"The Queen Dowager's condition is indeed very serious," He opened his mouth. "To cure her, extra patience is needed."
"But, you may heal her, right?"
"The possibility to cure Queen Dowager always exists. Anything is possible as long as we are alive."
The king exhaled. "Thanks, Buddha, your answer makes me assured."
"However, if the Queen Dowager is not willing to cooperate with us, then... I cannot guarantee the treatment effectiveness..."
"Eh, what do you mean?..."
"All this time the physicians have failed to cure Her Majesty, it must be because they fail to ask the Her Majesty to cooperate in the healing process." Zhu Su turned to the queen dowager. "Your Majesty, what makes you get angry?"
The king's eyes went huge. "Sir... how can you know that?!"
"In Theory of Five Elements, Anger usually moves Wind inside the body. The Wind usually lodges in the Liver. If the Wind inside the Liver is over-excessive, it will rise to the upper body, spinning in the head and causing symptoms the same with Queen Dowager has."
The king blinked, it was clear that he did not understand with Zhu Su's explanation, and now only stared at Zhu Su since he was so perplexed. Ignoring the king's perplexity, Zhu Su continued, "I can give the concoction, and Miss Hu can help providing massage therapy and reflexology to relax the mind. But once again, this all depends on the mental state of Queen Dowager herself."
The king now pulled a chair and sat down. His face turned gloomy. "Before the departed Father passed away, he has told me to return the glory of the Pagan Empire, as well as to unite all the divided kingdoms. As a result, I have to fight against the neighboring countries. Among them, the strongest enemy is Hanthawaddy Pegu which rules in the south. I really want to fulfill Father's wishes, so I train the Crown Prince hard, but that makes Mother unhappy.
"Mother is actually a woman who comes from ordinary people. It happened coincidentally that she met Father when he was carrying out a military mission to fight Mohnyin. Mother is very gentle and softhearted. She doesn't like war. She always disagrees with invasion and campaign. She said that she would wait anxiously every time we went to war, afraid we could lose our lives at any time. Now that she is getting older, she no longer wants to be frightened by worrying about his descendants fighting on the battlefield. So she strongly opposes my intention to train the Crown Prince. She does love the Crown Prince so much... But I don't heed her disapproval. And, that's what makes her angry... thus falls ill like this..."
Zhu Su sighed in his mind. Of course, he should know that it all must be the internal affair of the royal family. He had expected that, since he understood very well about every kind of problems occurring in the royal family. Whether it was in Ming, or in Ava, or in another country, every time it came to the internal dispute of the royal family, it would be the same. Complicated, intricate, and difficult to be solved.
Using counseling as the treatment would certainly take a very long time whereas he wanted instant results. Zhu Su made up his decision, he would not use counseling, especially since it risked to make him interfere with Ava Kingdom's internal problem. And Ava King would not like a foreigner to interfere in his internal affairs for sure. Therefore, Zhu Su decided to use another way.
"Your Majesty, when did your father pass away?"
"Just a few months ago."
"Besides the instruction to restore the Pagan Empire, is there another instruction for you, and for Queen Dowager?"
"Yes. Father told me to take good care of Mother, because he will go to another world and cannot take care of her anymore."
"Queen Dowager must be very sad about the death of the former King."
"Of course. For Mother, Father is her savior god. Mother was just a village girl who lived in a small, undeveloped village, it was Father who gave her this kind of life. Mother is incredibly touched by Father. That's why, even though it has been a few months, but Mother is still sad every time she thought of Father."
Zhu Su turned his face back at the queen dowager. "Your Majesty, can you tell us about the former King?"
Queen dowager lifted her face slightly, trying to turn her eyes towards Zhu Su.
"His Majesty the King... is a very kind person... The King who has succeeded in bringing this country into prosperity which was not achieved for two hundred years... People also love him very much..."
"You must be very sad about his departure?"
"Yes... of course... I miss him so much... even when I think of him right now... my tears will fall down..."
"I can understand. Losing someone we love so much will be a big grieve for us. Especially if his departure is so fast and we are not ready to accept his departure."
"Yes... even until now I always feel that His Majesty has not died... He is still beside me... asking me whether I have eaten or not... whether I have been to the park and enjoyed the flowers today... Oh... Your Majesty..."
Queen dowager's eyes began to fill with tears. Shortly thereafter, a drop of tears fell down her cheek. The longer time went by, the faster the tears fell down. Queen dowager did not stop crying, making such painful sob.
"Mother..." The king suddenly noticed that Zhu Su was deliberately provoking queen dowager to cry. "Sir... why are you talking about an unpleasant topic in such this time?! Mother is..."
Zhu Su stared at the king sharply, cutting off the king's words. "I apologize, Your Majesty, but would you like to wait a little while? Until Queen Dowager has finished pouring all of her sadness."
Zhu Su's sharp gaze made the king silent and discouraged to continue his words again.
Meanwhile, Hu Nayin looked at Zhu Su, eyes widened. She thought, A royal is a royal, no matter what status he has now, it won't affect anything. His Highness has a strong aura that can't be denied by anyone, which even makes Ava King respect him.
For a few minutes, the bedchamber was merely filled with queen dowager's sobs. The others just watched silently. And after queen dowager's sobbing stopped, Zhu Su then asked, "Your Majesty, how about you dizziness? Do you feel better?"
Queen dowager winked, then moved her head to the right and left.
"Ah, you're right! I'm not so dizzy anymore!..."
The king moved closer to queen dowager, shouted happily, "Really, Mother?!"
"Yes. I'm feeling well right now..."
"Then, you can spring up from your bed?!"
"Please wait a minute, if you wish to do that," Zhu Su interrupted. "Nayin, press the points of Zhongzhu, Taichong, and Zulinqi, to help Queen Dowager become more comfortable."
While Hu Nayin was carrying out her duty, Zhu Su took a piece of paper and wrote down the prescription to be concocted.
"Alright, that's enough." Because Hu Nayin was not sure about how long she had to do acupressure for the queen dowager, it was he who told her to finish. "Your Majesty, you may rise up from your bed right now."
Assisted by the court ladies, the queen dowager slowly rose from the bed. She moved her body, and now she was in seated position, putting her feet on the floor.
"I still feel dizzy... but it's much better now..." Queen dowager smiled weakly.
The king kept on looking at his mother, his excitement mixed with extreme amazement. "Mother... you still haven't been able to wake up from sleep yesterday... but now you can even sit down... Thank you, Lord Buddha... Thank you for Your blessing to my mother!"
Hu Nayin glanced at Zhu Su, grinning with happiness. Zhu Su smiled back at the young woman with a smile that was no less wide with hers.
He managed to heal the Queen Dowager of Ava.
His destiny to shine in another country had been opened widely in front of him.