As soon as Xuanyuan Han lifted the tent flap, he saw Yi Shangyun standing there in a daze in front of him.
He stopped, utterly astonished, and asked, "You...when did you get here?"
Clearly, Yi Shangyun, who had overheard everything inside the tent, was also finding it hard to believe his ears.
He paused for a moment before speaking, "When I saw Yan'er following closely behind His Highness Prince Qin, hurrying towards here, I followed her as well."
As Yi Shangyun spoke, he lifted his foot and walked inside on his own.
He glanced at Yan'er, who was still clearly in shock and standing there dumbfounded.
Suppressing her anger, she looked at the two people behind her again to confirm: "What medicine were you talking about just now? What did you want to give me? Was once not enough? Do you want to kill my child again?"
However, she still couldn't control her emotions, and when she finished speaking, she seemed so angry that her whole body was trembling.
But Xuan Yuanhan, standing to the side, was also feeling terrible. Hearing Yi Shangyun's heart-wrenching words, he had already clenched his teeth tightly.
Hearing the sound, Yan'er quickly came to her senses and hurried over.
Upon realizing that the voice he had just heard was indeed hers, he was completely stunned and quickly grabbed her arm, trying to explain, "No... Miss..."
Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun suddenly looked at Yan'er's face with unprecedented seriousness, and for a moment, Yan'er was so frightened that she dared not speak.
Yi Shangyun asked her, "Yan'er... are you really Yan'er? Are you still my Yan'er?"
"Miss...I..." Yan'er was at a loss for words, seemingly extremely embarrassed, yet still wanting to explain something.
Yi Shangyun, already disappointed, gave her no more chances and turned her gaze back to the man in front of her who had made her utterly despair of him.
At this moment, she felt extremely sad.
The man who once vowed to make a vow to love her for all eternity, and whom she loved so much despite everything, has been deceiving and hurting her time and time again.
She didn't even want to say another word to him, and finally understood her doubts: "Indeed, my suspicions were correct, there really is a problem with the herbal medicine you give me every time. Since that's the case, I might as well tell you about the doubts in your hearts."
Yi Shangyun raised her head, no longer looking at him, and frankly told him without any hesitation: "That's right, the time before I came to Lu County, the medicine that Yan'er gave me, I...I used it to water the crabapple blossoms in the Prince's Mansion."
Just as Xuanyuan Han and Yan'er were both astonished by her words, Yi Shangyun suddenly opened one hand and came to Yan'er: "Give it to me..."
Confused, Yan'er asked, "What does Miss want?"
Yi Shangyun closed her eyes slightly, as if she was contemplating a rather difficult decision.
She opened her eyes again after a moment and said, "Our relationship as master and servant has come to an end. Don't call me 'Miss' anymore."
Upon hearing this, Yan'er immediately knelt down with a thud, tightly clutching the hem of Yi Shangyun's skirt, and pleaded with her through tears: "Miss, what are you saying? How can you abandon Yan'er? You can't abandon Yan'er... Yan'er was wrong, Yan'er knows she was wrong, Miss, please forgive Yan'er this time, Yan'er will never dare to do it again."
Yi Shangyun could not tolerate that Yan'er, who had been by her side for many years and cherished her deeply, had actually conspired with others to deceive her behind her back.
She didn't want to get entangled with them at all; she just wanted to take back what was rightfully hers. She didn't want to see either of them.
So he continued to reach out his hand towards it: "Stop talking and give me back my things."
Yan'er was already sobbing uncontrollably, but she still didn't understand what she wanted: "What..."
Yi Shangyun said, "It's that little jade-colored porcelain bottle I brought back from the desert. Give it back to me right now."
After listening carefully, Yan'er finally asked, while sobbing, "What are you talking about, Miss? I've never seen a small jade-colored porcelain bottle before."
The sound of the wind outside was growing louder and louder, and Yi Shangyun grew increasingly anxious. She urged, "Why wasn't it you? It must have been you helping me change while I was unconscious..."
Suddenly noticing Yan'er shaking her head and refusing to admit it, Yi Shangyun realized, "Yan'er knows nothing, she has no reason not to return the bottle to me... Could it be... that the small porcelain bottle really isn't with her? I've taken extra good care of it, there's no way it could be lost. But if it's not with Yan'er, then who took it?"
At this moment, she turned her gaze to Xuan Yuanhan.
Seeing him standing silently to the side, Yi Shangyun suddenly became suspicious of him: "Could it be that he took it?"
With this thought in mind, she walked up to Xuan Yuanhan again and demanded, "Give it back to me..."
Xuanyuan Han feigned ignorance and asked in a deep voice, "What?"
Yi Shangyun said, "Did you take that jade-colored porcelain bottle?"
Upon hearing her mention the small porcelain bottle, Xuan Yuanhan already had a very bad premonition; she must be about to do something dangerous again.
So, instead of responding to her questioning, he stared intently into her eyes and asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Those deep eyes seemed to slowly, slowly, draw you in completely.
