"Xuanyuan Heng, remember when you said you wouldn't even glance at Feng Ran, and that her life and death had nothing to do with you," Xiao Lan Jue said with a light laugh, his eyes filled with playful amusement.
Gu Yan Chen looked at Xuanyuan Heng and said coldly, "Xuanyuan Heng, don't you think you're paying more and more attention to Feng Ran?"
"Feng Ran has been to Xuanyuan Manor repeatedly during this period. If it weren't for your command, how could Feng Ran have been able to move around the heavily guarded Xuanyuan Manor?" Xiao Lan Jue revealed Xuanyuan Heng's hidden thoughts without reservation.
In fact, such hidden thoughts were naturally visible to those around, yet no one dared to voice them.
They were afraid of offending Xuanyuan Heng.
They cherished their lives.
"Xiao Lan Jue, if you're tired of living, you can continue to spout nonsense," Xuanyuan Heng said, frowning slightly, his threat icy.
At first, hearing Xiao Lan Jue's words, he was stunned. He hadn't expected such thoughts to be seen by Xiao Lan Jue, let alone spoken aloud in front of so many people. He naturally couldn't remain calm.
"Then, in all these years, which female guest has been able to freely enter and exit Xuanyuan Manor?" Gu Yan Chen coldly exposed Xuanyuan Heng's unspoken thoughts.
"Xuanyuan Heng, in fact, you've never forgotten Feng Ran all these years. And haven't you always had people by Feng Ran's side?"
Xuanyuan Heng sneered and said coldly, "That was merely to monitor her."
He was absolutely certain that the secret agents he had arranged by Feng Ran's side all these years were solely for monitoring her, just in case she tried to escape.
That was all, nothing more.
He had people secretly protecting Feng Ran simply because he was worried she might die midway. Letting Feng Ran die so easily would be too lenient.
Gu Yan Chen smiled and said, "Don't you hate Feng Ran to the core? After throwing her into that kind of place, why would she need anyone to protect her? In that place, she would surely endure all the cruelest methods in the world."
"And you had already instructed those people to torment her in any way they pleased, as long as she was still breathing."
"This King was merely worried that those people might not know their limits and let her die too easily, wouldn't that be letting her off too lightly?"
Gu Yan Chen and Xiao Lan Jue, however, laughed as if they had heard the biggest joke in the world.
Indeed, Xuanyuan Heng had fallen for her, yet was unaware of it.
"Xuanyuan Heng, your current anger is because the matter you least wish to be known has been revealed by us."
"Actually, you do have feelings for Feng Ran, but the matter of Yu Wan Yan has blinded you."
"If you truly hated Feng Ran to the bone, how could she still be alive at this moment?"
"Is it that difficult for Xuanyuan Heng to admit that you've developed feelings for Feng Ran?"
"Xuanyuan Heng, you should be the clearest about all of this yourself," Xiao Lan Jue said, as if he were no longer afraid of anything, his usual timid demeanor completely vanished.
"It's your business if you refuse to admit it now, but if you regret it later, when she's no longer here, I'm afraid regret will be too late."
"Is Yu Wan Yan really that important to you?"
Xiao Lan Jue said it directly, without any hesitation.
Gu Yan Chen's eyes widened as he looked at Xiao Lan Jue. Was this guy crazy? Why would he say such a thing at this crucial moment?
Was he busy digging his own grave?
Didn't he understand that Xuanyuan Heng hated it the most when anyone mentioned anything related to Feng Ran in front of him?
Had Xiao Lan Jue taken the wrong medicine today?
Xuanyuan Heng's face was extremely grim. Gu Yan Chen walked to Xiao Lan Jue's side, trying to pull him, urging him to stop speaking.
It could be said that what Xiao Lan Jue was saying now was undoubtedly inviting trouble upon himself.
This was pushing himself into a corner.
Xuanyuan Heng exuded an aura of darkness, his eyes filled with a bloodthirsty glint.
"Xiao Lan Jue, if you think you have too long a life, this King can oblige you," he said with a dark and sinister expression. "How could an outsider like you know the grievances between this King and Feng Ran."
"This King once swore that Feng Ran would live in hell for all eternity, never to rise again."
"This King had people monitor Feng Ran merely to prevent anyone undesirable from appearing by her side, anyone who might want to save her."
"Feng Ran's life no longer belongs to her."
"Her life is for atonement. She caused Wan Yan's death, so how could this King allow her to live comfortably?"
"This King naturally must keep an eye on her, so she can never rise again."
Xiao Lan Jue let out a light scoff, his eyes full of amusement.
The words Xuanyuan Heng spoke were merely to deceive himself.
He wouldn't believe such words.
He had witnessed all the events that had unfolded in the past few days with his own eyes.
He had seen clearly how Xuanyuan Heng treated Feng Ran.
When Feng Ran fainted and was in mortal danger, Xuanyuan Heng appeared like a god, dealing with those who had insulted her and attacked her one by one.
As an outsider, he could see clearly the changes in Xuanyuan Heng's treatment of Feng Ran.
Perhaps, Xuanyuan Heng, being deeply involved, couldn't see clearly what was happening. But he, on the other hand, saw it most clearly.
Xuanyuan Heng's attitude towards Feng Ran was completely different from before.
Xiao Lan Jue had long noticed Xuanyuan Heng's transformation, but he hadn't spoken about it.
Xuanyuan Heng was a contradictory being, humiliating Feng Ran on one hand, yet secretly protecting her on the other.
Perhaps, even he himself was unclear about his true feelings for Feng Ran.
But Feng Ran was the Regent's Consort whom Xuanyuan Heng had divorced. In this lifetime, she would never regain her status as Regent's Consort.
Just as Xiao Lan Jue was about to say something more, Gu Yan Chen coughed lightly.
Finally, Xiao Lan Jue fell silent.
"Xuanyuan Heng, you say you wish Feng Ran to die, but you treat everyone equally; you don't leave alive those who have angered you."
"But when it comes to Feng Ran, it's entirely different."
"I remember when Yu Wan Yan died, you never became this agitated."
After a long pause, Xuanyuan Heng finally spoke, "This is this King's business. Since when did you, Xiao Lan Jue, become so concerned with this King's affairs?"
"You two, get out," Xuanyuan Heng said coldly.
However, this time Xiao Lan Jue obediently listened and directly pulled Gu Yan Chen out.
Outside Xuanyuan Manor, Gu Yan Chen directly shook off Xiao Lan Jue's hand, saying unhappily, "Xiao Lan Jue, do you know that the one thing you should never mention in front of Xuanyuan Heng is Yu Wan Yan. Yet you brought her up again and again just now."
"Have you also been bewitched by Feng Ran?"
Xiao Lan Jue was instantly speechless.