"Did you send people to lurk around Wuya and poison him?"
With a snap, Feng Yexuan snatched the cup from Hua Rong's hand and smashed it to the ground.
"Your Highness!" Granny Cui, who was beside Hua Rong, quickly said, "Your Highness, how could the Venerable Master do such a thing? Your Highness should not be provoked by outside gossip and ruin the feelings between your mother and son!"
Granny Cui had been by Hua Rong's side for many years.
When Hua Rong was "ordered to die," Granny Cui had also followed her to the death. Little did they know that the mistress and servant had been living incognito for many years, actually developing their own influence around the imperial city.
Granny Cui had been a half-wet nurse to Prince Xuan when he was very young. Naturally, she had deep feelings for him.
"Your Highness, the people outside simply wish for your relationship with the Venerable Master to break down. Your Highness, think about it, Prince Xiaoyao has always been indifferent to court affairs and has stayed out of worldly matters. Why would the Venerable Master want to harm him?"
"Then why did Granny Ni, who is by Murong Yu's side, come to see you overnight?"
Feng Yexuan continued to stare at his own mother. Tonight, his temper was very high.
Much higher than usual!
"Did you suffer some grievance from Chu Qianli?"
Hua Rong, who had been silent all along, raised her eyes at this moment and met his gaze.
She didn't seem angry, but there was a profound inscrutability in her brows that he couldn't fathom.
She even smiled, a smile of dismissiveness: "She doesn't want to return to the prince's manor with you anymore, is that it? So, you want to vent your resentment on your own mother?"
"You don't need to say such things to me. What happened tonight has nothing to do with Li'er!"
"Are you trying to tell me that you didn't come to find me right after breaking up with Chu Qianli? Did she say something to you, didn't she?"
Hua Rong smiled insincerely. Although there was a smile on her lips, her eyes were indescribably stern.
"Xuan'er, you are already twenty-three years old. Mother thought you had truly grown up, which is why she chose to come back to find you at this time."
"But why do you still look like a young lad? Because of a woman? Where is your wisdom and calmness?"
Feng Yexuan turned away, his back to her, and said unhappily, "You still haven't told me why you met Granny Ni? Is Granny Ni someone you arranged to be by Wuya's side?"
"Then can you give me a reason why I would harm Feng Wuya?"
Hua Rong raised an eyebrow: "First, can you come up with a motive for me to harm him, and then speak to me?"
Feng Yexuan clenched his palm.
He couldn't answer this question.
Wuya was not competitive and was the most law-abiding among all the princes.
She had reason to deal with anyone, but it could never be Wuya.
"Your Highness," Granny Cui said softly, trying to persuade him, "Your Highness, whether it is Chu Qianli or someone else, they do not wish for your relationship with the Venerable Master to improve."
"Now that Chu Qianli knows the Venerable Master's identity, but the Venerable Master has not taken action against her, it proves that the Venerable Master can endure much for you."
"Since the Venerable Master can endure Chu Qianli for you, would she not tolerate a Prince Xiaoyao who lives apart from the world? On the contrary, it is Chu Qianli who cannot tolerate the Venerable Master, otherwise, she would not have sent people to investigate the Venerable Master."
"That's right!" Upon mentioning this, Hua Rong's expression suddenly darkened, becoming sinister and terrifying!
"She has provoked me time and again, and my tolerance is limited. If she offends me again, I will not give you any more face! Xuan'er, those who accomplish great things cannot have womanly benevolence!"
"Chu Qianli knows too much. If she cannot be used by you, then, eliminate her!"