"You're giving me a chance to exact revenge?" Tuoba Feiyuan sneered, a look of contempt on her face. "What kind of scheme are you trying to pull now?"
"Yes, I am giving you a chance—and only one!" Chu Yueli's peerless face was made even more breathtakingly stunning by a trace of anger.
Her gaze swept past the crowd and landed on Chu Xiaohe, who had just arrived. "If Tuoba Feiyuan manages to harm me here, regardless of whether I live or die, nobody from my Duke's Estate will pursue the matter."
"You cannot do that!" Chu Xiaohe hurried to the front of Chu Yueli and shielded her behind him.
He glared angrily at Lu Fengjin. "Prince Jin, no matter how noble your status is, you have no right to humiliate Ali like this! My Duke's Estate has rendered countless illustrious military achievements. If any mishap befalls Ali today, unless the imperial family gives us a satisfactory explanation, I will dash my brains out against the pillars of the Golden Throne Hall and see how Your Highness silences the public outcry!"
Tuoba Feiyuan wore a look of utter disdain. "You are merely a defeated opponent. How dare you still bark in front of me?"
"You!" This was the first time Chu Xiaohe was coming face-to-face with this woman since his ruin.
His entire body tensed up, his hands trembling incessantly, pushing him to the verge of a breakdown!
He desperately wanted to kill this vicious woman with his own hands!
"It's fine. This is my own voluntary choice. Even if there are casualties, it is solely my own affair and has nothing to do with anyone else."
Chu Yueli looked at Zisu. "Take Eldest Young Master back to rest."
"Ali!"
"Eldest Brother!" Chu Yueli's gaze darkened as she met Chu Xiaohe's eyes. Those cold eyes revealed an undeniable firmness. "You go outside first!"
Chu Xiaohe had never seen his younger sister look so stern and cold, and he was stunned on the spot.
Ali had always been gentle and soft-spoken; when had he ever seen such an icy look in her eyes?
In a momentary lapse of concentration, he was persuaded by Zisu and the estate servants to step out of the side hall. By the time he snapped back to his senses and wanted to force his way in to protect his sister, he was blocked outside by Lu Fengjin's guards.
Lu Fengjin looked at Chu Yueli with a complex mix of emotions.
He was still unwilling to believe that Chu Yueli truly wanted to break off the engagement. Perhaps, just as Tuoba Feiyuan said, she was merely using this tactic to pressure him.
If he believed her, he truly would be unworthy of being Dongling's God of War.
"Very well. Since it is your own choice, this prince will not stop you." His gaze involuntarily swept across Chu Yueli's chest.
After all, there was a tinge of regret. She was truly too perfect, and for her to be ruined like this—any man who saw her would feel a sense of loss.
"Are you feeling reluctant to part with her now?" The gaze Lu Fengjin cast upon Chu Yueli made Tuoba Feiyuan's eyes turn red with anger.
This wicked woman had ruined her physique, yet she used her own undamaged body to seduce men!
Such viciousness was intolerable to both heaven and earth!
She glared at Lu Fengjin. "If you are so reluctant to let her go, then both of you can come together and finish me off!"
Lu Fengjin immediately withdrew his gaze and said helplessly, "Ali, you were the one who made the first move; you cannot blame anyone else."
If they could return the slash to Feiyuan, and the two of them stopped being at each other's throats from this day forward, it might not necessarily be a bad thing.
Still, he gave Tuoba Feiyuan a few words of warning: "She is, after all, a member of the Duke's Estate. I know you act in an unrestrained and free-spirited manner, but you must know your limits!"
At the very least, she could not truly take Ali's life!
Wounds could heal, but if her life was gone, Ali would truly be gone forever!
Tuoba Feiyuan shouted furiously, "Get lost!"
Lu Fengjin actually left, ordering his men to close the doors of the side hall and block everyone outside.
Finally, he looked at Zisu. "Go... find a female physician and bring her here, quickly!"
Zisu merely supported Chu Xiaohe, expressionless as she replied, "Your Highness, my Eldest Young Master is in poor health, and my young miss ordered me to take care of him. I cannot spare myself, so I must ask Your Highness to forgive me."
Lu Fengjin's expression darkened. "Ali will soon..."
He paused, swept his gaze over the surrounding guards and servants, and let out a cold snort. "Go find a female physician yourself. All men, get out!"