Their eyes met, and Feng Yinwan impudently did not avert hers.
To Ye Tinglan's eyes, this seemed as though she was utterly disregarding him.
Catching sight of the seductive red marks on her chest, Ye Tinglan's expression turned icy, a vein throbbing on his forehead.
"Feng Yinwan!"
The fury in his eyes was too intense. Feng Yinwan nervously swallowed, and before she could speak, she heard him roar in a low voice again.
"Hurry and get dressed and get out!"
With that, Ye Tinglan turned and left, and the old woman's eyes flickered before she quickly followed.
The door was slammed shut heavily. Yu Ping rushed forward in a panic, "Miss, what are we to do? The Prince has just returned and witnessed such a thing, you..."
She looked at the marks on Feng Yinwan's body, her words catching in her throat.
Feng Yinwan's eyes darkened, and she grabbed a comb from the dressing table, drawing it across her forearm.
Yu Ping gasped, "Miss, what are you doing!"
...
In the courtyard.
Ye Tinglan's face was ashen, his eyes as sharp as a falcon's, filled with intense anger, as if he wanted to pin her to the ground.
Feng Yinwan composed herself and stepped forward, "Your Highness's return to the manor, I, your concubine, have failed to welcome you properly. I beg Your Highness's forgiveness."
Her bow was perfunctory. Her gaze shifted to the old woman beside him, a hint of coldness in her eyes.
Even though the little white lotus was not present, she had left behind a good dog.
"Feng Yinwan, do you know your crime!"
Her thoughts interrupted, Feng Yinwan nodded, "Your concubine does not know what crime she has committed. I beg Your Highness to enlighten me."
"While I was leading the troops on campaign, you actually engaged in clandestine debauchery within the manor, and you dare claim ignorance! Feng Yinwan, do you think I am dead!"
Ye Tinglan glared at her fiercely, his face so enraged it was practically greener than his hair.
This woman, how dare she commit such acts right under his nose, she deserved to die a thousand times over!
Feng Yinwan raised her eyes, neither humble nor arrogant.
"May I ask Your Highness, did you personally witness me in a debauched act?"
"How else would I need to witness it? Are the filthy marks on your body not enough!"
Feng Yinwan raised an eyebrow indifferently, "Your Highness misunderstands. These are not filthy marks, but rather, due to my constitution being cold and weak, with excessive internal heat. Following Doctor Li's advice, these are the marks left from scraping."
Upon hearing this, Ye Tinglan's brow furrowed sharply.
What Doctor Li?
Could it be that scoundrel!
Before he could speak, someone else questioned him.
"Scraping?"
She never expected her to say such a thing. The old woman's eyes bulged. "Princess Consort, if you're going to make an excuse, at least make it believable. What kind of scraping would be done in such a place!"
Unbelievable.
To insist that love bites were from scraping, was she trying to fool a mere child!
Feng Yinwan glanced at her, sneering, and rolled up her sleeve a little. "How would Madam Sun know that this Princess Consort hasn't scraped elsewhere?"
The delicate skin on her forearm was still purplish-blue, clearly much worse than on her chest, leaving the old woman somewhat dumbfounded.
"This..."
"This Princess Consort has always been frail. Since I need to expel the excess heat, naturally, no place can be missed. Madam Sun, are you satisfied with my explanation?"
The old woman's expression shifted, and she snorted coldly, "Princess Consort is truly glib-tongued! This old servant and Your Highness saw it clearly just now, those marks were distinctly from being sucked, not from scraping!"
She then turned to Ye Tinglan.
"Your Highness, please do not believe the Princess Consort's lies. She must have been in clandestine debauchery with someone, this old servant saw it with her own eyes!"
Feng Yinwan raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? Madam Sun keeps insisting this Princess Consort is engaged in debauchery, yet this Princess Consort still doesn't know where this scoundrel is. Madam Sun seems to know better than this Princess Consort?"
"I..."
"People say you catch a thief with the loot and catch adulterers in flagrante delicto. How is it that in Madam Sun's case, no scoundrel can be found, yet with just a few marks, she can convict this Princess Consort of adultery?"
"This..."
The old woman was so choked that she couldn't speak, yet she was also secretly puzzled.
Originally, they had left the person in the Waterside Pavilion, but when they went to check, the door was wide open, and the person was nowhere to be seen. Coincidentally, His Highness had returned, so she brought the person to Lanqing Courtyard. Who knew...
"Enough."
Ye Tinglan interrupted with a grim expression, and then looked at Feng Yinwan coldly as a warning, "You had better not be, otherwise, I will surely dismember you!"
Being looked at with such disdain by him, Feng Yinwan's temper flared up instantly, and she retorted coldly.
"Without any proof or evidence, even if Your Highness wishes to dismember this concubine, you should first ask the Emperor and the General Feng's manor!"
Not to mention she was being set up because of him.
Who was afraid of whom, now that she had risen!
With the double backing of the imperial decree and the General's manor, her posture was firm!
Seeing that she dared to talk back to him, Ye Tinglan's face sank again. "The Princess Consort's words are uncouth and her womanly virtues are lacking. She shall be punished by kneeling in the courtyard for two hours to reflect properly!"