Before she appeared, her voice was heard: "Girl, did you let Prince Xuanyuan Han of Qin escape under the cover of night?"

Yi Shangyun seemed to have expected this, so his face wasn't as surprised. He simply said in a normal voice, "So what if it is? So what if it isn't?"

"So, girl, you're admitting that you released the King of Qin! How could you act so foolishly? Do you know..."

Upon hearing this, Young Master Yi was surprised and wanted to say something, but Mei Zhixuan spoke first: "Your Majesty, this is a mistake. The Prince of Western Qin is a serious criminal of our Eastern Ning Kingdom. How can you release him as you please?"

Yi Shangyun smiled, then his dark eyes suddenly turned deep and he said, "Oh? If others don't know what happened with that batch of gunpowder on the night of the Lantern Festival, that's one thing, but does the Third Prince not know anything about it either?"

Upon hearing this, Mei Zhixuan's heart skipped a beat. He then looked at Young Master Yi's face and continued to pretend to be nonchalant, saying, "What do you mean by that, Your Highness? That batch of gunpowder that night was found by His Highness the Crown Prince himself, leading our city's guards, in one of Prince Qin's hidden hideouts in the city. What? Could it be that Your Highness suspects His Highness the Crown Prince of deliberately framing Prince Qin, or perhaps you suspect that our Dongning city guards are using deception against him?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun glanced into Yi Sanshao's eyes, and Yi Sanshao, feeling guilty, quickly looked away.

Seeing this, Yi Shangyun sneered for a while and said, "I knew that even if Father Emperor agreed to let Prince Qin go, the two of you would never let him go easily. I didn't expect that it would be so."

After a moment of contemplation, although he felt somewhat unwilling, he realized that the facts were already as they were, and if he continued to pursue the matter, it would only make things difficult for Yi Shangyun. Therefore, Young Master Yi made a decision in his heart.

Unwilling to be questioned and put in such a difficult position by Mei Zhixuan, Yi Shangyun let out a deep breath and said, "Very well, even if the Prince of Qin doesn't die this time, he hasn't accomplished the task assigned by Emperor Jing of Western Qin in Dongning. If he returns to Western Qin, he will certainly have nowhere to stay. So let's just let him go. This can be considered as making up for the mistakes I made before, since we once knew each other!"

Seeing that Yi Shangyun and Mei Zhixuan were sitting and standing respectively, neither looking at the other, sulking and ignoring each other, Young Master Yi pressed Yi Shangyun, "But shouldn't our marriage be put on the agenda? By the way, our envoy will be arriving in Dongning in the next couple of days to discuss the specific details of the marriage alliance between our two countries. Girl, tell me what you think, and I will answer all your questions..."

Seeing that Young Master Yi was standing in front of her, pressing her relentlessly and refusing to let her go, Yi Shangyun felt utterly disgusted with him.

With a determined heart, she slowly rolled up her sleeves, revealing her smooth arms, silencing Young Master Yi's next words, and blurted out in broad daylight, "Your Highness, please look, even though I am no longer a virgin, do you still want me?"

Young Master Yi's gaze immediately fixed on her arm. Seeing that the pure, sacred red was gone, he recalled the resolute expression on her face last night when she told him she was going to the Heavenly Prison. He was instantly filled with remorse. He gritted his teeth, struggling to suppress his anger, and looked into her eyes, saying, "It was last night... you... in the Heavenly Prison, already..."

Yi Shangyun had never intended to explain anything to him from the beginning, and simply covered her sleeves again.

Suddenly, Young Master Yi felt a tightness in his chest and a shortness of breath. He quickly moved and slammed his fist heavily into a pillar in the hall, gritting his teeth and saying hatefully, "Xuanyuan Han, you and I are sworn enemies for life."

Mei Zhixuan was also stunned by the sudden scene before him. He never expected that such a seemingly frail and delicate body could contain such great strength and courage.

I doubt that most women in the world would dare to make such a sacrifice for their love.

Yi Shangyun paused for a moment, then said softly, "Third Young Master, if you think about it carefully, why have we been so relentlessly pressuring each other along the way?"

Young Master Yi shook his head, seemingly still unable to believe his eyes, and said, "Girl, why did you hurt me like this? Is my love so insignificant to you? So much so that you would... debase yourself to this extent for that Prince Qin, Xuan Yuanhan, a person who is not worthy of you?"

"Unworthy? Degrading oneself? Why does Third Young Master always say that the Prince of Qin is not worthy of my affection? You are not me, so how do you know that for me, liking His Highness and becoming His Highness's woman is degrading myself and is not worthy?" Yi Shangyun retorted dismissively.