Yi Shangyun quickly avoided him, but her attitude became even more resolute as she said, "From now on, whatever I do is none of Your Highness's business. If Your Highness is unhappy, we can get a divorce."
Hearing her utter the words "divorce" so easily once again, Xuan Yuanhan glared at her furiously and shouted, "Are you crazy? Do you know what you're saying?"
However, Yi Shangyun said with absolute certainty, "No, I'm not crazy at all, and I'm perfectly lucid! You're a complete liar..."
But no matter what she says or thinks.
How could Xuanyuan Han possibly let her go in this lifetime?
In a fit of anger, he immediately ordered the guards outside to be summoned, saying, "Someone come here!"
Immediately, two guards entered the room.
Xuanyuan Han ordered him, "Take the princess back to my military tent and keep her under strict guard. No one is allowed to visit her without my order, nor is she allowed to step out of the tent."
The guards, upon receiving the order, quickly dragged her away. Yi Shangyun struggled fiercely in their grasp, angrily crying out, "No, you can't do this to me, Xuan Yuanhan! What right do you have to lock me up? No, no..."
"Miss, Miss..."
"Your Highness, Your Highness, please spare Miss!" Upon seeing this, Yan'er hurriedly got up and rushed towards the direction where Yi Shangyun had been taken away, then returned anxiously crying and begging Xuan Yuanhan for mercy.
Seeing that Xuan Yuanhan was not swayed at all, Yan'er had no choice but to hurriedly chase after Yi Shangyun.
Everyone left, and the room fell silent.
Xuanyuan Han put his hands behind his back, clenched his fists tightly, and said fiercely, "How dare you try to divorce me?"
That night.
Inside the tent, illuminated by a dim candlelight, Xuan Yuanhan grew increasingly angry as he thought about it, and suddenly slammed his fist heavily on the table in front of him.
"She's already pregnant, and she still wants to do something so dangerous?"
Wei Ning, standing beside him, trembled in fear, but said with difficulty, "Then what should we do? Her Highness the Princess said that it might be the only way to stop the sandstorm from hitting Lu County!"
Xuanyuan Han thought for a moment and asked, "Have the people sent by the Emperor not arrived yet?"
A hint of hesitation crossed Wei Ning's face. He slowly shook his head and replied, "No!"
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Han frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Prepare a troop of men. I will personally go to the northern desert tomorrow."
The scene of leading men to deal with the ferocious wolf pack a few days ago was still vivid in Wei Ning's mind. Hearing this, Wei Ning said with great concern, "Your Highness going to the northern desert personally is too dangerous!"
Xuanyuan Han said in a deep voice, "As long as she is well, I will do anything!"
Wei Ning said with relief, "If the Princess Consort knew how much His Highness cared for her, she certainly wouldn't have argued with him like this again."
Xuanyuan Han remained silent; only he himself knew the true extent of the estrangement between him and Yi Shangyun.
After a while, as if remembering something, he spoke again: "By the way, how's the situation at the Lu County government office? Are they still unable to send anyone to assist with disaster relief?"
Wei Ning thought for a moment and reported to him, "The Lu County government office was indeed affected by the sandstorm last time, but it wasn't as serious as the rumors said. I heard that His Highness has personally gone to provide disaster relief, and General Wang Chong brought people to help this afternoon."
"Wang Chong?" Searching his memory, Xuan Yuanhan asked, "Is he the general who helped us open the city gates when the sandstorm hit Lu County last time, allowing some of the disaster victims to escape?"
“Exactly,” Wei Ning said.
Xuanyuan Han said with relief, "He is a man of principle. At least there is still hope for Lu County."
Wei Ning also said happily, "Thanks to the Princess Consort's diligent governance here, the people of Lu County are extremely grateful to Your Highness and the Princess Consort. The Princess Consort has really helped Your Highness win the hearts of the people this time!"
But only Xuanyuan Han himself knew that he didn't need a woman to help him win the hearts of the people.
He only wanted her to stay by his side every day; that was enough!
But she was not that kind of woman.
However, if she were such a proper and well-behaved woman, perhaps he wouldn't have fallen for her!
With that thought in mind, Xuan Yuanhan let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Alright, it's getting late. You should go and rest now. There are more important things to do tomorrow."
However, Wei Ning asked, "What about you, Your Highness? Aren't you going to see the Princess Consort?"
"eventful!"
Sure enough, he was scolded for being too talkative and had no choice but to slink away.
Upon recalling the clouds on his clothes, Xuan Yuanhan was at his wit's end.
Despite his repeated warnings and precautions, he still managed to get her pregnant again.
Yes, it wasn't her fault.
But what should he do this time?
If the abortion potion is used again, Yi Shangyun will never have her own child again for the rest of her life.
Judging from her agitated state just now, if he really did that, he would never forgive her for the rest of his life.
But if he didn't do that, the outcome would be the loss of both mother and child, a result he couldn't bear.
As he was thinking, he suddenly felt as if he were trapped inside and couldn't breathe.
Hearing the howling wind outside the tent, he silently got up and walked out...
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