Under the deep darkness of night.
Inside the Baicaotang (Hundred Herbs Hall).
As usual, one of the shop assistants came out of the shop looking extremely sleepy.
So he stood at the doorway and looked around for a moment.
Seeing that the pedestrians on the street had dispersed, he stretched out his arms and yawned.
He felt a sense of helplessness and resentment towards this kind of livelihood: "Day after day, I work from dawn till dusk, and I'm so tired that my bones feel like they're about to fall apart."
He yawned repeatedly, then perked up and went back to close the door.
Just then, someone outside the door slapped the door panel that he was holding firmly.
The waiter was startled and stopped what he was doing, looking up at the man and sizing him up.
The man's face was somewhat unfamiliar, but his demeanor was extraordinary. He was also carrying a long sword, suggesting he was an official from the government.
They came on so aggressively, as if they didn't dare to offend anyone.
So he forced a smile and explained, "Sir, you look unfamiliar. I suppose you don't know that our shop is closed today. I'm sorry, if you need to get medicine or see a doctor, please come early tomorrow!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he resumed what he had been doing and tried to close the door.
Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, the person outside did not give up leaving, but instead pushed the door open even more forcefully.
With that speed and force, if the guy hadn't dodged quickly, he would have almost hit his nose.
Upon entering, the waiter discovered that behind him was a face that terrified him even more.
At that moment, the man who pushed open the door revealed a sign that read "Qin Prince's Mansion," and the waiter was instantly dumbfounded: "You two are from Qin Prince's Mansion?!"
The man put away his badge and continued to question him: "Where is your boss?"
Perhaps because he was startled and hadn't quite recovered yet.
Not knowing their identities, or what had happened at this time, the waiter immediately became stammering.
"Master..."
“Our boss is never here.”
"If you two officials are looking for my master."
"Then we'll have to trouble you two to come another day. It's really too late today. Our manager will contact the owner tomorrow, and the owner will come over."
"I just don't know, what brings you two to my master's house?"
The man was slightly surprised: "Just who is your master? Even our prince's personal visit at night is such a rare sight?"
"Your Highness?!"
"You are..."
"His Royal Highness King Qin?!"
Upon hearing this, the waiter finally came to his senses and immediately knelt down.
Prostrate on the cold floor, Xuan Yuanhan, who had remained silent since entering, apologized: "Please forgive me, Your Highness, I did not know it was Your Highness who had arrived!"
A deep voice said, "You don't need to be so afraid, get up!"
Immediately afterwards, Xuan Yuanhan only asked, "I have urgent business to attend to and must see Young Master Yi immediately. You should go and inform him right away!"
The waiter then slowly stood up, seemingly lost in thought, and murmured something to himself.
"The boss?"
"To be honest, the boss hasn't been to the store at all in the past six months!"
The man finally lost his patience: "I'm going to talk to you nicely now, don't force me to force my way in!"
The man was clearly no longer able to handle the two.
Just then, Manager Xue came downstairs.
Upon seeing the visitors, he hurried downstairs while greeting them with a smile: "So it's Your Highness and the General who have personally come to our shop. We apologize for not welcoming you properly, Your Highness! And General!"
The shop assistant shrank back slightly and called out, "Manager Xue..."
Cheng Liang looked him over briefly and asked, "Are you the manager of Baicaotang?"
Shopkeeper Xue nodded, still smiling, and said, "I'm truly sorry, none of the shop assistants have ever seen any important figures before. I hope you two won't take offense. May I ask which noble person from the Prince's mansion is unwell, that you two have come in person at this hour of the night? Do you need a pulse diagnosis or medicine? Our shop is indeed closed. If you really need it, perhaps I can help you?"
Cheng Liang said, "None of them!"
Shopkeeper Xue's smile faded, and he looked slightly surprised: "Neither of them? Then who are these two...?"
Cheng Liang glanced at the spot where Manager Xue had just come down and asked, "Where is your boss?"
"The boss?"
Manager Xue repeated the sentence and glanced at the face of the shop assistant beside him.
After a moment of eye contact, he turned back and gave the same answer as the shop assistant: "The master has been away on a long trip and hasn't been to the shop for half a year!"
Cheng Liang saw that the two were clearly deliberately trying to stop him. He watched as Young Master Yi entered the room and had people guarding the door. Young Master Yi never left.
By this time, he had lost all patience and shoved the two of them aside, shouting, "Get out of the way!"
As he spoke, he ignored their attempts to stop him and insisted on quickly going up to the second floor.
Manager Xue chased after him, saying urgently, "General, you mustn't! This shop is operating legally. You can't just barge in!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Cheng Liang reached the second floor.
Manager Xue, panting, caught up and blocked his way: "Is there no place in this vast Western Qin capital where we can reason with each other? If the general insists on continuing like this, then don't blame me..."
