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After swallowing the glass of water with difficulty, the Dowager's face turned bright red.

Then the Dowager began coughing violently, as if she was about to suffocate.

An Chang and An Nan stepped forward to support their grandmother, one patting her back and the other patting her chest.

"Grandmother, what's wrong?" An Chang and An Nan were both puzzled.

It's just a glass of water, why is Grandma reacting so strongly? Is she choking?

"Ruo...Ruo'er...cough cough cough! What...what did you put in this water?" the Empress Dowager said with difficulty.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was in great discomfort, Zhou Ruo began to wonder if she had injected too much acid.

Feeling guilty, she slowly moved closer to Zhao Jinzhong, then reached up and grabbed his wrists.

Half of Zhou Ruo's face was covered by Zhao Jinzhong's arm, leaving only the other half of her face visible.

She said somewhat embarrassedly, "Grandma, isn't it a little sour? There's citric acid in this water..."

The Empress Dowager was breathing heavily. Seeing this, Zhao Jinzhong poured her another cup of water. "Empress Dowager, please drink this water to calm down."

When the Dowager Consort looked up and saw the water Zhao Jinzhong was handing her, she jumped back in alarm, startling An Chang behind her.

"Is this...is it that terribly sour water again?" The Dowager Consort already had a psychological aversion to this water.

Zhao Jinzhong was taken aback; he hadn't expected the Empress Dowager to react so strongly. "No, this is fresh water I poured; it's clean."

Upon hearing Zhao Jinzhong's words, the Dowager Consort slowly took the water cup, hesitantly smelled it first, and then took a small sip.

Only after discovering that it was normal water did I dare to drink it.

"Jinzhong, you... bring me that pot of water." The Dowager Princess pointed to the pot of water on the table and said to Zhao Jinzhong.

Zhao Jinzhong was puzzled but did as he was told, handing the kettle to the Dowager Consort.

The Empress Dowager opened the kettle lid and gulped down the entire kettle of water.

The Dowager Consort was once the Emperor Emeritus's most beloved concubine, and she had lived a life of trembling with fear and restraint. Yet today, she is in such a sorry state because of a cup of water.

"Ruo Ruo, what's the story behind the cup of water you gave to the Dowager?" Zhao Jinzhong asked Zhou Ruo with a stern face.

Zhou Ruo also found it strange. It was just a little sour, so why was her grandmother reacting so strongly?

She always eats lemons directly; just now she only infused the sourness into the water.

With the dilution of water, it shouldn't be that acidic, right?

"Brother, I just added a little lemon acidity to the water, nothing else."

Zhou Ruo's pitiful little expression made it impossible for anyone to be angry with her.

Zhao Jinzhong: "One point, how much is that?"

Zhou Ru thought for a moment, "That's about ten lemons, I guess."

Dowager: "Ten... lemons?"

An Chang: "Ten lemons!"

Zhao Jinzhong: "..."

An Nan: "What's a lemon?" No one answered her.

The Dowager Empress smiled bitterly and muttered to herself, "I escaped from illness, but I almost died from Ruo'er's cup of sour water..."

Zhou Ruo didn't understand why everyone's reaction was so strong.

Ten lemons? How sour could they be? And lemons are so delicious... I really don't understand, but I guess I'll just have to accept it.

Zhao Jinzhong then asked, "Ruoruo, the Dowager Consort drank the lemon water. Is the spirit insect unable to move now?"

Zhou Ruo was even more puzzled. She shook her head and said, "No, they seem happier, like they've taken a bath."

"Happy..." Zhao Jinzhong seemed to realize something and asked Zhou Ruo in surprise, "Ruo Ruo, you're not afraid of spirit insects anymore?"

Zhou Ruo puffed out her chest and said, "I'm not afraid anymore! After we wiped out those spirit insects in Little Sheep Village last time, I'm not afraid anymore."

Zhao Jinzhong seemed thoughtful, then continued, "So what should we do now?"

