Back In Time (The Reincarnation of the Cruel Concubine)

Berry's a trouble maker

“Mother, are you okay?”

“Bu?”

“What happened to the queen mother while I was away? How can you be a high fever like this?” emperor Zhou asked after he and the party reached the palace, hearing the news of the queen mother being ill made the emperor immediately head to the queen's pavilion to confirm it.

When he got there, not only the emperor but also Wu Li Mei was surprised not to play to find the queen mother lying limp and pale, her body hot but shivering cold. If it is like this then regular compresses and herbal remedies will not be enough. Wu Li Mei also checked the state of the queen mother, her body temperature was high like a fever but much worse. When noticed again there are no rashes, red patches on the skin, or blue bruises. There are no signs of allergies like itching either.

From what was delivered by her two sons and daughter, the queen mother fell ill after eating a meal in the empress' pavilion. And it was very natural that Wu Li Mei suspected that Yang Jia Li this time had been eyeing the queen mother, but for now it was not the most important but the recovery of the queen mother. He also could not originally accuse without strong evidence, moreover if it was indeed the work of Yang Jia Li, even more so if it was indeed the work of Yang Jia Li, he was very good at putting the blame on even innocent lives in this usurpation.

But, if until Yang Jia Li was proven to do so, he would not stay silent to teach her the lessons that the scheming empress deserved. “Bu, are there any other body parts that are sore or sore? Does your stomach feel bloated?”

Samar, the queen mother shook her head. “No, May-may.” The answer. “I was just limp and all my joints hurt, I was so cold.

“Did mom have itching before? Or other symptoms like vomiting?” wu Li Mei asked again at the lady-in-waiting. The woman who has always taken care of the queen becomes the one person who can be the key to the problem, because she spends a long time with the queen mother.

The head of the lady-in-waiting is approaching, “No, Your Majesty's Concubine. The queen mother only complained of headaches, not itching. But, he had vomited once and nothing came out, Your Majesty.”

“So, like stuck in the stomach yes.” Wu Li Mei nodded her head, she revealed the thick blanket that wrapped the old woman's weak body. Checking his pulse and patting some parts of his stomach, there was a bloating sound but not too strong. “Has the queen mother defecated after vomiting?”

“Not yet, Your Highness.”

“When was the last time you pooped?”

“Maybe it was tig days ago, Your Majesty.” Answer the lady, “Sorry, I'm not sure but it looks like it was three days ago.”

“What's up, Mei’er? Is this gonna be bad? Did something bad happen?” emperor Zhou asked worried, however, that a child would worry about his mother and vice versa. Although there must have been a strange power war, Emperor Zhou still loved his mother.

Wu Li Mei sniffed her shoulders and smiled faintly, “I don't know, Your Majesty. Hopefully this fever will come down in some time, Physician Zhong has already given the medicine and it will help well. If necessary, I will add some medicine to further help him recover.”

“What's this been going on for a long time?”

Dayang the queen mother again shook her head, “Not yet, Your Majesty, just two days ago, after the queen mother went to visit the empress pavilion.”

“Pavilion empress? For what?” ask Emperor Zhou quickly.

“Do you only drink tea? Did the Queen mother eat anything?”

The lady-in-waiting immediately shook her head, “No, Your Majesty, the queen mother ate a small meal prepared by the empress-in-waiting. Some wild cakes and berries growing in the courtyard of the queen pavilion.”

“Berry?”

Wu Li Mei so know now because it seems like the berry is the source of the problem, many wild berries that contain toxins and look the same as non-toxic berries, in terms of taste is the same. But if you are not observant in distinguishing it, then it could be wrong in choosing. That is why berries become quite avoided when finding wild fruits.

Yang Jia Li barged into the already full pavilion of the queen, the lady with the orange-colored hanfu immediately gathered beside the queen mother bed. “Oh mother, what happened to you? I'm sorry for coming late, I don't know if you're sick.”

“Bu, how do you feel? Is there a sick part? Let me massage ya.”

“Berry what the queen mother ate in your pavilion.” Wu Li Mei directly asked Yang Jia Li, related to her conjecture on the berry that the queen mother had just eaten and made her fall ill.

“Berry? What berry? I don't know if there are berries in my pavilion, nor do I know if the queen mother ate berries.” Refuting Yang Jia Li, the palace woman got up and looked at Wu Li Mei dislike, “What do you accuse of poisoning the queen mother, how dare you Wu Li Mei!”

“Then how else? The queen mother fell ill after visiting your pavilion, anyone would have guessed if you had planned to harm the queen mother instead.”

“Hei! Don't just accuse ya, it's not true, I didn't do anything to the queen mother.” Yang Jia Li clenched his palms together, his face flushed red from feeling accused of having harmed the queen mother. It was delicious that Wu Li Mei had originally charged him without any evidence, even though he was not here and he had just returned from the Hang Country.

The tension within the grand mother's pavilion began to feel after Wu Li Mei and Yang Jia Li had several times engaged in an increasingly cornering exchange of mouths that cornered Yang Jia Li. Many people who came there also began to change believing that the queen might plan something on the queen mother so desperate to plant poisonous berries to be eaten by the queen mother. “Bad you Wu Li Mei basic don't know yourself!”

Yang Jia Li raised his hand and prepared to slap on the smooth white cheek of the great concubine, his eternal enemy at any moment. Until one of them dies and loses. Only a few more pictures of the hand stuck to the concubine's cheek, but Emperor Zhou had prevented it first. “You crazy empress?!” his jolt.

“It's not me who's crazy, Your Majesty. Wu Li Mei had no manners, she was so presumptuous to have accused me of poisoning the queen mother.”

“But, not by force! Go, you disturb the queen mother rest.”

“Ta-but .. i.”

“Go!”