Back In Time (The Reincarnation of the Cruel Concubine)
Poisonous herb notes
“You didn't find it? How could? The book was clearly there Jia’er, are you sure you've searched earnestly?”
Yang Jia Li rotated his eyeballs, this was already the question that the umpteenth time the father asked. He had already ransacked the palace library and the old bookshelf, but the results found no records of herbs let alone the records of poisonous herbs intended by the father. “No dad, I told you I didn't find anything there. I've searched one shelf after another and the row of books but there isn't a single record of poisonous herbs, after all why you told me to look for them, just have Jian Zhu do it. He is useless and just sits sweetly in the chair of the department head without doing anything.” Angry at the woman.
“Jian Zhu might be able to, but he won't freely look for Jia’er. Library guard soldiers will suspect him and the old bookshelves are clearly guarded tightly.”
“Then how? Is that book nothing else?” asked Yang Jia Li, “I don't want to go back to that place and look for it a second time, the smell of those books makes me dizzy dad.”
“How else, the healer needs the records that are in the library to make the deadliest poison. Don't you want the great concubine to die soon?!”
“I want him dead, but I don't want to bother!” yang Jia Li said, the woman with blue hanfu folded her hands and leaned against the eastern hall barrier wall. The father, who asked them to meet there for fear that the emperor would suspect that if he frequently visited the empress, as a former rebel, his movements would always be supervised by the empire.
“tell him dad, he better make the most potent poison to kill Wu Li Mei or I will kill him!” added Yang Jia Li.
Yang Zuo could only be speechless, since his beloved daughter had never bothered to do anything, he was more than happy to tell others. Being on the highest throne for women in the Ming Dynasty was also his wish but he was unwilling to go it alone, finally the father intervened by making a mess with his followers and asked the previous emperor to propose Yang Jia Li to Emperor Zhou. At this moment of course what occurred to him was Yang Jian Zhu, the unreliable head of the department. But they still need it to be a puppet that they can control at will.
Yang Zuo punched the base of his nose, “Just look for a book you can't, then what can you do Jia Li?”
“What does father mean? So dad underestimated me, did he?”
“Because you are indeed unreliable Jia Li, all of this is also for your good, but why can't you do it.” Yang Zuo was full of disappointment, but the princess still felt that this was not her fault. She was the empress of the Ming Dynasty, and how important a book was when it only made poison.
The empress' face was red-flamed, she took a rough breath. “If you really want the book then look for it yourself, this unreliable me can find the book. I told you right from the start to tell you to look for him. Remember that I don't need the poison, I can decapitate the cunning concubine's head without her intervention.”
“Really?” Yang Zuo raised his right eyebrow, “Don't be too confident because despite the memory loss he is still Wu Li-”
Brakkk…
Yang Jia Li and the father turned their heads towards the back, faintly they saw the shadow of someone running away after dropping the clay pottery irresponsibly. “Who's there?!”
Yang Jia Li immediately set foot to go see who had eavesdropped on their conversation, it could be critical if anyone reported their conversation to Wu Li Mei, Emperor Zhou or the queen mother. Could have failed already a plan that has been prepared in advance that day. Faintly, he captured the stature of a woman with pink hanfu that disappeared behind the grand building of the east hall.
“Sial!” as Yang Jia Li said, he clenched his hands and took the opposite direction to that person. The empress had to intercept him and make sure nothing was heard of him.
“You!” point Yang Jia Li right in front of his face, “What did you hear behind the east hall earlier?! Say it or I'll punish you.”
“Sa-I didn't hear any ap-whatever, Your Highness.” Reply staggered.
“Lying! There's no way you didn't hear anything, it's obvious you eavesdropped on the conversation, it's so disrespectful, I'll punish you!”
“No, I didn't hear anything, Your Majesty. I just intend to eavesdrop, I just pass by without hearing anything.” He said in defense, Zhou Fang Yin glanced to the right and left to look for reasons or ways to survive the empress.
Yang Jia Li glimmered furiously, he could see the lie in those terrified eyes. Ah, seeing Zhou Fang Yin made her sick of him because the child was so similar to her mother, even her nature and behavior were about the same. As hard as he tried to turn the princess into what he wanted, Zhou Fang Yin sided with Wu Li Mei. How annoying!
The empress stepped forward, but Zhou Fang Yin immediately retreated to avoid something bad about to happen to her. He was once strangled and pushed into the lake by the empress, but this time it will not happen again. Zhou Fang Yin was on standby even though he was very frightened, especially when he drowned in the lake as if it was twisted again in his head. From then on Wu Li Mei trained him to swim and everything to survive such as horse riding, archery, and sword fighting for martial arts. The imperial princess should not have learned that, but Wu Li Mei and Teacher Zhang taught her secretly.
“Then what are you doing there?!” ask Yang Jia Li, “Tell me what you heard about my talk, or I will kill you like that day.” Whisper the empress with a cruel look.
“I don't hear anything!” the Zhou Fang Yin.
“Lying! You liar! Tell me or I'll kill you!”
“Quick tell me what you did behind the east hall!” yang Jia Li shouted furiously.
“He did nothing.” The voice managed to make Yang Jia Li as well as the princess turn her head, Zhou Fang Yin felt relieved that her helper had come just in time. “I asked him to look for pottery, I needed a small pottery because we wanted to make sweets from fruit. But unfortunately there is no.”
Yang Jia Li set his facial expression to be calmer, “Is that true?!” ask Zhou Fang Yin.
The princess nodded, “True, Your Highness.”
“What's up, Jia Li?”
“No!” Yang Jia Li shook his head, “Nothing, queen mother.” He replied, the woman lowered her head and immediately stepped away before the queen mother asked.
