Perhaps not wanting anyone to see the tears she could no longer hold back, Yi Shangyun suddenly lowered her head and shook it repeatedly.

"I didn't want to either..."

"You know how much I still feel guilty..."

"But I really don't know..."

The past is etched in her memory, and in truth, she herself doesn't quite understand it.

Tuoba Hong stared in astonishment at her lowered head, momentarily at a loss for words.

So he waited for a very long time, hoping she would speak again.

Until the very end, he noticed her slightly trembling shoulders and knew she was heartbroken and secretly crying.

Feeling sorry for her, he quickly reached out a hand to offer her some comfort, but just as he was about to put his hand on her shoulder, his hand abruptly stopped.

A hand hesitated, hovering in mid-air.

In the end, he quietly took it back.

Slowly shifting her gaze to the brilliant starry sky above, she said with deep regret, "Since we are such important people in each other's lives, you love him and he feels the same way. In this vast sea of ​​people, meeting is already a rare thing, so how could we give up so easily?"

At this moment, Yi Shangyun sniffed, finally raised her head again, and wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand.

She said, "Back then, we were both still in school. Our families all thought we were too young and didn't understand what love was, how to love or be loved. So, under pressure from both families, I admit that I was the one who backed down first and said some things I shouldn't have said to him. Now that I think about it, I was wrong. I should have trusted him and not doubted him."

Tuoba Hong asked, "What...did you say to him?"

Yi Shangyun thought for a moment and said, "I made a promise to him to meet again in six years. By then, we would be able to shoulder everything. But I actually regretted it then and there. So I want to see him right away, to explain to him in person, or even to change my mind and take back what I said immediately."

As her emotions suddenly became more and more agitated, she then slowed down again: "But he just disappeared completely from my world, no matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find him!"

"How could this happen?" Seeing Yi Shangyun's sadness and grief, Tuoba Hong also felt deeply sorry for her.

The clouds on the clothes continued to speak slowly and softly.

"No matter what, on the day the six-year promise was fulfilled, I waited at school from the early hours of the morning until the early hours of the next day, not leaving for a single second, for fear of missing him. But he never showed up."

"In the end, I even doubted myself, wondering if what we had was just my own delusion."

"So many years have passed, perhaps he has long forgotten me, and is now married and has children somewhere in the world?"

"So, all my waiting all these years has become a joke?"

Seeing that Yi Shangyun was starting to doubt herself and even had a look of utter despair in her eyes, Tuoba Hong slowly comforted her, saying, "Perhaps... something happened to him, and he couldn't make it on time to keep our six-year promise?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun chuckled softly and sighed, "Perhaps, but only perhaps..."

She then gently placed one hand on her abdomen and said self-deprecatingly, "Even if I hadn't lost Wei Mingxuan, how could I possibly face him in this state!"

Following Yi Shangyun's gaze, Tuoba Hong also fell into deep thought.

"I never imagined that a woman as impeccable as Wu Le could experience such helplessness and hardship. It truly shows how the men and women of this world can be so pitiful and lamentable!"

After a while, Yi Shangyun seemed to have gradually moved out of her memories.

Suddenly, she interrupted Tuoba Hong's thoughts, saying, "Alright, I've answered all your questions. Now, it's time for you to answer mine..."

Upon hearing this, Tuoba Hong took a deep breath and preemptively asked, "Do you want to know what you've been through here?"

Yi Shangyun was somewhat surprised; before she could even voice her question, he had already guessed it.

So she nodded and asked curiously, "Do you know why they call me Your Highness? Who... am I your queen? Who is mine...?"

Upon hearing this, Tuoba Hong quickly stood up and reached out to cover her mouth with his hand: "Shh..."

He quickly looked around, and thankfully there was nothing unusual, before lowering his voice to interrupt and ask, "Who called you that?"

Yi Shangyun thought for a moment and lowered her voice, saying, "It's the medicine girl named Dingxiang who comes here every day to take my pulse. She always secretly calls me 'Your Highness' when no one else is around."

Tuoba Hong couldn't help but wonder: "If that's the case, didn't she mention anything to you?"

Yi Shangyun shook her head and said, "Every time I ask her, she avoids eye contact and doesn't want to say anything more."

Tuoba Hong thought to himself, "It seems that the medicine girl also knows that this matter is extraordinary, and deliberately keeps it a secret to protect her."

In the end, she couldn't hide any of this from him.

Seeing that Tuoba Hong seemed to be hesitating, Yi Shangyun timidly asked, "Could you...?"

He paused, then continued, "Can you tell me what happened to me here? Why are they imprisoning me here? And about this child..."

