"When did this happen? Speak!"
Feng Yexuan's voice was somewhat exasperated, revealing not only anger but also immense excitement.
"Just today," Chu Qianli said, feeling a bit helpless. "I haven't had a chance to tell you yet, have I?"
"But you had a chance to tell Feng Qihe?" This was the real reason for his anger!
She had regained her original face, and yet she hadn't told him first!
What was she thinking?
"Is that man so important to you?"
Chu Qianli really wanted to roll her eyes.
This wasn't about who was more important, but rather... "I injured your mother. Should I tell you about this first?"
She was truly conflicted. She could see that although he didn't seem very close to his mother, she was his birth mother!
Feng Yexuan, as a person, actually valued family deeply; she could tell.
Otherwise, if the Emperor had always been plotting against him, how could he still serve the Emperor as his own father?
Given Prince Xuan's temperament, if it weren't for that familial bond, he might have turned his back long ago, or even led troops back to attack the imperial city.
It wasn't as if he lacked the ability.
However, now that his birth mother had returned, was it his mother or his father who mattered more?
For some reason, Chu Qianli felt that Hua Rong's return this time was meant to oppose the Emperor.
Don't ask her why she knew; it was just her sixth sense.
But her sixth sense had always been accurate.
"Yu Linglong is dead," she added.
Feng Yexuan's brow furrowed slightly. "Dead?"
"Yes, drowned. However, we were the ones who were supposed to drown. She was just implicated."
"Speak clearly!" Feng Yexuan tightened his arm, pulling her closer.
What did she mean, they were supposed to drown? Had she gone through so many perils today?
"Who wanted to drown you?"
"Who do you think?" This was actually why Chu Qianli hadn't sought him out immediately.
He and Hua Rong had secrets, and in that regard, she was an outsider.
In the end, she felt a bit resentful. She had thought she was the closest person to him.
She hadn't expected that now, someone even closer had arrived.
To say she wasn't jealous would be a lie.
After all, they seemed like a team.
And she was completely superfluous. Only those who had experienced it would know how that felt.
Feng Yexuan's mood was heavy.
He held her tightly, but his fingers were clenched.
Seeing him like this, Chu Qianli's pent-up frustration couldn't help but dissipate.
She was still somewhat soft-hearted. He had his own unavoidable difficulties, and after all, she was his birth mother.
However, this time, she couldn't stand completely by his side without reservations, because his birth mother wanted her dead.
And he couldn't explain his mother's affairs to her clearly, so she didn't even know how to guard herself.
Feng Yexuan said nothing, only holding her tightly and pressing her head against his chest.
Chu Qianli could feel his heavy breathing, and the sound of his heartbeat was exceptionally clear in her ears.
"You said... you guys?" After a long while, he remembered this question.
He lowered his head, lifting her face. After admiring it carefully for a while, he said, "Did Wu Chenzi find you?"
Chu Qianli nodded.
But the moment she nodded, she distinctly felt Feng Yexuan's tall body suddenly tense up.
She furrowed her brow and met his gaze. "Why are you suddenly so upset? Is it because A Chu is truly part of your royal family?"