This slap was heavy!
Chu Huaiyu was flung out, landing on a chair with a crack.
The chair immediately shattered into pieces.
Chu Huaiyu opened her mouth, and a mouthful of fresh blood gushed out.
Yet, she immediately got up, crawled on her knees to the black-clothed man, and said urgently, "I know I was wrong!"
The black-clothed man looked at her face.
"Have you completely forgotten the task this seat gave you?"
"I dare not!" Chu Huaiyu trembled, her fingertips shaking. "I... I have been trying, but Prince Xuan simply doesn't give me any opportunities, he..."
"So, you mean to say you have no more use to me?"
"No!" Chu Huaiyu's heart sank.
If she had no more use, her life would be meaningless, and her master would not keep her!
"Master, please give me a little more time, I will definitely be able to kill Prince Xuan, I definitely can!"
"This seat fears you are too unwilling," the black-clothed man narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Everyone knows Prince Xuan is the most handsome man in the entire imperial city. It is rumored that no woman can resist his gentle smile."
"Do you think you can fool me?"
Chu Huaiyu gritted her teeth, not daring to speak.
"For him, you engaged in petty jealousies and even revealed your martial arts! Where is your wisdom?"
The man in black took a step forward.
Chu Huaiyu immediately felt her blood surge, and the blood at the corner of her lips overflowed again.
The man in black stared at her coldly, "You actually used your martial arts to frame a little girl? Chu Qianli is already suspicious, and you are still foolishly unaware!"
"Master, I..." Chu Huaiyu was startled and quickly shook her head, "She doesn't know, I... I didn't make a move today, she..."
"If she wasn't suspicious, would she have come to test your martial arts?" the man in black scoffed.
Chu Huaiyu clenched her palms.
No wonder Chu Qianli had been acting so jumpy today, coming and immediately making a move.
So, she was indeed testing her!
When was this discovered? Hadn't she always hidden it well?
"This little girl, Chu Qianli, this seat had underestimated her. I didn't expect her heart to be so meticulous!"
Qian'er's wounds were something ordinary people would not notice.
Chu Qianli, in such grief, had seen them clearly.
That girl was even smarter and calmer than he had imagined!
"Master, since she is so detestable, why don't I... go and kill her... Mmph!"
Before Chu Huaiyu could finish speaking, her other cheek was immediately slapped again.
She trembled with pain, blood continuously trickling from the corner of her mouth.
She no longer had the chance to speak.
"This girl, Chu Qianli, is not for you to deal with. Listen to this seat carefully, if you cannot take Feng Yexuan's life within a month, this seat will use your life as compensation!"
"Master..."
"Don't think that just because you've been using the identity of Chu Huaiyu for a long time, you've truly become Chu Huaiyu!"
The man in black turned and walked slowly to the window, "You are just a lowly death warrior, don't forget your identity!"
The moment Chu Huaiyu looked back, the man in black was long gone from the window.
She stood up and, after confirming her master had left, she quickly closed the window.
She immediately went to the dressing table, took out a mirror, and looked at herself from both sides.
There was no trace on her face.
Yet, it was precisely this that made Chu Huaiyu feel even more uneasy.
His cultivation had reached a new level!
He didn't injure her skin, but struck her with internal injuries!
Looking at herself in the mirror, thinking of his words as he left: You are just a lowly death warrior...
Chu Huaiyu's fingers gripping the mirror slowly tightened.
Suddenly, with a crack, the mirror in her hand instantly shattered into pieces!
Why?
Why did Chu Qianli have everything, while she could only be a lowly death warrior?
Why couldn't she be like Chu Qianli, loved by all men?
Why?
Even the master said she was not qualified to touch Chu Qianli!
Why?
...
After Han Zhan left Chu Huaiyu's chambers, he felt somewhat aimless.
For some reason, as he walked, he found himself on the path Chu Qianli had taken earlier.
She had just left from here.
Han Zhan didn't know what he was thinking, but inexplicably, he followed.
And so, not long after, he saw the girl sitting by the lake, playing.
To say she was playing was because she seemed to be blowing something.
Circles of colorful little bubbles were blown from her lips, slowly rising into the air.
Some, before they could fly out, burst.
Others flew very, very far...
Han Zhan unconsciously walked behind her.
The next moment, he clearly saw her two feet submerged in the lake water, and his face immediately turned red. He wanted to look away immediately.
See no evil.
But his gaze was locked onto her feet, unable to move even an inch.
Her feet were small and delicate, snow-white and finely textured.
One look told him they felt good to the touch.
If held in one's palm...
Han Zhan suddenly gasped.
He didn't know why he had such a shameless thought, actually wanting to hold her feet...
"Aren't you going to accompany Chu Huaiyu? What are you doing here? Come to question me?"
Chu Qianli knew who was standing behind her without even turning her head.
Han Zhan's face turned red, then he felt a wave of disgust.
"In broad daylight, you expose your feet! Chu Qianli, has Prince Xuan not taught you proper conduct?"
"Tch!" Chu Qianli was dismissive and sneered coldly.
"You and Chu Huaiyu were in the room for so long, who knows what dirty things you did. And you have the nerve to lecture me on propriety?"
Han Zhan's face flushed, and the explanation blurted out, "I didn't touch her! I left before she even came over!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Qianli's eyebrows rose. She turned back and smiled at him.
"So, when you go back, Chu Huaiyu will really try to seduce you? Won't she come to seduce you naked?"
Han Zhan's face was red, and he didn't know how to explain. He was not used to lying.
But he felt it was necessary to clarify: "I really didn't touch her."
He didn't know what mindset drove him to explain to her?
She wasn't anyone to him!
"So she really took off her clothes to seduce you."
Chu Qianli chuckled, "You actually didn't touch her? Don't you like her very much?"
To be able to remain unmoved when someone you like throws themselves at you is truly miraculous.
She muttered unconsciously, "Could it be that he's incapable?"
"You!"
Han Zhan knew that this woman definitely had the ability to infuriate people to death!
Even if she couldn't kill them with anger, she could make them spit blood!
He wanted to curse a few more words, but unexpectedly, Chu Qianli suddenly lifted her feet out of the water.
Crystal clear water droplets slid off her feet, drop by drop, falling into the lake.
Han Zhan's heart was violently shaken.
For no reason, his lips felt dry and his throat parched!
He desperately wanted to rush forward, grab her small feet, and ravage them fiercely!
Chu Qianli finally noticed that his gaze seemed a little off.
She wanted to follow his gaze and look down, but not far away, a panting guard ran over: "Young Master! Something has happened at Mingzhe Courtyard!"