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After a long while, He Yin heard footsteps and that familiar voice, causing her heart to race with anxiety.
Qin Xi dismissed everyone and then lifted the veil, his expression immediately turning cold as he slapped the person in front of him.
The individual, drenched in cold sweat, forced himself to remain calm and said, "Qin Xi, I am the princess! I am the one you are supposed to marry!"
Qin Xi replied icily, "Get lost, or you'll die."
Yet the person laughed and said, "Qin Xi, if I run out like this, you will be disgraced!"
He Yin, hidden beneath the bed, heard the sound of fabric tearing and then someone tumbling to the ground.
She wanted to move, wanted to cry out for help, but her body wouldn't obey; she could only anxiously call out in her mind.
"What I hate most is threats. Do you think I care about my reputation?" Qin Xi tightened his grip around the person's neck and demanded fiercely, "Where is she?"
Qin Xi, Qin Xi, I'm right here! He Yin desperately called out in her heart.
"I won't tell you," the princess said with difficulty. "If you want to ascend to the throne, you need to marry a princess for everyone to see."
He Yin fought against the system's control with all her might. Suddenly, she heard a thud; she finally managed to produce a faint sound: "Qin Xi, I'm here!"
Qin Xi threw the person aside and pulled back the bed curtain, retrieving He Yin from beneath the bed.
Her first words were, "Marrying you really comes with risks; hurry up and give me the Imperial Jade Seal."
Qin Xi's anger flared as he asked, "Is this what you wanted to say?"
He Yin remained silent.
Qin Xi could not simply leave in a huff; instead, he untied the ropes binding He Yin and ordered his confidants to drag the intruder out and execute them in secret. Then, the two sat on the bed, staring at each other.
"We're just fulfilling our own needs, aren't we?" He Yin said.
"Do you think I chose you, the Imposter Princess, when I have the True Princess at my disposal?" A complex emotion flickered in Qin Xi's eyes.
"Weren't you the one who said I caught your eye?" He Yin retorted, pouting slightly.
"The woman just now looked fierce and intimidating; she certainly doesn't compare to me."
"With your claws out like that." Qin Xi's anger subsided somewhat as he sighed. "Don't you understand?"
He Yin felt her heart race under his intense gaze, an unsettling realization dawning upon her—his intentions seemed all too clear!
The system had only mentioned an increase in Favorability, without indicating that he had such feelings for her.
She wanted to seek help from the system again, but after a long pause, it finally responded with a message of failure: Favorability exceeded limits; the system could not recognize it.
He Yin attempted to flee in panic but was caught by Qin Xi, who held her wrist tightly within his wide sleeves. She lowered her head and whispered like a mosquito, "I don’t know."
Qin Xi produced an Imperial Jade Seal made of He Shi Bi from somewhere and placed it before He Yin. "This is what you desire—the Imperial Jade Seal."
Seeing that He Yin's attention was drawn to the seal, Qin Xi continued, "If I give you the seal, you must promise to stay with me from now on, united in purpose."
He Yin had intended to reach for the Imperial Jade Seal but suddenly recoiled as if burned by his words.
If she took the Imperial Jade Seal, it would mean the mission was complete, and did that imply she would never see Qin Xi again?
She gazed at Qin Xi's rare, sincere expression, momentarily at a loss for how to respond to such feelings.
At that moment, He Yin heard someone banging on the door. Qin Xi urged, "I’ll give you everything you want, without counting the cost!"
He shouted for the doctor, while tremblingly pulling the Imperial Jade Seal from his pocket. "Don't you want it?"
"I... I'm afraid." He Yin's hand shrank back slightly; she lacked the courage to touch the Imperial Jade Seal and couldn't promise anything to Qin Xi.
When He Yin took the Imperial Jade Seal, a rush of exhilaration surged through her body, and at the same time, her health was instantly restored—
System prompt: The mission to find the Imperial Jade Seal has been completed.
You have gained experience and leveled up.
This feeling of having survived a disaster...
He Yin immediately stood up, full of energy, and exclaimed, "I suddenly feel fine!"
Qin Xi's eyes sparkled for a moment before dimming again. "Is this just a fleeting moment of clarity?"
Looking into Qin Xi's eyes, the joy of regaining life faded completely for He Yin, leaving her unable to utter a single comforting word.
At that moment, the system cruelly and urgently prompted: Mission complete. Please exit the scene. The player will exit in three seconds.
He Yin's mind went blank in an instant.
He Yin suddenly embraced Qin Xi, crying out like a moth to a flame, "Qin Xi, either forget me or remember me! My name is He Yin!"
Three, two, one.
Before Qin Xi could respond, a brilliant light enveloped He Yin once more.
When her vision cleared, the scene had changed. It was a room she recognized as modern, yet it felt utterly foreign to her, as if she were caught in a dream of Zhuangzi.
Her tightly clenched hand now held a mouse, and before her stood a computer monitor.
The game screen remained, with blood-stained peach blossoms. Regent Xi stood with his sword drawn, his garments fluttering in the wind, his silhouette lonely and desolate, standing apart from the world.
Had she become an NPC, or was this a sign that she was about to leave the game?
He Yin couldn't help but grip the mouse tighter, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
The image grew increasingly blurry, and a line of calligraphy appeared on the screen: " Regent Xi ascended the throne as a consort, living in solitude, unreachable by anyone."
In the final moment of the scene, Regent Xi turned around. His cold and extraordinary visage froze on the screen, and He Yin was suddenly overcome with tears.
She gazed at the monitor, her heart heavy with reluctance and longing, as if she had lost the most important thing in her life.
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