Feng Ran's face was pale, she couldn't even understand why Ling Chi Yuan would frame her like this.
Ling Chi Yuan's eyes were cold, as if saying, Feng Ran, you make me unhappy, so I will make you unhappy too.
Ling Chi Yuan looked at Feng Ran's pale eyes, exuding a chilling aura, even speaking coldly, "What's wrong with the Regent's Consort? In the past, you didn't treat me like this. When you saw me, you were so fawning. Now that you've climbed onto the Regent's high perch, do you think you can bury what you did back then?"
"Feng Ran, perhaps others dare not speak, but in this world, there is nothing that I, Ling Chi Yuan, dare not say."
"Back then, I was so good to you only to taste what it was like to have the Regent's Consort."
"If you weren't the Regent's Consort, I wouldn't even deign to give you a glance."
At this moment, Xuanyuan Heng drew his sword and placed it directly at Ling Chi Yuan's neck, saying coldly, "Ling Chi Yuan, do you think you can slander and frame the person under my protection as you please?"
"In Chun Man Yuan, my hidden guards were constantly watching Feng Ran. I know everything Feng Ran did and everything that happened to her. Your few words cannot discredit her."
"Heh, you know best whether you touched Feng Ran or not."
Ling Chi Yuan's smile instantly faltered as his supposed lies were directly exposed by Xuanyuan Heng. He looked at Feng Ran with increasing resentment.
Ling Chi Yuan said coldly to Xuanyuan Heng, "Heh, does the Regent trust the people around him so much? You seem to have forgotten that there was a day when your hidden guards were not by Feng Ran's side, it was at that time." He said triumphantly.
Ling Chi Yuan's earnest expression made it seem as if he were telling the truth, and anyone who heard him would believe what he said was right.
And what Ling Chi Yuan said was indeed taken to heart by those people.
Feng Ran looked at the people in front of her. She couldn't believe how gentle and considerate Ling Chi Yuan had been to her in the past. She had even thought that he was the best person she had ever met in her life.
But in the end? Everything changed.
Ling Chi Yuan had hurt her to the core.
Xuanyuan Heng's hands clenched tightly, but his sword never fell.
However, his sword also did not advance further.
Feng Ran stepped forward, her hand falling on Xuanyuan Heng's, pulling the sword down. She looked at Ling Chi Yuan and said calmly, "Ling Chi Yuan, thank you for your constant protection back then. If it weren't for you, I might not be alive today."
"However, I never imagined that you would turn out to be this kind of person."
After saying this, Feng Ran turned to Xuanyuan Heng and said, "Regent, please let Ling Chi Yuan go this time. After all, he saved my life. From now on, he and I will have no further connection."
"Xuanyuan Heng, what was your purpose in bringing me here? Then, please continue."
"Whatever you want to do to me, I will not refuse."
"After all, this is my fate. I accept it."
Xuanyuan Heng looked at Feng Ran coldly, pulled her into his embrace, and took her away without saying a word.
Ling Chi Yuan looked at Feng Ran, even wanting to say, Feng Ran, I don't need your kindness.
Even if you hadn't stepped forward, Xuanyuan Heng wouldn't have touched me.
He had insulted her so much, shouldn't she condemn him? Shouldn't she point at his nose and say something cold-blooded?
Feng Ran said that he had pulled her out of the abyss back then.
So, in Feng Ran's eyes, he was so wonderful. It was truly hard to believe.
Ling Chi Yuan cursed loudly in the direction Feng Ran had disappeared, but no one paid attention to what he was saying or doing.
Xuanyuan Heng simply held Feng Ran and got into the carriage.
He placed Feng Ran in the carriage, and he also got in. The once spacious carriage instantly became crowded.
Feng Ran was still thinking about what had just happened in the carriage. She even wondered if she was hallucinating when she heard Xuanyuan Heng call her name: "Feng Ran." His voice was extremely gentle.
Feng Ran turned her head and looked at Xuanyuan Heng, asking in confusion, "Did you have something to say to me just now?"
Xuanyuan Heng nodded, "To send you back to the manor."
Feng Ran was stunned for a moment, then said nothing, merely nodding.
But Xuanyuan Heng, sitting beside her, clenched his hands tightly. In fact, he didn't want to say this, but when it came to his lips, the words just wouldn't come out.
He admitted that he was jealous. He admitted that when he heard Feng Ran speak up for Ling Chi Yuan, he was so jealous he went mad.
He even wanted to take action.
Feng Ran, in front of him, actually called Ling Chi Yuan her light, her savior.
Why could she only see what Ling Chi Yuan had done for her? And all the things he had done for her, she seemed to completely overlook.
Feng Ran finally said to him: "Xuanyuan Heng, please send me back."
But Xuanyuan Heng knew very well that he had no choice but to say this.
The more he thought about it, the more resentful he became.
So, he was Feng Ran's last resort.
When they arrived at the Xuanyuan manor, Xuanyuan Heng wanted to escort Feng Ran down, but at this moment, Feng Ran directly refused. She said emotionlessly, "I can do it myself."
In fact, she didn't want to have too much to do with Xuanyuan Heng.
She was even very afraid of Xuanyuan Heng.
...
Upon returning to the manor, Feng Ran saw the appearance of Aunt Sheng.
"Aunt Sheng, you... why are you here?"
When Aunt Sheng saw Feng Ran, she couldn't help but kneel down, kowtow, and repeatedly say, "Feng Ran, thank you. Because of you, the Regent tried every means to get me out of the palace."
"In that palace, death was the only path waiting for me."
"Aunt Sheng, you don't have to worry anymore. You're back now."
"Aunt Sheng, I'm sorry. It's my fault. Because of me, you were implicated."
"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be like this."
Aunt Sheng knelt on the ground, kowtowing, and said humbly, "Consort, you jest. In fact, I should be more grateful to you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to get out of the palace at all."
Aunt Sheng looked at Feng Ran. In fact, in this matter, Feng Ran had done the right thing. Just as Aunt Sheng said, if Aunt Sheng hadn't come out, then only death would have awaited her.
Feng Ran looked at Aunt Sheng, knowing that Aunt Sheng would definitely help her.
In this Xuanyuan manor, everyone wanted her dead.