Chu Qianli was thrown onto the bed again.
It was the same rough manner as before.
The only fortunate thing was that he avoided her injured arm.
So, it didn't hurt.
"Who taught you martial arts?" Feng Yexuan asked in a cold voice.
"What business is it of yours, Your Highness?" She got up, not rushing to break free from his confinement.
This time, she calmly sat on the edge of the bed, meeting his indifferent gaze.
Her small feet were still dangling leisurely.
It was evident she was in a good mood today.
Feng Yexuan's gaze finally shifted away from her feet.
Was she really in such a good mood just from going out for a bit?
"Do you have to provoke this king's patience with such an attitude?"
"I'm not using any attitude, am I? My attitude is very good."
Chu Qianli leaned against the headboard, glancing at him. "Isn't it Your Highness who insists on using this attitude to bully me?"
"When has this king ever bullied you?"
From beginning to end, it was this damned woman who was bullying him!
Chu Qianli shrugged, deciding not to argue with him.
She yawned, looking at him with a distinct lack of interest.
"Your Highness, I'm a bit tired and want to rest. Can Your Highness leave now?"
Feng Yexuan not only didn't leave but took a step forward.
His tall figure immediately exuded an oppressive aura.
That damned sense of powerlessness again!
Chu Qianli was a little angry, but unfortunately, her few moves, though effective against Qing Ming, were useless against this man!
"Do you think you can truly defeat Qing Ming?" Feng Yexuan narrowed his eyes.
"I know my martial arts are inferior to his, but it was expected that I could defeat him today because he was caught off guard."
Master Chu Wang had also said that this was the only chance.
Next time, when Qing Ming was on guard, she wouldn't have an opportunity.
After all, martial arts couldn't be mastered overnight.
Qing Ming had practiced for over ten or twenty years, while she was, at best, self-taught.
How could the capable assistants of Prince Xuan be weak?
"Since you know this, why did you provoke him?" Even if Qing Ming, out of respect for him, wouldn't dare to do anything to her, offending Qing Ming would bring her no benefit!
Chu Qianli sighed, then suddenly looked up at him, her eyes curving into a smile.
"Do you think I only offended him today? Your Highness, you can't be that foolish, can you..."
As soon as she finished speaking, her wrist suddenly tightened, and her虎口 (hǔkǒu - the web between thumb and index finger) began to ache faintly again.
This scoundrel was always so rough!
"Chu Qianli, you're playing with fire!" Time and time again, provoking him! Is she truly not afraid of death?
"I'll give you one more chance, tell this king, who was the one who took you away today?"
"If I don't say, what can Your Highness do? Kill me?"
"You!"
He suddenly pressed down forcefully.
Chu Qianli was immediately pinned to the bed by him.
Her expression changed, but a sarcastic smile remained on her lips.
"The dignified Prince, this is all you've got? You want to torment me on the bed?"
She stopped struggling, even opening her arms wide.
"Anyway, I'm not a proper lady. Isn't it said that my reputation is bad, that I'm licentious and shameless? Whatever Your Highness desires, come and take it."
Her smile, though tinged with bitterness, held more disdain.
"My body is also unclean, ruined by Your Highness, so I don't mind being played with one more time. Come on! Just do it!"
"You... you shameless woman!"
Feng Yexuan, enraged, flung her away.
Chu Qianli was carried by his force and rolled on the bed.
Unintentionally, she still landed on her injured shoulder blade.
Feng Yexuan noticed and immediately went to help her up.
To his surprise, the woman rolled over first and grinned at him, "What's wrong? Don't want it anymore?"
Her face was somewhat pale, but her eyes were defiantly untamed!
He truly wanted to be angry! Even to pin her down and humiliate her in the way she suggested.
But the look of complete surrender in her eyes inexplicably pierced his heart.
This damned woman!
"This king does not desire your filthy body!"
Feng Yexuan flicked his sleeve and turned to leave.
The door slammed shut with a kick.
Outside, his voice, as cold as ice, could still be clearly heard: "Guard Qianyun Pavilion for this king, do not let this woman step out even half a step!"
He didn't believe she wouldn't come begging him tearfully!
He was determined to make her yield!
Feng Yexuan left in a huff, with Qing Ming following behind him, his heart filled with an indescribable complexity.
His entire chest felt heavy.
His Highness couldn't bear to punish Chu Qianli, let alone drive her out of the manor.
If anyone else had angered his Highness so much, would they have been able to escape unscathed like Chu Qianli?
Only Chu Qianli could!
If this continued, his Highness would eventually change his mind.
Even he could see that his Highness's concern for Chu Qianli was beyond ordinary.
His Highness's current hatred for Chu Qianli was simply because, when he was gravely ill and near death, Chu Qianli had promised to stay by his side.
But when his Highness woke up, all he saw was her divorce letter.
If his Highness were to know that Chu Qianli had stayed by his side day and night without sleep during those three days and three nights...
No! His Highness must absolutely not know!
He had to make Chu Qianli disappear from his Highness's life before his Highness discovered the truth.
Otherwise, his Highness would eventually be bewitched by this vixen again.
As he left Qianyun Pavilion, Qing Ming looked up at Feng Yexuan, who was already far away.
He pursed his lips and said to the guards at the gate, "His Highness has ordered that without his command, Miss Li is not to leave her room even half a step. Do you understand?"
"Not even the courtyard?" The guards at the gate looked terrified.
"Do you wish to defy His Highness's orders?"
"This subordinate dares not!" The guards immediately straightened their backs and said sternly, "This subordinate obeys!"
... Chu Qianli's room, the door was locked.
This time, she was truly confined, and very thoroughly so.
Feng Yexuan didn't visit her for three days.
At first, the guards were a little uneasy, as confining someone to their room seemed too harsh.
Even a discarded concubine in the cold palace was allowed to walk in the courtyard.
Not allowing someone to leave their room, wouldn't that be driving them to death?
However, as his Highness remained inactive, they gradually became at ease.
It seemed his Highness truly disliked Miss Li now.
If it continued like this, his Highness probably wouldn't care whether Miss Li lived or died.
Feng Yexuan appeared outside Qianyun Pavilion on the fourth night.
Qianyun Pavilion was desolate. He hadn't expected that after four days, even the courtyard would be covered in fallen leaves, as if abandoned.
Looking at it, it inexplicably made one feel a pang of sadness.
Leng Ji, following behind him, couldn't help but feel uneasy.
From a distance, there was no movement from inside the room.
This was not like Miss Li's usual character.
If she were locked up like this and fell ill, wouldn't no one know?