Even Xi Jiu, an outsider to the situation, had seen it clearly just now: Prince Xuan clearly harbored unspeakable feelings for the princess.
If Feng Ling hadn't arrived just then, would the two of them have been able to confess their feelings?
What Xi Jiu couldn't understand was that the princess must have also noticed Prince Xuan's subtle feelings for her, so why had she spoken such heartless words earlier, angering Prince Xuan and driving him away?
"If you had been outside just now, you should have also seen Prince Xuan's appearance of being on the verge of a splitting headache."
Now, with Feng Ye Xuan and Feng Ling gone, the coldness in Chu Qian Li's brows had faded, no longer presenting herself as cold-hearted and indifferent.
Although Xi Jiu hadn't spent much time with her, his following her on this journey made it very clear that he was following a master who was extremely kind and had the compassion of a healer.
She was just accustomed to not outwardly revealing her emotions.
"You suspect that Prince Xuan's headache is related to Feng Ling?"
Chu Qian Li looked at him, her expressionless face stating, "It's not a suspicion."
Xi Jiu's heart suddenly jolted.
So Prince Xuan's headache just now was actually caused by Feng Ling! Then... "Princess, you're still letting Prince Xuan return to Feng Ling's side, isn't that like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth?"
"The one truly sending the sheep into the tiger's mouth is his own birth mother, Hua Rong."
There were too many complex relationships to explain to Xi Jiu.
She could only pick out the key points to tell him: "You haven't been by my side for long, you might not know about what happened between us before..."
Xi Jiu nodded: "I've heard some from Fu Long."
"As long as Prince Xuan's heart still leans towards his own mother, he will be unable to completely distance himself from all these dangers. I can stop it once, but I cannot prevent Feng Ling from getting close to him a second or even a third time."
"If Prince Xuan himself cannot avoid those risks, I may save him once, but in the future, he will still be poisoned, drugged, or even... continue to be ensnared by curses."
"But, Princess, are you really not going to care about him anymore?"
Xi Jiu couldn't believe she could be so heartless.
Although what Prince Xuan had done before had hurt her greatly, even making her completely despair of Prince Xuan.
But that was because Prince Xuan was under a curse and being hypnotized, wasn't it?
He was also not in control of himself.
Could it be that the Princess still couldn't forgive him?
Chu Qian Li lowered her head, continuing with her work.
Xi Jiu was even more anxious than her: "Princess, Feng Ling must have been anxious seeing you reconcile just now, and she might think of another way to harm Prince Xuan."
"Princess, if you don't stop her, are you really going to watch Prince Xuan continue to step into the abyss?"
...
Feng Ye Xuan returned to his sleeping quarters.
Feng Ling hadn't been here for a long time, at least, not for three days.
Three days felt as long as a lifetime.
She followed Feng Ye Xuan into the room, cautiously closing the door.
However, she only stood not far from the door, not moving closer.
"I didn't intentionally mean to interrupt you..."
"She was just applying medicine to this prince." So, there was no such thing as interrupting or not interrupting. Nothing indescribable had happened between him and that dead woman.
Moreover, that dead woman had always treated him with a strictly business-like attitude. When had she ever made any ambiguous or intimate gestures towards him?
Hadn't she already said it? That she didn't want him to provoke her anymore!
Who did she think she was? Why would he have the intention to provoke her?
He would never proactively seek her out again for no reason, never!