Back In Time (The Reincarnation of the Cruel Concubine)
Novelist
Marissa began to enjoy being Wu Li Mei, soaking in warm water with lots of roses in it. What a thing he had been craving all this time.
The night he slept, he wished he could wake up as his real self. But nil, he actually returned to being Wu Li Mei.
"Honey?" call Marissa.
One of the ladies approached, "Yes, Your Majesty."
"Please add some more warm water, I think it's already cooling."
The dayang wavered, looking at the other ladies. It was a pity that Dayang Yi was not there, so they were confused as well as afraid to face Wu Li Mei.
"But, Your Honor." the lady said scared.
Marissa raised her right eyebrow.
"You've been soaking long enough, like--"
"Oh, it's worth the water to cool down, how long have I been soaking?" ask Risa.
"About two hours, Your Honor."
Marissa cursed to herself, how could she fall asleep with soaking for that long. It is not good for his health if it soaks for too long, look at Wu Li Mei's wiggly fingers, already wrinkled at the ends.
"Take my clothes, ladyboy. I think it's enough."
The maids swiftly dried Wu Li Mei's body and gave her clothes that were almost similar to hanfu, only thinner. Maybe it's like towels or bathrobes in modern times.
Everything is very easy here, there are ladies who are ready to serve him. Even for just wearing clothes, the ladies served him very well.
"Which one do you want to wear, Your Majesty?" Dayang Yi came along with the other ladies.
Marissa blinked, right too, if she was the imperial grand concubine, then she must have had a lot of fine jewelry and clothes. "Where's my wardrobe?"
Dayang Yi looked confusedly.
"I want to choose my own clothes."
Dayang Yi nodded, leading Marissa towards the storage of clothes and jewelry.
For a moment Risa was truly amazed at how many jewels Wu Li Mei had dazzled her eyes.
"This woman is so amazing."
Marissa chose a set of bright blue hanfu with bamboo motifs, and a pair of goose-shaped konde skewers.
"What do you want to dress up for, Your Majesty?"
"As usual." replied Marissa lightly.
The servants painstakingly dressed the concubine, although they still felt strange, why Wu Li Mei did not wear such a flashy color hanfu as she usually did, and why are only two skewers of konde that he wears today. Usually the concubine will eat four or five skewers of konde.
"Done, Your Majesty."
"Please give me a mirror." Marissa looked at her reflection in the mirror, she looked up at her appearance. "What's this?" jolt the woman.
The ladies looked at each other, they had already resignedly received the wrath from Wu Li Mei as usual.
"I don't want to dress up too much, it's too menor, I look older." - Marissa. "Do you know natural makeup is becoming a trend right now, you guys are really old fashioned."
"But you used to look like that, Your Majesty." the ladies said.
"I don't want to!" Risa stared fiercely at the frightened ladies, oh, what she looks like Wu Li Mei now. Marissa sighed softly, "Please remove this makeup, I want something simpler." the woman softened, realizing the frightened gazes of the ladies made her feel guilty.
After waiting for a while, the ladies finally finished decorating Wu Li Mei. Risa stared at the mirror-like reflection of the concubine's face from the glass, Li Mei was indeed very evil, but Jessy described her as an angel. Risa should thank her best friend, because her second life feels very comfortable.
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To be honest there is not much he can do here, a lot of time only Risa use to relax. Doesn't the concubine take care of the government or something? Risa suddenly misses her busy life as a doctor. Given that, he became worried and felt guilty to his small patients. And Doctor Ridwan, the old man must be confused to find a replacement for himself.
"Your Majesty."
Risa flinched slightly, she looked at Dayang Yi confused.
"Didn't you hear what I said?"
Risa scratched her temple, "Sorry, I'm not concentrating."
"Kon... sen..cosetration.....you mean?"
"Ah, forget Dayang Yi." interrupted Risa, he forgot that many applied words have not been understood here. "So, can you repeat what you said?"
Dayang Yi nodded, "His Majesty the Emperor sent a healer to check on you."
"Aren't I okay." Risa replied.
"Sorry, but this is the order of His Majesty the Emperor."
Risa nodded, "Yes, then call the healer over here."
Dayang Yi lowered his head and left, a few minutes after, he returned with a middle-aged man dressed in white. Similar to the healer the other day, it just looks more authoritative and convincing. Oh wait! Risa widened as the face of the healer was not foreign.
"Doctor Ridwan!" peekik Risa's. The woman jumped down from her chair to approach the physician.
Everyone there looked at him strangely, "Sorry, Your Majesty?"
"Doctor Ridwan, isn't that you?" tanya Risa is full of twinkle. "Oh, I can't believe you and I were stranded in Jessy's novel. When successfully exiting later, we must reply to the doctor ***** that!"
Risa was speechless, this face was the same as Doctor Ridwan, but why. Ah, Risa forgot that this is a fantasy novel. Perhaps, Jessy described Physician Zhong's face like Doctor Ridwan's.
