Back In Time (The Reincarnation of the Cruel Concubine)

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After the incident and weeks passed, Zhou Fang Yin still had frequent nightmares in his sleep. The longer it changed the personality of the crown princess, she became more quiet and moody, even the princess was still afraid to visit the lake.

The change made Emperor Zhou even more anxious, not to mention staring at Zhou Fang Yin's radiant blank face, making his heart sliced.

Wu Li Mei was so, as a biological mother, of course she lamented the same fate. Not a day after the incident, he was absent from visiting Zhou Fang Yin. The woman arranged for various medicines and food given to her daughter, routinely took her for a walk and always accompanied her at every opportunity. Wu Li Mei closed the access for empress Yang Jia Li to visit the princess, if possible, at least there should be herself and many maids there.

"Darling, would you accompany me to pick flowers?" wu Li Mei asked softly, the woman rubbed Zhou Fang Yin's pale cheeks. He had just arrived at the crown princess pavilion, and found his daughter sitting in the hut daydreaming.

"Xiao Yin, did you hear Mom?"

Zhou Fang Yin looked chaotic, that nightmare happened again last night. Not every day indeed, but every time it happened, it greatly shook Zhou Fang Yin's psyche. Post-drowning trauma cases are a natural thing, and can be experienced by many people. This includes the fear of seeing lakes, ponds, rivers, even oceans. Some sufferers experience shortness of breath and anxiety disorders when remembering the drowning event. Especially for children, they are more vulnerable to trauma and if not treated immediately, will interfere with their growth and development.

The concubine often took the crown princess for a walk in search of fresh air, although Zhou Fang Yin was very afraid to see the lake. But slowly, Wu Li Mei still took her walking around the lake.

"Yes, ma'am." Zhou Fang Yin nodded.

"Alright, then I will invite your brother and sister to come along" Wu Li Mei said excitedly.

"Yes." Yeah."

Wu Li Mei smoothed the gaze of the princess's hair, and once again stared painfully. The dark circles around his daughter's eyes indicate that he must have been awake all night, after having that nightmare.

Wu Li Mei clasped Zhou Fang Yin's cold hand, and pulled him to get up. They walked leisurely towards the flower garden in the palace garden, where the princess used to practice horseback riding. There, there's a peony field blooming beautifully. Wu Li Mei got a story from Zhou Ming Hao, about Fang Yin's habit of picking peonies for the concubine, but never appreciated.

I don't know what, even if he only borrowed Wu Li Mei's body, Risa felt guilty towards the young girl. After all, he only wanted the affection of a mother.

"Darling?" call Wu Li Mei, stay a few more meters, they will reach the peony field.

Zhou Fang Yin looked up, looking at the mother with blank eyes.

"Are you okay? We can come back if you're not feeling well." Wu Li Mei had been observing his daughter's every move, she seemed empty and uninspired.

"I'm fine, Mom."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." Yeah." Zhou Fang Yin nodded, looking at the young girl, it was like looking at Wu Li Mei as a child. He was really similar to the great concubine.

Wu Li Mei smiled gently, rubbed the princess's long mane and kissed her forehead briefly. Zhou Fang Yin should be happy, given the abundant affection the mother gave him, but the soul within him was constantly feeling anxious and fearful. To return Wu Li Mei's smile he had no energy.

In the flower field, Zhou Ming Hao and Zhou Xie Ling were already waiting for their arrival. Accompanied by their respective ladies and guards, they brought with them a wicker basket to pick flowers.

"Greetings, Mother." said the two children, Ming Hao has recovered from his broken bone injury, can even run, but Wu Li Mei still forbids him to practice martial arts. Zhou Xie Ling was already looking better, she should routinely take her medicine and should not be too tired.

"Rise!" wu Li Mei's.

As a cool breeze blew the strands of Zhou Fang Yin's hair, the girl felt at peace. This was his favorite place in the entire palace, the peony flower field.

Zhou Fang Yin grabbed a strand of pink peony, the same color as his hanfunya. The girl plucked it, then smelled it.

"Put it here, brother." said Zhou Xie Ling, he thrust a wicker basket that had been filled with several peony stalks.

Zhou Fang Yin was silent.

"Come, put brother down."

Seeing that the elder brother was silent with an unreadable look, Zhou Xie Ling pulled back the basket, the child was never close to the crown princess, as the elder brother always dodged.

