Old Master Lan finally felt relieved. With a smile on his face, he looked at the people around and said with a chuckle, "It seems the Regent's Consort had some misunderstanding about the Lan family. However, now that all matters have been clarified, those misunderstandings have naturally been resolved. That is good."
Afterward, Old Master Lan skillfully glossed over the matter.
Old Master Lan smiled, looking at Feng Ran with a triumphant gleam in his eyes.
Feng Ran's expression shifted slightly. She looked at the person before her and said coldly, "Lan Tianyi, after all the wicked things you've done, aren't you afraid that at midnight, the vengeful spirits will crawl towards you?"
"Wicked people will only be dealt with by heaven."
Lan Xian, standing beside Lan Tianyi, became enraged upon hearing this. She rushed towards Feng Ran. Feng Ran expected Lan Xian to attack her. In fact, if she truly attacked, Feng Ran felt it wouldn't be an issue at all.
However, at that moment, Lan Xian knelt on the ground, sobbing with a choked voice, pleading, "Regent's Consort, please, if you are truly angered and intend to kill, then kill me."
"Please, don't harm my grandfather, alright?"
"Grandfather's life hasn't been easy all these years. It wasn't that Grandfather didn't want to help back then. It's just that with so many people in the Lan family, Grandfather always has to think carefully."
"Grandfather cannot implicate the entire Lan family because of my affairs."
Lan Xian spoke as if she had suffered immense grievances, her words enough to stir pity.
However, Feng Ran did not believe a word she said.
Feng Ran said coldly, "Lan Xian, do you think that by putting on this pitiful act, I will let you off?"
"Are you acting this way, believing that I have no evidence and that no one will believe my words, which is why you are so brazen?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Xian's expression changed drastically.
But her hands clenched tightly, as if warning herself.
No, she absolutely could not lose her composure at this moment.
Feng Ran bent down, looking at Lan Xian coldly. She spoke into her ear in a chilling voice, "Lan Xian, I have evidence of what you did back then. Of course, I haven't brought the evidence today, but Lan Xian, that evidence will always exist."
"No, it's impossible to have evidence."
"The Feng family is gone, how can there still be any evidence?" As Lan Xian uttered these words, she lacked any confidence.
"I have hidden the evidence."
"I will reveal the evidence when you are at your most triumphant and ruin your dreams. At that time, you will surely go mad. You might even want to kill me."
Lan Xian's usual composure completely vanished at this moment.
She glared at Feng Ran and stood up, "Feng Ran, why are you still alive? Why don't you just die?"
Feng Ran watched the person before her, her eyes filled with mockery.
She thought Lan Xian could endure a lot, but now it seemed she had overestimated her.
A little provocation, and she couldn't stay seated.
"Feng Ran, I want to kill you. Kill you."
"As long as you die, that evidence will disappear."
Lan Xian, at this moment, did not notice how loud her voice was.
Just as Lan Xian's hairpin was about to pierce Feng Ran, Lan Xian smiled triumphantly. Even though Feng Ran had become the Regent's Consort, wasn't she still no match for her?
As Lan Xian was about to succeed, she was suddenly kicked flying.
Xuan Yuan Heng looked at Feng Ran, "Feng Ran, have you forgotten? You are the Regent's Consort, so you should remember your place."
"This King has never been bullied, and you should know this as well."
Lan Xian, kicked to a corner, looked up at Feng Ran with fierce hatred.
All of this was Feng Ran's fault. If not for Feng Ran, she wouldn't have ended up like this. It was her. For so many years, she had been suppressed because of Feng Ran, and now, it was still because of her.
Feng Ran seemed to be her fated calamity.
Every time she thought she had a chance to rise, Feng Ran would appear.
"Regent, how can such a vulgar woman like Feng Ran be worthy of you?"
"Why are you still unable to forget her?" Lan Xian shouted loudly.
Initially, she had wanted to maintain the demeanor of a lady before Xuan Yuan Heng. But in the end, she failed.
After being kicked flying by Xuan Yuan Heng, especially for Feng Ran's sake, she was already consumed by jealousy.
Back then, she could endure anything, but now, she couldn't endure it at all.
"Regent, why can you keep Feng Ran, a woman of such low status, by your side, while I cannot?"
"Regent, do you only have Feng Ran in your eyes?"
"Have you forgotten that Yu Wan Yan was killed by Feng Ran? Back then, you held Yu Wan Yan's corpse, and you almost killed Feng Ran. Have you completely forgotten?"
Xuan Yuan Heng let out a cold snort, radiating a terrifying aura. His voice, devoid of any warmth, said icily, "Heh, even if it is as you say, so what?"
"This King would rather keep her by his side, yet I find you utterly detestable. I even feel disgusted just seeing you."
"Thus, you seem to be inferior to even those you call vulgar."
Inferior to vulgar people.
How hurtful were these words? How could he say them so calmly?
"Old Master Lan, this is your Lan family's person. I'm afraid if this continues, the Lan family will face utter destruction."
Xuan Yuan Heng looked at Old Master Lan with cold eyes, speaking icily. The disgust in his eyes lingered.
Xuan Yuan Heng's words made everyone present gasp.
It seemed the Regent was about to make a move against the Lan family. If that were the case, the Lan family would likely be ruined.
It seemed the rumors outside that Xuan Yuan Heng disliked Feng Ran were incorrect.
If he truly disliked her, he wouldn't have defended her so fiercely.
If that were true, then the one being humiliated and insulted now would be Feng Ran, not her.
But she was unwilling to admit that the man she admired had spoken such hurtful words to her.
She admitted that she approached Feng Ran for the sake of Xuan Yuan Heng. There were countless noble ladies around Xuan Yuan Heng, and in their eyes, she was insignificant.
To make Xuan Yuan Heng notice her, she had meticulously planned for a long time, making Feng Ran completely trust her.
Indeed, that incident was a great success. She not only framed Feng Ran but also made Feng Ran the sinner, the object of everyone's scorn.
And because of Feng Ran, she became known to many, and many began to pity her. Over the years, there were people who wanted to help her, but she had politely refused them all.