Sick

My aunt was looking down on me with disappointment in her eyes.

I was feverish and weak, laying in the bed.

She seemed so disappointed that I failed to accomplish her expectations of me.

She stared at me for some time.

I guess she was thinking what her next actions would be.

"Suyin, how did you manage to catch cold? Did you sleep with open window?" she asked.

Ah, snake.

What, are you going to pretend nothing happened?

"Yes, auntie. It was so hot during the night, so I wanted to breeze to come in" I weakly answered to her.

"Silly child. It's only spring. No wonder you got sick. You better stay in bed and recuperate in next few days"

She said some more useless sentences and then went away.

I breathed out of relief.

I could feel the headache coming to me.

Is she stupid?

How did she survive in the harem for fifteen years?

Does she want to suck up to new emperor or make him her enemy?

Because old emperor died yesterday, and she sent his concubine to new emperor the same day.

Jiang Qingyuan just became an emperor. And it was through some shady ordeal.

If he gets caught playing with his dad's concubine just few hours after Holy One passed away, he would face some repercussions.

He would probably be drowned with memorials criticizing his immoral behavior.

Or someone can use that as an excuse for rebellion.

Actually, it's not a weird thing if a new emperor takes concubine from old emperor's harem, but they usually at least wait for a funeral to pass.

I'm really glad that I survived.

Jiang Qingyuan could have just disposed of me.

And then I would've been one of nameless concubines who volunterly committed suicide so that they can follow his majesty to otherworld.

Nobody is going to question what happened with powerless concubine, and everyone is soon going to forget that I existed.

Ah, this is a pain in the ass.

So bothersome.

I was burning for a whole day.

My maids magically reappeared in the morning.

How nice.

I have zero trust in them now.

Well, I never trusted them anyway.

And this stupid cold is infuriating.

Especially for this time period.

When medicine here is so backwards, and you can die from common flu.

Well, I'll survive.

Imperial physicians are nothing to scoff at.

But I only saw doctor once today, and he was kinda impatient with me.

He just gave my maid some prescription and slinked away.

Well, not like he has time to care about me. He's probably thinking about how will he live through the turmoil in the palace.

I downed down that prescribed medical concoction.

"Ugh, bitter"

Daiyu immediately gave me sugary fruit to counteract the bitter taste.

"Don't worry mistress, you will recover soon" Chunhua chipped in.

Yeah, you traitors.

I will deal with you when I recover. You better be prepared.

But I'm not sure if they are at fault.

After all, this is my aunt's palace.

So she could have just moved them away from my room at night by changing their shifts with other maids.

Well, my real maid is Daiyu only, so it's better to be wary of the other two.

Nevertheless, just in case, I will still be suspicious of all three of them.

You never know.

All people can be bribed.

I can't think anymore.

Medicine started to take effect.

Now, I just wanna sleep.

I feel so faint.

Hope nothing major happens while I'm in a dreamland~