Swish, swish, swish, several sharp sounds, especially terrifying in the darkness of the night.
Chu Qianli rolled violently on the bed, instantly falling off.
With three muffled thuds, the spot where she had been sleeping was pierced by three hidden weapons.
She pushed open the door and window with a palm and leaped out.
With a flick of her hand, the silver needles in her hand shot towards the rooftop.
The dark figure on the rooftop easily dodged with a flip.
The hidden weapon in his embrace shot towards Chu Qianli again.
The speed of the hidden weapon was too fast. Chu Qianli's acupoints had just been unsealed, and her body was weak. Her internal energy had not yet fully recovered.
She found it was already too late to dodge.
She tried her best to shift her steps, only managing to minimize the damage.
The three hidden weapons were about to pierce her shoulder.
With no way to avoid it, she gritted her teeth, silver needles in her hand, and shot them at the man in black.
A fight to the death!
However, the expected pain did not land on her.
Chu Qianli only felt a powerful surge of internal energy, like a storm, engulfing her.
With a whoosh, those three hidden weapons were repelled by the force.
She fell into Feng Yexuan's warm embrace.
The man in black on the rooftop, after being hit by three silver needles and his own hidden weapons, rolled down from above and fell to the ground with a thud.
Feng Yexuan and Chu Qianli immediately went over.
However, as they approached, the man in black suddenly bit his teeth hard.
"Not good, he's poisoned himself!" Chu Qianli rushed over and bent down to examine him.
But the moment she bent down, Feng Yexuan's expression changed. He grabbed her slender waist, leaped up, and retreated rapidly.
Chichichichi, a strange sound echoed.
A white smoke emerged from the man in black.
Feng Yexuan flicked his long sleeve, and the white smoke, along with the man in black, was flung far away by his palm strike.
Chu Qianli was startled and only then saw clearly that the white smoke was caused by a potent poison corroding the man in black's corpse.
Looking at the man in black's corpse again, Chu Qianli's scalp tingled.
Her heart felt uneasy, and her stomach churned.
A mutual destruction!
"Your Highness!" Leng Ji and a group of guards finally arrived.
Seeing the man in black's corpse, Leng Ji felt a sense of unease. "Your Highness, it's... a royal elite guard."
Royal elite guard!
Chu Qianli's hands turned cold.
This was her first time witnessing the terror of a royal elite guard.
So, they could truly be this insane!
Feng Yexuan clenched his palm tightly, his gaze growing colder.
The Emperor was sending him a warning!
The events at Prince Xuan's mansion tonight had reached the Emperor's ears.
The Emperor naturally didn't care about Concubine Jin; what he cared about was his attitude towards Chu Qianli!
That old fox!
"Dispose of it!" He held Chu Qianli and turned to leave.
It wasn't until they returned to Wuzhou Garden that Chu Qianli's heart finally began to calm down.
"Don't worry, I will protect you."
Feng Yexuan squeezed her hand. Her hand was indeed ice-cold.
"Give me some time, I will handle this matter."
Chu Qianli didn't know when he had placed her on the bed. He was now lying behind her, gently embracing her.
She instinctively wanted to struggle.
But the man behind her held her even tighter.
"I'm tired, get some rest early."
Chu Qianli had wanted to say something more, but later, she realized she was also tired.
Whether she wanted to admit it or not, after experiencing the near-assassination, sleeping in Prince Xuan's arms did give her a sense of security.
That scoundrel... despite all his flaws, his strength was undeniable!
She soon relaxed and fell asleep.
Feng Yexuan, however, merely closed his eyes to rest. Only after her breathing became even did he gently leave her side.
Feng Jinrui and Leng Ji were waiting in the courtyard.
The Emperor had dispatched royal elite guards to assassinate them. Tonight, the Prince would surely do something.
"Fourth Brother..."
"Stay here tonight and watch over her. I'm going to the palace."
Leng Ji had already prepared a horse for him. To avoid waking Miss Li, the horse was waiting outside the courtyard gate.
"Fourth Brother, Father..."
"I will handle it." Feng Yexuan walked out of the courtyard gate and leaped onto the horse.
"Father will not compromise easily, he..."
Feng Yexuan's gaze made Feng Jinrui instinctively swallow his words.
Fourth Brother always made him feel at ease.
If Fourth Brother said he would resolve it, then it should be resolvable.
"Then... I'll go guard Fourth Sister-in-law." In his heart, Chu Qianli was never just a concubine.
He had personally witnessed how Fourth Sister-in-law had saved Fourth Brother back then.
Fourth Sister-in-law was Fourth Sister-in-law. He wouldn't accept any other woman.
Feng Yexuan tugged at the reins and rode away.
...
Chu Qianli soon realized that Feng Yexuan had not been by her side last night.
She had woken up several times in the middle of the night.
But she didn't ask.
As dawn approached, Feng Yexuan finally returned.
Chu Qianli was groggy. She felt someone holding her hand, and then, a powerful surge of internal energy seemed to transfer into her body from his palm.
Her body felt hot, burning hot, making her uncomfortable, as if she were being consumed by flames.
Drowsy, she drifted in and out of sleep. When she woke again, it was already late morning.
She didn't know what agreement Prince Xuan and the Emperor had reached, but upon waking, everything seemed to have returned to peace.
Feng Yexuan even voluntarily allowed her to return to the Duke's mansion to visit her grandfather.
Prince Xuan was still the same Prince Xuan, as domineering and aloof as ever.
As he left, he said, "I only agreed to let you visit your family. You wanting to leave me is absolutely impossible."
"I will come to pick you up!"
After that, he left in a hurry, heading somewhere unknown.
Before leaving, Leng Ji vaguely said, "Your Highness... Your Highness truly dotes on you, Miss. Please get along well with Your Highness in the future."
After that, Leng Ji also left.
What exactly had he agreed to with the Emperor that made the Emperor stop sending royal elite guards to hunt her?
If no agreement had been reached, Feng Yexuan would not have felt at ease leaving her alone at the Duke's mansion.
After all, the Duke's mansion's security was far inferior to Prince Xuan's mansion.
"Well, isn't this our fifth young lady? The one who went to be a concubine."
Chu Feixue, having heard that she had returned alone, came to provoke her again.
This time, seeing that there was no one around, she rushed forward, her face turning cold, and struck Chu Qianli with a palm.
"Last time you seduced Han Zhan, and you two ganged up on me. This time, with Han Zhan not here, let's see how you'll fight me!"
Chu Qianli casually raised her hand and pushed gently.
She only intended to push her away, but she didn't expect her gentle push to send Chu Feixue flying and crashing heavily onto the ground.
Chu Qianli looked at her hand, utterly astonished.
She... when did her internal energy become so powerful?