Xie Ling exhaled softly, staring at the moody wicker basket containing a few stalks of peonies that she picked up with Zhou Ming Hao. But, a sprig of pink peonies suddenly joined in it, he immediately looked up. Smiled broadly towards Zhou Fang Yin, as the smile slowly retorted. Without hesitation he grabbed the elder brother's hand, pulling him to pluck the flowers together.

It was not wrong for Zhou Xie Ling to join them. The child brings joy through his comedic behavior, and most importantly of all. Zhou Fang Yin slowly began to feel at ease.

"I'm right, Mother!"

Wu Li Mei turned her head, frowning at a boy with a dark blue hanfu. The boy patted his chest proudly.

"Saranku is always right. Look, Mom, Zhou Fang Yin is more radiant." point it at the two little girls who are cool picking flowers.

Wu Li Mei nodded, "Yes, you're right."

"So?"

"So?" wu Li Mei's.

"So, what's my reward?" asked Zhou Ming Hao.

In return, as the concubine remembered, she never promised a reward for the son.

"You mean?"

Wu Li Mei nodded, she naturally understood where their conversation was headed. But, considering the child is quite useful and reliable these days. The concubine sympathized a little, "What do you want?"

"Say mother will grant all my requests."

"Not all, just a reasonable request."

"Alright, Mother." Zhou Ming Hao paused his sentence, it was indeed quite difficult to argue with the mother.

Zhou Ming Hao sighed deeply, he put together his palm of pleading marks. "Let me go back to martial arts" he said with a single breath.

"No!"

"I beg you, I'm healed, believe me." whined the crown prince. "I can't just stay in the palace library and study, I've been so dizzy with those ethics, laws, and so on."

"Trust me mother." Zhou Ming Hao shook his mother's arm, he was tinkering like a child. "I've recovered, and this won't be too heavy, just basic martial arts alone. With Teacher Zhang, he will take care of me."

Wu Li Mei wavered, the son was already healed, after all the broken bone injuries for a child the age of Zhou Ming Hao did improve quickly.

"All right."

"Yheeeeeee-"

"But!"

"If until I see you fighting in the market again, you'll get into Zhou Ming Hao's trouble."

"Ready, Mother!"

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Long time picking flowers, now the sun is right on the head. Wu Li Mei called her children to shelter under a shady tree.

The guards had prepared a tent for shelter, Wu Li Mei sat down. gathered in the grass with mats of pandan leaves. Together with the other ladies and guards, they sat in a circle at Wu Li Mei's request. Dayang Yi was busy handing out a small square box of food and a bottle of drink.

"Let's go, come here, sit here!" tell the concubine to watch her children begin to sit in a circle with frowns.

"Emh, mother?"

"Yes!" wu Li Mei replied, the woman was busy giving her children a larger square box. "Come, wash your hands first." she told Zhou Xie Ling, Fang Yin's daughter followed.

"What are we doing?" asked Zhou Ming Hao.

"We're eating, moreover, the sun's over our heads, so it's not time to eat."

Zhou Ming Hao stared at the square box the mother gave him, the young man had also washed his hands.

"No dishes?" ask Xie Ling.

"We're going to eat with the ladies and the guards?"

Wu Li Mei smiled, looking one by one at her son with a gentle gaze. The concubine had expected this kind of reaction to occur. Given that they grew up in a palace environment that upheld the caste system, they must have felt strange sitting next to the maids and bodyguards.

Wu Li Mei was also aware of the awkward movements of the ladies and guards, especially after the back-to-back questions from the children.

The concubine took a slow breath, "This is the box of supplies." the woman touched the square box of food. "It will be much easier to travel, after all we only go for a few moments. Pity the maids and guards if they have to carry as much supplies as preparing a meal."

"This box will make things easier, open it."

The three children began to open their supply boxes, the contents of which were the same as those of the ladies and bodyguards. Zhou Ming Hao glanced at the ketus, "What am I swapping, Mother?"

"You mean?"

"Why is mine the same as that of the lady-in-waiting and the guard."

"That's because we're the same, we're the same as them." Wu Li Mei replied. "There is no difference between us and them, we are both human. In fact, we need them more."

"No problem no, sitting with the ladies and the guards."

The three children began to nod.

"Mother wants you to appreciate the ladies and the guards, just as you appreciate mother."

Everyone stared confusedly at the grand concubine, slashing the ladies and bodyguards likened to her.

"Respect and respect, and be courteous and kind. It's not limited to who he is, and what's his position in the palace, you understand?"

"Yes, Mommy."