Although Chu Qianli's reputation was dreadful, her face was undeniably the most gorgeous in the entire Imperial City.
Especially now, with her clothes in disarray and her neckline slightly open.
That bright red wedding gown only made the small part of her neck that was exposed look as if it were deceiving frost and outshining snow.
Her crystal-clear skin, with just one glance, was enough to enchant men and consume their very bones!
In the face of such beauty, which man could withstand?
After closing the door, the two black-clad men didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately pounced on Chu Qianli.
Qianli narrowed her eyes, her hands bound to the stake instantly tensed.
With her back against the wall, her mind raced:
"If I had a dagger in hand right now..."
Unexpectedly, as soon as this thought flashed through her mind, a dagger landed in her hand.
Without the time to ponder where the dagger had come from, Chu Qianli's brow furrowed slightly as she turned her wrist.
With a zing, the rope binding her wrists was easily cut through.
The blade flashed, and one of the black-clad men clutching his neck fell down stiffly, dead with his eyes wide open!
The other black-clad man was completely shocked.
After inhaling sharply, the man swung his palm toward Chu Qianli.
Unexpectedly, Chu Qianli stepped sideways, spun around, and raised her leg.
With a thud, she easily kicked the black-clad man to the ground.
Before he could get up from the ground, a sudden sharp pain struck his neck, as Chu Qianli's dagger was already pressing against his carotid artery.
"Princess, please spare my life!" the black-clad man stiffened in terror.
The seventh daughter of the Duke Residence, wasn't she known to be pampered from birth and a complete waste of space?
How had her martial skills become so formidable all of a sudden?
"Who sent you to kill me? Speak!" Chu Qianli pressed harder, and a line of blood appeared on the man's neck.
"Princess, spare my life! It's... it's the Prince, the Prince ordered us... Ah! Ah..."
The man, clutching his face, fell to the ground; his ear... his ear had been sliced off by Chu Qianli with a single stroke.
This Princess Yexuan, how ruthless...
Chu Qianli stepped on his body, sneering, "If Feng Yexuan sent you, why be so secretive?"
They even sought to humiliate her!
No matter how debased Feng Yexuan was, he would never command someone to humiliate his own wife.
Did these men think she was still the same dim-witted seventh daughter as before?
"I'll ask you one more time, who sent you to kill me? Speak or not?"
She lifted her hand, placing the dagger on the black-clad man's other ear.
The black-clad man was so frightened that his soul nearly left him.
Where had the old, useless seventh daughter gone?
The woman in front of him was calm and ferocious, her actions cruel and ruthless—as if she were a devil!
"I... I'll tell, I'll tell... Mm—"
Just as the black-clad man was about to confess, his complexion suddenly turned blue, and his body began convulsing violently.
He died, succumbing to the poison in his system!
Chu Qianli's gaze darkened. She kicked away the black-clad man's corpse, dropped the dagger, and exited the woodshed.
Someone in the Prince Residence wanted her dead!
Feng Jinrui was just an innocent pawn.
If one move didn't work, they'd make another!
Unfortunately, she was no longer the incapable seventh daughter who could be slaughtered at will.
She, Chu Qianli, the top-ranked person on the Wolf Domain's list of powerhouses, how could she be bullied so easily?
She had to root out the person behind this!
Now, with Cuicui dead, Feng Jinrui had become the key witness.
Under the cover of night, Chu Qianli reached the rooftop of Feng Jinrui's bedroom.
Feng Jinrui's condition had stabilized somewhat, and to avoid disturbing his rest, there was only a doctor treating him inside the room.
Chu Qianli lifted a piece of tile off the rooftop and, upon seeing the doctor's way of administering acupuncture, immediately frowned.
An incompetent doctor! Administering acupuncture like that could save the patient's life, but also completely destroy his martial ability!
She leaped down and knocked out the doctor from behind.
Taking the doctor's silver needles, she adopted a different technique.
With the movement of her hands, a dozen silver needles quickly punctuated Feng Jinrui's meridian points.
"If only I had a Heart-Saving Elixir, the heart meridians would recover even faster."
Miraculously, just as she thought this, she actually found herself holding a Heart-Saving Elixir.
Chu Qianli picked up the Heart-Saving Elixir and sniffed it; it was indeed the real thing, and immediately she opened Feng Jinrui's mouth and fed it to him.
"...Enchantress," Feng Jinrui slowly awoke, and upon seeing her, his face instantly filled with hatred.
"I saved your life, and you still call me an enchantress?"
Chu Qianli huffed coldly, "If I didn't need you to prove my innocence, do you think I'd come here?"
Feng Jinrui glared at her, rage filling his eyes, but he was unable to utter a word.
His whole body's meridians were in pain!
But he knew that just moments ago, it had indeed been this 'enchantress' who had saved him!
Chu Qianli glanced at him askance: "I didn't poison you. Before seeing me, who exactly did you meet?"
"I..."
Before Feng Jinrui could finish speaking, at that moment, footsteps suddenly sounded from outside the door.
Quickly, the door was pushed open, and a group of people rushed in.
A noble and dignified lady charged over: "Wretch, why are you here? Are you trying to harm my Ruirui again!"