C27 (1/2)

On the Yongan Palace's side, because the three of them had returned in a hurry, when the palace maids were gathered in front of the hall, Ran Mei had already shut the door tightly and ordered for no one to enter.

Lan Ling very rudely put him on the bed in the ear room as Ran Mei and Huai Jin worked together.

Huai Jin saw that he was actually angered to the point of laughing. If she failed to escape and was brought back, would she still have the face to scream in pain?

Lan Ling nodded, she did not dare say anything.

”Ran Mei, go ask for an imperial physician!”

Lan Ling had wanted to remind her not to ask for an imperial physician just like that, as it would expose him. However, the words were swallowed back down his throat. This woman was smart, he didn't need to remind her.

Sure enough, when Ran Mei brought Doctor Zhang in, everything was ready.

As the layers of muslin curtains were put down, Huai Jin laid on the bed weakly, a jade hand reaching out from the curtains.

Seeing this, Doctor Zhang shut his mouth and didn't ask. He just took his pulse seriously, but the more he probed, the more his heart sank. They thought that she was just a hot-headed person. Who would have thought that this princess had been in the palace all along? How could she have sustained such heavy injuries?

Keeping his hand, Doctor Zhang frowned.

”Doctor Zhang, how is the princess?” Ran Mei asked anxiously.

Doctor Zhang opened his mouth, but then remembered the taboo in the palace. He didn't reply, but only shook his head. He then sat down at the table, wrote down the prescription, and left with the medicine box.

The empress dowager called Doctor Zhang over and asked him in detail, but she couldn't help but be suspicious. She had just heard the message that the Princess Anping was travelling in the palace, and now they were saying that the princess was heavily injured. Could it be that something had happened on the hunting grounds?

”Have you found out?” Yang mama confirmed again.

Doctor Zhang did not dare to lie and hurriedly replied, ”This humble subject has indeed found out that the princess is severely injured.”

The empress dowager's hands tensed up, and the sleeping old cat in her arms felt pain on her back. With a cry, she jumped to the ground and ran out.

”Someone come!” Go and find out what happened to the hunting grounds! ”

Someone obeyed and immediately left.

The empress dowager stood up to support the Yang mama and said in a low voice, ”To Yongan Palace!”

The news spread quickly in the palace, and soon after, the news of Princess Anping being heavily injured spread. On the other hand, the emperor who was far away in the hunting grounds finally received the news.

The empress dowager was still close to the palace after all. The emperor had just received news that the empress dowager had already arrived at Yongan Palace.

The moment he stepped into the Yongan Palace, he saw palace maids walking out of the main hall with pots of blood in their hands. All of them had nervous expressions on their faces, as a stifling atmosphere assaulted his senses.

”Halt!”

Her Majesty called out to one of the palace maids and had her bring the basin over.

The water in the basin had long been dyed red with blood, and a thick smell of blood assaulted his nostrils.

The empress dowager waved her hand. The palace maid thought that she was going to retreat by herself, so she bowed and backed away.

But before she could take a step back, the empress dowager asked, ”How did the princess get injured?!”

But how could this palace maid know about Huai Jin's injuries? Today, Huai Jin had only brought two people to the hunting grounds, so when the rest of the Yongan Palace was free, they all ran off to who knows where to slack off.

He had thought that the princess would at least return after a banquet at the Autumn Hunt, but before he had even spoken a few words to Little Li in the Imperial Study in the afternoon, he heard that his princess had returned to the palace.

After receiving the letter, she immediately came back to see Doctor Zhang rushing into the main hall. She then told him that the princess was severely injured.