Chu Qianli did not wake up.
Her consciousness was still trapped in the abyss.
Why did her senior sister want to kill her? Why was she so heartless?
Why didn't her eldest senior brother believe her? How could she prove that the WeChat account was truly hers?
The twenty-first century seemed so far away, so blurry.
And Long Xiyue was slowly approaching her.
At this moment, she felt as if everything in this era was real to her.
She wanted family affection, a mother, a father.
She didn't want to be an orphan anymore.
Relationships between men and women were not good, not good at all.
They only brought harm, and more harm.
She was always getting hurt, always being framed.
What about Feng Yexuan, what about the Northern Ming Kingdom, what about the Empress of Longteng, she didn't actually want any of it.
She only wanted her mother.
Long Xiyue had occupied this body, could she also occupy the mother of this body?
Even if it was just for one day.
Even if she could live one day as someone with a mother and father.
Was that possible?
"Mama..."
She hugged the arm of the person beside her, her soft body leaning into him.
At that moment, Feng Wuya's mind went blank.
He even forgot where he was.
Why was this happening?
How did he and A'Li end up in bed together?
He was only wearing a pair of underpants, and A'Li... her clothes were in disarray...
"Mama..."
Chu Qianli leaned into him again.
Feng Wuya was startled and instinctively tried to push her away.
He couldn't do this to A'Li!
He couldn't!
She was the woman of his fourth brother!
But he didn't dare to move, so he gently moved her hand away and covered her completely with the quilt.
Then, he quickly put on his clothes and left.
This was indeed his sleeping chamber!
But today, under the pavilion outside his sleeping quarters, sat someone who shouldn't have appeared at this time.
Consort Yu.
Feng Wuya closed his eyes tightly, took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice, "Tie Xin."
Tie Xin appeared from nowhere, lowered his head, and cautiously walked up to him. "Your Highness."
Feng Wuya raised his hand.
That palm strike was almost aimed at Tie Xin's crown.
But he finally stopped himself at the moment of striking.
Even so, Tie Xin was forced to bleed from the corner of his lips by the force of his palm.
"Your Highness, please calm your anger. The Consort said... the Consort said that this would make you strive to live."
"So, you have also betrayed this Prince?" Feng Wuya's heart turned cold.
The guard he trusted most had listened to his mother's words.
He had no one left to trust!
Tie Xin knelt on the ground with a thud and said hoarsely, "Your Highness, this subordinate knows his mistake! But this subordinate... this subordinate only wants Your Highness to live. Your Highness, please forgive this subordinate!"
Feng Wuya clenched his palm tightly.
Finally, he said coldly, "Find a maidservant to help her put on her clothes."
"Yes!" Tie Xin hurried away.
Feng Wuya wanted to look back, even though he knew the door was closed and he couldn't see the figure inside.
However, his heart was still severely torn.
When A'Li found out, how despairing would she be!
But the damned thing was, he couldn't remember what happened last night, whether he had done anything禽兽不如 (worse than an animal) to A'Li.
The maidservant arrived and carefully helped Chu Qianli put on her clothes.
However, Chu Qianli still did not wake up.
It seemed that the魅惑术 (charm spell) his mother had used on her had been cast with at least eighty percent of her power!
He clenched his palm, his fingers making cracking sounds.
The maidservant, who had just come out to report the news, trembled in fear.
"Your... Your Highness, this servant... this servant will return to the kitchen..."
"From now on, stay here and serve Miss Li'er." This was the first time Feng Wuya had allowed a maidservant to stay in his courtyard.
The maidservant's heart leaped with joy, and she quickly knelt and kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Feng Wuya ignored her, and after confirming that Chu Qianli still hadn't woken up, he strode towards the pavilion.
His cold face was covered with a thick layer of ice.
As soon as he reached the pavilion, he suddenly waved his hand.
With a loud bang, two of the pavilion's pillars collapsed.
The pavilion immediately became precarious above Consort Yu's head, looking as if it would fall at any moment.
But not only did Consort Yu not even frown, but even Granny Ni, who stood behind her, remained unfazed.
"Your Highness." Granny Ni bowed slightly and then said to Consort Yu, "Your Highness, this servant will wait below."
"Mm." Consort Yu nodded.
She wanted to drink tea, but the tea in her cup was already dirty from the dust falling from above.
Consort Yu sighed softly and looked at her son, whose face was as cold as ice.
"Wu Ya, you shouldn't exert your internal energy now; it will harm your body."
"Does Mother truly care about my body?" Feng Wuya's voice was colder than ever.
But he was still holding back.
After so many years, he had long been accustomed to restraining his temper.
But today, he truly couldn't hold back!
"Mother! You are going too far!"
"Wu Ya, Mother is doing all this for you."
"You are forcing me into such a position of injustice; it would be better to kill me!" He was truly driven mad.
He clenched his palm tightly, his palm full of internal energy.
His rage was almost unbearable.
Consort Yu saw his face instantly turn pale, knowing that he had injured himself by using his internal energy. Her expression also turned serious, and her voice deepened:
"I have given you and her the鸳鸯蛊 (love-binding蛊). Wu Ya, if you continue to get angry and harm yourself, the pain you suffer, she will also bear with you!"
"If you die, she will not live either!"
Feng Wuya froze, and the internal energy under his palm instantly dissipated.
The鸳鸯蛊...
He looked at Consort Yu blankly, his emotions now more than just anger.
There was also shock, disbelief, sadness, and even despair.
Finally, it even turned into hatred.
"Wu Ya, Mother just doesn't want to see you... doesn't want to see you give up your life. Wu Ya, don't look at Mother with that kind of gaze, okay?"
Consort Yu was a little uneasy.
Her son was looking at her with hatred.
Although she had made many mistakes before, and although her son had despaired of her,
Her son had never hated her.
He was just disappointed.
But now, he hated her...
"Wu Ya..."
"To make me live, you can sacrifice the life of another innocent person?"
For more than ten years, he had thought that she, who spent her days diligently chanting Buddhist scriptures, had truly reformed and was no longer the person she used to be.
But he never expected that she was still her!
She was still that selfish and cruel self!
"Murong Yu, I don't have a mother like you!"
Feng Wuya knew that no matter what, he couldn't hurt her.
No matter how bad she was, she was still his mother.
But he never wanted to see her again!
Wu Ya turned to leave, but Granny Ni stepped forward and blocked his path.
"Get out of the way!" Feng Wuya roared.
Granny Ni said expressionlessly, "You can be angry with the Consort, but the魅惑术 on Miss Chu at this moment can only be undone by the Consort. If Your Highness does not wish for Miss Chu to wake up, then feel free to leave!"