"Your Majesty the Empress!"
Helian Chen was truly frightened and almost leaped forward to save the emperor.
The shadow guard behind him, though exhausted from traveling day and night, still managed to roll over at the crucial moment and use himself as a human cushion to shield Xie Yuan.
thump!
Xie Yuan landed, but thanks to the desperate protection of the shadow guards, he didn't fall.
However, the excessive fatigue and the torment of riding left her very weak.
The moment his body hit the shadow guard, he passed out.
"Your Majesty!"
Helian Chen scrambled to his feet, showing none of his usual imposing manner or dignity.
"Your Highness! Are you alright! Diding, you deserve to die! How could you let Her Highness end up like this?"
Helian Chen carefully reached out to check Xie Yuan's breathing, making sure she was only unconscious and not dead, before letting out a slight sigh of relief.
Then, Helian Chen began to roar at the shadow guards who were acting as human cushions.
"Upon hearing that His Majesty had fallen into a coma, the Empress lost her composure and hastily made arrangements, leaving the city overnight!"
The shadow guard was already exhausted, and then Xie Yuan hit him hard, leaving him barely alive.
Already on the verge of death, yet still facing Helian Chen's angry rebukes and interrogations, even the Shadow Guards, who were the most rigorously trained assassins, felt somewhat aggrieved at this moment.
He forced himself to stay awake and said with difficulty, "For a journey of six hundred li, the Empress changed horses but not riders. Even so, two horses still died!"
“Every day she has to travel nearly a hundred miles, and when she eats, she only takes a few bites.”
Traveling hundreds of miles without proper food or sleep would be unbearable even for someone as strong as iron.
Let alone a pampered and delicate woman like the Empress?
To be honest, it was already quite remarkable that Her Majesty the Empress was able to hold on until she reached the royal camp.
Heaven knows, while riding horses, the shadow guards had to keep a close eye on their mistress at all times.
How dangerous is horseback riding?
One wrong move and you could fall.
At that point, at best they'll break their arms or legs, at worst they'll break their necks.
With the emperor in a coma, the empress became everyone's pillar of support.
If something were to happen to her again, all of them would truly have no way to survive!
"Alright, alright! Let's not talk about this anymore, quickly help Her Majesty up!"
Helian Chen was too preoccupied with worrying about Xie Yuan to listen to the shadow guard's explanation.
He was about to reach out to help her up when he suddenly remembered something, and as if he had been electrocuted, he quickly withdrew his hand.
He turned his head and shouted towards the tent, "Someone! Bring two old women or female healers!"
Before long, several women hurried over.
They were either palace maids responsible for cleaning, sewing, and cooking in the royal tent, or female doctors in the army.
Upon hearing that the Empress had arrived and had fallen off her horse and was unconscious, all these people rushed out.
They were either used to serving others or were very professional; when they came out, they even carried a sedan chair.
"Your Majesty, we have been disrespectful!"
Several women approached, apologizing as they worked tirelessly to lift Xie Yuan onto a palanquin and quickly transport him to the royal tent.
"A saint! A saint!"
Perhaps because he was too worried, even in his unconscious state, Xie Yuan still uttered some delirious murmurs:
"Ah Xi! Wait, wait for me!"
Helian Chen followed closely behind the sedan chair and, upon hearing Xie Yuan's whisper, couldn't help but lower his head.
Knowing the truth, he was truly heartbroken.
Can--
well!
Hopefully, everything will develop in a positive direction and not cause any trouble!
Helian Chen sighed and ordered his men to fetch the imperial physician who accompanied the army.
The imperial physicians were serving near the royal tent, and they all rushed over when they heard the summons.
"General Helian, Her Highness is suffering from overwork, exposure to wind and dew, and has caught a cold. She may also have external injuries..."
When the imperial physician saw Xie Yuan, he was also shocked by her miserable appearance.
Good heavens, what exactly did Her Majesty the Empress go through?
The woman who was once so elegant and graceful is now dark-skinned, thin, and haggard.
There were obvious bloodstains on the hem of the skirt.
...Looking at him, he resembled a refugee fleeing a disaster.
Helian Chen clenched his fist tightly and said in a deep voice, "Now that Her Majesty's illness has been diagnosed, hurry up and prepare the medicine!"
"Also, have the female physician come over to give Her Majesty a further examination."
In fact, even if the imperial physician hadn't said anything and the female physician hadn't examined her, Helian Chen could tell just by looking at Xie Yuan's disheveled appearance that the Empress's thighs, buttocks, and other parts must have been injured.
Riding a horse, covering nearly a hundred miles a day, that's pretty much what a forced march looks like.
The Empress was not like those rough soldiers!
Sigh, I don't know how Her Majesty has managed to get through these past few days.
She treated the saint with utmost sincerity.
He was unconscious, yet he was still calling out for the saint.
Ah Xi was the saint's childhood name, and Helian Chen, as the saint's most trusted confidant, naturally knew it.
"The Empress must have completely lost consciousness. If she had even a shred of lucidity, she would never have called the Emperor by his childhood name in public."
Helian Chen sighed inwardly.
She was deeply moved by the Empress's sincerity towards the Emperor.
"The Empress once said that others were love-struck, but look what happened, she's even more insane!"
"The Empress is rushing on this journey with such desperate speed. She has sacrificed her child and even her own life for the sake of the Emperor!"
Helian Chen watched as the imperial physician prescribed medicine for Xie Yuan, and the female physician cleaned and bandaged Xie Yuan's wounds behind the screen, and even changed him into clean nightgowns, before quietly withdrawing.
He went to the inner side of the main tent and whispered something to Helian Jue, who was lying on the couch.
However, Helian Chen's words received no response.
Helian Chen: ...
Okay, he understands!
"Keep a close eye on the Sage!"
Helian Chen stood up and said in a deep voice to the eunuchs and shadow guards on his left and right.
"yes!"
The group bowed in agreement and retreated to the corner.
Xie Yuan, on the other side of the screen, was unaware of the commotion on this side.
At this moment, she was in very poor condition.
I felt dizzy and my lower body was burning with pain.
And his entire skeleton looked as if it was about to fall apart.
Pain, exhaustion, and a constantly taut string.
Because of that string, even when she was unconscious, she didn't dare to really "die".
In fact, Xie Yuan's consciousness had already become somewhat scattered the moment he rushed into the military camp.
The moment Xie Yuan fell off his horse, he was already in a semi-conscious state.
But she dared not relax!
Only after hearing the familiar voice and sensing something amiss within it did she secretly exhale a sigh of relief—
This time, I won my bet again!
Oh no, we haven't completely won yet.
She has only passed the first hurdle; the second and third hurdles are even more difficult to come!
Xie Yuan knew that only by passing all the challenges could she truly win Helian Jue's trust and completely resolve the "crisis"!
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