The night was pitch-black.
Within the imperial city, Aunt Qin was covered in blood.
The shock in her eyes had yet to fade, yet she was now running madly deeper into the city.
The two auras behind her did not pursue her, instead lying in ambush where they were.
Yet the terror lingering in Aunt Qin's heart did not dissipate.
She swiftly entered the palace.
"Aunt Qin, what happened to you?" Seeing Aunt Qin drenched in blood, Jin Li's face filled with horror.
At the side, Duke Yu, overseeing the construction progress of the God Sacrifice Platform, and the great sage Kong Qi hurried over as well. Clearly, they had noticed Aunt Qin's miserable state.
When they saw how severely Aunt Qin was injured, concern and despair surfaced in both their eyes.
Over the past few days, they had not only been constructing the God Sacrifice Platform, but had also been secretly plotting with Aunt Qin to see whether they could send Empress Jin Li out of the imperial city.
Aunt Qin's secret departure from the city tonight had been a test.
Yet they had never expected Aunt Qin to return gravely wounded.
"Cough, cough..." Aunt Qin coughed up a mouthful of bloody froth, seemingly mixed with fragments of shattered organs.
Seeing this, Jin Li hurriedly fed Aunt Qin the healing medicine Hua Xian had brought.
After taking the medicine, Aunt Qin's complexion improved somewhat.
"Aunt Qin, do you feel any better?" Jin Li was beside herself with worry.
"Much better. Thank you for Your Majesty's concern." Aunt Qin looked at everyone and said heavily, "Just now, when I tried to leave the city, I encountered an interception by two Sovereigns!"
"What? Two?"
"If there had only been two, they would not have wounded me so severely. Several more were