Physician Zhong began to carefully examine the state of the concubine, inwardly allowing the news to be discussed by the maids. That, Grand Consort Wu Li Mei was not in good health. Some time ago, the lady-in-waiting of the grand concubine's pavilion reported that to the Emperor. That Wu Li Mei was a little different, he started speaking a strange language, and his nature changed drastically. The concubine became more modest and hated the color red.
"Does Your Majesty often feel dizzy?"
"Yes." Yeah." Risa nodded, "Usually after waking up."
"Do you remember what happened before you fell?"
"Fall down." muttered Risa, she forgot to ask about how this concubine could change souls with her. "I'm down?" ask her on Dayang Yi.
Dayang Yi nodded, "Didn't you remember it?"
Risa shook her head slowly.
"Your Majesty fell from the pavilion in the north lake, you drowned and were unconscious for a week."
Marissa turned back her memories, as she remembered there was no fragment of the story in the novel about Wu Li Mei falling and drowning. Waitaminute! wasn't the one who should have drowned was Empress Yang Jia Li.
Risa grimaced holding her dizzy head, her gaze started to spin. Dayang Yi swiftly helped the concubine lie down.
"Please rest first, Your Majesty. I'll bring back the medicine." Physician Zhong immediately passed towards the palace health center to pick up some medicine.
In her place, Risa felt an increasingly intense dizzy, her head throbbing and the memories spinning.
"Take care of your words Wu Li Mei!" Empress Yang pointed her index finger right at Wu Li Mei's face.
"I think you forgot Empress Yang, the children you made government dolls are my flesh and blood!" li Mei was angry.
The Empress who was getting flushed, her breathing was hunting. "You don't know anything Li Mei, stop meddling in my affairs, just take care of your love for the unrequited Emperor."
"No!" wu Li Mei replied, "I won't be silent if you treat my children arbitrarily, they are still very small. I don't understand power!"
Plakkkkk, a red hue appeared on Wu Li Mei's left cheek as a result of a slap from Empress Yang.
"You're talking too much Li Mei."
"Let'soooooooo!"
Wu Li Mei yelled as her body was pushed so strongly that it crashed into the rocks and ended up in the lake, the sound of the calm lake water blasting witnessed that night. In the bright moonlight, Wu Li Mei's breath choked as water burst into her nose and mouth. Li Mei brushed off the water, trying to grab the surface but nil. Wu Li Mei fell even deeper, with a speck of consciousness just the silhouette of a man being last in his memory before closing his eyes.
"Your Majesty? Your Honor?"
Risa was awakened with hunting breath, sweat flowing in her temple. The worry of the maids made him even more confused. "Why me?"
"You are unconscious, Your Majesty. Do you feel pain? in which part?" ask Dayang Yi.
"It's Your Majesty." The doctor gave me a bowl of black liquid, "I concocted medicine to relieve your dizziness."
Risa received it, without warning she downed the water to the toilet. Damn, Risa needs water to calm her down but why is this medicine so bitter.
The maids and healers were silent for a while, waiting for the concubine's condition to improve. While Risa is still arguing with her mind, about the plot of the novel that deviated far. It should be that Empress Yang fell into the lake, and Wu Li Mei was legally beheaded. That should be the end he knows.
"Your Majesty, have you lost your memory?"
Risa looked at the healer.
"Seeing your condition, it may be true that His Majesty the concubine lost some memory due to the impact on the head" he explained.
"I.. had a bump in the head?"
Dayang Yi and the palace healer nodded.
"In fact, the lake water is clear to the red color of Your Majesty."
Risa shuddered in horror.
"I was desperate when you didn't wake up and got weaker" Dayang Yi said.
"It looks like you're right to experience memory loss." added Physician Zhong.
True too, it seems like the story of the novel Back In Time has gone very far from the original plot. Risa nodded in her daydream, memory loss would be an excellent alibi to explain the oddity that had happened to Wu Li Mei at this time. Sorry Jessy, but this time she had to change the storyline so as not to end miserably like Wu Li Mei. Risa is determined to live a long and happy life here, even though she is not loved like the protagonist but she is reluctant to be hated like an antagonist.
"You're right!"
"You mean?" ask Physician Zhong.
"I had amnesia, retrograde amnesia." replied Risa confidently.
Dayang Yi and Physician Zhong gawked, not understanding what the great concubine said.
"Gee!" Risa sneered at her temple slowly, "I can't seem to remember some of the events in my life because of the impact" she pretended to be sad.
"Oh, no, I've even forgotten my good memories." Risa stared at the ladies. "How shall I live this life, O god."
Dayang Yi immediately grabbed Wu Li Mei's delicate hand, "Don't be sad, Your Majesty. Me and the ladies and gentlemen will help you remember." he said, embraced by other ladies.
"You'd better get some rest, Your Majesty's concubine. I'm retiring."
"Yes, Physician Zhong. Thank you." Thank you."
Physician Zhong was silent for a moment, Wu Li Mei had just thanked him. This concubine must be very sick.