Just as Yi Sanshao was feeling indignant and angry because he thought that Yi Shangyun had actually thought of giving herself to Xuan Yuanhan in order to reject him, and had nowhere to vent his anger, Xuan Yuanhan suddenly appeared alone at the gate of Yi Shangyun's palace and overheard their entire conversation.

The moment Yi Sanshao saw Xuan Yuanhan, he was filled with hatred.

Yi Shangyun seemed to notice someone slowly crossing the threshold and walking towards her, so she frowned and slowly shifted her gaze toward them.

Suddenly, she stared at him with wide eyes, jumped to her feet, and exclaimed, "Your Highness, shouldn't you have already left the city by now...? Why, why have you come back?"

Xuanyuan Han finally saw the familiar face of the person he had been longing for and couldn't let go of, but at that moment he felt extremely heartbroken for him.

As he slowly walked over, he asked, word by word, "I have returned to ask you face to face: Was Princess Yongning deliberately toying with me last night in the prison? Since you wanted to be my woman and gave me your precious body, why are you so heartless to me? Why did you let me leave alone? If we are going to leave, we should leave together!"

In an instant, the two looked at each other, their eyes filled with affection, and a spark ignited between them.

Just then, Mei Zhixuan could no longer contain his anger. Seeing that he had already left, he was shocked that Mei Zhixuan dared to come back again. This repeated challenge to his patience was truly arrogant.

Upon realizing this, Mei Zhixuan shouted, "How dare you! She is the princess of my Dongning Kingdom! How can you take her away so easily? How dare you be so arrogant, Xuanyuan Han! I think you're really tired of living!"

Meanwhile, Young Master Yi's gaze, already sharpened by Yi Shangyun's loss of virginity, had silently transformed into a dagger as he looked at the man before him: "Damn it, Xuan Yuanhan, how dare you come back..."

With that, the two men, filled with resentment, flew towards him together. The three of them instantly drew their longswords, unleashed their fists and feet, and began to wrestle and fight, leaping and bounding about.

Yi Shangyun anxiously shouted to stop them, and followed Qi Yi out of the main hall: "Stop, all of you stop! Stop fighting! Stop fighting!"

Seeing Mei Zhixuan and Yi Sanshao closing in step by step, Xuan Yuanhan was not in a good position. In addition, the competition between the three quickly attracted a large number of guards from the palace.

The city guards entered and quickly surrounded Xuan Yuanhan. In desperation, Yi Shangyun suddenly reached out and snatched the bronze sword from the waist of a guard beside him, and without hesitation, pressed the sharp blade directly against his own neck.

Instantly, everyone's eyes turned to her.

"Yun'er, no!"

"Girl, no!"

"Royal sister, no!"

Upon seeing this, Xuan Yuanhan, Yi Sanshao, and Mei Zhixuan almost spoke in unison.

However, Yi Shangyun ignored everything and said with an extremely fierce and determined look in her eyes, "Let's see which of you three dares to make a move. If you all still don't stop, I will die right here today."

At this moment, Mei Zhixuan first put away his long sword, and then waved his hand, ordering the city guards to surround Xuan Yuanhan completely.

He then spoke to Yi Shangyun, saying, "If you want me to release the Prince of Qin, that's fine, unless... you stay here."

Before he could finish speaking, Xuan Yuanhan pulled Yi Shangyun behind him and said firmly, "She is my woman, don't even think about making a move on her!"

Mei Zhixuan raised an eyebrow and said disdainfully, "Then let's see if this prince can actually make a move on her?"

Suddenly, Mei Zhixuan solemnly ordered the city guards, "Men, seize the fugitive Prince Qin, Xuanyuan Han, for this prince!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun hurriedly stepped forward to protect Xuan Yuanhan, and shouted to Mei Zhixuan's men:

"Stop! I, the princess, will see who dares to touch him!"

Unexpectedly, the power emanating from this small body was truly astonishing, leaving everyone stunned as if they had been frozen in place.

Xuanyuan Han stared in surprise at the back of Yi Shangyun, trying to dispel all her thoughts and ideas. He gently called out to her, "Yun'er!"

Yi Shangyun didn't say much to him, or even turn her head. She just smiled slightly, a relaxed smile playing on her lips.

He quickly removed all expression from his face, looked ahead, and solemnly said to Mei Zhixuan, "I'll go back with you, just let him go!"

Xuanyuan Han was shocked when he heard this. He stared at her with wide eyes and almost pleaded, "Yun'er, you mustn't!"

At this moment, he did not see Yun turn around, nor could he see her face. He did not know what she was planning. He could only plead with her again: "Yun'er, you promised me that you would come home with me and that we would be together for life. Have you forgotten so quickly?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun silently replied in her heart: "The roads we walked together, the moonrises and sunrises we witnessed, the sweet words we uttered together, I will never forget them in this lifetime."

As she was thinking, she suddenly turned her head sharply...