Gan Cai'er took off running, she felt she had never run so fast before, but the imperial guards were even faster than her. When she was still more than halfway away, she saw several imperial guards quickly lift Lan Tingzhou and another man onto their horses, and then they galloped away.

"Go get the army doctor! Quickly!"

Gan Cai'er heard shouts coming from afar, and then Lan Tingzhou and the Imperial Guards became distant black dots in her eyes.

The commotion caused by the horse falling from the Lanting Boat did not attract much attention. Because there were many people and horses in the arena, it was not uncommon for horses to fall while fighting for prey, and collisions between horses were even more frequent.

Gan Cai'er lifted her skirt and ran quickly towards the edge of the hunting grounds, hoping to find the guards to ask where the wounded would be taken. Before she reached the edge of the hunting grounds, she suddenly heard urgent shouts behind her.

"Madam Lan, what are you still doing here! Your master fell off his horse!"

Gan Cai'er turned around abruptly and saw Ding Peilan running towards her with a look of anxiety on her face.

"How did you know?" Gan Cai'er asked.

"I just saw the Imperial Guards carrying him to the medical tent. I heard them say that Lord Lan is seriously injured. You must come with me quickly!"

As she spoke, Ding Peilan grabbed Gan Cai'er's hand and ran south. Although Gan Cai'er felt a little strange, she was really anxious and her mind was in a mess, so she couldn't think too much and just followed Ding Peilan's lead.

"Miss, Miss, wait for me!" Xiao Hong chased after him, panting heavily.

Xiao Hong's voice brought Gan Cai'er back to her senses. She turned around and quickly said, "Xiao Hong, go find Xiao Douding and Mo Yun and tell them that your husband has fallen off his horse. Tell them to come right away!"

"Oh dear, why bother looking for anyone now! There are thousands upon thousands of people on this ranch, where is she, a little girl, supposed to find anyone?"

"Come on, your family member is injured and needs someone to take care of them."

After saying that, Ding Peilan grabbed Gan Cai'er and ran. Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Xiao Hong was more worried about Gan Cai'er than about finding Lan Tingzhi and Mo Yun. So, without hesitation, she quickly followed them.

Ding Peilan led Gan Cai'er to stop in front of a relatively secluded camp. On the way here, Gan Cai'er noticed that the camp had the insignia of the Imperial Guard, which should be the location of the Imperial Guard responsible for this security operation.

Since it was the first day of the hunt, almost everyone had gone to the pasture, so it was quiet. This silence suddenly made Gan Cai'er wary, and she abruptly stopped in her tracks.

"Alan, why is nobody here? Have we come to the wrong place?"

"There's no mistake, this is the Imperial Guard's encampment, and this tent belongs to the military doctor. The Imperial Guards are all guarding the hunting grounds, so of course there's no one here. Look at those horses, aren't they yours?"

As she spoke, Ding Peilan raised her hand and pointed behind the tent. Gan Cai'er looked in the direction she was pointing and saw that there were indeed several horses behind the tent, but before she could get a good look, she suddenly felt a pain in the back of her head and then lost consciousness.

When Xiao Hong arrived, she was shocked to see Gan Cai'er suddenly collapse onto Ding Peilan. She shouted at Ding Peilan, "What did you do to my young lady?!"

As she spoke, she reached for her waist, where she found silver needles coated with anesthetic.

"What could I do? I didn't do anything!" Ding Peilan turned around in surprise, her face full of innocence. "Madam Lan was so worried about Lord Lan, and she ran too fast that she fainted. Why don't you come and help her up?"

"We've arrived at the army doctor's tent, so the doctor can give me a proper check-up."

Xiao Hong saw no change in Ding Peilan's expression, but was hesitating in her heart. When she saw Ding Peilan helping Gan Cai'er towards the tent, she took a step forward and snatched Gan Cai'er from her hands.

"No need for Miss Ding's fee..."

Before Xiao Hong could finish speaking, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck, and instantly half of her body went numb. Her hand, which was supporting Gan Cai'er, fell limp, and the two of them collapsed straight to the ground.

“The master is stupid, and the servant is stupid too. We are all stupid.” Ding Peilan looked at the two people on the ground and snorted disdainfully.

Then, she squatted down, took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a small pill, put it into Gan Cai'er's mouth, and then clapped her hands and stood up.

She said to Chunxing, who had just stepped out from the side and pricked Xiaohong with an acupuncture needle, "Help Madam Lan into the tent, and then drag this girl to the back of the tent."

"Miss, what should we do next?" Chunxing asked.

"The princess will make her own arrangements for what happens next, so we don't need to worry about it," Ding Peilan said, turning and leaving.

As Chunxing moved Gan Cai'er, Xiao Hong spat out a mouthful of blood from the tip of her tongue. She had bitten her tongue earlier to maintain a sliver of clarity. Finally, with that last bit of clarity, she struggled to find the bone flute and, with her remaining strength, blew it out.

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