Just as he reached out, unable to resist, to completely remove the outer garment covering Yi Shangyun, she suddenly snapped to her senses, forcefully pushing him away to stop his increasingly intense desire, saying, "No..."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanhan was taken aback by her reaction, but he quickly recalled that night in the prison, as if he still felt unsatisfied. In addition, he had been missing her tenderness too much these days.
Moreover, being in the prime of his life, a hungry wolf that has already tasted meat, would not so easily give up chasing its prey.
After a brief pause, Xuan Yuanhan leaned over to her again, burying his face in her neck and shoulder, continuing to gently caress her.
After an unknown amount of time, he realized that Yi Shangyun had become unusually quiet under his domineering advances, and had no longer responded to his passionate advances. Only then did he slowly stop and step back.
Only then did he notice that the petite body he was pressing down on already had tears glistening in the corners of its eyes. Startled, he hurriedly apologized, "Yun'er, I'm sorry. It's all my fault for missing you so much that I couldn't help but want you the moment I saw you."
At this moment, Yi Shangyun's face was expressionless, and she did not look at his face. She was lost in thought and reached out to tug at her collar, which had been pulled into disarray. She slowly sat up and said in a manner that ignored him, "If Your Highness likes to use force, then Yun'er is powerless to refute it."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanhan stared into her eyes in astonishment, unable to recall what he had just done to her, or even what he was doing.
As soon as he came to his senses, Xuan Yuanhan thought for a moment and then said excitedly, "No, Yun'er, I know that you have always had me in your heart. You saw that you didn't push me away at the beginning, so you must have been thinking of me while I was thinking of you, right?"
He assumed that Yi Shangyun was still angry about the matter in Dongning Kingdom because she owed him an explanation, so he hurriedly said to her, "I know it was all my fault before. After the operation in Dongning was exposed, I shouldn't have kept it from you and made you worry. After your father passed away, I was also unable to be by your side to comfort you..."
Looking back on all the gains and losses and difficult times of the past, it seems that everything has ended with the passing of the King of Dongning.
At this moment, Yi Shangyun no longer wanted to recall those sad and helpless days, so she impatiently interrupted him, saying, "Now that things have come to this, does Your Highness Prince Qin think all of this is still important?"
Looking at Yi Shangyun's profile, and seeing her speak such cold words so calmly, Xuan Yuanhan suddenly recalled Cheng Liang's words. He still couldn't believe Yi Shangyun's reaction at this moment.
He paused, then continued, "I know that Young Master Yi is just an excuse you've been using to block me. You've never really wanted to marry him. Yun'er, please forgive me, okay? Let's start over, shall we?"
"Start from the beginning?"
Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun finally turned to look into his eyes and said firmly and earnestly, "What difference does it make? If we start over, will you no longer be the King of Western Qin? Or... will I change my identity as the legitimate princess of Eastern Ning?"
Xuanyuan Han said bitterly, "No, Yun'er, you know perfectly well in your heart that I don't care about any of these things."
But Yi Shangyun didn't care. He then raised his voice and said, "His Highness the Prince of Qin may not care, but I do!"
This sound seemed to truly shock Xuan Yuanhan. He stared intently at her face, waiting for her to continue speaking, while Yi Shangyun seemed unable to continue facing him and silently turned away.
He continued, "When I learned that my father's will, before his death, bequeathed the entire Dongning Kingdom to me, I understood why he bestowed upon me the title... Yongning... Therefore, even though I am not the ruler of a nation, even if I am just a humble commoner, I have a responsibility to protect this city with my entire life, until death do us part. I will never leave this place in my life. Therefore, this will be an insurmountable chasm between us..."
As she spoke, she slowly moved to the window and saw that the night outside had become even quieter, with only the moon in the sky still being a full, round moon.
She suddenly remembered that night, when she made up her mind to go to the prison to see him, there was a bright moon that looked exactly the same hanging in the night sky. It seemed to be a kind of inexplicable guidance.
At this moment, the heart that had been restless since their last parting felt liberated when it finally saw someone safe and sound before it, and when it finally mustered the courage to say the words it had never known how to say to him.
Clearly, after spending many days and nights with the people of Longhu City, she no longer cared about her identity as the guardian of Western Qin.
At this moment, all she could see and feel were these indomitable lives struggling against the disease.
The room was silent, so silent it was suffocating.
She thought that Xuan Yuanhan would give up completely this time, but unexpectedly, he stared at her back for a long time before silently lifting his foot and slowly taking a step forward.
