"Still saying it's nothing? Do you think it would only count as something serious if you were dead?" Su Wan'er chided.
Si Junlin smiled and said, "As long as you're here, I don't think anything serious will happen."
Su Wan'er let out a cold snort. "Right, you won't have any problems. Of course you won't. Once our souls are swapped back, you'll be fine. But what about me? After the swap, I'll be a one - armed empress. Your mother will have even more reason to dethrone me."
Seeing the angry look in Su Wan'er's eyes, Si Junlin couldn't help but give a light cough. "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me..."
"Forget it. This isn't your fault. If I had encountered the tiger, I probably wouldn't have done any better than you." Su Wan'er walked to his left side, reached out her hand, and supported his left arm to help him up.
"Wait." Si Junlin stopped Su Wan'er's action.
Su Wan'er looked at him helplessly. "What now, my emperor?"
"Over there." Si Junlin motioned with his chin in the direction he remembered. "I've killed that tiger. It's right there. You go and drag it over, and then we'll go back together."
Su Wan'er glared at him in frustration. "At a time like this, you're still thinking about your prey?"
Si Junlin gave a weak smile. "No, I just don't want to lose to anyone."
Seeing his smile, Su Wan'er sighed. "Fine, I'll get it for you." After settling Si Junlin down, she walked in the direction he indicated.
After leaving Concubine Mei's tent, Su Wan'er rushed into the forest. In order to find the empress as quickly as possible in this vast forest, everyone split up and searched the forest in a carpet - style manner.
Somehow, as soon as Su Wan'er entered the forest, she felt a sense of direction in her heart. With no other clues, she could only trust this inner sense of direction and searched all the way, leaving the others far behind. As she got deeper and deeper into the forest, Su Wan'er didn't give up.
Finally, when she thought she was in the right position, she shouted Si Junlin's name at the top of her voice and finally found him.
When the two of them, the horse, and the tiger appeared in front of everyone, the searchers heaved a sigh of relief. They quickly surrounded the emperor and the empress and accompanied them back to the camp.
The imperial physician immediately came to treat the empress. Su Wan'er announced that the first - place winner of this hunting competition was the empress. No one had any objections. Catching a tiger like that was enough to prove the empress's archery skills.
Concubine Mei, who was confined to her tent and waiting to be sent to the cold palace after returning to the palace, felt like she wanted to die when she heard this news.
She really was "trying to steal a chicken but losing a handful of rice". But what could she do now? Not to mention that she couldn't get out now. Even if she could, the empress probably wouldn't see her at this moment.
"Your ladyship..." The maid carefully carried in some food and placed it on the table.
Looking at the maid's made - up face, Concubine Mei inexplicably felt a surge of jealousy.
She directly overturned the table. "Slut, slut, all of you are sluts! Dressing up so coquettishly at this time, are you planning to show off in front of the emperor while I'm out of favor?"
The maid was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground. "No, I'm not." God knows, this was the same makeup she had put on in the morning. She had even received praise from Concubine Mei for having a better - looking makeup than the empress's maids. How could she be accused of seducing the emperor at night?
"You're still arguing!" Concubine Mei's anger had nowhere to go, so she kept kicking the maid's body, not sparing any part of it.
Finally, when her anger subsided a little, she let go of the maid on the ground.
The maid's body was covered in black marks from Concubine Mei's embroidered shoes. Her originally delicate makeup was now in a complete mess. She looked only a little better than a beggar.
"Alright, come here." Concubine Mei leaned back on the chair, her eyes glinting with a scheme.
The maid tremblingly came in front of Concubine Mei and carefully bowed. "Your ladyship..."
"I was impulsive just now. I hope you won't blame me." Concubine Mei said calmly.
Although the maid knew that these were just polite words from Concubine Mei, she was still her mistress. No matter how wronged and angry she was, she could only endure it.
"I wouldn't dare. It's my honor to relieve your ladyship's anger."
"I knew you, Cuisi, were a loyal maid." Concubine Mei took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and handed it to her. "This is a reward for you, and also my apology for my impulsiveness just now."
Looking at the bracelet that Concubine Mei forcefully stuffed into her hand, she had no choice but to accept it and say, "Thank you for the reward, your ladyship."
"By the way." Concubine Mei seemed to remember something unimportant. "My elder brother is also in the hunting team this time, right?"
"Yes, your ladyship." Cuisi nodded and replied.
Concubine Mei nodded and then instructed Cuisi, "Then go and tell my elder brother that I have something to ask for his help. Ask him to come here tonight."
"Yes, your ladyship." Cuisi turned around and was about to leave.
Just as she was about to turn away, Concubine Mei suddenly said, "Cuisi, I remember you had a sixty - year - old grandmother before you entered the palace with me, right?"
"Your ladyship, don't worry. I know what to do." After saying that, Cuisi turned around and left.
In the empress's tent, after the imperial physician finished bandaging Si Junlin, he bowed and came in front of Su Wan'er. He said to Su Wan'er, "Your Majesty, the empress's wound is no longer a serious problem. She just needs some time to recuperate. During this period, the empress's arm should not be strained. Also, the empress lost a lot of blood during her menstrual period. She should eat more bone - strengthening and blood - enriching foods to speed up the healing of the wound and ensure that there will be no after - effects in the future."
Su Wan'er nodded, indicating that he could leave after leaving the medicine.
After the imperial physician left, Su Wan'er carried a stool and sat down in front of Si Junlin.
"Cough, cough. Wh - why do you look so serious?" Seeing Su Wan'er's serious expression, Si Junlin inexplicably felt a bit guilty.
What was wrong with him recently? Could it be that after swapping bodies with a girl, his personality had also become more girlish?
Impossible. He was the lord of a nation.
Su Wan'er didn't care what was going on in his mind. When she saw his injured arm, she thought of a very serious problem. "I say, Your Majesty the Great Emperor, what about all those memorials?" There were many memorials that she couldn't make decisions on. Some of them were matters of great importance that could affect the whole country. She definitely couldn't make decisions on them.
Si Junlin was very relaxed and didn't seem worried at all about not being able to handle the memorials.