Holding the script, I want to give up.

"If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please."

"Please be merciful and let her go. She knows nothing. It was my insistence that I take her away."

Yi Bai put his hands together in a protective gesture.

"The person I want to kill has always been you, and has nothing to do with the Crown Princess."

"I have already found a place for her to go."

"Archers, prepare to pierce the heart of this man who instigated the Crown Princess to murder the Emperor with a thousand arrows."

Everyone obeyed the order. Huangfu Hongxi had already drawn his bow and aimed an arrow at Yibai's heart. Song Yao watched silently from the side, while Le Qi could only watch helplessly as this scene unfolded.

"Ah Li, help me at this crucial moment!"

[I can only wake you up. The imperial palace's dragon energy is too strong; I'm being suppressed.]

"OK, it won't affect anything. Just give me some of the best medicine for arrow wounds."

[Delivered.]

"Damn it, what the hell? You didn't dodge the arrow? Did a donkey kick your brain?"

Shangguan Zitong forced the machine to start, got up and quickly pushed Yibai aside, catching the arrow with his bare hands.

"Huangfu Hongxi, what are you doing, putting on this show?"

She lost her balance and stumbled back a few steps, blood streaming from her hands.

"You'd better let him go, or else I..."

She broke the arrow in half, walked up to Yibai as if to protect him, and pulled a dagger from her waist belt, threatening Huangfu Hongxi with it against her own neck.

"Princess! Please don't do this. My life is not worth it."

Yi Bai wanted to get up, but the arrow wound and fall injury on his leg prevented him from doing so. He could only hold onto Shangguan Zitong's sleeve.

"No, Yibai, you must live well."

"I cherish the three years I spent traveling in Nanning. It was carefree, and you were my good friends."

"I don't want all the people who are good to me to end up dead, leaving me all alone."

Shangguan Zitong turned his head to face Yibai.

"All of you, put down your arrows for me."

"You think so highly of him?"

Huangfu Hongxi watched as she lightly traced a line on her neck, from which beads of blood oozed out.

"He just wanted to get me out of here, what's wrong with that?"

"Let him go, but you are not allowed to send anyone to hunt him down."

“I wish to stay in this palace forever. If you kill him, I will hate you for the rest of my life, Huangfu Hongxi.”

The dagger in Shangguan Zitong's hand was close to her blood vessel; if it cut a major artery, it would be fatal. The dagger the system had given her was never for self-defense, but rather a means to kill.

"Alright, alright, put down the dagger, and I promise I will never kill him again."

"Don't get agitated, come towards us quickly."

Huangfu Hongxi waved to her.

"Yibai, you should leave quickly."

Shangguan Zitong helped him up and urged him to leave. She gave Huangfu Hongxi a meaningful look; his body was unharmed but stained with blood. It was not Huangfu Hongxi's own blood, but the blood of innocent people.

"Princess, it's all my fault for holding you back."

Yibo looked at her and said with self-reproach.

"It's not your fault, you did nothing wrong."

"You don't need to blame yourself for having different personal perspectives."

Shangguan Zitong took out some medicine from her waist belt and whispered to Yibai, "This is our agreement, go." Seeing this, Huangfu Hongxi gave the archers a secret signal.

The crowd made way for Yi Bai, and Shangguan Zitong watched his back as he leaped onto the palace wall. Just as he was about to jump down, he turned back and gave her a reluctant look.

"We will meet again later!"

Yi Bai's voice faded into the wind, and Shangguan Zitong heard nothing.

......

"kill!"

Huangfu Hongxi made a gesture, and a volley of arrows was unleashed, instantly filling the direction where Yibai was located with arrows.

"No! Huangfu Hongxi, didn't you say you wouldn't kill him?"

"A gentleman's word is as good as his bond; how can you go back on your word?"

After yelling at him weakly, Shangguan Zitong quickly ran to catch Yibai, who had fallen outside the palace wall.

"So what if I change my mind at the last minute?"

"Besides, I have never said that I am a gentleman."

Huangfu Hongxi looked at the glaring scene before him and raised his hand again, but Song Yao pulled him back.

"Your Highness, please stop."

He's long gone.

"This farce should come to an end."

Song Yao said coldly, "Huangfu Hongxi is like a madman, unpredictable."

Leqi remained silent, standing in the crowd and trying to minimize her presence.

They watched coldly as Shangguan Zitong flew up the palace wall and jumped down to search for Yibai's body.

"Go on, don't let the Crown Princess escape."

"Leqi, you stay here to take care of the concubine."

Huangfu Hongxi ordered the archers to scale the wall and search for the people, leaving Song Yao and Le Qi behind.