Zhou Ruo glanced at the Dowager Consort, then leaned close to Zhao Jinzhong's ear and said:

"Brother, I'm going to add another 20% spiritual energy to the water. Do you think Grandma will still drink it?"

Zhao Jinzhong thought Zhou Ruo had gone mad. If it weren't for the fact that the current Dowager Consort wasn't the same as the former Imperial Consort...

Otherwise, he would have suspected that the Emperor Emeritus wanted to be resurrected and give Zhou Ruo a white silk ribbon.

Zhao Jinzhong patted Zhou Ruo's little head and comforted her, "Ruo Ruo, let's not make a fuss anymore..."

"I didn't make a fuss..." Zhou Ruo felt even more aggrieved. She lowered her head and glanced at her clothes.

"Huh? How could I forget!" Zhou Ruo suddenly slapped her head.

Then, looking longingly at the Dowager Consort, she said to Zhao Jinzhong, "Brother, I forgot that we can use silver needles on Grandmother..."

Zhao Jinzhong: "..."

Zhao Jinzhong was genuinely worried that Zhou Ruo might lose her head, so he quickly took over her words and said to the Dowager Consort, "Dowager Consort, let Ruo Ruo try acupuncture on you."

The Dowager Consort had been resting her head on the armchair with one hand, her eyes closed as she tried to calm herself. She didn't open her eyes when she heard Zhao Jinzhong'en's words.

She could only say weakly, "As long as I don't have to drink that sour water anymore, Ruo'er will do anything."

Zhou Ruo approached the Dowager Consort, placed her hands on the Dowager Consort's knees, and said in a soft voice, "I won't drink anymore, Grandmother, we won't drink anymore from now on!"

Zhou Ruo felt that the lingering effects of eliminating the reservoir spirit insects in Xiaoyang Village were too great.

For a moment, I forgot that I could use silver needles to inject the elixir into my grandmother's body, and that using silver needles would be more effective and direct.

If silver needles had been used earlier, Grandmother wouldn't have been tormented by that acidic water to the point of being in this state now.

Thinking this, Zhou Ruo took out the silver needles from her bosom and shook her head helplessly at herself.

Zhou Ruo inserted two silver needles into the Dowager Consort's wrist, this time using 60% of her spiritual power.

A powerful surge of energy rushed into the Empress Dowager's body.

These insects are relatively large, although they dart around very quickly and are very agile.

However, the energy that Zhou Ruo injected still hit the spirit insect very accurately.

But the spirit insect only trembled a few times before it became energetic again and began to move around in the Empress Dowager's body.

"Ugh! Damn it! This is really awful!" Zhou Ruo was not only puzzled, but also a little annoyed.

A spirit insect is a spirit insect; no matter how big it gets, it's still just an insect.

There couldn't be any insect that Zhou Ruo couldn't handle. If there were, it would only be because her spiritual power was insufficient.

Seeing Zhou Ruo's reaction, Zhao Jinzhong asked anxiously, "Ruo Ruo, how is she?"

An Chang was also a little worried: "Yeah, how is it?"

Zhou Ruo, hands on her hips, said angrily:

"These insects are so ungrateful! I used so much spiritual power, and they weren't even stunned!"

He stomped his foot as he spoke, then added, "That's really disrespectful!"

Although Zhou Ruo's two needles did not cause any reaction from the spirit insects, they did cleanse the Empress Dowager's body.

The sour water that the Dowager Consort drank was also dissipated by this energy.

The Empress Dowager felt much better, and her mental energy recovered.

Seeing Zhou Ruo's angry expression, she figured that Zhou Ruo must be too worried about her health, which was why she was so anxious.

The Dowager Consort harbored no resentment; instead, she comforted Zhou Ruo:

"If you're not angry, it's probably because your grandmother is getting old, and it's normal that the acupuncture you gave her isn't working as quickly as it used to."

"Don't rush, take your time. Anyway, Grandma isn't feeling unwell. On the contrary, you just gave her acupuncture..."

Grandma feels much better now than before.