Mid-Autumn Day came. The empress dowager invited imperial princes to spend the day in the palace. Yang Hanlun hadn’t gone to Lin Haihai. He had assigned his men to keep an eye on her instead the past few days, and Prince Pingnan’s followers had been spotted around the hospital. Of course, Lin Haihai was completely in the dark. She thought they were regular patients here to get prescriptions for medicines.

Guihua had been waiting for Lin Haihai in the Linhai Hospital with her court attire. Lin Haihai had the maid wait in her room before checking on Keqing.

The Rong empress dowager’s complexion had turned sickly. Beads of sweat dripped from her face. Although she underwent such torment every month, she still couldn’t get used to it. Stabbing pain assaulted every single pore on her body, cutting her heart open like the sharpest blade. Juanzi bit into a handkerchief and bawled her eyes out, but she didn’t dare make a sound.

Keqing curled into herself and writhed around, her teeth clattering. She even scratched her skin open as she endured the pain. Lin Haihai was stunned. She went up to steady the empress dowager and sealed...