.
He had a feeling that if he didn't look respectful, these five men would probably beat him up.
Xiao Lingyu listened carefully for a moment and then withdrew his hand. "Master Qi, there's nothing wrong with your body. It's just that you've been overexerting yourself and overthinking that's causing you trouble falling asleep. I'll prescribe a recipe for calming your mind. Drink one bowl every day before bed. You'll see the effects quickly, and you can continue to drink it."
"Thank you, Madam Su."
Half a cup of tea later, Qi Lianli took the prescription and glanced at it, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Qi Lianli has difficulty falling asleep, which is an old problem. He often drinks calming tea. The recipe on this prescription is different from the one he usually drinks.
After taking a look at Su Xingyi, who stood as tall as a pine tree, he knew without a doubt that this prescription was better than the ones prescribed by other doctors.
"Okay, Madam Su, I will drink a bowl every night before going to bed as you said."
Qi Lianli reached into his sleeve to take out the banknotes.
"Master Qi, I'm prescribing a common health-preserving prescription for you. You don't have any medical conditions, so it's not really a consultation, so there's no need to charge a consultation fee."
Qi Lianli took out half of the silver note and hesitated for a moment, then took out a silver note with a face value of one hundred taels.
"Madam Su, the prescriptions you prescribe are better than those of other doctors. Of course I have to pay you for the consultation."
"Master Qi, most of my medical fees are now spent on the children. If you insist on giving, please give them a gift."
Qi Lianli suddenly felt embarrassed. He had indeed not considered this aspect when he came here today.
The children had just thanked him sincerely, but he had dismissed them with such feeble words.
Let’s do something practical!
"Okay, tomorrow I will send the gifts I prepared for the children to Lu Mansion."
"Thank you uncle for giving us the gifts!" Xiao Xier blinked her cute big eyes and looked at Qi Lianli.
Qi Lianli's heart was melted by this. When he first met the little girl, she was not so fair and cute, nor did she smell so good.
"This is a gift from your uncle, you will definitely like it!"
Xiao Xier was looking forward to it: "Then uncle, please don't let me down."
"No, no, you will know tomorrow. I guarantee you will all like it." Qi Lianli said while sniffing.
"Master Qi, I think you will be very busy in the next few days. When I came here today, I saw many students from various counties coming to the street to take the exam."
Qi Lianli nodded: "I am the chief examiner of this provincial examination. To be honest, I am a little nervous now."
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "It's not your next exam, why are you nervous?"
"This is my first time as a chief examiner. The futures of thousands of students depend on me. I'm afraid I might give subjective and biased scores when grading the papers, which could affect their careers."
Xiao Lingyu said, "Sir, you don't need to worry about that. With thousands of test papers, you can clearly see the students' levels. Just mark them according to your heart. There are also invigilators and co-examiners sent by the court. They will mark the papers with you. You will definitely select outstanding talents for the court!"
Qi Lianli said, "That being said, I'm worried we won't be able to select outstanding talents."
Xiao Lingyu frowned. Was there any hidden meaning in these words?
Is this a test for her?
"How could they not select outstanding students? Lord Qi is the lord of a county, he is extremely talented and knowledgeable, and he understands the current situation. He will definitely be able to select outstanding students for the court. There is also the provincial examination. If they are on the list, they will go to the capital to take the metropolitan examination. At that time, the best will be selected from the best. Whether they can pass the imperial examination depends on their personal luck."
"Mrs. Su is right!"
"Uncle." Su Ningjie leaned over and asked, "Is the exam really difficult? Is it hard to pass?"
"That's right, the provincial examination is difficult, and the imperial examination is even more difficult. After all, the imperial court selects only one in ten thousand talents!"
Su Ningjie said, "It seems that getting the first place in the examination is easy, otherwise Uncle Huaiyuan wouldn't have failed the provincial examination several times."
Qi Lianli frowned. "It's not easy to pass the exam to become a scholar. There are no easy exams in the imperial examination. Generally, the top scholar is the top student in the case, which shows that he is very talented in studying. It's possible that he didn't perform well enough to fail the exam."
"Uncle, Uncle Wu Huaiyuan from our Guihua Village was the top scholar back then, but he never passed the provincial examination and failed every time. This is the fourth time he's taken the provincial examination, so I wonder if he can pass this time?"
Qi Lianli frowned even more tightly. There must be something fishy going on here!
How could I fail the imperial examination?!
The first place in Beiyi Xiucai is of great significance, not everyone can get the first place!
Xiao Lingyu saw that his brows were furrowed, and it seemed that the Cui family had not found him yet.
"Since you know this Mr. Wu, if his name is not on the list this time, he can use his test paper to get his own back. If he thinks my marking is not objective, he can come to me. If he still does not agree, he can go to the capital to appeal to the Ministry of Rites."
After hearing what he said, Xiao Lingyu was sure that he didn't know about the Cui family's cheating in the imperial examination, and the Cui family would not come after him.
People with something to hide will not let the candidates take the test papers back.
Then things will be easy!
Xiao Lingyu asked, "Can you get the test papers of the candidates with the test papers?"
Qi Lianli nodded: "This is an imperial decree issued by the emperor three years ago, but it has not yet been publicized in the county academies."
Xiao Lingyu said, "Taking back the test papers is a bad idea. I'm worried that some students might cheat. I hope you will be more careful and attentive."
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