Lu Chang'sheng noted the matter, intending to ask Patriarch Lin Xiaowen about it when he got a chance.
Afterwards, he followed the junior official and received some study supplies—books, brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone—then finally returned to the Diligence Institute.
"Lu Tongsheng!"
"Du Tongsheng!"
"Ma Tongsheng!"
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A crowd of early-arriving child scholars rose to greet him.
Lu Chang'sheng returned each salutation in turn, holding his materials as he reached his assigned seat. He was about to sit down when a commotion sounded.
He saw that the child scholars all around were heading outside.
Lu Chang'sheng found it curious.
Du Meng hinted, "Must be a noble scholar coming—let's go see!"
Lu Chang'sheng immediately understood.
Noble scholars, like them, studied and pursued learning at the Diligence Institute. But unlike Lu Chang'sheng, who was merely a child scholar this year, those nobles truly had great prospects ahead.
