Marrying into a rich family by mistake, it is difficult to be a mistress

Coptis chinensis: bitter in taste, cold in nature, clears away heat and dampness, purges fire and detoxifies.

"Puff!" Concubine Xu vomited out the medicine just after taking a sip!

Her face was distorted with pain and she couldn't express it in words.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Nanny Wang looked at Dowager Concubine Xu with a worried look on her face.

"Pooh, pooh, pooh! Water, bring me some water!"

Nanny Wang quickly brought a glass of water over. Concubine Xu took a big gulp, but the bitter taste could not be washed away. She couldn't help but shiver.

"Candied fruits and maltose, bring them all to me!"

"Yes." Nanny Wang hurried to get it.

After sucking on a piece of maltose, Concubine Xu's complexion finally looked better.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with this medicine?" Nanny Wang asked in confusion.

"You dare to ask me how I made the medicine today? Why is it so bitter?" Concubine Xu asked repeatedly.

"I just boiled it as usual. Oh! By the way, the court doctor got some new medicine today and took away the medicine prescribed yesterday. He said that these medicines are more suitable for the symptoms." Nanny Wang picked up the bowl and smelled it. The taste seemed to be a little wrong.

"Do you have a prescription for today's medicine?" Concubine Xu asked angrily. She wanted to see what kind of medicine could be so bitter!

"No."

"How dare he change my medicine so carelessly! Call him over immediately."

"Yes."

Concubine Xu wanted to give Doctor Zhang a severe lesson.

I didn’t expect that Doctor Zhang came with the princess.

When she saw the princess, Concubine Xu immediately suppressed the question that was about to come out of her mouth.

She began to understand a little.

The medicine was suddenly replaced. Maybe it wasn't because Doctor Zhang acted on his own. He didn't have the courage to do so!

Was this the princess' idea?

The princess heard from the doctor of Zhang Mansion that He'er came to him and changed the prescription of Coptis chinensis for the princess dowager. She immediately understood He'er's intention.

If Concubine Xu hadn't gone too far, I believe He'er wouldn't have resorted to such a desperate measure.

"Your Highness, how do you feel today?" the princess asked deliberately.

"It's still the same." Concubine Xu responded unhappily. Then, she turned her gaze to Doctor Zhang, "Doctor Zhang, I heard that you changed the prescription for me today?"

"Her Majesty, yes, the new prescription is more suitable for your condition." Doctor Zhang responded respectfully without saying a word.

"I think the prescription we had yesterday was good. After drinking one dose, I felt much more relaxed. There is no need to change to a new prescription." Concubine Xu felt nauseous just thinking about the bitter taste. There was no way she would drink it a second time.

"Your Highness, Dr. Zhang is a very skilled doctor. Since he has changed the prescription for you, the new prescription must be more effective. The patient must listen to the doctor." The princess tactfully stopped him.

Concubine Xu choked.

Good! Very good! Waiting for her here!

"Okay, then let's boil the medicine according to the new prescription and take it for a few days to see the effect."

Anyway, the medicine was boiled in her Changning Palace. Even if she didn't take it, who would know!

She just didn't believe that the princess couldn't force her to drink through her mouth!

The princess looked around and didn't see Ji Chuhe, so she felt a little worried.

"Why didn't I see He'er?" she asked casually.

"My princess, the Crown Prince's wife has gone to the Buddhist temple to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for the Queen Mother," replied Nanny Wang.

"Oh, what a filial child." The princess praised.

"Princess, do you have anything else to say? If not, please go back first. I feel a little tired and need to rest." Concubine Xu drove her away directly.

"Then I won't disturb Her Majesty the Dowager's rest. Goodbye." The princess stood up and left.

Doctor Zhang also hurriedly left with them.

"Doctor Zhang, when you saw the Crown Prince's wife, how was her condition? She didn't look like she had suffered any injustice, did she?" the princess asked worriedly.

"The Crown Prince's wife looked fine, but I saw a very thin blanket folded in the corner. I guess she stayed in the Buddhist temple last night."

"How can people live in a place like a Buddhist temple? The temperature is so low at night, what if you catch a cold?" A trace of anger surged in the princess' heart.

This is all Concubine Xu can do! It's disgusting enough!

"Doctor Zhang, how many times a day should the new prescription be taken?" the princess suddenly asked.

"Given the Queen's physical condition, she only needs to take it once a day."

"What if we reduce the dosage of the medicine and take it three times a day?" asked the princess.

"That's okay too."

"Then divide it into three times and send the medicine to my palace. I will have someone prepare it and deliver it to you personally."

"Yes."

The bitterness of Coptis chinensis will not be reduced simply by reducing the dosage.

Concubine Xu took a sip and it was so bitter that she couldn't eat anything at noon.

She didn't even eat well, let alone Ji Chuhe's.

Still no one delivered lunch.

Mianzhu was so hungry that he felt dizzy and weak, and lay listlessly on the table. His fingers were rubbed with large shiny blisters from grinding ink.

She felt even more sorry for the young lady, who had been copying scriptures!

"Miss, I will go and ask to see the princess now. The princess dowager is really too much! She asked us to copy Buddhist scriptures, but why didn't she give us a meal? Does she want to starve us to death?"

Ji Chuhe put down his pen and rubbed his sore wrist.

Thinking about my previous life, I was forced to leave Huaiyang and go to the imperial capital because I had no other choice. I didn’t have much money, so finding a place to live was already a luxury.

For nearly a month, she and Mianzhu could only survive on a small bowl of porridge a day.

She had experienced hunger many times in her previous life.

"Don't worry, we will have food soon." Ji Chuhe comforted softly.

"Great!" Mianzhu's eyes suddenly lit up again.

……

Concubine Xu was lying on the chaise longue, with two maids massaging her shoulders and legs.

"There's still no movement from Ji Chuhe?" she asked lazily.

"No, I've been hungry for three meals, but I'm still like nothing happened."

"Alright! I want to see how long she can hold out! You are not allowed to send her food. I will starve her until she comes to me for help!"

"Yes!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Nanny Wang looked and saw that the princess had come again.

Didn't you come here this morning? Why are you here again?

Concubine Xu was also a little surprised.

The princess walked up to Concubine Xu with a smile on her face and knelt down to salute, "Your Highness."

"What's the matter, princess?"

The princess leaned aside, and Nanny Si immediately stepped forward and picked up the exquisite snack box in her hand.

Concubine Xu watched as the princess took out a bowl of medicine from the food box.

Just by smelling it, she recognized it was the bowl she had in the morning!

The smell of medicine wafted out, and in an instant, the air in the whole room was bitter.

"Didn't I take medicine this morning?" Concubine Dowager Xu sat up straight.

The princess stirred the medicine in the bowl and said gently, "My Lady Dowager, the medicine prescribed by Doctor Zhang needs to be taken three times a day. I thought He'er was so filial that she copied Buddhist scriptures in the temple to pray for My Lady Dowager. As a mother-in-law, I must set an example. Therefore, I personally boiled the medicines that My Lady Dowager took these days and served her."

Concubine Xu's face suddenly fell!