Reinforcements arrived and drove back the assailants. After her wounds were hastily bandaged, Jiang Xian was also carried onto a carriage.
The Empress Dowager instructed that the carriage carrying Noble Lady Gu must travel quickly, but smoothly.
Hearing these conflicting demands, the driver instantly felt that his own life was now tied to Noble Lady Gu's.
Noble Princess Consort Rong hesitated for a moment, then refused to return to her own carriage, climbing into Jiang Xian's instead. Since she was getting on, her two palace maids naturally followed. Jiang Xian kept her eyes closed, fulfilling her role as a wounded patient. Between being stabbed and having the sword pulled out, she had lost a great deal of blood. Even with the painkilling draught, the dizziness from the blood loss was inevitable, so she could only close her eyes to rest.
But after just a moment with her eyes closed, she started to feel it was hard to breathe.
'What's going on?'
