INSERT THIS IN HER MOUTH

Zoe glanced at the previously high and mighty but now helpless queen as she was lying in the bed. Her whole body seemed to scream of weariness and despair.

She stepped forward and answered Physician Sheng Tun's question amidst the doubting look of the physicians around her.

"With the current state of the Queen, I don't think alum powder will be enough to save her, my lord."

All the physicians looked at each other in horror. Some of them appeared so because of their concern for the queen's health. And the others were because of Zoe's fearless suggestion against Physician Sheng Tun's method of treatment.

"Do you think you can treat the Queen with your intervention then?" Physician Sheng Tun now turned towards her with a wide stance and his arms crossed over his chest. 

He cannot take her feisty interference to his duties anymore.