Chu Qianli remained silent.
She was pondering the truthfulness of Feng Qihe's words.
It sounded as if he were being wronged.
However, life was like a play, and everyone was constantly acting. Who knew if he was acting now, just as she had been in front of the Emperor earlier?
Chu Qianli curved her lips and smiled faintly, "Your Highness Prince He, you are being too serious. Firstly, Xuan Wang and I no longer have any relationship. Didn't you personally witness in the main hall earlier that I already requested the annulment of the engagement from the Emperor?"
"Secondly, before I went, I didn't even know who Qiu Qinghai was. How could there be any talk of Xuan Wang and I colluding to frame you?"
"Your Highness, I am merely a weak woman. How can I contend with two princes? As for the matters between you and Xuan Wang, perhaps you should resolve them yourselves. It truly has nothing to do with me."
Feng Qihe lowered his head, staring intently at her face.
To this extent, being dragged to such a secluded corner where no one could see, she could still remain so calm?
It was known that with his martial arts, he could kill her here without anyone discovering it.
Was she truly not afraid of death?
"Your Highness, can you let go of me first?"
Chu Qianli struggled, her wrist beginning to ache from his excessive strength.
No wonder everyone said that Prince He and Xuan Wang had similar temperaments.
In her opinion, they were indeed the same.
Both were equally barbaric and rough!
"Your Highness..."
"This King intentionally refuses to let go. What can you do?" Feng Qihe snorted coldly.
The smile on Chu Qianli's face vanished. She asked coldly, "What exactly do you want?"
Feng Qihe didn't know what he wanted either.
Earlier in the main hall, hearing her personally request the imperial annulment of the engagement.
His mood was indescribably complex.
He felt a sense of happiness, yet also a touch of loss.
He realized he could no longer see through this woman.
She was unlike any woman he had ever met in his life!
She was simply mysterious and proud to a maddening degree!
"How did you manage to rescue Xuan Wang from the 'medicine people'?"
He was genuinely curious.
He heard that she had led everyone to throw specially made thunder bombs, but he had clearly inquired. When they set out, she and Fulong had not brought any so-called thunder bombs.
Not to mention, thunder bombs were extremely savage and dangerous.
The royal family absolutely forbade ordinary citizens from producing them themselves.
Ordinary people could not make them.
How had she managed it?
Why did this woman always manage to impress people!
"I heard you leaped off a cliff to save Xuan Wang, disregarding your own safety?"
Feng Qihe narrowed his eyes and moved a step closer to her.
"Since you care so much about Xuan Wang, why did you publicly ask the Emperor for an annulment? Chu Qianli, what exactly is in that little head of yours? Why can't this King see through you at all?"
It was precisely because he couldn't see through her that he wanted to see more clearly.
But because he could never see clearly, he felt an unspeakable sense of loss!
Even he himself didn't know what he was thinking.
In short, this woman had thrown his thoughts into utter disarray!
Chu Qianli merely watched him with cold eyes, unwilling to bother with his inexplicable questions.
What did it have to do with him?
"You dare to look at this King with such an expression?"
Feng Qihe was very angry. Her gaze clearly conveyed that he was an outsider!
He didn't want to be an outsider; he wanted to be her man!
The rage in Feng Qihe's eyes suddenly subsided considerably.
He lowered his head, staring intently at her fair, delicate face.
With less anger, his voice also softened, "Little girl, be this King's woman, will you?"
Chu Qianli's brows furrowed, and she said unhappily, "I have no interest in any of your royal men!"
"This King will not treat you as a mere concubine like my fourth brother! If you desire it, this King will grant you the position of Princess He!"
He truly desired her, intensely, pathologically!
He had been thinking about her before, and this time, she had miraculously saved his fourth brother.
The moment he heard the spies' reports, he felt an unbearable discomfort, as if his entire body were burning.
He wanted her, wanted her uncontrollably!
"Little thing, give yourself to this King, to this King! This King can grant you everything!"
He lowered his head, about to kiss her lips.
Chu Qianli's heart panicked, and she immediately turned her face away.
The kiss landed on her cheek.
His lips traced along her face, searching for the position of her thin lips.
This man was truly mad!
"Your Highness Prince He, you are a dignified prince with power and influence. What woman do you not have?"
Chu Qianli tried to dodge, never expecting him to be so desperate as to do such a thing to her in such a forbidden place within the imperial palace!
"Your Highness! I am already Xuan Wang's person, a fallen flower long ago, not worth your..."
"Worth it," Feng Qihe's breathing was heavy, very heavy.
Just being close to her, doing nothing else, made him feel indescribably comfortable.
Getting a little closer, he felt an almost suffocating sense of joy.
He had never experienced such a feeling with any other woman.
Before, women were only for fulfilling certain needs.
In fact, after having them, he only felt physical satisfaction, never any joy in his heart.
In his life, women were merely playthings, holding no other significance for him.
But this little one before him was different.
Why was she so different from other women?
"Give yourself to this King, Li'er, give yourself to this King! This King can promise you everything!"
He lowered his head and continued to search for her lips.
Chu Qianli's eyes darkened. Just as he was about to kiss her lips, her long fingers tightened, and she flicked her wrist sharply!
Her wrist was held by him, preventing her from exerting full force, but her fingertips could still gather internal energy.
Her internal energy had clearly grown again!
"Mmm..." Feng Qihe was caught off guard. A sharp pain shot through his neck, and half his body instantly went numb.
His hand loosened, and he stumbled back two steps.
Chu Qianli immediately seized the opportunity of his retreat, shifted her position, and her small body slipped away.
Then, with another slide of her feet, she was instantly at least ten paces away from him.
Feng Qihe didn't know when the silver needle had landed in her hand. Clearly, there was nothing there moments ago.
This thorny woman!
She had actually struck his acupoints.
"Your Highness Prince He, you should be grateful this is the imperial palace, otherwise, I would have already killed you!"
Killing someone in the imperial palace would be difficult to conceal.
He was mad, but her reason remained.
Chu Qianli looked at him coldly. From beginning to end, he was the only one acting madly.
And she remained ice-cold.
Feng Qihe let out a low breath, his voice somewhat hoarse, "Do you think this King truly has no way to deal with you?"
He suddenly took half a step forward.
Chu Qianli instinctively took a step back.
Prince He's internal energy was even more profound than she had imagined.
Her needle placement was precise. For someone with average cultivation, they would have already collapsed by now!
Feng Qihe narrowed his eyes and suddenly took another step forward, "Trying to escape? Is it that easy?"