From afar, seeing Xuan Yuanhan finally return with his troops, looking travel-worn, Yan'er and Lanxiang hurriedly ran towards him through the crowd.
Upon reaching him, Yan'er immediately curtsied and greeted him, saying, "Your Highness, the Prince of Qin."
Immediately afterwards, he craned his neck and carefully looked at everyone behind him, but did not see any familiar figures.
He asked with extreme concern, "Your Highness, where is my young lady? Have you seen her? You just left not long ago, and she was worried about you, so she went to look for you."
Clearly, Xuanyuan Han still cannot accept the fact that Yi Shangyun has already encountered danger and left him.
After the sandstorm, he led his men to search the entire desert, but they could not find any trace of Yun on his clothes.
So, faced with Yan'er's question, he couldn't bear it and hesitated before saying, "Yun'er...she..."
Seeing that he still found it difficult to accept this fact, Wei Ning interrupted him.
He said to Yan'er, "Yan'er, don't be too sad. We did encounter the Princess in the desert. And it was because of the Princess's intervention that we couldn't venture further into the heart of the sandstorm. But...the Princess...in the end...the Princess...she was caught in the sandstorm..."
Before she could finish speaking, Yan'er's eyes were already brimming with tears.
Instantly, she shook her head frantically like a rattle-drum, refusing to accept it, saying, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, you're lying to me, you must be lying to me. Since you've already met Miss, with you here and His Highness Prince Qin here, my Miss will definitely be alright. How could you just stand by and watch her get hurt? Miss will definitely be safe and sound, right?"
As she spoke, she looked helplessly at Lanxiang's face beside her.
Lanxiang was also supporting her, looking bewildered and at a loss.
Wei Ning anxiously explained to her, "Yan'er, don't be like this... It was an unprecedentedly strong hurricane and sandstorm, not the battlefield where we usually fight. In the face of it, we actually had no way to deal with it."
Yan'er couldn't understand it at all, so she turned her gaze to Xuan Yuanhan, who usually treated her little master like his own life.
He questioned her, "How can there be no way? If there really is no way, then how come you all came back safe and sound? But my young lady... why is it only my young lady..."
Yan'er was clearly too sad to continue speaking.
Recalling the last words Yi Shangyun had said to him, Xuan Yuanhan felt deep regret.
He muttered to himself, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have been so suspicious of her. Since she's with me, I should treat her well. What Wei Mingxuan? How could he be more important than Yun'er's life... All of this is my doing."
Finally, Yan'er could no longer hold back her tears and cried out, "Give me back my young lady! Give her back to me, give her back to me..."
Lanxiang quickly hugged her shoulders and comforted her, "Yan'er, calm down, calm down."
Looking at her completely broken state, Xuan Yuanhan felt that his own heart had long been shattered as well.
The astonishing and miraculous event that occurred in Lu County, which even shocked the whole country, quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of the entire Western Qin Imperial City.
Inside the palace.
Upon learning that the hurricane and sandstorm had not razed Lu County to the ground, Emperor Jing was furious.
"What exactly happened? Wasn't the Bureau of Astronomy certain that this fierce sandstorm would reach Lu County? How could it have just reached Lu County and then subsided?"
Thinking about it, he became furious: "And that King of Qin, why is he still alive and well? Can anyone explain to me why?"
On the cold floor before them, the servants and the county officials who had come to report were all kneeling and bowing low. None of them dared to raise their heads. They were all pale with fright, and cold sweat was seeping from their foreheads, but they dared not wipe it away.
Suddenly, Emperor Jing pointed to one of Wang Chong's lieutenants who had come to report and asked, "You...you tell me...where is Wang Chong now? Why is it you who came to report this time, and not him?"
His deputy general appeared somewhat calm and said, "Your Majesty, General Wang... he will never be able to come again!"
Emperor Jing asked, puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"
The lieutenant said, "General Wang... he's dead! He was wounded by an assassin hidden in the mansion!"
"What did you say? Wang Chong... he's dead?" Emperor Jing was taken aback.
After a moment's thought, he angrily ordered, "Hmph! So what if he's the only one who's dead? He still has his family. Order your men to immediately confiscate his entire mansion!"
The lieutenant stopped him, saying, "No need. After General Wang died, Madam Wang followed her husband in death. Her brother, Wang Yin, was heartbroken and set fire to the entire mansion, burning it to ashes! The Wang family is completely destroyed!"
"What?"
For a moment, Emperor Jing stared at his face in astonishment.
Seven days later.
In a secluded courtyard in the Western Qin Imperial City, clusters of banana trees turned the window screens green.
