Arguing and getting angry with the person you love most is the least worthwhile thing to do.

Just like Xuanyuan Han at this moment, after only two days of experiencing the warmth of human life, he returned to his former cold palace and, not seeing Yi Shangyun's figure, immediately regretted it.

Just as he was kissing her and trying to find a different angle to continue enjoying her soft lips, Yi Shangyun suddenly broke free from his embrace and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Xuan Yuanhan's eyes were already burning with lust, wishing he could devour her immediately. So he pushed Yi Shangyun onto the large couch and casually pulled down the bed curtains.

Immediately afterwards, she reached out and began to remove the clothing covering Yi Shangyun. Yi Shangyun felt extremely unwell today, and in alarm, she tried to cover herself with her hands, refusing and saying, "Your Highness, please don't..."

But the beautiful spring scenery suddenly appeared, and Xuan Yuanhan was obviously very happy with it. He then took off his clothes and threw both of their robes on the floor, creating a mess. He then leaned towards them.

Despite both of them losing control in the end, whispering sweet nothings and their bodies intertwined like glue, and despite Xuan Yuanhan's extremely gentle and considerate actions, he still accidentally touched the wound on the shoulder of his clothes.

With a hiss, accompanied by a sound of pain, Xuan Yuanhan, whose eyes were clearly glazed over, had no choice but to stop again and swallow a large mouthful of saliva.

Finally, with great reluctance, he lay down on her limp body, pressing tightly against her wound, his heart aching with heartache and regret.

Why couldn't I protect her properly, causing her to suffer new wounds before her old ones had healed?

Then he let out an extremely apologetic voice: "I'm sorry..."

Exhausted from the ordeal, Yi Shangyun lay limp on the bed. Hearing the sound, she felt extremely sorry for him and raised a hand to gently stroke his broad back, saying, "I am the one who should apologize. I shouldn't have left Your Highness behind and run off today, making Your Highness wait for me at the Yi residence until dusk."

Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Han finally released her.

Sui rolled over and lay down, covering the two of them with the brocade quilt. He then put one arm through Yi Shangyun's neck, hooking her tightly in his arms and pressing her against his heart, listening to the heartbeat of his own heart, which was filled with regret.

"Perhaps, as a new husband, my interactions with you are not like those during military training. I have been too restrictive and demanding, making you feel uncomfortable. I will gradually change these things in the future. I shouldn't have been angry with you on the way back just now, and I shouldn't have ignored you."

Hearing him finally compromise and admit his mistake, Yi Shangyun smiled. After thinking for a moment, she said softly to him, "Your Highness, do you know? I've always dreamed of a day when we're in a small courtyard, with just the two of us, and ideally, a lovely daughter following us around calling us Father and Mother. You would play with your daughter, and I would be in a small kitchen, cooking a handful of rice, a ladle of water, and a few red beans, slowly simmering them, listening to the red beans softly humming in the pot, releasing the most blissful aroma, just for Your Highness."

Listening to Yi Shangyun's beautiful vision of the simplest happiness in the world, Xuan Yuanhan pulled her soft body closer to him and said, "The mundane world is all born from the smoke and fire of daily life. The warmth and comfort of human life are what soothe the human heart. But none of this is taken for granted. There will always be many difficulties, and someone will always have to bear the burden. It may seem ordinary, but it is so precious and so worthy of the world's appreciation. Only those who have survived calamities can truly understand the true meaning of happiness. I believe that you and I will have such a day."

Upon hearing Xuan Yuanhan's words, Yi Shangyun suddenly understood the responsibility he carried in his heart, and the man's sense of duty.

And what can I do for him?

After thinking for a while, she had a sudden inspiration and decided to try communicating with Xuan Yuanhan.

So he said, "Your Highness, today I... actually went to Yanfu Temple."

Xuan Yuanhan clearly already knew all her whereabouts, but now he had no choice but to play along: "Yanfu Temple... what are you doing there?"

Yi Shangyun did not mention Dingxiang, but only said: "In Yanfu Temple, I saw many disaster victims. I heard that they had encountered a sandstorm in a remote part of the Northwest, and their homes were destroyed. That's why they fled here."

When this matter was mentioned, Xuan Yuanhan's expression turned solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "Yes, I am aware of this matter."

Yi Shangyun looked up at his face and asked anxiously, "Does Your Highness also know that the Emperor, citing the empty treasury, has refused to send anyone to provide disaster relief, leaving these victims to fend for themselves?"

Xuanyuan Han thought to himself, "That's not all! If I hadn't secretly sent people to intervene, they would probably have been killed by my brother's men long ago!"

