Leng Ruo Li looked up and saw the Empress Dowager sitting on a chair with a pale face. Leng Ruo Li, her expression agitated, hurried towards the Empress Dowager and hugged her tightly.
"Imperial Grandmother, we've finally found you. Are you alright?"
As Leng Ruo Li said this, her eyes welled up with tears.
Because Leng Ruo Li hugged her too tightly, her chest wound was touched. The Empress Dowager let out a soft groan, her forehead creasing.
Hearing the Empress Dowager's pained cry, Leng Ruo Li immediately let go and then, tightly grasping one of the Empress Dowager's hands, asked with a face full of concern.
"Imperial Grandmother, what's wrong? Did Prince Ning and the others hurt you?"
"Lier, it wasn't Prince Ning and them," the Empress Dowager said, waving her hand at Leng Ruo Li.
"Then who was it? Imperial Grandmother, please tell Lier and the Prince. We'll deal with him," Leng Ruo Li urged, growing anxious.
"Alas, the injuries on this old body were inflicted by the Emperor kicking me..."
Seeing Leng Ruo Li's persistent questioning, the Empress Dowager felt she could no longer hide it from the young couple and thus, told them the truth.
"What, Imperial Grandmother, you're saying your injuries were caused by Father Emperor kicking you?"
Upon hearing this, Leng Ruo Li's clear, bright eyes widened, thinking she had misheard.
"Don't misunderstand, your Father Emperor didn't intentionally harm this old woman. He was poisoned by Prince Ning and his mind was controlled, which is why he hurt me," the Empress Dowager quickly explained on behalf of her son.
Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han could only sigh after hearing this.
They had already learned about the Emperor's condition and knew that he had indeed been controlled by a puppet蛊 (gu poison). Therefore, they couldn't blame the Emperor.
Moreover, the Emperor was known to be a filial son, and the Empress Dowager was his own mother. If the Emperor's mind had been clear, he would never have harmed the Empress Dowager.
At this moment, Princess An Le suddenly walked out from behind Jun Mo Han, her head bowed low as if she were a child who had made a mistake. However, she still mustered the courage to kneel before the Empress Dowager.
"Imperial Grandmother, the蠱 (gu poison) that Father Emperor has is something that Chang Momo and I administered," An Le said, sobbing.
"An Le, you just said that the蠱 (gu poison) in the Emperor's body was administered by you and Chang Momo? Which Chang Momo from the palace?"
Upon hearing An Le's words, the Empress Dowager's expression instantly darkened.
"Yes, Imperial Grandmother. Yesterday, the weather was hot, and under Chang Momo's instigation and misdirection, I took a bowl of sweet soup, which Chang Momo had laced with蠱 (gu poison), to Father Emperor's imperial study. Father Emperor drank my sweet soup out of filial piety."
"Later, after Father Emperor drank my sweet soup, Chang Momo contacted Third Imperial Brother. He was instructed to enter the palace that night. Because it was the time when Father Emperor's蠱 (gu poison) would act up, and the best time to control him, Third Imperial Brother entered the palace last night and seized the opportunity when Father Emperor's蠱 (gu poison) was acting up, effortlessly controlling him."
An Le confessed everything that happened yesterday to the Empress Dowager clearly and concisely. The Empress Dowager trembled with rage, pointing at An Le, her lips twitching. After catching her breath, she began to curse loudly.
"You ungrateful wretch! You truly are your Father Emperor's good daughter! Who is that Chang Momo?"
Hearing the Empress Dowager, An Le burst into tears.
"Imperial Grandmother, your granddaughter knows her mistake. Your granddaughter regretted it and didn't sleep all night. That Chang Momo is the one who used to serve my Imperial Consort. Now she has disguised herself as Supervisor Xiao Momo of the Imperial Wardrobe."
An Le confessed truthfully.
This time, the Empress Dowager was so angered by An Le that her chest ached even more. Her brow furrowed, and a cold sweat broke out on her forehead, making her face exceedingly pale.
Seeing the Empress Dowager's altered complexion, Leng Ruo Li immediately took a restorative pill from her sleeve and gave it to the Empress Dowager.
Simultaneously, Leng Ruo Li cautioned An Le not to mention this matter in front of the Empress Dowager.
After a while, the Empress Dowager slowly opened her eyes and looked at Leng Ruo Li and the others.
"Imperial Grandmother, please don't worry. Father Emperor is fine now. He is currently outside handling matters. Come, let's take you out of the secret chamber and back to Changshou Palace. Then, Lier will give you a full check-up."
With that, Leng Ruo Li had Jun Mo Han carry her out of the secret chamber and back to the Empress Dowager's Changshou Palace.
Leng Ruo Li conducted a full physical examination on the Empress Dowager and discovered that her injuries were indeed quite serious. Fortunately, she was clever enough to take the life-saving pill she had prepared right after she was injured, which had saved her life, otherwise, the Empress Dowager's injuries would have been unimaginable.
"Imperial Grandmother, you have injured your internal organs. However, fortunately, after suffering severe injuries, you took a life-saving pill that I asked you to carry with you, which saved half of your life. Otherwise, even if a divine immortal were to come now, they couldn't save you."
Leng Ruo Li did not want to conceal her injuries from the Empress Dowager.
"Lier, Imperial Grandmother knows. When your Father Emperor kicked me fiercely last night, I was in so much pain that I almost died. Fortunately, after Prince Ning, that scoundrel, commanded the disoriented Emperor to hit me and left the secret chamber, I had the chance to take the life-saving pill you helped me hide in the white jade bracelet."
"Alas, it is truly thanks to your foresight that the Emperor and I can be safe this time. If it weren't for you designing this secret white jade bracelet to hide four life-saving pills, the Emperor and I would not have been able to escape this crisis so easily. That Prince Ning is so cunning. He had all the life-saving pills that the Emperor and I hid in our sleeves searched out. This time, we were saved by this (the white jade bracelet)! We were truly saved by it!"
"Imperial Grandmother, with me and the Prince here, you don't need to be afraid anymore. I will prescribe medication to help you recover from your injuries."
As Leng Ruo Li spoke, she used her will to select over ten types of rare medicinal herbs with mild properties and excellent healing effects from her spatial medicine garden, and then combined them with some ordinary herbs to refine pills for the Empress Dowager to help her recover from her internal injuries.
The instruments in her space could refine pills very quickly. Half an hour later, the pills for treating internal injuries were made.
This was the first time she had used her will to control the instruments in her space to refine pills, and it consumed more vital energy than she had expected, but the efficiency was quite good. However, in the future, unless it was an emergency, she would not use her will to control the instruments to refine pills, as it would cost her half of her life.
Once the pills were refined in her space, Leng Ruo Li immediately took them out through her sleeve.
"Imperial Grandmother, these are the top-grade pills I have newly developed for treating internal injuries. Take one pill with each meal, three times a day. After one week, your granddaughter-in-law will develop more for you."
"Alright, Imperial Grandmother, I understand. Thank you, child."