Chapter 162: Venting!
After leaving the palace and listening to the sound of firecrackers coming from the city, Shen Chaoyan felt the atmosphere of the New Year.
On the street, children were dressed in festive clothes, holding candied haws and covering their ears while eating.
Even strangers on the road would say auspicious words of Happy New Year when they bumped into them.
After a quarter of an hour, the carriage stopped in front of an inn.
Originally, there were not many people in the inn during the New Year, and Sikong Xian had asked people to clear the place in advance. As soon as he entered the door, the whole lobby was empty, and even the shopkeeper and waiter were nowhere to be seen.
There was only one person sitting in the huge inn.
The other party heard the footsteps and turned his head to look at the door.
When he saw who was coming, he immediately stood up and saluted, "Your humble servant pays homage to His Majesty! Pays homage to the Queen Mother!"
Shen Chaoyan stood behind Sikong Xun and tiptoed to take a look inside.
Above the other person's head was a line of large, shining characters: [Chu Moxiao, 45 years old, Earl of Zhongqin, General An Lan's first love.]
It turned out that this was An Qiqi's biological father!
Shen Chaoyan looked at the other person carefully with excitement.
Chu Moxiao was tall, and according to visual estimation, his height was close to 1.9 meters.
He had broad shoulders and a thick chest, and he didn't have the greasy fat of a middle-aged man at all.
He had a handsome and heroic face, and although he hadn't been on the battlefield in recent years, his tanned skin still revealed a rough and handsome look.
The first time Shen Chaoyan saw his appearance clearly, she felt that this man's appearance was a perfect match for An Lan!
"Mr. Zhongqin, please don't
be polite. I asked you to come here today because I want to ask you for help with something." The Queen Mother spoke straightforwardly and stated her purpose directly.
Chu Moxiao immediately replied, "The Queen Mother, you are too polite. If you need my help, please let me know and I will do my best!"
Since leaving the border, he has lived a very leisurely life. He
eats and sleeps every day. For fear that he would be bored, his subordinates gave him a few pairs of walnuts to play with.
This kind of life may be what others want, but Chu Moxiao is not happy.
He often feels that he has been treated as a parasite and has enjoyed the salary given to him by the court in vain.
Now that the emperor and the queen mother have summoned him in person and asked him to do things, he couldn't ask for more.
The Queen Mother looked at him and replied word by word, "I need your blood."
Chu Moxiao was stunned, mistakenly thinking that the Queen Mother wanted his life, but he still agreed, "Okay, this life of mine was picked up from the battlefield. If the Queen Mother wants, you can take it away at any time!"
The Queen Mother looked at his face with a fearless expression, and was puzzled, "Why do I want your life? I just want to take your blood to save people."
After saying that, she turned her head and comforted the people around her softly, "After we take the blood, we will go upstairs to save Qiqi."
An Lan had been lowering her head before, and from Chu Moxiao's angle, she couldn't see her face clearly.
Therefore, Chu Moxiao didn't notice her at first.
At this moment, after listening to the Queen Mother's words, An Lan subconsciously went in the direction of Chu Moxiao.
And Chu Moxiao also glanced sideways curiously.
When he met An Lan's eyes, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.
However, he quickly put away all the emotions in his eyes, nodded to her calmly, and then looked away, "Queen Dowager, saving people is urgent, should I go upstairs with you?"
He just saw the worry on An Lan's face, and thinking back to what the Queen Dowager had just said to him, he could probably guess that the person the Queen Dowager wanted to save must be related to An Lan.
An Lan has always disliked trouble. Since she can ask the Queen Dowager and the Emperor to come forward, it is very important for An Lan to explain the people who need to be saved.
The Queen Dowager nodded, "Let's go up together, Doctor Zhong is waiting!"
"They are in Room No. 1." An Lan said, and took the lead to walk up the stairs.
Everyone else followed An Lan and went up to the second floor.
Zhong Shiwen was sent directly here after returning from his hometown.
He heard footsteps approaching outside, and immediately got up to get a room.
"Your Highness..."
Zhong Shiwen didn't expect that the emperor and the queen mother would come in person. He was about to salute, but was interrupted by the queen mother, "No need for formalities! I have brought you the medicine, hurry up and get blood to save people!" Zhong
Shiwen looked at Chu Moxiao who walked in front of him, and couldn't help but be shocked.
The biological father of General An Lan's adopted daughter turned out to be the former General Chu, now the Earl of Zhongqin!
He didn't think about it in this regard before, but now that he saw Chu Moxiao standing in front of him alive, he realized that the little girl lying on the bed looked very similar to Chu Moxiao!
However, he heard that Chu Moxiao was a man who valued love and friendship, so why did he abandon his own daughter?
Thanks to General An for adopting the little girl, otherwise who knows where the little girl would be wandering!
Zhong Shiwen thought An Qiqi was cute and lovable. Although he only got along with her for half a day, he liked the little girl very much.
Zhong Shiwen naturally did not have a good face for the bad father who "abandoned" the little girl.
He just rolled his eyes at Chu Moxiao, and his tone became much colder, "Uncle Zhongqin, please sit down!"
Chu Moxiao sat down as he was told and extended his left hand.
Zhong Shiwen opened the medical kit, and his fingers circled a row of silver needles, and finally chose the thickest one.
Zhong Shiwen raised his hand and the long and thick silver needle immediately pierced Chu Moxiao's skin, and blood flowed from his wrist.
Zhong Shiwen picked up the empty bowl on the table, put it under the wound pierced by the silver needle, and took a full bowl of blood before stopping.
However, during such a long period of time, Chu Moxiao sat upright, not to mention crying out in pain, he didn't even frown.
Zhong Shiwen is a skilled doctor, and he actually has a way to draw blood painlessly.
However, in order to vent his anger for An Qiqi who was "abandoned" by Chu Moxiao, he deliberately chose the most painful way to draw blood from Chu Moxiao.
After teaching An Qiqi's "scumbag father" a lesson, Zhong Shiwen did not delay for a moment, and swiftly carried the bowl full of blood to the back kitchen of the guest house.
He had boiled the medicine in the kitchen in advance, so it wasn't long before he returned to the room with the prepared medicine.
Zhong Shiwen glanced at Chu Moxiao who was standing there silently, and shouted, "Uncle Zhongqin, come and do me a favor! Help me lift the little girl up!"
"Okay."
Chu Moxiao thought that Zhong Shiwen spoke loudly to him because he was worried about the patient's condition.
He didn't think about it and rushed to the bed in two or three steps.
An Lan's eyes tightened, and she followed to the bed, "Let me do it."
"No, no, General An has been worried and tired for his daughter's condition for a long time, and it's time for others to do what they can."
Chu Moxiao didn't think Zhong Shiwen had hidden meaning in his words, but felt that he was right, "Doctor Zhong is right, leave this kind of hard work to me."
At the door of the room, Shen Chaoyan watched Chu Moxiao lift the child up and Zhong Shiwen feed the child medicine one spoonful at a time, and couldn't help but mutter in her heart.
[The Book of Heaven, is it my illusion? Why do I feel that Doctor Zhong has always been targeting Chu Moxiao? ]