OFFERING CONCUBINES
EPISODE 82 DARE TO BE STRONG

Xiao Yi sat beside Consort Yuan's bed.

Concubine Yuan's eyes were tightly shut, while her chest was descending regularly. It seemed that he had fallen asleep after Madam Xiao gave him a medicinal herb that was concocted from some kind of foliage.

Inside the large room that was quite luxurious, there were only Xiao Yi, Qian Ren, and Madam Xiao. Their two servants, Chu Cu and Ayin had just come out.

"This water-cumping meal can only relieve pain due to inflammation in some of his organs. Make her calm in a few moments but she should immediately be bathed with water from the ice cave spring Duyao." said Madam Xiao, slowly from where she stood.

Xiao Yi turned to his mother, whose hands were still clinging to his stomach.

"Mother, do we have to bring concubine Yuan to Duyao cave now? How long should he bathe with the water from the spring?"Xiao Yi asked as he looked at the calm face of concubine Yuan.

How painful, his best friend, despite feeling sick but unable to say anything, actually what concubine Nuo did was really evil, torturing someone like an undead like this.

"Concubine Yuan is so weak after a long journey, he can't be taken there now. And again he had to soak for seven days every day with that water. We have to think about the place. Providing concubine Yuan's place during that time."

"Does concubine Yuan have to be brought there?" suddenly Qian Ren interrupted.

Madam Xiao turned to Qian Ren and looked at the man who was once very close to her son.

"He had to bathe from the ice springs in the duyao cave where the roots of the ice lilies grew. The antidote to the poison of the ice lily is the water in which the root of the flower lives in addition to a few herbs that it must drink during those seven days."

"Miss, I just asked if she should go to that cave or if that water could be brought here for her? And the treatment can be done in this place?" ask Qian Ren again.

Madam Xiao looked at Qian Ren again, deeper.

"That place is quite far from here, it takes half an hour to reach that place. Treating it here is impossible. But moving his weak body was also impossible. Duyao cave water should not be exposed to sunlight. Can you keep the water in the same temperature you took it?" madam Xiao frowned.

"There was only a cottage on the cliff opposite Duyao cave, where my mother used to live when studying this poison. The cottage was not large but still well maintained. Even if we bring concubine Yuan there, there must be someone who can transport the water up to the cottage for her, without getting sunburnt."

"We will bring concubine Yuan to that place, madam. I'll bring him that water every day. I'll excuse you for preparing our place and departure tomorrow. Lady Yi, please rest." Qian Ren lowered his head slightly then came out awkwardly, how strange it was to look down on the woman he loved so much.

Xiao Yi and his mother looked at each other for a moment, then mindfully Madam Xiao lowered her face.

"Mother..." Xiao Yi stood up and turned his body to his mother.

"I miss my mother very much." she said as if she was about to spill her feelings mixed with nonsense.

The mother stood for a moment and then her hands were raised hugging her beloved daughter.

"Don't make me like everyone else, I'm still Yi'er mother's daughter." His whisper. Her tears flowed profusely spilling all the feelings she held for so long. No matter how strong he is, he is still a child who misses his mother.

"Yi'er dear, now that you are the high concubine of Yanzhi kingdom, this kind of honor should be treated differently. In public, I must bow my face to you."Gently clothed his son's head with a big smile.

"Do you, Yi'er. Your father and I have always worried about you day and night, we are so scared because our low status as parents, has sent you to a cruel fate, cannot make you stay. We always feel guilty and resigned to let us be hated by you for our helplessness."Madam Xiao wiped away Xiao Yi's tears with her hands.

"But yesterday, when His Majesty's letter came to the governor's palace and was read out in the official hall, before you arrived. You know, we're the luckiest parents in the world." His mother said in a soft voice.

"I don't want to be a high concubine! I'll ask His Majesty to revoke it. Why would I bear such a title if my family were to bow their faces in front of me."Xiao Yi continued, while playing the neck ribbon of his mother's clothes spoiled.

Madam Xiao guided her daughter away from concubine Yuan's bed and sat on another bed that Xiao Yi had asked for herself.

"Yi'er, do you know that the mother of a king himself must bow before his son.

Not out of fear or inferiority but putting down the do'a and its blessings when dealing with a child who has greater responsibility than others.

State regulations made anyone submit to her including her own parents."lady Xiao stroked Xiao Yi's hair.

"But mother, it feels so strange when everyone is forced to bow their heads just because of the position."Xiao Yi said, slowly.

"In that department there is a responsibility so that you can be wise in behaving and making decisions.

Others honor that office by bowing down to you, for with your head looking down you should know you are above them. There is no need to be proud and feel more, because it is not eternal. There is nothing to boast about for a power in the world. But use it for the good of the people."

"But I don't like people seeing me taller." Xiao Yi placed his head on his mother's lap.

"It will be easy for you to step on the head of the one who bowed down to you at that moment. The hardest part is still being able to protect their heads when you feel that your job is making you above everyone else."

madam Xiao sighed.

"Mother is proud of you, Yi'er.you have proven that you can scratch your own destiny. I am proud to bow my head before you, as well as your father and your brothers. They don't mind doing it at all.

Don't be a big head with what you can and have now.

I always teach you to be humble and think of others before you think of yourself.

Even though now you must die, then you will be at ease, leaving behind a daughter who is as devoted as you are."

Two clear feathers fell on the corner of Madam Xiao's eyes. His hands continued to stroke his son's head with affection.

"Mother, I want to be like a mother, a simple life with my husband and raising my children without pressure and fear. Because it's too high it scares me to be sick when I fall." Xiao Yi coiled up and lay on his mother's lap longingly, he had not done so for a long time.

"Yi'er baby, life isn't always what we want it to be. But life can make us what many people want us to be. If you are sincere, then falling from the highest place is not a scary thing. Being brave makes you strong."

Xiao Yi looked at his mother's face, what a miracle it had made him return to the woman he loved so much.

A strict woman who can always hide her tears of sorrow from the presence of her children.

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