"In Shengjing, there are probably long lines of women who want to marry Lord Lan. Why should Lord Lan lower himself to take a woman that Yi Chenli once wanted?"
"I promise you, once we return to Shengjing, I will make sure you choose a woman a thousand times more beautiful and interesting than An Yuan'er and bestow her upon Lord Lan. That wretched woman An Yuan'er is utterly unworthy of Lord Lan."
Yi Chenxuan's words were extremely harsh.
Those repeated insults, calling her a "slut," completely shattered Lan Jingtang's reason.
At this moment, Lan Jingtang forgot his uncle's instructions and the Lan family's gratitude. He punched Yi Chenxuan hard.
Caught off guard, Yi Chenxuan's right cheek was bruised from the blow.
"No one is allowed to say anything bad about her." He spoke each word slowly and deliberately, with intense anger.
That was his favorite girl; she wasn't some cheap woman, and never would be.
"How dare you hit me? Lan Jingtang, are you out of your mind?" Yi Chenxuan cursed, clutching his bruised cheek.
"You're insane. Why would you go to such lengths over a woman?"
Yi Chenxuan had never been beaten before. He drew his sword and held it to Lan Jingtang's neck, clearly intending to kill him to silence him.
Yi Chenxuan's trusted aide beside him advised, "Your Highness, you mustn't!"
"Lord Lan was just confused for a moment, he certainly didn't do it on purpose."
Yi Chenxuan knew in his heart that killing Lan Jingtang to vent his anger would only bring him temporary pleasure, but... he couldn't live without him afterward.
Lan Jingtang saw the sword at his neck but felt no fear whatsoever.
It wasn't that he was certain Yi Chenxuan wouldn't dare kill him, but rather that Lan Jingtang began to realize that he and Yi Chenxuan were never on the same path.
Ignoring the sword at his neck, he questioned, "If you fear the Sixth Prince's current power and want to seize control of disaster relief, we can find other ways. Why did you have to resort to assassination? And even targeted An Yuan'er and innocent disaster victims to ensure the assassination's success. The First Prince can go and see how many innocent disaster victims died in this assassination attempt. How cruel! Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
Yi Chenxuan's eyes darted away: "What nonsense are you talking about? What assassination?"
Lan Jingtang sneered: "Now that things have come to this, does the First Prince still think he can hide it from me? You recently acquired a new strategist, who wears a blue mask. I saw him once by chance. I'm afraid this assassination attempt was planned by him for the First Prince, wasn't it?"
Although Lan Jingtang was exceptionally capable, Yi Chenxuan knew he had many concerns and wasn't ruthless enough. This assassination attempt was indeed planned by Ziqing. However, it must be said that the assassination struck a nerve with Yi Chenxuan, and as it turned out, he succeeded.
Yi Chenli is going to die, and Yi Chenxuan will have one less opponent.
Yi Chenxuan just didn't expect that he and Ziqing had done this behind Lan Jingtang's back, doing it extremely discreetly, but in the end, he still found out.
Yi Chenxuan simply admitted, "So what if I did it? What I want is success. These disaster victims are stepping stones for my great cause, so it's not unfair to them. Lan Jingtang, you hit me, and I can spare your life because of your contributions, but don't let your emotions cloud your judgment. You are my man, and the entanglement between your Lan family and me cannot be easily severed."
Lan Jingtang said with disgust, "You, Yi Chenxuan, who indiscriminately killed innocent people and ascended the throne by stepping on blood, truly disgust me."
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