Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 919: Chapter 830: Unwilling to Be a Slave 50

Bees attack indiscriminately. Nanny Tang wanted to protect the Empress Dowager, but she could hardly protect herself. Though she wanted to neglect her own safety for the Empress Dowager’s sake, the sharp sting from the bees would reflexively make Nanny Tang protect herself.

Around the Empress Dowager were some noblewomen who were not nimble on their feet and accustomed to being served by servants at home. Plus, to accompany the Empress Dowager in conversation, they didn’t bring servants with them, and frankly, they didn’t dare to. Now, without protection from their servants, chaos reigned.

The only one with servants around her was Jing Jieyu, who was pregnant. Even though the Empress Dowager didn’t require servants, Jing Jieyu still had them serving her.

In this emergency, Shuangshuang and Lan Ying stepped forward to protect Jing Jieyu, while Nanny Sun, Nanny Yun, and the palace maids attending the Dragon Embryo rushed to protect the Empress Dowager.

Due to the bee attack, the Empress Dowager and others stood up from their chairs, unconsciously trying to dodge the bees. The Empress Dowager and Nanny Tang, now drawn closer to the railing on one side by Nanny Sun, Nanny Yun, and a group of palace maids, moved unintentionally.

At the same time, Jing Jieyu, under the protection of Shuangshuang and Lan Ying, naturally moved towards the Empress Dowager’s position while being chased by the bees. At this point, the servants previously driven far away by the Empress Dowager were braving the bee attack to approach her side.

Jing Jieyu’s heart was pounding rapidly; success or failure depended on this moment. If the servants surrounded the Empress Dowager, today’s plan would fail. Lan Ying anxiously kept glancing at Nanny Yun beside the Empress Dowager.

Luckily, with the chaos, even if someone noticed Lan Ying’s expression, they’d likely assume it was due to overreaction or anxiety for the Empress Dowager’s safety, considering she might implicate herself as a servant, without further thought.

Only Shuangshuang remained composed. She held Jing Jieyu’s tense, cold hand tightly. Feeling Shuangshuang’s firm grip, Jing Jieyu took a deep breath, managing to suppress her panic.

On the other side, the Empress Dowager, terrified by the bees, unconsciously leaned towards the edge of the pavilion’s railing. Due to the chaos, Nanny Tang, who had been following the Empress Dowager, was pushed away by someone unknowingly.

Just as the Empress Dowager reached the railing’s edge, she suddenly heard a cracking sound near her ear. Following a cry of surprise, she felt someone grab her arm with a strong force, pulling her off balance and falling over the railing towards the pavilion floor below.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager’s mind went blank; she thought it was the end. The pavilion was built splendidly, and the late Emperor had raised its height during construction.

The second floor of the pavilion wasn’t the usual 2.5 or 3.2 meters; it was a full four meters above the ground! Below was a brick-paved surface, and if the Empress Dowager were really to hit it, she’d be lucky to survive without losing half her life.

In that instant, the Empress Dowager’s previously shocked mind recalled the time she, as an Empress, had designed for a favored concubine of the late Emperor to fall from this pavilion, resulting in the concubine being permanently paralyzed in her lower body and confined to bed.

That favored concubine was a youthful girl in her teens, while the Empress Dowager was nearly fifty. The injuries now could only be heavier. In that brief moment, she thought of many things, wondering if this was karmic retribution—the tides having turned for her to fall from the pavilion now.

However, the Empress Dowager did not fall from the pavilion as she had imagined. When she was being pulled down forcefully, another hand suddenly caught her, preventing the fall.

It turned out that Jing Jieyu, spotting the Empress Dowager about to fall, rushed over and grabbed her hand, stabilizing the descending Empress Dowager but getting pulled down due to the Empress Dowager’s inertia, falling face-down towards the ground.

Fortunately, Shuangshuang and Lan Ying reacted promptly, one cushioning Jing Jieyu from below and the other clutching her tightly, reducing Jing Jieyu’s falling momentum.

Unfortunately, due to Jing Jieyu holding on tightly to the Empress Dowager, compounded by Nanny Yun hanging underneath, the abrupt heavy pull caused Jing Jieyu to fall to the ground.

Although Lan Ying cushioned her below, and Shuangshuang pulled from behind, as soon as Jing Jieyu hit the ground, blood stained her skirt. The Empress Dowager didn’t fare much better, as the arm supporting the weight of two broke instantly with a snap. The Empress Dowager could even hear her arm fracturing, passing out from the excruciating pain only to wake from it repeatedly.

Having lived a life of luxury, she had never endured such torturous pain of a broken arm and couldn’t help but open her mouth wide, letting out heart-wrenching cries, utterly losing her regal composure.

On the ground, Jing Jieyu, with her belly pain piercing her heart, suppressed her schadenfreude, intentionally shouting, ”Empress Dowager! Don’t worry! I will pull you up. I promise I won’t let go, so don’t be afraid.”

While shouting, Jing Jieyu pulled the Empress Dowager upward, aggravating the already broken arm so much that it left the Empress Dowager unable to cry out. The unbearable pain made her wish she could cut off the arm to stop the torment.

What Jing Jieyu regretted was before she could pull much, Nanny Tang and the servants came running over, rescuing the Empress Dowager, who was unconscious when pulled up.

Seeing the Empress Dowager pass out in a sweat, Jing Jieyu also contentedly fainted. Lan Ying immediately grabbed Jing Jieyu’s hand, yelling about the blood beneath Jing Jieyu, exclaiming that the concubine had a miscarriage, ensuring everyone understands that Jing Jieyu lost her child rescuing the Empress Dowager.

Shuangshuang immediately began emergency treatment on Jing Jieyu. Although the goal was to have Jing Jieyu’s child miscarry today, Shuangshuang had previously performed acupuncture to ensure if the child was dislodged by external force, it would be more likely to miscarry and do so while protecting the mother’s body as much as possible.

However, this forced miscarriage couldn’t completely spare Jing Jieyu’s body from harm. Shuangshuang could only treat her swiftly, ensuring Jing Jieyu wouldn’t suffer major harm, at least not to the extent of losing her ability to bear children.

The bees finally dispersed under the servants’ smoke-filled torches and waving branches. But with the bees gone, the real trouble began, as the two most significant figures in the harem—the Empress Dowager and the only pregnant concubine, Jing Jieyu—were both unconscious, making this a grave matter.

Servants had already run to summon Imperial Physicians from the Imperial Hospital, while the unconscious Empress Dowager and Jing Jieyu were swiftly taken to their respective palaces, mainly to avoid further bee attacks at the performance stage, where there were no nearby palaces, making a return to their own palaces a better option.