"Your Highness..."
Seeing that Xuan Yuanhan fed Yi Shangyun the entire bowl of medicinal soup, which was actually a deadly poison for a normal person, without any questioning, Zhang Zhiyuan was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.
"Your Highness, why are you doing this? This medicine is made from seven kinds of extremely rare poisonous herbs from the Spirit Void Continent. Its toxicity is extremely high. An ordinary person would surely die if they ingested just one of them. What should we do?"
Zhang Zhiyuan was caught off guard and hurriedly urged, "Quickly, this humble servant will take Your Highness to find Imperial Physician Yue. Perhaps it is still not too late to treat him..."
Just as Zhang Zhiyuan was extremely worried and about to take Xuanyuan Han out, Xuanyuan Han stopped him with a gesture: "No need!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhiyuan froze on the spot.
Xuanyuan Han kept his eyes fixed on Yi Shangyun's face and said, "When I came in just now, I noticed that the number of guards deployed in the palace tonight was several times greater in each palace. I suppose it's because..."
He paused, then continued, "If we make such a big show of things now, it will surely attract Emperor Jing's attention. At this moment, all I want is to stay by her side and protect her. You may leave now!"
Zhang Zhiyuan wanted to say something more: "But Your Highness..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xuan Yuanhan ordered in a deep voice, "Get down!"
At this point, Zhang Zhiyuan could only accept the order: "Yes!"
The room was silent.
Finally, everything returned to calm, with only a candle flickering in the wind.
Staring at the already incredibly thin and frail body on the bed, which was now even more frail than when they first met, Xuan Yuanhan felt extremely guilty!
After an unknown amount of time, Xuan Yuanhan's nose suddenly tingled, and his eyes instantly filled with tears.
Clearly, he still refuses to believe it.
He then slowly sat down beside her bed, and tremblingly reached out to gently stroke her face again and again.
Finally, he gently took her hand, and with a heart full of tenderness, pressed it against his face, feeling her warmth. Tears welled up instantly, and he whispered in her ear.
"Yun'er..."
"Don't sleep, please, open your eyes and look at me."
"I am truly terrified."
"In my entire life, I have never been so afraid."
"How could you..."
"You were still..."
"How could things have suddenly changed like this?"
"sorry!"
I'm so sorry!
"I have failed to take good care of you all this time."
"Promise me..."
You must wake up!
"You must wake up!"
"It has been a long and difficult time for me to truly possess you."
"I cannot live without you."
"cannot……"
"Even if I possess the whole world, but lose you, what meaning would all my efforts have?"
"Yun'er..."
"Come back..."
"Don't leave me..."
"If it's destined that one of us will leave first this time, it will definitely not be you."
"I want you to live well!"
"You must live well..."
We breathed on each other to keep warm, and supported each other through thick and thin; how could we forget each other in the vast world?
Just then, as if she had heard his words, two lines of tears actually fell from Yi Shangyun's face.
Xuanyuan Han was overjoyed when he saw it.
Did you hear that?
"You can hear me, right?"
"You heard me calling you, didn't you?"
"Yun'er, don't be afraid..."
"I am here, I will always be here."
"I will stay with you until you wake up..."
"This relationship between you and me will never end here!"
Then, he waited quietly, waiting for the moment when the miracle would happen.
Clouds drift and disperse, flowers bloom and fade.
The sun rises and the moon rises, life goes on and on.
As the seasons change, all things come into being.
In the blink of an eye, three days and three nights had passed.
A sudden downpour at night washed the entire Western Qin Imperial Palace, making it look as if it had been reborn, shining brightly.
However, the moment that everyone had been eagerly anticipating, despite their best efforts, ultimately never arrived.
Yi Shangyun was still in a deep coma.
But just as dawn broke today, someone reported that a large number of suspicious people had been spotted in and around the city recently.
Emperor Jing was deeply troubled by this, and he had a vague feeling that these people must be related to the remnants of Yi Shangyun and Xuanyuan Han's forces.
Fortunately, they were all under his control.
Despite this, he still felt somewhat uneasy.
So he asked the chief eunuch, "Has there been any new progress over there?"
The head eunuch shook his head, a troubled expression on his face: "The guardian is still unconscious. Zhang Zhiyuan said the three-day deadline has passed, and if he doesn't wake up by this morning, I'm afraid..."
"Useless trash! What use have they been for me to keep them alive until now?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jing overturned all the memorials on the table in front of him, stood up in a rage, and hurriedly rushed towards the palace where Yi Shangyun was.
Upon entering, one sees Xuan Yuanhan, who has been staying by Yi Shangyun's side without sleep or rest for the past few days.
Emperor Jing stopped abruptly and asked in surprise, "You... how did you get in?"
