Beneath an old tree in the dense forest, Princess Yaoji slowly woke up.
"Yaoji! Thank goodness, you're finally awake!" Prince Lanling sighed with relief. "His Majesty granted me a Seven-Revolving Golden Elixir. It seems to have had some effect."
"Seven-Revolving Golden Elixir?" Yaoji gave a bitter laugh. "Medicine of this level is difficult to obtain even for a princess of Yaochi unless one has rendered great service... I suppose this is a treasured possession of the Great Feng imperial family? It's something that can save a life. Lanling... why did you..."
"Yaoji, what kind of poison did you get?" Prince Lanling asked instead. "Even the Seven-Revolving Golden Elixir can only temporarily suppress the poison in your body... Who did this to you?"
"Lanling, don't ask." Yaoji shook her head. "I... don't want anything to happen to you. I've now been sent to the Labor Hall, and only you were willing to use an elixir to save me, truly treating me well... Yaoji used to be too proud. Only now do I realize what a foolish woman I was. Lanling, I'm not worthy of you..."
"Yaoji, let's leave the Yaochi Realm!" Prince Lanling said solemnly. "The human world is so vast. There must be somewhere we can live!"
Yaoji hurriedly raised her hand and gently covered Prince Lanling's lips. "No!"
"Yaoji?"
"...I can't leave the Holy Land." Yaoji lowered her face.
"Yaoji, are you hiding some difficulty? Tell me..."
"Lanling, I'm leaving." Princess Yaoji bit her lip and struggled to sit up. "I have no way to repay your kindness in this life... If there is a next life, Yaoji will serve you as a slave or maid."
"Yaoji..." Prince Lanling was grief-stricken. In a pained voice, he said, "If you won't tell me, I'll end my life right here in