Yu Linglong had no way to refute.
One wuwei fruit and Yuqing wood could still be explained as a coincidence.
But now, coupled with inexplicably offering Feng Jinrui a cup of tea brewed from precious thousand-year-old ginseng.
With so many incidents happening together, it was too far-fetched to call it a coincidence.
Consort Jin glanced at her, then at the cold and confident Chu Qianli, and finally, subtly at Feng Yexuan.
Feng Yexuan’s face was as if covered by a thousand-year-old layer of ice; a single glance was enough to instill fear.
Consort Jin’s heart grew increasingly uneasy.
“Miss Yu, do you have anything else to say?”
Feng Yexuan’s question was phrased politely.
But everyone could see the raging fire in his eyes.
Even though Yu Linglong had been treating the Empress Dowager and had been kind to them, she could not commit such a heinous act in his manor!
“Yexuan…”
Yu Linglong met his gaze.
This was the first time she had called his name so intimately in front of others.
Consort Jin’s fingers, clutching her handkerchief, tightened further.
Yu Linglong was her most favored prospective daughter-in-law!
She truly wished Yu Linglong would enter their manor.
Most importantly, Yu Linglong was deeply favored by the Empress Dowager, which was by no means comparable to a mere seventh young lady from a Duke’s mansion.
Feng Yexuan was also looking at Yu Linglong, but his eyes still held no emotion other than coldness.
“We have known each other since childhood. Do you truly not understand my character?”
Yu Linglong did not explain at this moment, as she lacked the ability to.
However, she remained calm, her words and actions still gentle and graceful.
Everyone observed this, yet felt a sense of doubt.
Miss Yu did not seem like someone who would do such bad things!
Then, looking at Chu Qianli, although, as she herself stated, her beauty surpassed Yu Linglong’s, Chu Qianli’s past actions were truly unlikable.
Especially hearing that she had been involved with numerous men since the age of fifteen.
Such a woman, dirty and shameless, how could she be compared to the pure and chaste Miss Yu?
One wondered who the Prince believed.
“Yexuan, everything today seems to have been orchestrated. I don’t wish to explain. If you believe me, I am innocent. If you do not…”
“Guards!” Feng Yexuan suddenly waved his hand, his voice chillingly desperate. “Confine Yu Linglong.”
Everyone was utterly shocked!
The Prince was willing to believe Chu Qianli!
Yu Linglong also found it hard to believe.
Everyone else clearly believed her, yet Feng Yexuan was so calm and resolute!
Chu Qianli’s clenched fist finally relaxed.
The others present were thinking with their toes.
Seeing Yu Linglong’s pitiable demeanor, they were unwilling to believe her wickedness even with clear evidence.
She had expected Feng Yexuan to be the same.
After all, Yu Linglong’s acting skills were indeed astonishing!
Unexpectedly, Feng Yexuan was so different from everyone else.
Her previous rejection of him had finally eased slightly.
“Yexuan!” Yu Linglong suddenly stood up, her gentle expression finally cracking.
“Do you truly believe this woman over me?”
Feng Yexuan remained silent. Leng Ji had already approached Yu Linglong. “Miss Yu, please…”
“Yexuan, just because Long Qianyue was kind to you, can you indulge Chu Qianli to this extent?”
She was unconvinced!
Everyone else was willing to believe her, so why did only he not believe her!
So what if the evidence was conclusive?
Whatever Yu Linglong said must be the truth!
Everyone must believe her!
“Yexuan, do you not remember how wicked her past actions were, and how despicable her methods of scheming against you were?”
“And last night…”
Yu Linglong pointed at Chu Qianli, her face now devoid of any gentleness.
Her eyes were filled with venom. “She drugged you, and took you… Yexuan, have you forgotten these humiliations? And you are willing to believe her?”