"Do you think you and the Empress have the ability to protect her?"
Feng Yexuan let out a cold snort, neither confirming nor denying. "You and the Empress, it seems, lack even the ability to protect yourselves now."
"Is that so?" Feng Qihe paid no mind to his threat.
He sneered, "Unless you go and report to Father Emperor that Li'er is by this Prince's and Mother Empress's side. However, Fourth Brother, haven't you always acted as if you cared deeply for Li'er?"
"Are you sure you want to report to Father Emperor?"
Feng Yexuan ignored him, his gaze fixed on Chu Qianli's retreating back. "Come back with me. I promised I would protect you!"
"This Prince and Mother Empress can also protect you."
Feng Qihe said with a serious and earnest expression, "Mother Empress promised to help you fully in clearing your name!"
"Li'er!" Feng Yexuan's expression turned grim. He watched as his woman actually walked towards Feng Qihe.
"The Empress is deeply cunning. Would she truly be willing to help you? If you believe her, it will be a dead end!"
"His Mother Empress is deeply cunning, but are the people around you so innocent?"
Chu Qianli turned back, looking at him calmly, and smiled. "Since it's all a dead end, I'll choose the path I prefer. Why should I force myself? At least, the Empress is more polite to me."
Compared to some people who would either give her a cold shoulder or directly attack her, the Empress's politeness was far superior.
"This Prince never said you needed to see anyone. You just need to stay by this Prince's side!"
Feng Yexuan took a step forward, reaching out to pull her.
Even though he couldn't yet ascertain the extent of the Empress's influence, he knew she was far from simple as she appeared.
Why wouldn't this woman trust him?
"Come back with me!"
"Prince He, are you just going to watch him take me away like this?"
As soon as Chu Qianli finished speaking, Feng Qihe leaped forward, striking Feng Yexuan with a palm.
Feng Yexuan had already gauged Feng Qihe's strength. His previous serious injury was due to Feng Qihe exceeding his expectations; he had indeed underestimated him.
Now, with his protective aura active, how could Feng Qihe easily defeat him?
In just one move, Feng Qihe stumbled back half a step as he landed.
Though it was only half a step, in a battle between experts, a slight difference could lead to a vast disparity!
Feng Qihe knew he had lost in terms of martial arts.
He couldn't believe that after so many years of dedicated training, years where he couldn't find a worthy opponent, he was now defeated by Feng Yexuan.
He had been evenly matched with him last time!
He refused to accept it!
His face turned ashen, his palm gathering true qi. Without a word, he leaped up and surged towards Feng Yexuan once more.
Feng Yexuan merely watched him with cold eyes, effortlessly blocking his palm strike.
However, from behind Feng Qihe, a figure suddenly leaped out.
Chu Qianli's palm strike was not heavy, but it hit Feng Yexuan like a catastrophic disaster.
He could not have predicted it, nor dared to imagine it!
His woman was actually colluding with another man to deal with him.
Feng Qihe was repelled by Feng Yexuan's palm, and even he looked shocked, unable to believe that Chu Qianli had truly helped him.
As Chu Qianli's palm wind was about to reach him, Feng Yexuan shed his protective aura and used his own body to forcefully take her strike.
Although Chu Qianli's palm strike was not heavy, with her current cultivation, even using only thirty percent of her power was enough to make Feng Yexuan, without his protective aura, spit blood.
She had truly injured him!