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Han slowly stood up, his bloodshot eyes shooting towards him, and said, "Do you really think that you can imprison me?"
"Hmph, so be it!" Emperor Jing sneered upon hearing this.
"But what good will it do you if you see her? Now, the once noble and extraordinary King of Western Qin, the God of War of the Spirit Void, is nothing and has nothing left in people's eyes!"
"Even if you have three heads and six arms in normal times, in front of me now, killing you is as easy as crushing an ant. I really don't know what else you have to brag about to me?"
He glanced at Yi Shangyun on the couch and continued, "Since you're here, you should already know that her time is up. So even in death, the last guardian with that mysterious power will ultimately die by my side. In this vast Qin Chuan, only I am the true Son of Heaven, the one destined by Heaven."
As she spoke, her gaze suddenly shifted, and she slowly moved to stand in front of Xuan Yuanhan, almost touching his nose, and said provocatively, "And you, like your mother, were born destined to be a supporting character to me and my mother, forever trampled under my feet, never to rise again. So, now get back to your rat's nest and wait to see how I unify this continent!"
In their entire lives, the two of them have probably never looked into each other's eyes at such close range.
As Emperor Jing spoke each word with deliberate pause, each one sharp and piercing, Xuan Yuanhan clenched his fists tightly, but then a smirk appeared on his lips, and he uttered a single sentence.
"The chosen one?"
"Really?"
"A deep bond between mother and child?"
"All these years, have you never suspected that you are not the Emperor's biological son, but a puppet emperor orchestrated by the Empress Dowager to seize power?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jing was immediately astonished, and then, with a ferocious expression, he repeatedly questioned Xuan Yuanhan.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"How could I not be Father's biological son?"
"Who told you that?"
Xuanyuan Han said, "Whether what I said is true or false, go to Yong'an Palace and ask your good mother, and you'll find out for sure. Perhaps, right now, your good mother is plotting how to take the opportunity to get rid of you and let her real son succeed to the throne!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jing's mind went blank for a moment, and he muttered to himself in utter disbelief.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
"How could she not be my mother!"
"Her real son?"
"Could it be him?"
Soon, Emperor Jing seemed to suddenly realize something, and as he spoke, he turned and walked out of the palace.
"You wait."
"You just wait."
"I will go to Yong'an Palace immediately to inquire with the Empress Dowager!"
"If I find out that what you just said was all nonsense, a ploy to sow discord and deceive me, I will order your immediate execution upon my return!"
"No……"
"I will order someone to subject you to the torture of scraping your bone, so that you will suffer unbearable torment and pain, unable to live and unable to die!"
Watching Emperor Jing leave quickly, Xuan Yuanhan muttered to himself, "It's time for everything to end!"
After saying that, he returned to Yi Shangyun's side and continued to gaze into her eyes.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here, I'll always be here!"
Soon, Emperor Jing arrived at Yong'an Palace with his entourage.
At that moment, he seemed to sense that something was amiss, so he asked the chief eunuch, "Why do I notice that there seem to be many more guards in the palaces today than usual?"
The chief eunuch looked around and replied, "Because many suspicious people have suddenly been discovered inside and outside the city, Minister of War Yu personally led a team to investigate. Since last night, the guards in each palace have been personally selected by the Vice Minister of War, presumably to prevent these suspicious people from sneaking into the palace, so the defenses have been strengthened."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jing said nothing more and instructed the chief eunuch, "I can go in alone. You go and find that person yourself, and make sure to subdue him for me. If it is confirmed that what he said is true..."
Before he could finish speaking, with just a glance, the head eunuch understood: "This old servant understands, this old servant will go and do it right away!"
Just as he was about to turn around, Emperor Jing called him back: "Wait..."
The chief eunuch immediately turned around.
Emperor Jing added, "And that Eunuch Shou..."
The chief eunuch understood and nodded.
The two then split up to carry out their tasks separately.
Unexpectedly, just as Emperor Jing stepped into the hall, he heard a "crack" sound, the clear sound of porcelain falling to the ground.
"This servant greets Your Majesty!"
The maid at the door looked somewhat frightened and quickly bowed to him. She was about to go in to report when he stopped her with a gesture.
Emperor Jing then lowered his voice and asked, "Who is Mother Empress with inside? Why are you so angry so early in the morning?"
The maid bit her lip and replied, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is angry because she discovered this morning that Eunuch Shou had suddenly disappeared."
Emperor Jing asked in surprise, "Who did you say is missing?"
The maid repeated, "Eunuch Shou, it's Eunuch Shou! He disappeared this morning!"
After a moment's thought, Emperor Jing hurriedly asked, "What about that Young Master Long?"
The maid said, "That young master Long also disappeared overnight!"
Emperor Jing was shocked: "What? Both of them are gone?"
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