Xie Yan had just sat down and barely touched his teacup, when he saw the sinister-looking smile on Gu Chaoyan's face. She looked as if she was onto something, thus making him feel a bit alarmed.
The Heir and the Princess Consort never considered Gu Chaoyan a smart person. They always looked down at her and belittled her, but Xie Yan was different.
He did not agree with them. Xie Yan felt that she was a person with deep thoughts, when it came to the aspect of intelligence.
For example, when it came to the summoning of the phoenix…