Finally, she still asked about these things, and a look of melancholy appeared on Tuoba Hong's face.

He had initially thought that it would be better for her to forget everything that had happened there.

But even now, she still asks about it again and again.

"Why do you want to know these things again? Isn't it good to just be who you are now?" After thinking for a long time, Tuoba Hong finally asked her in return.

"I..." Yi Shangyun was clearly also somewhat hesitant.

Originally, everything here was indeed unrelated to her, but now, because of the child in her womb, perhaps she still needs to give herself an explanation for many things.

Thinking of this, Yi Shangyun said very firmly, "I think I should find out what really happened here, and what's going on with this child..."

Just as Tuoba Hong was pondering the matter and was about to speak, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness hit his head, causing his body to sway slightly.

Upon seeing this, Yi Shangyun quickly got up, went over to him, and helped him up, asking, "What's wrong?"

"Cough...cough cough..."

Immediately afterwards, Tuoba Hong suddenly coughed softly.

Afraid that she would worry, Tuoba Hong took out his handkerchief to cover his mouth while pushing her away slightly.

He told her, "I'm fine, stay away from me. I might have caught a cold, and you're pregnant now, don't let me infect you! Otherwise, it might be..."

Before he could finish speaking, another heavy cough followed: "Cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."

Clearly, this cough was much deeper than the last one.

Yi Shangyun couldn't help but feel worried and asked, "What's wrong with you... Do you want me to take a look... Are you sure you're okay? Or, let me help you back to your room to rest!"

Tuoba Hong covered his mouth tightly with a handkerchief with one hand and waved his other hand incessantly, indicating to Yi Shangyun that there was no need to worry and that he was fine.

Left with no other choice, Yi Shangyun could only gently pat his back again and again to make him feel more comfortable.

Suddenly, Tuoba Hong seemed to remember something, realized something was wrong, and was startled. He then slowly removed the handkerchief from his hand.

Under the bright moonlight, he saw a pool of blood on his handkerchief that he had coughed up.

Tuoba Hong stared at him, completely stunned.

Just as he was momentarily stunned and seemed to be deep in thought, Yi Shangyun suddenly came up to him and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Realizing she was leaning closer, Tuoba Hong quickly rolled up the handkerchief in his hand and hid it behind his back, still smiling as he said to Yi Shangyun, "It's nothing!"

He then pulled her up and, pretending nothing had happened, sat down with her again.

One last time, he earnestly asked her, "I'm asking you, do you really... want to know all this?"

“Hmm, I want to know!” Yi Shangyun thought for a moment and nodded seriously in response.

Tuoba Hong's already melancholy eyes suddenly became even more melancholy.

During these days, the time spent with Yi Shangyun was devoid of romance or concern for daily life.

I originally thought that simply staying quietly by her side, protecting her, and ignoring worldly affairs would be a rare and fulfilling happiness.

He knew he couldn't expect such days to last forever, but at least he could have one more day, and that would be one more day.

After all, from the first moment he saw her, she became his love at first sight.

From then on, he also had that same strong expectation that such a moment would come in his life.

I never imagined that my humble, insignificant thoughts would actually come true one day.

But all of this is clearly just his own idea.

Perhaps Yi Shangyun wasn't wrong. No matter what space she was in or what world she lived in, she should have bravely faced her life.

This is the real her!

Perhaps for him, memories are like rubbing salt into wounds, leaving him scarred and wounded.

But for her, what is there in this life that he wouldn't do!

After thinking it through, Tuoba Hong made his final decision. He took a deep breath and said, "Alright, then I will tell you everything..."

Yi Shangyun then looked over, ready to listen.

"Our first meeting wasn't on the grasslands. Rather... it was on the edge of a cliff in the Western Qin Kingdom..."

In the quiet night, Tuoba Hong's river of memories rose with the wind and flowed slowly.

"That day, I saw you as nothing more than the daughter of a court apothecary from the Western Qin Kingdom, gentle and frail. Yet, you were the object of the attention of figures like the Spirit Void War God, King Xuanyuan Han of Qin, the most dashing and unrestrained prince of the Southern An Kingdom, and my brother. These three, each different from the others, were all chosen ones who dominated the entire Spirit Void Continent. I was quite curious, wondering what kind of extraordinary woman you must be..."

"Back then, I also thought that our brief encounter that day would be our last. But I never imagined that we would meet again on the grassland. Do you know how happy I was?"

Yi Shangyun asked in confusion, "So, why is it a cliff..."

As memories unfolded, Tuoba Hong recounted his story in detail…