This won't do! Hua Yuanzhao was furious. She suddenly stopped what she was doing, stood up, grabbed the medicine box next to the imperial physician, and quickly took out a pair of golden needles.

The imperial physician was so angry at her rude behavior that he fell backwards. His tone was no longer as polite as before. He just said sarcastically: "I have been practicing medicine for 20 years, and I have never heard of a drowning person being saved by a golden needle. Miss Hua, there should be a limit to your nonsense, right?"

"The meridians can determine life and death, treat all kinds of diseases, and adjust the deficiency and excess! You don't even know how to practice medicine if you don't know this!" Hua Yuanzhao said without raising his head, and reached out to tear off Princess Lin'an's shoes and socks.

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo had a face as dark as night, and her eyes were dark and chilling as she walked towards Hua Yuanzhao.

She almost subconsciously stretched out her hand to block Hua Yuanzhao's wrist. Hua Yuanzhao suddenly came back to his senses while holding the golden needle. He then realized that this was ancient times and women's feet should not be seen by men casually.

"I am going to use needles on the princess's feet. Please step aside." Hua Yuanzhao raised her eyes and glanced at Prime Minister Hua and others. Her voice was still hoarse, but it contained an unquestionable tone.

"Evil girl!" Prime Minister Hua was so angry that his heart ached, and he kept cursing her with this sentence over and over again.

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo looked at the people standing still and shouted urgently, "Turn around!"

Her aura intimidated the others, and they had no choice but to obey her orders.

Hua Yuanzhao did not dare to delay any longer. She carefully inserted the golden needle into the sole of Princess Lin'an's foot and continued to perform artificial respiration on the princess.

In the darkness of the night, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo watched in the light of the fire as she bent over her daughter, pressing and blowing hard, then pulling out the golden needle and inserting it again. She thought she was simply crazy!

But even if there was a glimmer of hope, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo was unwilling to give up, but this glimmer of hope gradually dissipated with the passage of time.

"That's enough." The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo said in despair.

"cough--"

Almost at the same time, Princess Lin'an suddenly coughed up a mouthful of water and opened her eyes.

"An'er!" Lady Zhenguogong heard the voice, turned around and saw Princess Lin'an slowly sitting up, crying with excitement. She rushed forward tremblingly, picked up the girl, and took her pulse again.

Princess Lin'an leaned against the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo and opened her mouth weakly, only to utter a faint sound: "Mother."

Hua Yuanzhao felt relieved. She was right before. Princess Lin'an was indeed still alive, but her Qi flow was blocked, causing corpse-stepping, which made her six pulses disappear as if she was dead.

"How is this possible?" The doctor murmured in disbelief, "How can this dead man be resurrected?"

"The princess is not dead." Hua Yuanzhao was extremely tired and gave a simple explanation.

"A quack!" The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo hugged her daughter and scolded her angrily. The imperial physician was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud, cold sweat running down his back.

Not wanting to look at the imperial physician begging for mercy, Hua Yuanzhao bowed to the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo and said, "Madam, since the princess has woken up, please allow me to leave first."

She struggled for a long time, her body was already in a mess, and her clothes were so dirty that the original color could not be seen. They were stuck to her skin, making Hua Yuanzhao feel so uncomfortable that she wanted to jump into the river to wash herself.

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo looked up at her, her expression slightly relieved, but the coldness between her eyebrows had not faded.

"Why is the eldest sister in such a hurry to leave when the princess fell into the water? Could it be that you feel guilty?" Hua Yuanshan suddenly said, "When we arrived here, the princess was the only one with you. What else do you have to quibble about?"

Hua Yuanshan looked at Princess Lin'an and said to her righteously, "Princess, don't be afraid. My wife and my father are here now. We will definitely give you justice. Just tell me if it was Hua Yuanzhao who pushed you into the water."

Facing Hua Yuanshan's gaze, the princess couldn't help but shrink back, lowering her eyelashes and daring not to speak.

"Princess Lin'an, you were drowning just now and I jumped in to save you. Your qi was blocked and you looked like you were dying, but I saved your life at all costs." Hua Yuanzhao looked at Princess Lin'an who was curled up in the arms of the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo, and said after a brief thought.

"Please tell me the truth, Princess, and clear my name." Hua Yuanzhao said.

"Eldest sister, are you trying to force me to repay you for what you have done?" Hua Yuanshan snorted coldly and sneered, "If you hadn't done it secretly, how could the princess have suffered this disaster? You harmed her first, so it's only natural that you should save her!"

Hua Yuanzhao frowned and was about to refute, but Princess Lin'an had already raised her voice and made a sound.

"I... I was walking by the river... and suddenly someone pushed me into the water..." Princess Lin'an lowered her head and stammered, "It was too dark, and I don't know who pushed me..."

She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, saying, "But I seemed to hear... Miss Hua's voice..."

Although she did not say it explicitly, everyone knew what was going on, and their eyes immediately changed when they looked at Hua Yuanzhao.