Feng Yexuan was never one to explain himself.
With a wave of his hand, Qingming immediately turned and left the room.
Not long after, Qingming rushed back, "Your Highness, there were indeed two bodies in the woodshed."
"One died from a severed neck artery, the other from poison. Both bodies were covered in potent toxins."
Chu Qianli said coldly, "Stop pretending in front of me. This is your manor, not mine. If not your people, then who else could have sent them?"
Feng Yexuan's eyes darkened, displeased. "If I say it wasn't me, then it wasn't me!"
"If not you, then who? It's clearly you!" Chu Qianli insisted.
Feng Yexuan was enraged. "You dare to question me?"
"Why wouldn't I dare?"
"You..." Feng Yexuan was choked with anger.
No one had ever dared to question him like this!
This woman was definitely the first!
Chu Qianli, however, was not angry at all. Instead, she looked at him and smiled coldly.
"What? Has Your Highness finally tasted what it's like to be wrongly accused?"
Feng Yexuan's thin lips pressed together, and he remained silent.
So, this woman had insisted it was his men just to let him experience the feeling of being wrongly accused?
"You knew all along that it wasn't you who sent them?"
Chu Qianli flung his large hand away, turned, and sat on the chair, crossing her long legs.
"If they were sent by you, why would they be so sneaky?"
This manor, inside and out, was filled with his people.
If he wanted to kill her, it would be an easy matter, and there would be no need for poisoning and silencing.
Although in Chu Qianli's eyes, Feng Yexuan was not a good person.
However, the War God Prince Xuan, revered by the masses, had no reason to lie to her.
"Moreover, they wanted to humiliate me before killing me. How would your people dare?"
No matter how lowly she was, she was still his Princess Consort. Humiliating her was equivalent to humiliating Prince Xuan.
"They wanted to humiliate you?" Feng Yexuan, though his expression was unchanged, clenched his palm secretly.
Qingming immediately sensed his anger.
Those people were truly audacious and reckless!
To dare lay hands on the Prince's woman within Prince Xuan's manor!
Even if the Prince had always disliked the Princess Consort, he would not tolerate any man humiliating his wife in such a manner!
"Your Highness, please rest assured, this subordinate will thoroughly investigate this matter!" Qingming bowed and immediately left the room.
He went to handle the task.
Feng Yexuan remained silent, his gaze fixed on Chu Qianli.
Why had this woman become so different from her past self from tonight onwards?
Before, in front of him, she was always shy and demure, presenting her most beautiful side.
Her demeanor was affected and artificial, making him detest her!
But the woman before him... after pushing him away, she sat on the chair and crossed her legs.
Her posture was unladylike, her conduct frivolous, and she showed no sign of tension.
She didn't even try to please him as she used to when she saw him!
Yet, somehow, it was this Chu Qianli who he found slightly more tolerable.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Haven't you seen a beautiful woman before?" Chu Qianli leaned back against the chair.
His gaze, while not exactly disdainful, held no emotion.
"Since Your Highness has tasted the feeling of being wronged, can you not empathize a little?"
"I did not drug the Fourteenth Prince! You ordered Cui'er to be beaten to death, cutting off my clues. Is Your Highness's behavior not more egregious than my unreasonableness just now?"
Feng Yexuan did not refute this.
"You insist you are innocent?" he finally asked.
Chu Qianli glanced at him and couldn't help but let out a cold snort. "Nonsense!"
Feng Yexuan's expression instantly turned displeased. "You had better watch your attitude!"
This woman, in just one night, had angered him multiple times!
Anyone else would have been crushed by him long ago!
Chu Qianli glared at him, showing no fear.
"When Your Highness was wronged, your attitude was a thousand times worse than mine! Can I not have a temper?"
Feng Yexuan was stunned, rendered speechless by her retort.
However, this woman was truly audacious.
How could she have dared to act like this in the past?
Was the Chu Qianli before him truly Chu Qianli?
Or was she a fake?