Zheng Yuanyuan, dressed in a guard's uniform, went out through a side gate with the inner guard. They rode at full speed, and the inner guard was afraid that Zheng Yuanyuan was too delicate and weak to keep up. However, Zheng Yuanyuan gritted her teeth and persevered all the way. At most, when they couldn't see the road at night, they would find a sheltered place to spend the night and continue their journey the next day. They traveled like this for five days until they saw the city gate of Penglai County, at which point Zheng Yuanyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Zhi had already received the message and was waiting at the gate. When she saw Zheng Yuanyuan, who was dressed in rags and had disheveled hair, Xu Zhi couldn't believe that this was the delicate little girl she hadn't seen for only ten days.

Zheng Yuanyuan ran towards this place with her last breath, but when she saw Xu Zhi, she couldn't hold on any longer. After dismounting, she collapsed to the ground and fainted.

Xu Zhi was terrified and called for people to carry Zheng Yuanyuan to the backyard. After Chen Zhaoci carefully examined her, he said she was exhausted. The insides of her two thighs were chafed raw, and her white undergarment was soaked with blood. When the blood dried, the fabric was stuck to the flesh. Chen Zhaoci, with Bai Wei by his side, used hot water to moisten the fabric and remove the undergarment while disinfecting it with alcohol. When the alcohol was applied to the wounds, Zheng Yuanyuan trembled all over in pain and did not wake up.

After the medicine was applied and the bandage was finished, Chen Zhaoci's back was soaked with sweat. He sighed and said, "This young girl looks so delicate and frail, but I didn't expect her to be so tough. Even a man couldn't bear this leg injury, but she gritted her teeth and persevered all the way here."

Xu Zhi was so distressed that tears welled up in her eyes. Chen Zhaoci patted her shoulder and said, "Once Miss Zheng wakes up, she should take good care of her leg injury and take a hot bath. Otherwise, the injury on her leg is prone to infection."

Xu Zhi agreed and sent someone to deliver a message to Zheng Boyuan. Zheng Boyuan returned quickly.

Hearing Xu Zhi mention Zheng Yuanyuan's leg injury, Zheng Boyuan felt extremely pained. His younger sister had always been delicate and afraid of pain since she was little. She would cry if she pricked her finger with a needle while learning to sew. Yet she had endured it all the way from the capital to Penglai. How much suffering she must have endured along the way.