Feng Yexuan had indeed just slept.
A very, very long sleep.
Despite his fury, he had to admit that his body had found immense satisfaction with that woman.
How many years had it been since he had been so relaxed after reaching adulthood?
No one knew how comfortably he had slept.
Upon waking, however, he was indeed filled with anger and annoyance.
A mere weak woman had managed to scheme against him!
This was a disgrace etched onto the path of his life!
Qing Ming immediately leaned in and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, the Princess Consort is locked in the dark room."
"Bring her here. I will personally skin her!" Feng Yexuan frowned.
That damned woman dared to scheme against him; this debt had to be settled.
Qing Ming replied with an "Aye" and was about to fetch her.
Consort Jin quickly stepped forward and said urgently, "Xuan'er, you've just woken up. Why not let Miss Yu check your pulse first? Punishment or anything else can wait!"
No one else knew yet that she had ordered Chu Qianli to be taken away.
This matter had to be delayed until nightfall.
Once night fell, the fierce beasts of the hunting grounds would emerge to feed.
By then, that woman would surely have no chance of survival.
"Qing Ming, why aren't you quickly inviting Miss Yu in?"
Qing Ming looked troubled. He still had to carry out the Prince's orders.
Consort Jin saw this and immediately turned to Feng Yexuan again, saying:
"Xuan'er, that woman drugged you and framed you. Now that you've woken up, you're looking for her. Are you trying to tell everyone that you... you can't forget her?"
Feng Yexuan's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes instantly darkened.
Can't forget that woman? What a joke!
Consort Jin understood him somewhat and quickly added, "She's so shameless, first drugging Rui'er, and now she wants to..."
"It's not necessarily her who drugged Jin Rui."
Although Feng Yexuan detested Chu Qianli's methods of drugging him,
he believed in separating matters.
The matter of Feng Jin Rui being drugged was still under investigation.
As for Consort Jin...
Feng Yexuan looked at her, his gaze tinged with a cold sharpness.
"Mother Consort, last night, men in black infiltrated the prison and intended to harm Chu Qianli. Do you know about this?"
Upon hearing this, Consort Jin's face flushed red after a moment of stunned silence.
"Xuan'er, you mean... you... you suspect..."
After a moment of shock, Consort Jin trembled with anger.
"Xuan'er, you suspect your mother did it? You... you want to anger your mother to death?"
Feng Yexuan's expression was calm, and he said indifferently, "I was merely asking casually. Very well, Mother Consort, please go to the hall for tea."
He turned and led the way.
Qing Ming wanted to ask if he should still bring the Princess Consort to be punished.
However, considering the shameless act the Princess Consort had committed last night, if she were brought over now, she likely wouldn't fare well.
Qing Ming himself had personally sent Chu Qianli to the dark room this morning.
Chu Qianli had been weak and breathless then, likely exhausted from the Prince's torment.
Then... let her rest for half a day longer before the Prince punished her.
Otherwise, with her already frail body, further punishment might prove fatal.
No matter how bad she was, she was still the Xuan Prince Consort, bestowed by the Emperor.
If she died in the Prince's mansion, it would cause some trouble for the Prince.
Therefore, Qing Ming did not mention the Xuan Prince Consort again.
Consort Jin naturally did not want to mention it either, only wishing that that slut Chu Qianli would be devoured by the wild beasts.
Although she still felt a bit wronged, she could only follow Feng Yexuan to the main hall with Yu Linglong.
In the main hall of Wuzhou Garden, everyone slowly sipped tea, the atmosphere quiet.
No one knew that far away in the hunting grounds, Chu Qianli was currently facing a life-or-death crisis.