Despite being pregnant, Yen Hsiu-feng immediately traveled by land and sea all the way to Nanjing, where she met Chiang Ching-kuo and explained the government's responsibility for the February 28 Incident. Only then was Li You-pang safely released.
嚴秀峰顧不得身懷六甲立即舟車輾轉到南京，面見蔣經國先生說明二二八事件官方所應負起的責任，李友邦才得以安全釋放。