Chu Feiyan suddenly turned and rushed out of the door.
"Princess Feiyan."
Chu Qianli, supporting herself on a chair, finally managed to get up.
By the time she reached the door, Chu Feiyan had already left the courtyard gate.
"Xi Jiu!" Chu Qianli called out.
Xi Jiu, caught between whether to go in and see her or chase Chu Feiyan, hurried over: "Princess..."
"She's very unstable. Go check on her."
"Yes!"
Xi Jiu immediately gave chase.
Chu Feiyan was indeed at her breaking point, and what made it worse was that she wasn't even allowed to leave the palace at this moment.
"Move aside! I'm not a prisoner! Why are you stopping me? Move aside!"
But the guards at the rear palace gates once again blocked her.
"Princess Feiyan, without a token, you cannot leave."
"Is it Chu Qianli? Is it Chu Qianli who wants to imprison me in the palace? To force me to continue testifying against my father?"
Tears rolled down Chu Feiyan's eyes, fueled by anger.
Turning back, she roared, "Chu Qianli! You already have everything, what more do you want from me? Are you trying to force me to my death?"
"Princess Feiyan!" Xi Jiu caught up, saying anxiously, "The Princess has no intention of confining you..."
"Then let me out! Let me leave this palace! I don't want to stay here anymore! Let me go!"
Chu Feiyan, losing control, rushed towards the back gate again.
In their attempt to stop her, two guards accidentally pushed her to the ground.
By the time Chu Qianli arrived, Chu Feiyan had already been pushed down for the second time.
Xi Jiu tried to help her up, but she shoved him away.
"Princess!" Seeing Chu Qianli, Xi Jiu quickly explained, "Princess Feiyan wants to leave the palace."
Although he couldn't bear to see Chu Feiyan hurt, he dared not let her leave without the Princess's explicit instruction.
But Chu Feiyan was truly volatile now; if she wasn't allowed to leave, who knew how long she would continue this tantrum.
"Princess Feiyan, where exactly are you trying to go? Do you want to return to the Yu Prince's manor? I can send someone to escort you back."
This couldn't go on. She was acting erratically, and after being pushed down twice, her hand had already started to bleed.
The guards at the gate were in a difficult position; they couldn't let her go, but they also couldn't keep her detained.
Chu Qianli said urgently, "Princess Feiyan, can you tell me what you're thinking? I can help you!"
"Everything about me has been utterly ruined, what can you possibly help me with? You're just watching my misfortune!"
Chu Feiyan sat on the ground, glaring at her, her eyes bloodshot, but she held back her tears.
Crying was useless, and no one would pity her for it.
Besides, she was already like this, what need did she have for pity?
"What has been ruined? Why do you insist that your life is completely meaningless? Aren't you still doing fine?"
These words, rather than helping, extinguished the last flicker of hope in Chu Feiyan's eyes.
"Heh, you say I'm doing fine now? Heh! Chu Qianli, you are truly something, you are so cruel!"
Even Xi Jiu felt that the Princess's words were indeed... a bit excessive.
In the grand hall, in front of everyone, Princess Feiyan had admitted that her purity had been violated by Lan Fan.
Her reputation and honor were completely gone.
How could this be considered "doing fine"?
Chu Qianli, however, strode forward, crouched down, and firmly grasped Chu Feiyan's shoulder: "In your eyes, is purity that important? You protected your purity not for yourself, but for a man? Is a woman's life only meant to depend on men?"