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"Ah~"

"Miss, blood."

When they turned their heads, they saw a red shadow lying at the door.

Mu Lianzhi fainted.

The sound was not made by her falling, but by the suddenness of the incident. With a series of collisions, the guzheng in Xia Xiu's hand fell to the ground, and at this time, it was already in a mess.

In the past, if someone fainted, they would just be dragged away.

But today was different. The dance was too eye-catching, there were foreign envoys, and someone shouted the word "blood" in the chaos. The whole hall was shocked. Even the emperor, who was in the main seat, saw the person lying outside the threshold of the hall and thought that she had been ambushed and had to force herself to leave the room to save face for the state banquet.

The same went for Zhan Jingsheng. He was originally deeply shocked and attracted by the dance, and had an indescribable admiration and excitement for the woman in red who was leading the dance. Seeing this situation again, he felt a surge of guilt in his heart, and always felt that all this was caused by himself.

Suddenly, he had the urge to go over and find out:

"what happened?"

Coincidentally, Xiao Tingrui had a similar idea. He stood up directly, but before he could say anything, the Imperial Noble Consort in the first seat glared back at him with a warning.

The emperor was actually very puzzled and asked:

"What happened?"

Under the stage, Beitang Yi was even more so. His butt had already left his position and was pushed back by Si Chao on the side.

A young eunuch ran over to check it out, then trotted back to report:

"Your Majesty, the lady suddenly fell unconscious, and blood is still oozing out of her chest. No, I don't know what happened. There is a difference between men and women, and the guards are not allowed to touch her. The maid is trying to wake her up. Should we drag her away?"

Hearing this, several people could no longer sit still. Zhan Jingsheng and Xiao Tingrui said in unison:

"No."

Beitang Yi was worried, distressed, and shocked, and at the same time a little confused. It was understandable that he fainted while dancing, but why was he bleeding?

Suddenly, he also stood up:

"Your Majesty, I happen to have a subordinate who knows a little bit about medicine. How about asking him to check it out?"

Today, he specially brought Si Chao into the palace because he wanted to find an opportunity to check on her health. He never thought that she was weak before, but always felt that she was full of energy. But ever since the two broke up, she looked visibly haggard and seemed weak.

Thinking of this, Beitang Yi felt like banging his head against the wall in regret.

If he had known that she would be like this, he would have waited for three months before releasing the man surnamed Ling. He thought that it was a matter of time and would not have a big impact on her. Moreover, the last few times they met, they did not even go through the Marquis' Mansion.

However, whether to release Ling Yuchi actually has a significant impact on him.

The Crown Princess had personally begged him many times to do this, and he had already received news that the Emperor was waiting to see his attitude towards the matter. The sooner he released it, the more he cared about the Crown Princess, which was actually more beneficial to him.

For the royal family, no matter it is the Gu King planted in his body by the emperor or the Crown Princess's involvement in his old love, being able to control and influence him is the most important thing.

When the emperor first took over the throne, he was afraid that power would fall into other people's hands. Now that he has real power, he is afraid that his minion is not loyal enough. Now he is like the major families a few years ago, and has become a factor that makes him worry.

Therefore, there will be temptations from time to time, and if he wants to protect himself, he must pretend to be submissive.

But he never thought of hurting her, let alone that this incident would affect her so much.

In the past, when she asked him for help, there was almost no time limit for everything, and the sooner it was completed, the happier she would be. But this time...

Beitang Yi bowed with his fists clasped, hiding his true emotions in his eyes.

At this time, on the other side, the old lady and Jiang were so frightened by this situation that their faces turned pale and their lips trembled. They exchanged glances with each other, and their hands clasped under the table were covered with cold sweat.

They were not worried about Mu Lianzhi's health, they were more concerned about the true attitudes of these people and the emperor's thoughts.

If all this was just about what happened today, it would be fine. However, if there are a few selfish motives involved or the emperor is holding people accountable for today's misconduct, then the Marquis' Mansion will probably be implicated and will not be able to escape.

At this time, the emperor also spoke:

"Go."

After a pause, he said again:

"Come here, call the imperial physician."

After giving Beitang Yi a reassuring look, Si Chao also clasped his fists to greet the emperor before walking towards the door.

At this time, Mu Lianzhi was half lying in Leng Yu's arms, Leng Yun was pinching her philtrum, but she didn't react at all. On the other side, Chunmiao and Xia Xiu were also kneeling on the ground, one of them was holding her hand and rubbing it, while preventing the outsider from approaching, and the other was pressing a handkerchief on her bleeding chest, both of them had red eyes.

"What's going on? Why aren't you awake yet?"

"Miss, ma'am?"

Si Chao took a quick look and said:

"I'm a doctor, let me take a look."

Several people made way for her, and Si Chao squatted down to feel her pulse. Then he withdrew his hand, took out a "blood-replenishing pill" and handed it to her:

"Don't pinch her. She has lost too much blood and is suffering from anemia."

Si Chao guessed that she might have fallen ill because she was too tired from dancing, but he couldn't help feeling puzzled. Menstruation is normal for women, and it shouldn't be such an obvious loss.

Thinking about it, he took her pulse again, and saw that her condition improved significantly after taking a blood-replenishing pill. Si Chao knew that his diagnosis was correct. Then, his eyes fell on Mu Lianzhi's chest.

Because she was wearing red clothes, it was not too obvious. The three sleeves and the collar were made of a thin shirt that was close to her skin color. It was stained with a lot of blood. In addition, the handkerchief that Chunmiao pressed on her chest was white, so blood could be vaguely seen seeping out.

"How is this going?"

Raising his hand, Si Chao signaled Chunmiao to take away the handkerchief:

"Is she hurt?"

The dance floor was empty just now, the three of them didn't use any props, and there were no sharp objects, so how could there be blood?

As he was thinking about it, Si Chao glanced around the door and saw that there were no branches or knives to stab, the guards' posts were some distance away, and the eunuchs were all unarmed.

Because he didn't even think about the excessive blood loss caused by the injury, and since it was on the chest, Si Chao subconsciously avoided checking it out immediately.

"Madam had taken a bowl of her heart's blood to use as a medicine for the old lady before, but, maybe the old wound had opened."

Xia Xiu replied hesitantly, actually feeling somewhat puzzled. They had used the best golden medicine on the wound, and it had scabbed over before. It had been more than ten days, so why did it suddenly seem to be bleeding more than when the injury was first caused?

His pupils trembled, and Si Chao was shocked:

"what?"

She took blood from her heart to use as medicine? She took a bowl of it?

No wonder they suffered such a huge loss.

Just as he was about to check her wound, he suddenly realized that he didn't bring any medicine box. In the end, he could only give her an injection to stop the bleeding. At this time, the imperial physician also arrived. After an examination, he cut open her clothes on the spot and re-sutured her wound and applied medicine.

The wound was indeed broken open, and it was very deep!