He gently approached Yi Shangyun from behind, stopped, and slowly stretched out his arms to embrace her tightly from behind.
Yi Shangyun instinctively glanced back, then frowned, wondering to herself.
Xuanyuan Han leaned down and whispered tenderly in his ear, "You little liar who loves to lie! How many times in the past have you never uttered a single truth in front of me? Did you really think I would believe you this time?"
"I..." Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun felt anxious and experienced another bout of morning sickness.
"Yun'er, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell anywhere? I'll take you to the imperial physician I bring with me right away. Let's go!"
Seeing this, and thinking that Yi Shangyun had been in the epidemic area for many days, Xuan Yuanhan felt anxious and quickly grabbed Yi Shangyun's hand, about to rush towards the door.
It made a creaking sound.
Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
Suddenly, Young Master Yi appeared. Upon seeing Xuan Yuanhan holding Yi Shangyun's hand, he flew into a rage and shouted at him, "Xuan Yuanhan, you are indeed treacherous! You actually dared to try to use your own guards to hold back this Crown Prince. Where are you planning to take this girl?"
"Let go!" Seeing that Young Master Yi had returned in time, and thinking that Xuan Yuanhan would be distracted by this, Yi Shangyun tried hard to shake off Xuan Yuanhan's restraint, but he did not realize that he could not budge his large hand even slightly.
Realizing this, Young Master Yi looked at the two hands clasped tightly together, his brows furrowing deeply, and he shouted at Xuan Yuanhan with extreme tension, "Let go!"
Unexpectedly, Xuan Yuanhan didn't even glance at Yi Sanshao, completely disregarding his attempts to stop him. He gritted his teeth and stubbornly gripped Yi Sanshao's hand even tighter.
Yi Shangyun suddenly felt a sharp pain and let out a sound: "Hiss..."
Young Master Yi panicked and shouted, "Let her go! She's pregnant..."
"What did you say? You're pregnant?" Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanhan turned his gaze to the side and looked down at Young Master Yi, who was staring blankly at him.
At the same time, Yi Shangyun was also taken aback, staring blankly at Young Master Yi's face.
Xuanyuan Han suddenly came to his senses, let go of her hand, and looked back at Yi Shangyun with a face full of doubt, waiting for her to explain to him in person.
For a moment, Yi Shangyun didn't dare to look up at him. She rubbed her wrist and, after thinking for a while, finally gritted her teeth, made up her mind, and looked up to meet his gaze.
She said to him without any mercy, "That's right, although I don't know where Your Highness Qin heard the news that I have no intention of marrying the Crown Prince of Nan'an, I am now pregnant..."
As she spoke, she secretly glared at Young Master Yi behind her, but for now she could only use him as a shield: "It's Young Master Yi's. What, does it mean that even though this princess is pregnant with another man's child, the Prince of Qin can completely disregard it and insist on still wanting me?"
Hearing that he had finally uttered those words himself was like a bolt from the blue; Xuan Yuanhan was stunned: "What did you say?"
He was speechless for a long time: "You...you're pregnant? Is it...is it Young Master Yi's?" Xuan Yuanhan was obviously extremely shocked.
At this moment, Young Master Yi stepped forward and stood between Yi Shangyun and Xuan Yuanhan, solemnly warning them: "Therefore, Your Highness Prince Qin, please do not cause any more trouble in the future, otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible..." Xuan Yuanhan couldn't believe it. He had finally mustered the courage to face her again, but before he could even begin, he was back to square one.
Just as he was hesitating, unable to distinguish whether what the two people in front of him were saying was true or false, Yi Shangyun seemed to realize his concerns.
So he spoke up, "Could it be that His Highness the King of Qin is questioning whether this princess is faking her pregnancy?"
As she spoke, she slowly raised one arm, gently lifting the clothing covering her wrist, and said, "If you don't believe me, there are many skilled physicians in this temple. Your Highness, could you please summon one to verify whether what I've said is true or false? Or perhaps Your Highness could verify it yourself?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Yi Shangyun involuntarily experienced another bout of morning sickness.
Young Master Yi quickly patted his back and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you alright?"
Seeing him vomiting repeatedly, and recalling that he had vaguely heard Yi Shangyun mention something about a child outside the door earlier, making everything clear and beyond doubt, Xuan Yuanhan felt a surge of anger and said, "You... how could you be like this..."
Seeing him hesitate, Yi Shangyun suddenly interrupted him...
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