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National Protector Temple. At the back of the mountain, in a quiet pavilion.

Xiao Lan silently sat on the railing, a pot of fine flowers that had been carved from an unknown person's carriage in her hand.

His throat was hurting. After being stained by the wine, the pain became even more intense.

But she liked this feeling, because as long as her throat hurt, she could ignore the faint crease in her heart.

Lifting his arm to take a sip of the spicy wine, he swallowed it again bit by bit. It was really good to have such a scorching heat. On such a cold night, even the cold wind did not feel cold anymore.

Raising her head to gaze at the pitch-black night sky, she could see that the tense atmosphere above the State Protector Temple had already begun to dissipate. It seemed that the empress dowager, Madame Meng, had woken up.

Thinking of the Meng Clan's pale face, Xiao Lan suddenly felt that it was extremely funny. He really didn't know who the Meng Clan treated her as. Just a short sentence from her, 'I'm back', was enough to scare her into fainting.

The night became increasingly hazy, and the silver moon became even more hazy. A jade plate like light began to faint and dye the surroundings. It was really beautiful, beautiful just like … Xuanyuan Wentian's eyes, under that breathtaking iciness, carried a soul-stirring gentleness.

Xuanyuan...

Realizing what he was thinking, Xiao Lan suddenly smiled. Looks like he drank too much, otherwise no matter how hard he looked, he would be able to recall that man and fiercely swallow the last mouthful of wine in his mouth.

His throat was wrinkled and his heart ached with him. He hadn't drunk too much.

Xiao Lan slowly leaned against the dark red pillar behind him, closing his eyes as he thought to himself.

The Empress Dowager was awake. What would become of her when she woke up? Let her guess.

The empress dowager would be frightened and angry, and then she would have to ruthlessly decide to kill her...

No... I don't think so. After all, she added a threat after the words "I'm back". If you want Xuanyuan'er alive, don't mess with her.

So for the sake of Xuan Yuan, she probably wouldn't kill her. She wouldn't kill her … What choice would the empress dowager make?

Xiao Lan smiled.

If he gave up on her, Her Majesty the Meng family would let Xuanyuan Po give up on her.

Xiao Lan slowly opened his eyes, facing the pitch-black night sky as he silently said to himself, "I'll forget about her."

She really did not want to continue to tangle with him. Whether it was love or hate, it would all come to an end here.

The wine pot had unknowingly reached the last drop. Xiao Lan casually tossed the jar onto the limestone floor.

"Pah!"

Pieces of porcelain flew everywhere.

Just as the shattering sound was about to end, a gentle voice resounded clearly from behind her.

"Does the princess still want to drink?"

Xiao Lan frowned and turned his head to look toward the source of the voice.

It was Liu Yan. She brought out another jar of heavy wine.

Opening his eyes, Xiao Lan looked at Liu Yan without blinking.

"You, are not simple."

Liu Yan's gentle face didn't fluctuate at all when she heard this. She walked with steady steps to the side of Xiao Lan.

"Princess, do you think that Liu Yan is not simple because she was the first to find you?"

The corners of Xiao Lan's mouth slowly curled up in a noncommittal manner. Although she seemed to be smiling, there wasn't the slightest hint of a smile on her face.

"Wise as you are, Miss Liu Yan. At this moment, if you really do what you want, you shouldn't have come looking for me."

The expression in Liu Yan's gentle eyes clearly became sluggish, but very quickly, like Xiao Lan, she let out a faint smile. The smile also did not reach her eyes.

"Princess thinks that Liu Yan should go find Prince right now?"

As Liu Yan spoke, she calmly took large strides, turned around, and similarly sat on the railing not far away from Xiao Lan.

After sitting down, Liu Yan naturally handed the wine jar to Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan didn't answer, and her eyes were gloomy as she spoke with an indifferent voice.

"It's still better to find him than me."

At this time, Xuanyuan Feng should really need the company of a gentle woman like her. Without any words, without any unnecessary movements, as long as he accompanied her, their relationship would naturally become incomparably passionate.

Liu Yan clearly saw what Xiao Lan was thinking and let out a low laugh.

"Princess, I don't know why, but at this moment, I want to accompany you."

As he spoke, he passed the wine to Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan still didn't pick up.

Seeing that Xiao Lan had rejected him twice, Liu Yan stopped offering the wine and gently took it back. After that, she actually opened the cloth cover of the wine jar and began to gently sift through it gracefully.

"Princess, let's chat."

Seeing this, Xiao Lan stuck even tighter to the dark red pillar behind her. She suddenly felt that the woman sitting in front of her was interesting. She wasn't as weak and petty as she appeared on the surface.

It turned out that he was an actor, and a good one at that.

Since she wanted to chat, then she might as well chat with her. She was more or less a little curious, as she was an outstanding good actor, why didn't she take advantage of the time needed for her and Xuanyuan Po to improve their relationship to come and find her?

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

Liu Yan swallowed the wine in her mouth. Perhaps it was because she didn't drink much, but it was obvious that she felt uncomfortable from the acrimony of the wine. She frowned, but her voice remained as controlled as before.

"Princess, do you know what happened after the empress dowager woke up?"

Hearing this, Xiao Lan only slightly curled his fingers that were in the dark corner of his sleeve, without a single ripple on his face.

Seeing that Xiao Lan did not respond, Liu Yan tightened her grip on the wine jar with her finger and spoke in a very deep voice.

When the empress dowager woke up, she seemed to have turned into a completely different person. It was as if she had gone mad, hysterically speaking words that no one understood, and everyone went up to comfort her, but it was of no use at all. Later on, the prince went over and saw that the empress dowager had strangely recovered her calm, but before a quarter of an hour had passed, the empress dowager had suddenly exploded and threatened him with death to divorce you.

After finishing her sentence, Liu Yan looked towards Xiao Lan with no trace of calmness in her eyes. It was as if she wanted to see a different expression on Xiao Lan's face in an instant.

However, she didn't. She didn't obtain anything. Xiao Lan's face was still expressionless, even more so than before.

Immediately, Liu Yan's eyes became extremely deep.

How could this be …

Why did she have no reaction?

Had she not heard what she had just said?

Xiao Lan naturally clearly sensed Liu Yan's expression, but it was as though he didn't check it out. He slowly raised his eyes and his expression was extremely indifferent.

"Right."

Eh?

Liu Yan's expression couldn't be calmed anymore.

The prince was going to divorce her, the prince was going to divorce her!

She only replied with "En!"!

"Weibo, you …"

Hearing Liu Yan call out her name directly, Xiao Lan was stunned for a moment before she started chuckling.

"Hur hur."

It seemed like Liu Yan was the real her. What cowardice, what inferiority, everything was just an illusion. And from start to finish, she only had one goal.

That is close to the Xuanyuan, close to the Xuanyuan, and finally get the Xuanyuan.