The head of the Mu family

Chapter 37 Meeting is the most beautiful expectation in life

Qi Luan took the young master and went to the Duke of Anguo's place. Before long, the three of them rode into the palace overnight.

That night, a eunuch returned to deliver a message that a meeting was being held in the palace.

He returned just before dinner the following day.

In the following days, until the 29th of the year, princes and high-ranking officials were frequently summoned to the palace for discussions.

That year, all noble families kept a low profile during the New Year holidays.

At the Duke's mansion, a handkerchief was handed to Shen Huai, containing a large red envelope with twenty taels of gold inside.

The noblewoman even gave Shen Huai a large red envelope containing ten taels of gold.

Shen Huai: What's this? A thirteen-month salary a year?

May my two good Chinese bosses have great success in their careers!

After the New Year, it was said that the Third Prince's mansion was found to be involved in disregarding human life and selling official positions and titles.

In a fit of anger, His Majesty confiscated the Prince's residence.

The palace was searched and countless amounts of gold and silver were found. Enraged, the Third Prince was demoted to a commoner and sent to guard the imperial tombs.

An imperial edict was immediately issued, ordering the confiscated property to be divided into three parts and sent to the southern, western, and northern border regions as military pay.

Two royal families of different genders and five ducal families immediately took the lead.

They donated part of their family property to be sent to the border.

His Majesty praised him by name and bestowed a reward upon him. For a time, nobles and gentry in the capital followed suit, and His Majesty praised them all by name.

After the huge sum of money was sent to the border, His Majesty received a letter from the border general and breathed a sigh of relief.

The day before the Lantern Festival was Li Jingtang's birthday.

Since it was a minor birthday, Shen Huai went out for lunch and gave a gift.

On the Lantern Festival, Shen Huai had dinner and then went to the outskirts of the city to provide free medical services on behalf of the Duke's Mansion.

The area outside the West Gate was usually a gathering place for the poor.

On that day, dozens of soup kitchens were set up, and more than a dozen of them offered free medical consultations.

In addition, three large pharmacies brought a lot of commonly used medicinal herbs there, and you could get a prescription and free medicine on the spot!

Shen Huai sighed:

This level of awareness is truly extraordinary!

Seeing this scene, Shen Huai thought of Doctor Qian from Panlong.

Without her help this year, Dr. Qian must be exhausted!

This year, Shen Huai was still dressed as a simple child in coarse cloth, and he wasn't very busy.

Without a doctor's recommendation, everyone assumed he was just a young apprentice trying to make a living.

Suddenly, colorful fireworks burst in the night sky!

The group of people outside the city gate finally got a share of the festive colors.

Dongfeng night flowers and thousands of trees.

As Shen Huai watched the fireworks, the first line of the poem "Qing Yu An: Lantern Festival" suddenly popped into his mind.

On Shen Huai's side, there were some elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people who couldn't squeeze in to come for treatment.

To my surprise, the young medicine boy was quite accurate.

Shen Huai was leisurely observing the patients in twos and threes.

There was a teenage girl who looked like she was about to break; she came in, knelt down, and cried.

"Help, help..."

Shen Huai first gave her a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, and comforted her by saying:

"Don't worry, you eat first!"

"When you have a little strength left, I'll take your pulse and I'll try to save you."

"It wasn't me! It wasn't me!"

It's me... my younger brother!

Despite the heat, the girl drank half a bowl of porridge and took a breath before speaking.

After saying that, he immediately drank the remaining half bowl and said:

"Please, doctor, please take a look at my brother. I really don't have the strength to carry him!"

Shen Huai was about to go with them, but then he thought about it and sat down again.

"I can't leave here, how about this~"

I'll ask that older brother to go with you and help you bring your younger brother over."

Shen Huai pointed to a servant behind him.

The girl thanked him profusely, then left with the servant while munching on her steamed bun.

Shen Huai was just about to agree to go with her when he noticed that the girl's beautiful face was still visible despite the dirt on her face.

The clothes he was wearing were not made of any material, but upon closer inspection, there were no completely dirty spots, indicating that they were made of brocade.

