2022-07-05 13:29:00Peng Mingxia indifferently walked inside the building, his face under the veiled straw hat did not even change. Even after smelling the putrid odor coming from the room. The general was already being woken up by the head mama when the head steward and the physician arrived.
The doctor physician silently took off his veiled straw hat with his other hand, and set his back on a nearby stool. His piercing grey steel eyes met the general's stare. His face was finally revealed.
His hair was ash grey that stopped to his chin, unlike the social norms of men in this empire to have long hair as a sign of piety and virility. It matched his grey steel eyes, he looked somber and cool as he surveyed his surroundings. His lips quirked into a resting smile when he saw the general.
"This physician greets the general." Peng Mingxia greeted but he did not b
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