Of course, he wouldn't tell Yi Shangyun about these bloody scenes. He simply patted her head and interrupted her, saying, "Alright, these are matters for the court officials to worry about, not for you. Your most important task right now is to recover quickly. Do you really have the heart to let me only look at you and hold you every night, without being able to do what a husband and wife should do?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun instantly averted her gaze, which had become intense again, and blushed, saying, "What are you saying, Your Highness..."

Xuanyuan Han leaned down at her again, saying with ill intent, "Does Your Highness truly not know what I'm saying? In that case, perhaps I should continue from where I left off..."

Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun pushed him in the chest with her two small fists, threatening him, "If Your Highness continues like this, I will have Yan'er go to find the Dowager Consort to take Your Highness back to your own palace."

At this point, Xuanyuan Han had no choice but to obediently lie back down: "Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore."

Yi Shangyun nestled back into his arms and tried to speak again: "Your Highness, I spend all day in the palace doing nothing, which is very boring and not good for my recovery. How about Your Highness allows me to go to Yanfu Temple to help treat the disaster victims?"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanhan rejected her idea without hesitation: "No way!"

Yi Shangyun refused to give up and continued to plead, "Your Highness, I really..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xuan Yuanhan said angrily, "Taking care of and treating patients is such a dangerous and arduous task. With your current health, how can you possibly endure it!"

Yi Shangyun stubbornly sat up abruptly and said, "Of course I can! As long as I'm doing what I love, I'm full of energy."

At this moment, Xuanyuan Han suddenly understood why she was being so stubborn, and said, "Do you think I don't know that you're going to find that medicine girl named Dingxiang again?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun stared wide-eyed at his face, even more astonished than him: "How did Your Highness know that Dingxiang was also at Yanfu Temple?"

Xuanyuan Han remained silent.

Yi Shangyun finally understood why Xuan Yuanhan was so angry with her today.

After a moment of silence, looking at Xuan Yuanhan's face, Yi Shangyun said with extreme sadness, "No wonder my bracelet ended up in Your Highness's hands. It turns out Your Highness... sent someone to follow me..."

Yi Shangyun had already seen through everything. Xuan Yuanhan knew he was in the wrong, but he didn't want to say anything more, because if he continued, he would inevitably start arguing with her again.

"I'm tired, I'm going to sleep!" Xuan Yuanhan said, then turned his back to him and closed his eyes.

Yi Shangyun sat beside him, staring at his back, heartbroken.

The next day, before dawn.

Yi Shangyun then tiptoed out of bed, left a letter, and quietly slipped out of the Qin Prince's mansion alone.

Xuanyuan Han rolled over in a daze, but when he reached out, he couldn't touch the person he knew. So he opened his eyes and saw that Yi Shangyun was not beside him.

Even on the side where she slept, her brocade quilt had been neatly folded and placed beside the couch.

Xuan Yuanhan was a little puzzled as to why she had gotten up earlier than him today. So he propped himself up on his arms and sat up, calling out twice from inside the room, "Yun'er, Yun'er..."

Receiving no response, Xuanyuan Han grabbed a robe as he got off the bed and began to put it on while searching the Yunshui Pavilion thoroughly, inside and out.

"Yun'er... Yun'er..."

Yan'er faintly heard his call and hurriedly came out to ask, "Your Highness, what happened?"

Xuanyuan Han had a vague sense of unease, so he asked Yan'er anxiously, "Have you seen where the Princess Consort is?"

Yan'er recalled for a moment and said, "Your Highness...wasn't she always with you? I didn't see her come downstairs!"

"Oh no!" Xuan Yuanhan exclaimed, and hurried back to his dormitory on the second floor.

Sure enough, on the desk in the room, they found the handwriting left by Yi Shangyun.

"Your Highness: This letter is as if we are meeting in person. Please forgive Yun'er's stubbornness. Yun'er simply cannot bear to watch the disaster victims at Yanfu Temple suffer both physically and mentally after losing their homes and loved ones. Just as Your Highness knew that war would kill many, yet you had no choice but to fight. Since Heaven has brought Yun'er to them today, Yun'er cannot stand idly by. Yun'er believes that I can save them, and when that time comes, Yun'er will return to Your Highness to apologize with a bundle of thorns on my back!"

At this moment, Yan'er, realizing that something seemed amiss, followed Xuan Yuanhan. Upon seeing the words left by Yun on Yishangyun's hand, she was instantly stunned: "Your Highness, what happened? Miss...she..."

Yan'er didn't know what was written in the letter. She only saw Xuan Yuanhan's extremely angry eyes and that Yi Shangyun had already disappeared. She was terrified.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Han suddenly slammed the letter onto the desk in front of him with great force, almost bursting with rage, and said, "Why won't you listen to my advice?!"