The clear pool water shimmered and sparkled under the bright moonlight, making it exceptionally beautiful.
In the night, lotus flowers stand gracefully, quietly exuding a faint fragrance.
The fragrance was alluring, like a young girl's newly made rouge.
The lotus leaves, like jade, gleamed with a cool light under the moonlight.
Peeking through the window, I saw a candle flickering dimly inside.
Yi Shangyun was fast asleep on the couch.
In my sleep.
The woman in white reappeared.
"Yun'er, wake up..."
"Yun'er, wake up..."
Upon hearing its summons, Yi Shangyun's eyes slowly opened.
"It's you!"
Upon seeing the woman in white gazing at him tenderly, he rose and, wondering, asked, "Am I dead? Is that why I'm seeing you again?"
The woman in white smiled and shook her head, saying to her, "Every time we meet, it's just in your dreams. But the important thing is that the true dragon emerges from the sea, the spiritual realm is unified, the phoenix rises from the ashes, and is reborn from the flames. Life is death, and death is life."
After listening, Yi Shangyun silently repeated: "The true dragon emerges from the sea, the spiritual sky is unified, the phoenix is reborn from the ashes, life is death, and death is life."
Suddenly, as if remembering something, fragmented memories surfaced in my mind, but if I tried to think about them, my head would ache unbearably.
So, while rubbing his head, he said, "Why does this sound like I've heard it somewhere before?"
Before she could fully comprehend it, the woman in white praised her: "Yun'er, you truly succeeded, and you did it exceptionally well. Your spirit in leading the people of Lu County to plant trees and fight against sandstorms is truly moving. With the help of the desert spring, the soil here has been completely transformed. As time goes by, the trees will soon grow into lush shade. Within a few hundred years, Lu County will certainly no longer suffer from sandstorms, and the lives of the people of Lu County will surely get better and better..."
Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun finally felt some comfort.
But thinking that there were many more people living under Emperor Jing's tyrannical rule besides Lu County, he couldn't help but frown and become melancholy again.
"Unfortunately, this cannot completely save all the people of Xiqin! In fact, in many dark corners of this Lingkong Continent, there may be even more people suffering as much as the people of Lu County."
The woman in white exhaled deeply and said, "But this is already very good..."
Seeing that she remained deeply troubled, the woman in white continued to ask, "Are you... really still unhappy? Do you really want to help all living beings?"
Without hesitation, Yi Shangyun asked, "Please tell me, what do I need to do?"
The woman in white slightly raised her head, thought for a moment, and said, "There is a way, then we must restore the world to a wise ruler!"
"Return the world to a wise ruler?"
Yi Shangyun repeated the woman's words, as if he vaguely understood her meaning.
He looked at the woman's face in surprise and asked, "Could it be... you mean..."
The woman in white met her gaze with unwavering eyes, affirming her thoughts: "Only a wise ruler can lead the people of all nations to live in peace and prosperity, making the country strong and the world peaceful."
After a moment's thought, Yi Shangyun said, "But what should I do? How can I restore a wise ruler to this world?"
The woman composed herself and said, "The King of Qin of Western Qin is young and promising, cares deeply for the people, loves them like his own children, and is a true dragon. He is the most suitable candidate to be a wise ruler of the world!"
Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun looked at the woman in white and exclaimed in surprise, "You mean... Your Highness..."
The woman in white looked steadily into her eyes and said, "Yes...it is indeed your husband!"
Yi Shangyun thought for a moment, still somewhat at a loss: "But I still don't know what to do?"
"The true dragon emerges from the sea, the spiritual realm is unified, the phoenix rises from the ashes, reborn from the flames, life is death, and death is life."
For some reason, the woman in white repeated these words again.
Then he said to Yi Shangyun, "If you want to save all living beings in this world, as the guardian of Western Qin, you must first find your true self!"
Yi Shangyun became increasingly confused: "Find...your true self?"
The woman in white said, "Yun'er, you don't belong to this time and space. Perhaps it's time for you to go back!"
"Not belonging to this space-time?"
"I?"
The clouds on his clothes kept asking themselves questions.
Finally, just as she was about to ask something else, she said, "You said I don't belong to this time and space, so I..."
But when he turned his head suddenly, the woman in white had already quietly left.
"Don't go, don't go..."
With a nightmarish cry, Yi Shangyun suddenly opened her eyes and woke up.
Seeing that the unfamiliar surroundings were empty, he slowly sat up.
She called out cautiously in a soft voice, "Is anyone there?"
After a long time, it seemed that no one responded to her at all.
Yi Shangyun then threw off the blanket, stepped barefoot onto the floor, and moved towards the door while continuing to call out, "Is anyone home?"
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