Suddenly, Yi Shangyun noticed what Xuan Yuanhan was holding in his hand. Her eyes widened in astonishment as she exclaimed, "That's... my bracelet!"

“It was for the sake of this funeral, and I had no other choice. But this bracelet is extraordinary, and I have to find a way to get it back.”

Thinking back to what the guard had just told him, he began to ponder.

“Now that mourning banners are hung everywhere in the Prince’s mansion, it seems that the Prince of Qin is completely convinced that I am dead. In that case, what harm would it do if I took this bracelet without anyone noticing? I shouldn’t be suspected, right?”

With this thought in mind, she immediately began to silently plan ahead, preparing to look for opportunities outside.

Inside the hall.

Xuanyuan Han refilled the pot and poured himself a cup of wine.

He was filled with remorse and gripped the wine cup tightly in his hand, saying, "Yi Shangyun, how dare you die without my permission! How dare you!"

He didn't want to believe it was all real, but the bracelet in his hand was so real that he had no choice but to believe it.

Memories flashed by, as vivid as if they had happened just yesterday, yet in the blink of an eye, they were separated by death.

Filled with grief and indignation, he muttered to himself in profound melancholy: "You were never part of my original plan. Yet you just had to barge into my world. Having already provoked me, why did you leave so heartlessly, leaving me to suffer this excruciating pain alone?"

In the darkness, the candlelight flickered dimly.

As boundless thoughts spread endlessly, it felt as if I was about to sink into despair.

It seems that when this disaster struck, he himself was the first to be consumed by the pain of losing his beloved.

The more he thought about it, the more desperate he became: "How can I live the rest of my life without you?"

Everything that happened inside the hall was witnessed by Yi Shangyun, who was guarding outside the hall.

She couldn't help but be captivated and surprised, murmuring in a low voice, "I never imagined that the legendary God of War, who strikes fear into the hearts of enemy troops and is known as the cold and abstinent prince of the Western Qin Kingdom who is not interested in women, would be so infatuated."

Suddenly, a strange emotion welled up inside her: "To be loved so much by a man like that must be a very happy thing!"

But then he instantly snapped back to reality and suppressed his thoughts: "Yi Shangyun, what are you thinking? No, he is the King of Qin, not Wei Mingxuan. You absolutely cannot have such thoughts. It seems I must find a way to return to the 21st century as soon as possible."

When he came to his senses, he saw that Xuan Yuanhan was still sitting there motionless.

Clearly, he was still gripping the bracelet tighter and tighter in his hand, as if it were some priceless treasure, showing no intention of letting go.

Yi Shangyun scratched his head anxiously and paced back and forth at the door, pondering to himself, "How can I get the bracelet back?"

Just then, a series of urgent footsteps came from the doorway.

When the man got closer, Yun realized that the man was Cheng Liang, Xuan Yuanhan's deputy general.

Afraid of being recognized, he quickly and respectfully stood by the door, bowed his head, and clasped his hands in a salute.

Sure enough, Cheng Liang didn't notice her when he passed by.

Cheng Liang walked straight into the hall, and upon seeing Xuan Yuanhan drinking heavily, he frowned slightly: "Your Highness never drinks heavily?"

Then she turned around and angrily berated Yi Shangyun outside the door: "How have you been serving us here?"

Yi Shangyun was startled: "I...I haven't even entered the palace gates yet!"

Just as he was about to respond, Xuanyuan Han spoke first: "Don't blame him, it's my own fault."

Cheng Liang, of course, knew that his master had nowhere to vent his emotions, so he turned to report, "Your Highness, the city and its surrounding areas have been hit by this torrential rain. The soldiers are all ready to go, and we should set off immediately. The Empress Dowager has just woken up. Before you leave, Your Highness should go and see Zihe Pavilion one last time!"

"Hmm!" Though he seemed a little reluctant, Xuan Yuanhan finally agreed and stood up, walking out of the Yunshui Pavilion with Cheng Liang.

After the two left.

Yi Shangyun glanced back casually at the hall and was surprised to see that the bracelet that Xuan Yuanhan had been tightly clutching in his hand had miraculously appeared on the table in front of him where he had just been sitting.

"My bracelet!"

"This is truly a stroke of luck!"

Yi Shangyun was overjoyed and almost cried out in surprise.

He quickly looked around and saw that there was no one else there.

However, it is still a precaution in case someone breaks in and you are discovered.

So he took out a black face mask from his person, covered his face, and then tiptoed into the main hall.

As soon as Xuanyuan Han stepped out, he seemed to suddenly realize that something was wrong, so he stopped and began to touch himself.

Upon seeing this, Cheng Liang asked, "What is Your Highness looking for?"

In the end, the search yielded no results.

He was certain that he had been distracted before leaving the house and had indeed carelessly placed the bracelet on the table.

"I have left something at Yunshui Pavilion. Go and prepare the horse. I will be right there." So he hurriedly turned around and went back to get it.

Inside the Yunshui Pavilion.

