Transmigrated Female Official

When the mother and daughter arrived at the private school where Chu Yinuo was, they found Chu Yinuo surrounded by several adult men.

He squatted on the ground, burying his head between his arms wrapped around his knees. Next to him stood a middle-aged woman in a dark dress, gesturing at him and muttering something under her breath.

Chu Qingluo and her mother quickly squeezed through. "Please make way."

Hearing the familiar voice, Chu Yinuo finally raised his head and called out, "Mother!" "Third Sister!" His eyes were red, and he turned into his mother's arms, looking very aggrieved.

Chu Qinglu frowned and asked the men surrounding Chu Yinuo, "What are you doing?" So many adults surrounding a child was clearly bullying her.

Chu Qingluo had just returned from the palace and hadn't had time to change into civilian clothes. The men, seeing her official robes, didn't dare utter a sound, but instead all stared at the middle-aged woman.

It was clear that the middle-aged woman was their mistress. Chu Qingluo then asked her, "Excuse me, has our Yinuo done anything wrong?"

Who are you?

At first, the middle-aged woman stood with her hands on her hips, her tone quite unpleasant. But after clearly seeing Qingluo's official robes, she cleared her throat and asked, "Are you a female official?"

Chu Qingluo tacitly agreed, saying, "Chu Yinuo is my younger brother. If there's anything, you can tell me."

The middle-aged woman's arrogance diminished somewhat upon seeing that she was a female official, but seeing that Chu Qingluo was very young and inexperienced and didn't seem like a ruthless character, she took another breath and stepped forward, saying, "Madam Official, your good brother sold spoiled food to my son to eat, trying to kill my Xiaowu!"

"What's wrong with your son? Is something broken?"

"That sour stuff! It gave my little Wu terrible stomach cramps, and he just had to vomit and have diarrhea! You guys are just making him suffer!!"

Upon hearing this, Chu's mother also became emotional and was about to step forward to argue when Chu Qingluo stopped her. "Mother," she gestured for her mother to calm down.

Chu Qingluo knew that the sour-smelling thing the middle-aged woman was talking about must be referring to sour products, and that Xiao Wu's symptoms were somewhat similar to acute gastroenteritis, so she said, "Madam, has your young master been ill and sought medical treatment? You can't just conclude that there's a problem with the sour products that Yinuo brought based on this alone, can you?"

"Of course we called a doctor! The doctor said it was caused by something bad that was eaten. He's already examined it, and there's no doubt about it! It was your brother who did it!"

Chu Qingluo continued in a calm tone, asking, "Where is your young master now?"

"She's in the inner room! She's still in excruciating pain!"

Chu Qingluo didn't say anything more and walked directly towards the room the middle-aged woman pointed to. Chu's mother followed behind, pulling Chu Yinuo along with her.

Inside the side room, the boy named Xiao Wu lay curled up on the bed, clutching his abdomen with both hands. His brows were furrowed, his forehead was covered in sweat, and he was groaning in pain. The jar of pickled vegetables sat on the round table beside the bed.

Chu Qinglu walked over and asked the doctor who was writing a prescription at a round table, "Doctor, is this young master's illness caused by eating the wrong thing?" After the doctor confirmed it, she asked, "How can we prove that the problem lies with that jar of pickled vegetables?"

The doctor glanced at Chu Qingluo and patiently explained, "This young master said he had abdominal bloating today, so he didn't eat anything else except that jar of pickled food. Moreover, I have checked everything in the jar, and the only thing in the jar that is yellow is the radish. Although the vinegar smell masks it, the radish is not fresh."

"How is this possible?" Chu Qingluo couldn't believe it, because the ingredients the Chu family used to make pickled products were always very fresh. She immediately opened the lid of the pickling jar and examined it carefully.

She noticed some small white bubbles on the surface of the sour water, but it didn't smell spoiled. She picked up some of the ingredients and tasted them... Sure enough, only the radish was yellowish in color and didn't taste crisp.

She asked Chu's mother, "Mother, when was this pickled food made?"

"The shop has been out of pickled goods for several days," said Chu's mother. "They must still be pickling in the backyard." After saying that, she turned Chu Yinuo's shoulders and asked, "Did you secretly go to the yard to get pickled goods when your mother wasn't looking?"

Chu Yinuo pouted and nodded tremblingly, saying, "Xiao Wu... he said he really wanted to eat our family's pickled fruits, but the shop didn't sell them anymore... He begged me to bring them for him, so I..."

"You kid!"

Chu's mother raised her hand to slap Chu Yinuo, but Chu Qingluo pulled him away first, saying, "Mother, please calm down. Yinuo meant well."

Why can't you listen to me, child?

At this critical moment, the middle-aged woman quickly seized the opportunity to accuse her: "What kind of rubbish did your family make that ruined my son?! How are you going to take responsibility?!"

Chu Qingluo: "Madam, please don't worry. The doctor is already prescribing medicine for your son, and he will be fine soon."

"Even so, that can't be left like this! Even if you're a lady-in-waiting, you can't be unfair!"

"Madam, how about this? We'll cover all the doctor's fees for your son, and we'll also add ten taels of silver to help him recover properly. What do you think?"

The middle-aged woman widened her eyes and secretly weighed the situation, then said irritably, "If you could get my Xiaowu off his stomachache right now, that would be more like it!"

Chu Qingluo turned around, took the prescription from the doctor, handed it to Tongmu, and said, "Quickly get the medicine according to the prescription and brew it." After saying that, she touched the teapot on the table and found that it was cold. She then said to Jiuwei, "Go and get some warm water and salt."

After Jiuwei had prepared the warm water and salt, Chu Qingluo added a small amount of salt to the warm water, stirred it well, and brought it to the bedside, intending to feed Xiao Wu the water. The middle-aged woman hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?!"

“Your son is vomiting and has diarrhea. If we don’t give him some salt water in time, he might become dehydrated,” Chu Qingluo explained. She had also suffered from acute gastroenteritis twice before and knew how painful it was to feel so exhausted.

The middle-aged woman looked at the doctor with suspicion, but when the doctor nodded in agreement, she stopped trying to stop him.

Chu Qinglu then fed Xiao Wu salt water.

While waiting for the medicine to be decocted, Xiao Wu had diarrhea again, which distressed the middle-aged woman greatly, causing her to complain incessantly. Chu Qingluo, Chu's mother, and Chu Yinuo didn't leave, nor did they argue with the woman; instead, they continued to stay in the room, occasionally feeding Xiao Wu some warm water…

Only after Tongmu gave Xiaowu the prepared medicine, and Xiaowu's complexion gradually improved, he stopped groaning, and drifted off to sleep, did the Chu family finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Young lady, your son is alright now, you should be relieved." Mother Chu took out the ten gold coins she had prepared, put on a smiling face, and stuffed them into the middle-aged woman's hand.

Seeing that her son's condition had improved and noticing the considerable weight of the gold, the middle-aged woman pursed her lips and said, "Be careful in the future, don't let him do anything bad to harm people."

Chu's mother was naturally rather impatient, and this middle-aged woman's words were rather harsh, causing her to involuntarily gasp...

Seeing this, Chu Qingluo immediately stepped forward and said, "I'm so sorry, this was absolutely an accident. It's something that has never happened before." She then added, "I will definitely be more careful in the future."

The middle-aged woman raised her eyebrows slightly in satisfaction after hearing this.