"Nan Shiqi said the imperial guard has surrounded the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. Lanlan cannot leave for now; she asked me to tell you something."
Rong Heng heard Wei Chengyuan's words, and his mind went blank, his heart sinking to the bottom. The reasoning he had just convinced himself with instantly shattered to dust.
"What did she say?"
He instinctively tightened his grip on the Jade Pendant, striving to maintain an outward calm, yet feeling as though he had fallen into a freezing pit, his voice as cold as an ice seal when he spoke.
The imperial guard, surrounding the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion?
Countless possibilities arose in Rong Heng's mind.
Why did Rong Jing choose this moment to target the Marquis Mansion?
Gu Chengzhao is still in the Northern Territory, and the Dingyuan Army is still intact. Gu Lan won't come to harm, and Rong Jing wouldn't dare to do anything to her...