"I never expected you to come back so easily!" Yi Shangyun looked at the seven-colored gold and jade bracelet that had returned to her hand with a face full of joy.

Just as she herself was utterly astonished by this, as she stepped out into the courtyard, a dignified voice suddenly rang out in her direction: "Who's there?"

By the light of the candlelight in the courtyard, Yi Shangyun slowly made out the person in front of her and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh no, why is he back again?"

As he spoke, he instinctively wanted to run away.

But then he suddenly remembered that he had not yet handed over the sealed letter in bamboo tube entrusted to him by the man in black to Xuanyuan Han.

So he quickly put the bracelet on his wrist and hid it under his sleeve.

He quickened his pace and stepped forward, handing the sealed letter in a bamboo tube to Xuan Yuanhan: "Your Highness, this is a sealed letter that has just arrived. Please take a look!"

Xuanyuan Han glanced at the sealed bamboo tube with sealing wax that she was holding high, stared at her for a while, and asked, "Why are you covering your face in the Prince's mansion?"

"Your subordinate..."

"Your subordinate..."

"I am covering my face because I have recently developed sores on my face and I am afraid of offending others."

As Yi Shangyun spoke, she felt her heart pounding, as if she were about to give herself away, and she answered hesitantly.

Xuanyuan Han continued to look into her eyes while reaching out to take the secret letter.

At this moment, Yi Shangyun hurriedly said, "Then... this subordinate will take his leave!"

But just as I turned to leave, the poor lighting at night, coupled with my extreme nervousness, caused me to panic.

Suddenly, she lost her footing and was about to fall off the stone steps and into the lotus pond beside her.

And then a scream rang out: "Ah!"

In the darkness, a pair of strong and powerful hands suddenly appeared. Xuan Yuanhan quickly flew over, grabbed the hand around the waist, and spun it in a perfect circle before bringing it to a stop.

The two of them were pressed tightly together in an instant.

In an instant, their eyes met, locked on each other's gaze, as if a single glance pierced through a thousand years, ten thousand years.

And it was at this moment that a miracle occurred.

When the two met again and their bodies touched, Yi Shangyun tightly embraced Xuan Yuanhan's waist.

From the seven-colored gold and jade bracelet hidden under his sleeve, wisps of purple smoke suddenly flickered and slowly emerged. The smoke seemed to be endless, slowly spreading and drifting into the courtyard, where it intertwined tightly with the torrential rain.

A short while later, the torrential rain suddenly stopped.

Yes, the rain has stopped.

The storm that was escalating and threatening to engulf the entire Western Qin region has finally stopped!

After an unknown amount of time, Xuan Yuanhan finally noticed that the rain had stopped, so he slightly shifted his gaze to look at the night sky above.

Just as he was distracted by this, Yi Shangyun shoved him aside and ran out the door.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Han was extremely puzzled: "Who exactly is he?"

For a moment, he seemed unable to figure it out, so he decided to go back to Yunshui Pavilion to retrieve the bracelet.

But when he returned to Yunshui Pavilion and saw that there was no trace of the bracelet on the table, Xuanyuan Han was extremely shocked.

He hurriedly searched the surroundings again and again, looking very carefully, but in the end it was all in vain.

"Why isn't it here?"

"I merely turned around; I clearly placed it right here just now."

"This was the thing that Yun'er cherished most when she was alive."

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered the mysterious figure from earlier, so he clenched his fist, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely, "Damn it, could it be him?"

With that, he hurriedly chased after her.

At this moment, Yi Shangyun, who was terrified by what had just happened and had almost exposed himself, was running around in panic.

As soon as he ran out of Yunshui Pavilion, the large men's face mask suddenly slipped off his face.

She quickly reached out to support him and covered him up again.

Despite the fact that her movements were almost seamless and the fastest possible, a little girl coming from the opposite direction still managed to see her face.

The little girl who had suddenly appeared outside the Yunshui Pavilion had two buns that looked like deformed horns, and was staring with a pair of big, round eyes like grapes.

Yi Shangyun, dressed in men's clothing, suddenly raised her voice and shouted, "Lady Yun..."

Yi Shangyun stopped in surprise and asked the little girl, "Who are you? Who are you calling... Lady Yun?"

The little girl's clear, bell-like voice rang out: "Lady Yun, what's wrong? Don't you remember Ling'er?"

"Ling'er?" Yi Shangyun frantically searched her memory, trying to figure out who this child in front of her was.

The little girl seemed quite happy, and suddenly she ran towards her and then hugged her leg tightly.

She said innocently, "Lady Yun, everyone says you're dead. But Ling'er doesn't believe it, so I came with Father and Mother to see for myself. Lady Yun, you're a fairy, how could a fairy die?"

"Whose child is this?"

Just as Yi Shangyun was fearing that Xuan Yuanhan would soon discover that she had taken the bracelet and come after her, and was anxiously trying one last time to remember the child, a series of calls suddenly came.

Ling'er

Ling'er

"Ling'er, where did you run off to?"

"Come out quickly!"

"If you don't come out soon, your father and mother will have to go back on their own."