He didn't spare a glance at the other concubines who had also been injured. His voice thundered as he turned to Eunuch Zhao, who had just caught up and was still breathing heavily.
"Bring me a bow and arrow," Emperor Xiang Long Wei commanded.
A stable servant quickly handed him the weapon. Without hesitation, the emperor took aim and shot down the two frenzied horses. The other horses, already calmed by the stable hands, had returned to order—it was only Xian Guifei's and Duan Guifei's mounts that had proven difficult to control.
"Quickly, summon the Imperial Physician," Emperor Xiang Long Wei ordered coldly.
Eunuch Zhao bowed and hurried off, though his heart was heavy with dread.
If problems like this keep happening in the harem, one after another, his old bones might just die from exhaustion. But of course, he dared not utter such a thought aloud in front of the emperor.
