Lihua returned with someone else’s support. Seeing the crowd that gathered in the dining hall, her heart sank into a deep well of panic. The empress dowager rushed to her and asked, “Are you alright, Lihua?”

Lihua nodded and said worriedly, “This servant is alright, but has something happened to Consort Lin?”

“Why were you knocked out?” Yang Shaolun glared at her with blazing eyes. “Shouldn’t you stick to Consort Lin’s side?”

She’s sick and pregnant with a child, dammit! What would happen to her if she was kidnapped?

Yang Hanlun went up to shake Lihua by the shoulders, his eyes red. “Where is she? She’s pregnant! Why haven’t you been keeping an eye on her?”

His heart pounded painfully in fear, which didn’t happen even when she disappeared the last time. This time, however, he felt as if the sky was falling.

Yang Hanlun’s revelation hit the empress dowager hard, and she blacked out then and there, collapsing to the floor. Chaos ensued. Defu went off to summon an imperial physician, but all of them were on leave. Only a few practitioners were on shift. Yang Shaolun hurriedly sent out Zheng Feng to find some imperial physicians. Everyone had lost...