"Yes."

Leqi and the archers saluted in unison.

Huangfu Hongxi flew over the palace wall and watched Shangguan Zitong groping in the dark outside the overgrown palace wall, searching for Yibai's body.

"Someone, bring light to the Crown Princess."

Huangfu Hongxi felt he shouldn't argue with a dead person, so he took pity on someone and found someone to carry a torch with him to search for the person.

With the torchlight, Shangguan Zitong quickly found Yibai's location. She stumbled over, not daring to look at the person in front of her.

She knelt on the ground, wanting to help Yibo up but unable to do so; he was riddled with bullets! Large tears streamed from her eyes as she burst into tears.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry... it's all my fault."

"I'm the one who should be dying!"

"Knowing full well that you yearn for freedom, I've kept you confined in this deep palace to protect me."

"May you be reborn into a wealthy family in your next life and be a carefree and leisurely young master."

Shangguan Zitong couldn't hold back anymore. Her emotions were unstable, and she clutched her chest, clearly in great pain.

No, I have to hold on, I can't faint, I haven't buried him yet. Shangguan Zitong used her strong willpower to support herself.

"Cough...cough..."

Yi Bai opened his eyes as if in a final burst of energy, then coughed up blood. He tried to touch Shangguan Zitong's cheek to wipe away her tears, but he was too weak and his hand was about to fall halfway up. Shangguan Zitong reacted quickly and caught his falling hand with both of hers.

"Yibai, don't sleep."

"Don't be afraid, I will definitely save you."

"I will always be here."

Shangguan Zitong instantly understood his intention, and placed her hands on his hands to touch her face.

“Princess, I…I remember now.”

"This...life...flashed before my eyes like a fleeting glimpse."

"I think...I...long for...freedom...because...of...you."

"Cough...cough...Princess...can you...hug me?"

Yi Bai smiled and, despite the pain, broke the arrow in front of him. Shangguan Zitong decisively helped him up and embraced him.

"Yibai, please, please don't sleep."

Shangguan Zitong sobbed uncontrollably.

"I'm...sorry, I'm tired."

Yibai rested his head on her shoulder, closed his eyes, and breathed his last.

"Yibai? Wake up, okay?"

"Yibai? This isn't fun at all."

"Yibai? Why is this happening?"

Seeing that he was leaning his head on her shoulder and no one was responding, Shangguan Zitong couldn't bear it any longer and was so angry that she spat out a mouthful of blood and fell unconscious in the grass while holding Yibai.

"Your Highness, what should we do?"

After finishing his business, Hongjin asked around for Huangfu Hongxi's whereabouts and quickly rushed to the corner tower to look for him. He was shocked to witness this horrifying scene.

"Find a scenic spot opposite the palace and bury Yibai there."

"I respect him as a man, so I kindly let him watch from afar."

Huangfu Hongxi walked up to Shangguan Zitong, separated the two, picked up Shangguan Zitong, and left with the words, "Hongjin, I believe you can handle these matters well." Then she left directly.

Hong Jin was in dire straits, single-handedly cleaning up the mess left by Huangfu Hongxi.

"Consort, let's go. His Highness is afraid you might encounter some misfortune, so he has asked me to escort you back to the palace."

Hong Jin said to Song Yao.

"Okay, let's go, Leqi."

Song Yao gave Le Qi a meaningful look. Since coming to the corner tower, she had never uttered a single word of pleading for mercy.

"Yes."

Leqi's eyes darkened. Hongjin led them away from this gloomy and terrifying place, filled with arrows and bloodstains.

Inside the Cining Palace, an imperial physician was summoned to examine Shangguan Zitong, while Huangfu Hongxi watched from the side.

"Doctor, what's going on?"

Huangfu Hongxi asked calmly.

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is suffering from a sudden attack of anger. She will be fine after some rest."

"Your Majesty, I have already administered acupuncture to the Crown Princess. I believe she will wake up in an hour."

"Your Majesty, I will go and get the medicine, brew it, and send it over immediately. Remember, you must not anger the Crown Princess."

"Otherwise, I have no idea when the Crown Princess will wake up next."

After finishing his speech and bowing, the imperial physician left to go to the Imperial Hospital to prepare medicine. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, indicating that even he, a leisurely imperial physician, was having a hard time during this turbulent time.

"Wow, I'm so angry I could die!"

"It seems I've pushed you too far."

"Hongjin, where is the gold chain that I personally crafted for the Crown Princess?"

Huangfu Hongxi spoke to Hongjin, who was hiding in the shadows.

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