Yu Linglong!
The current Chu Qianli was actually Yu Linglong!
Fu Ning hadn't thought much of it at the time. In that moment, she was directly terrified by Yu Linglong's face.
Afterward, being chased all the way, she had no mind to ponder it.
Now, upon waking and recalling the appearance back then, she suddenly realized that her face was Yu Linglong's!
"At that time, she was consumed by anger. I don't know if it was due to excessive rage, but the蛊 worms on her face were restless beneath the skin..."
Just thinking about the appearance back then still made Fu Ning feel a wave of nausea, almost making her vomit.
She clutched her chest, unable to catch her breath.
Feng Jinrui's large palm immediately landed on her shoulder, using his true qi to help her regulate her breathing.
After a while, Fu Ning finally calmed down.
Taking two deep breaths, she looked at Feng Ye Xuan and said, "She... is truly Yu Linglong, but she used蛊 techniques to change her face into Ah Li's face."
"Your Highness... you don't need to worry. That is not... Ah Li's face. It has nothing to do with Ah Li at all."
Feng Ye Xuan's tightly strung heart finally relaxed.
It wasn't Li'er's face. At least, it wasn't that some evil sorcery had been used to peel off Li'er's facial skin.
Although he had never dared to admit it, his heart was indeed filled with unease and fear.
He was truly afraid that the face was Li'er's.
He couldn't even imagine the terrible suffering his Li'er must have endured when her face was peeled off alive.
He had never dared to think about it!
"Where is Li'er?"
"I don't know, but I know that night... that night must have been problematic."
Fu Ning struggled and sat up a bit more, looking directly into Feng Ye Xuan's eyes.
"Ah Li once wanted to leave Dragon City to find Your Highness in Yitie City. That night, she returned after leaving, and afterward, her temperament changed drastically. It must have been that night, it must have been... cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."
Because she was too agitated, Fu Ning started coughing violently before she could finish her sentence.
"This King knows. This King has already sent your elder brother to Dragon City to find Long Ziyue and ordered him to have people search everywhere."
"Your Highness... you cannot, you cannot let Yu Linglong continue to do evil. Quickly... take her down."
Fu Ning supported herself on the headboard, still agitated. "Ah Li is not with her... you can rest assured, Ah Li... is not in her hands."
"Then that demoness..."
"I don't know." Fu Ning looked at Feng Jin Rui and shook her head.
Where Ah Li was now, she truly did not know.
"But I can confirm that Yu Linglong does not have... Ah Li, Your Highness."
"This King understands!" Feng Ye Xuan's large palms made several cracking sounds as his joints tensed.
Li'er was not in the fake Chu Qianli's hands, so what else did he have to hesitate about?
"Guards!" Feng Ye Xuan walked to the door.
Unexpectedly, Ding Chen arrived. "Your Highness, King He has sent a large contingent of men to escort the fake Chu Qianli away."
"How can this King let her live so freely!"
Feng Ye Xuan strode out.
King He's convoy was in the front courtyard.
But no one expected that Yu Linglong was not there at all.
Qianyun Pavilion was not there, nor was she present in King He's convoy.
Someone must have leaked the news. Knowing that Fu Ning had woken up, Yu Linglong had left with Hong Chou and Qing Mei.
Now, her whereabouts were unknown.
"Fourth Brother, why are you so angry?" King He sat on his horse, a smile curving his lips. "Could it be that Fourth Brother is angry because I am here to pick up Li'er?"
"Do you know that she is not Li'er at all?" Feng Ye Xuan snorted coldly.
A flicker of surprise crossed King He's eyes.
But he quickly calmed down.
"But she is indeed Her Majesty the Empress of Longteng Kingdom now. Unless, Fourth Brother, you can find the real Chu Qianli."