Just then, a familiar voice rang out: "Manager Xue..."
In an instant, everyone looked up and gazed in the direction from which the sound came.
It really was Young Master Yi, who came out from the innermost room.
Manager Xue hurriedly explained, "Master, they..."
Young Master Yi stood at the door and simply said, "It's alright, you can go now!"
Upon hearing this, Manager Xue had no choice but to lead his staff downstairs: "Yes!"
The crowd dispersed.
Cheng Liang quickly and carefully searched every corner of the upstairs, but found no trace of Yi Shangyun.
Upon returning, he shook his head at Xuan Yuanhan.
Young Master Yi remained calm and composed, standing motionless in the same spot.
Facing the person in front of him, putting aside the past, just thinking about everything Yi Shangyun had suffered on the grasslands in the past six months, especially the bloodshed and near death on the day of childbirth, Young Master Yi had nothing nice to say and was filled with hatred.
At this moment, he actually dared to send people to track him down.
"It's been half a year. The moment I stepped into this place after returning, you brought people here. Xuan Yuanhan, are you a dog?"
Even though he was verbally humiliated, Xuan Yuanhan didn't care what he said at all.
It seemed that everything was going according to his plan; Young Master Yi would never have brought Yi Shangyun here.
But at this moment, he was only worried about her safety: "Young Master Yi, you can say or do anything to me, I only ask that you return Yun'er to me."
"Does he already know that the girl is still alive?"
Young Master Yi paused for a moment, then said, "Is Your Highness talking in your sleep? Didn't the Qin Prince's Mansion already hold a funeral for the Princess Qin? How can the dead be brought back to life? Your Highness really overestimates me."
Then, another burst of laughter followed, and he said, "If I had known earlier that you were so incompetent and unable to protect her, I should never have let her go and let her turn back again."
Xuanyuan Han seemed to be losing patience, so he took two steps forward and said very seriously, "The matter between me and Yun'er is not for you to judge. I know she is not dead. Where exactly have you hidden her?"
Young Master Yi said to him very seriously, "She is dead!"
Xuanyuan Han raised his voice and blurted out, "She is not dead at all. I know that this is all a deception she set up herself, but why would she do this? Why would she abandon me?"
"Why, you're asking me why? You..." Just as he was about to retort fiercely, Young Master Yi suddenly froze in surprise.
A dignified man, a seven-foot tall warrior, the God of War of the Spirit Realm, Xuan Yuanhan's eyes were glistening with tears at this moment.
“I have already seen her today. She is standing right in front of me, perfectly fine. She is clearly still alive, so why did she run away? Why?”
Seeing his genuine emotions, which didn't seem like he was trying to manipulate him at all, Young Master Yi was taken aback by his words: "What did you say? You saw her today?"
So he quickly asked, "Where did you see her?"
Xuanyuan Han then recounted the events of the day to him.
Hearing all this, Young Master Yi wondered, "This girl doesn't know many people. Who exactly is this woman in the golden cloak?"
Just as Yi Sanshao was deep in thought, Xuan Yuanhan asked him again to confirm, "So, Yun'er really isn't dead, is that right?"
After much deliberation, Young Master Yi finally nodded slowly.
At this point, Xuan Yuanhan was so excited that he could hardly speak, finally managing to squeeze out only three words: "Thank you!"
Young Master Yi was utterly baffled: "Thank me for what?"
Xuanyuan Han said, "I know that you have been with her for the past six months. Thank you for protecting her so meticulously on the grassland."
Young Master Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I care about the girl more than anyone else, but I feel sorry for that child. She really did her best and almost lost her life..."
Xuanyuan Han said, "None of these matters. All I want is for her to live well."
Young Master Yi asked, "But given your status, aren't you afraid of having no heir? Or is it that you married a concubine because the maid couldn't bear you children, hence..."
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Han didn't even hesitate and blurted out a denial, interrupting him, "No..."
He then explained, "These matters are none of your concern, nor do you need to say such things to anger me. I only want to confirm whether she is truly not here. If so, she has nowhere else to go, and we have no idea what danger she has encountered."
A short while later, after Xuan Yuanhan left, Young Master Yi was extremely anxious.
He returned to Western Qin and tried to avoid him, but in the end, he still couldn't escape him.
Unexpectedly, the first person to see Xuanyuan Han was Yi Shangyun.
"Could it be that she went back to her house in the western suburbs alone?"
Thinking of this, he quickly instructed Manager Xue: "If the girl comes looking for me, send someone to inform me immediately."
So, he went out again under the cover of darkness.
As soon as he stepped out, he unexpectedly ran into Tuoba Ze again.
Where is that woman?
Upon meeting, Tuoba Ze was furious and was about to grab Yi Sanshao.
At the same time, Yi San Shao also asked him, "Has the girl gone back yet?"
"What?"
"You lost her?"
"Hasn't she gone back yet?"
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