Shen Huai is probably a con artist.

But what I fear even more is that a child is truly on the verge of death!

After weighing the options, I suggested that someone accompany her, since it would be the same anyway.

A little while later, the two men returned, carrying a child who looked to be about two years old.

Shen Huai examined the child and found that he had a fever and was hungry. It wasn't a rare or complicated illness, but he was indeed dying.

Shen Huai first fed the little boy some warm water.

He had someone serve him a bowl of porridge, and then magically pulled an egg out of his pocket.

The egg yolk was melted into the porridge, and the egg white was given to the girl to eat.

After the porridge cooled down, I slowly fed it to the child, and the child fell asleep after a while.

Shen Huai told the girl to hold the child in her arms and go to a warm place next to the porridge stall to rest.

The girl can have some more porridge and steamed buns.

He wrote a prescription and told his servant to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine and borrow a medicine pot from a family in the city to decoct it.

Shen Huai usually had a good relationship with the servants of the Duke's mansion. He was always polite to those who came to see him for medical treatment and never charged them any fees.

Before dinner time, they saw Master Qi, dressed in plain clothes, leading several young men who were also dressed in plain clothes.

A group of people walked towards the firelight of each soup kitchen.

Suddenly turning around, I found that person in the dimly lit place.

This was the first thought that popped into Shen Huai's mind when he looked at Master Qi, one of the group of people.

Shen Huai: It’s over~ It’s over~

Shen Huai, you've fallen into the river of male beauty!

Behind those people were several adult men, the kind who looked like they knew martial arts.

Shen Huai secretly rolled her eyes:

No wonder the nobles are so enthusiastic!

I knew a leader was coming to inspect our work!

After a while, the group walked around and then Third Master led them to his family's soup kitchen.

"Hmm~ Both the Duke of Xiangguo and the Duke of Dingguo's families have hired renowned doctors, your family might as well not have hired any at all~"

One of them said.

"That's Qi San!"

You're being stingy with this! You don't even know how to treat a common cold, do you?

No wonder your stall has the fewest customers.

Shen Huai knew these were several members of the imperial family and nobility, so he didn't reply.

"Young Master, Third Young Master, there are only a handful of renowned doctors in the city. We've invited them too late!"

Although he's young, typhoid fever shouldn't be a problem for him.

He even gave a forced smile as he spoke.

"You young people are wrong!"

An elderly man resting nearby spoke up.

"There are few people here because everyone looks down on this little baby!"

Ask any of us who've recovered from our illnesses and are resting here~

"This old doctor may not understand, but this child's diagnosis is more accurate than many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners!"

The people who had just seen the doctor nearby immediately chimed in with their own opinions.

Shen Huai thought:

Could it be the effect of the egg I secretly slipped to you when you went to the doctor?

No need to praise them, just let them talk.

They just gave me a perfunctory response and left. Don't you know who these people are?!

The Chinese people, upright and righteous throughout their lives~

Upon hearing this, the young masters who were about to leave turned back.

"Oh? Qi Luan~"

"How about we take your little one's pulse too?"

"The villagers mean well; they just wanted to praise the host after seeing the doctor. Gentlemen, please don't take it to heart."

"Oh, young man, that's not true!"

Not to mention the old man himself, but the old lady sitting there...

In the afternoon, people who couldn't get a queue at other places came here too.

She's had a chronic wrist problem for years, and this kid pricked her a few times with a needle, and she can move it a little bit now.

Shen Huai's inner thoughts: Grandpa, old man!

Please don't argue, this occasion doesn't require it!

Shen Huai glanced over quietly, and even Third Master was ashamed, rubbing his forehead.

"Qi Luan~"

The doll you hired has a good reputation!

Come on! Want to see?

As he was about to sit down, the pale-faced man next to him immediately wiped the stool, and the young master sat down.

Shen Huai glanced at Third Master:

To look or not to look?

Third Master glanced at Shen Huai:

Look!

Shen Huai sat down and took the pulse pad.

The pale-faced man immediately took out a handkerchief and placed it on the pulse pad, and the young master placed his wrist on it.