The temperature in the room seemed to soar.
Yet, at the same moment, it felt as if it had plunged to freezing point.
Just a little bit more, only a little bit, and Chu Qianli could have kissed Feng Yexuan, this man she loved most in her life.
But the very instant their lips were about to meet, Feng Yexuan suddenly pulled her away.
"Yexuan?" Chu Qianli's eyes, which had been closed, flickered with bewilderment.
Feng Yexuan took two steps back, his body reacting inexplicably, but he truly couldn't help it.
He couldn't stand it!
"I'm sorry, this King… is feeling unwell tonight." Feng Yexuan turned his face away, not looking at her.
Chu Qianli's eyes couldn't hide her disappointment.
"Yexuan, what is going on with you? Don't you want our child anymore?"
"I do!" How could Feng Yexuan not want their child? His poor child, he wished he could chase to the ends of the earth to bring him back personally.
But he… couldn't! He really couldn't!
He had almost thrown up just now!
No, it wasn't this smell, not this aura…
He suddenly turned his head sharply, staring at Chu Qianli's face.
Feng Yexuan's gaze made Chu Qianli a little nervous.
But she remained composed, closing her eyes, her face a mask of pain.
"What is happening to us? Is it because this is where our child died, that we've both become so estranged?"
Where their child died!
Feng Yexuan's confusion instantly turned to agony!
He looked back towards the bedroom door; it was already clean.
But, a long time ago, there had been a pool of blood here.
That was his child!
His heart ached with a sharp pain, as if a knife had been driven in forcefully.
In that instant, Feng Yexuan lost the ability to think.
Chu Qianli slowly walked to the door, looking down at the floor.
She wasn't sure which specific area it was, so she finally closed her eyes.
Her face contorted in pain.
"Yexuan, I cannot stay in Beiming Kingdom any longer."
"Li'er, you want to go back?"
"I want to return to Longteng." When she opened her eyes again, she seemed to have calmed down, but a trace of distress remained in her brows.
"Yexuan, I want to return to Longteng earlier and start a new life. I don't want to live under the shadow of the past forever."
Feng Yexuan agreed with this point.
It must be because he also had too many shadows in his heart that he felt this way when interacting with her.
"Yexuan, let's get married early, okay?"
Feng Yexuan did not respond immediately.
Chu Qianli added, "I can't wait another month. Why don't we have the Imperial Astronomer find a good day, and we can get married early next month? After that, you can accompany me back to Longteng."
"As for future matters," she paused before saying, "We'll discuss them later, alright?"
Feng Yexuan had no reason to refuse.
He had actually suspected just now that she wasn't Li'er!
If she wasn't Li'er, how could she know everything? She even knew the place where their child died so clearly!
Even Consort Jin didn't know about this.
Besides him and Leng Ji who had vaguely seen those bloodstains, only Li'er knew.
If she wasn't Li'er, then who could she be?
But after she returned, he not only failed to treat her well, but he had also doubted and hurt her time and time again.
He was simply not human!
"Alright, we will get married early next month, and I will accompany you back to Longteng."
He had already hurt her, he couldn't hurt her a second time.
Chu Qianli secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a faint smile finally returned to her lips.
Her goal of being intimate with him tonight had not been achieved, and she still had to think of a plan.
His body resisted her; even she could see it.
What method could she use to cure this problem of his?
However, there was an even more important matter at hand.
Chu Qianli looked at Feng Yexuan and said softly, "Fu Ning had a conflict with me recently and ran away. I am short of a close personal maid right now."
"I've been watching Xiao Yao by your side, and I really like her. Yexuan, would you allow Xiao Yao to come to Qianyun Pavilion to serve me?"