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.

"Reporting to the empress dowager, this servant doesn't know."

Yang mama pointed at the palace maid's nose and scolded: "Your princess, don't you know how you're injured?!"

"Putong!" The palace maid knelt onto the ground with a face full of fear and kowtowed repeatedly: "The princess went hunting today, and only brought Big Sister Ran Mei and a young eunuch with her. When she returned, Big Sister Ran Mei did not let the servants enter, so this servant really doesn't know!"

Yang mama looked at the empress dowager and waved her hand for her to leave. The palace maid heaved a sigh of relief and quickly left.

"Empress …"

"Let's go in and take a look."

"Yes."

Stepping into the main hall, what greeted them was the smell of medicine and the smell of blood that had yet to dissipate. This bloody smell made Esteemed Empress Dowager think of the imperial garden's withered and reborn flower. She could not help but feel disgust.

The Yang mama saw that the empress dowager was frowning as she passed a kernels over. The kernels was still smeared with the faint scent of chrysanthemum.

The empress dowager accepted the kernels and sniffed it lightly a few times. After feeling better, she walked towards Huai Jin's room.

As soon as he entered the room, a teardrop fell from his eyes. Seeing Huai Jin's pale face on the bed, she could not help but cry.

"He was still fine when he left, how did he come back and get injured so badly?"

Huai Jin also shed a few tears, with a few coughs. She wanted to speak, but couldn't, as though she was going to cough out her lungs.

Ran Mei quickly handed over a piece of kernels. When the kernels was taken away, there was actually a pool of blood on it!

The empress dowager's heart ached. "But what happened at the hunting grounds?"

Huai Jin nodded her head and anxiously opened her mouth, but because shshewas in a rush, she coughed out a few times. Ran Mei had brought some tea for Huai Jin to vent her anger, but he was pushed to the ground by Huai Jin.

Her hands gripped Her Majesty's sleeves as if she had something important to say.

The empress dowager's face sank as she asked anxiously, "Good child, what do you want to say?"

"Shou …" "The hunting grounds …"

"What happened to the hunting grounds?"

"Sting …" Assassin! "

Everyone in the hall who heard this was shocked! An assassin had entered the hunting grounds! The Emperor is in danger!

The Yang mama did not wait for the empress dowager's orders before hastily sending a message to the emperor. He also ordered for the doors to be shut, not allowing anyone inside to say a single word.

When the empress dowager regained her senses, Yang mama had already finished arranging everything. He nodded in satisfaction, but … The empress dowager's eyes revealed a strange light as he turned to look at Ran Mei.

"You are the Ran Mei who accompanied the princess out today?"

Ran Mei was startled, she knelt down and replied respectfully: "Yes!"

"Princess is too ill to speak!" But you can't pass on such an important matter! "

The empress dowager's words were filled with coldness, and for a moment, the aura of deterrence that belonged to someone in a higher position spread out.

Ran Mei lowered her head even more and pinched her palm hard, making his voice sound even more panicked. It also sounded more convincing.