Gu Mei was stunned.
The atmosphere was stagnant, almost deathly quiet.
Give it a try? try what? Try having an affair with him?
He Lanyan, who kept telling her not to be too sentimental, came up with the idea of giving it a try.
Was she hallucinating, or was Helan Yan crazy?
It took her a long time to come back to her senses and asked innocently: "What are you trying?"
"You obviously know that."
He Lanyan's thin lips curled up a little.
"It's really useless." He lowered his eyelids and looked at her, his face that looked like an immortal getting lower and lower, like a knife.
"For five years, you worked like a fool to help him take care of his inner house. But he kept secretly having sex with the woman next to you. Aren't you angry?"
She was silent.
The oppressive rockery behind her made her feel stuffy and unable to breathe smoothly, even though she had not yet stabilized her mind.
"Do you want to take revenge on you for all the humiliations you have suffered?"
"Then, let's have a try with Gu. Gu will let you give birth to an heir and dominate the Xie family..."
His breath suddenly became very hot, very hot, so close.
It felt like Gu Mei had entered that narrow, dull cave again.
She didn't dare to move.
He Lanyan put his hand on Gu Mei's shoulder and felt her trembling slightly.
There was a hint of ridicule in his indifferent eyes.
"What? Aren't Gu's bones and blood valuable enough?"
Gu Mei stared at him blankly, the light under the rain curtain was dim and spread on the jade surface, outlining the complex complexion.
The sadness, pity, and helplessness finally turned into a faint mark and slowly disappeared on the face.
Looking at her, she lowered her head and said, "My wife is of low status, so how can I be so considerate of His Highness's flesh and blood?"
He Lanyan laughed briefly and said casually: "Xie Wen broke your engagement. Since he is looking for someone to have fun and betray you, why can't you betray him?"
"My wife still remembers that day at Qinglong Temple. It was His Highness who advised my wife not to be sentimental. Your Highness doesn't remember it, but I do."
Helan Yan, "That day is that day."
The man's tall body leaned down and looked at her coldly: "You can betray your trust and become a happy prince's wife, so why should you be self-denying and polite and be an upright gentleman?"
His face seemed to be covered with frost and snow, and there was no trace of the time when he was teasing Gu Mei just now.
What he said was so confident.
Gu Mei, who was stared at coldly by Helan Yan, her face changed instantly, "You... you just want to take revenge on me."
Gu Mei suddenly felt a little weak. She avoided the death disaster in her previous life and wanted to live a good life and jump out of the mud pit of the Xie family.
I don’t want to get into trouble with Helan Yan again.
She was like a piece of meat on the chopping board.
He Lanyan smiled slightly, his dark eyes, deep and romantic, sweeping over him lightly, could make people's shoulders go numb.
The words coming out of his mouth were very cruel.
"Fortunately, you still have some self-awareness. There are so many women in the world, why should I be obsessed with an unlucky married woman? Is it love? Are you worthy?"
Without any tender words, he clearly admitted that the so-called giving it a try was revenge on her.
Gu Mei felt like there was something stuck in her throat, she couldn't go up or down, her back trembled and she finally laughed out loud.
If someone loses, should she respond with "try" or "dream"?
A cool voice covered her thoughts.
"Your Highness, so you are here."
A group of people came from behind the rockery. They quickly walked up to them and saluted Helan Yan one after another.
Gu Mei turned back quickly and met Xie Wen's eyes in the crowd.
The moment Xie Wen saw her, most of the smile on his face disappeared. "Why are you here?"
Gu Mei's fingers tightened the corners of her clothes and then slowly loosened them. Her expression was as usual, and she could no longer see the turbulent undercurrent between her and Helan Yan before.
She casually found an excuse and said: "I went to the banquet with my mother and am about to go back to the main hall. My husband, do you want to go home with us?"
"No need. Some of my colleagues and I still have something to do."
He stared at Gu Mei strangely and asked, "What's going on? If you're not staying with your mother at the front, what are you doing in this back garden?"
The voice was a little annoyed.
After returning from the Qinglong Temple, or even after the palace banquet earlier, he always felt that Gu Mei was hiding something from him.
Not to mention having the audacity to agree to her mother’s suggestion of taking a concubine.
Also, standing next to her was Prince Helan Yan.
Inexplicably, Xie Wen felt a surge of anger in his heart, as if his things had been defiled.
Facing Xie Wen's questioning, Gu Mei lowered her eyes and said hesitantly: "I came out to change, I don't want to get lost..."
Her voice was a bit squeaky, and she rubbed her toes on the ground, feeling very embarrassed.
There was another person standing next to Xie Wen, looking at Gu Mei and Helan Yan with the same gaze.
She said something unclear:
"Brother Imperial. Why are you here so late? I haven't seen you before. I thought you wouldn't come today."
"It's better to come early than to come by chance."
