Grain and other people found a place to sit down in the hall. However, Gu Jinghe's attitude remained the same as before, and her gaze towards Situ Yan was filled with hostility.
Clearly, the years of dissatisfaction and resentment couldn't be eliminated overnight. The fact that Gu Jinghe allowed them to enter the Riyue Palace was already a significant concession.
Situ Yan was well aware of Gu Jinghe's disapproval and dissatisfaction, so he silently sat aside without speaking.
"Now that you're here, you can tell me what troubles you have. You can reveal it now," Gu Jinghe said with a cold expression. She didn't believe that Situ Yan had any genuine difficulties.
What kind of difficulties could make him abandon Mu Jinse after all these years? Moreover, Mu Jinse was already pregnant with his child when she left!
No man would abandon Mu Jinse in such a situation.
The most shameless part was that Situ Yan betrayed Mu Jinse because he liked her friend. What did this man consider Mu Jinse to be from the beginning?
Situ Yan looked up at Gu Jinghe. He admitted that he was terribly wrong in the past, but it was still difficult for him to speak about it in front of others.
Baili Hongzhuang and the others exchanged glances, understanding Situ Yan's thoughts. Regardless, Situ Yan was still the esteemed master of the Tian Gang Sect, and the complexity of the past events made it inappropriate to reveal them in front of a woman.
"Elder, let me tell you about this matter," Mu Lingbing said, signaling to Gu Jinghe. It was most appropriate for her to explain the details.
Gu Jinghe's statement made Baili Hongzhuang and the others feel uneasy, as they didn't understand the true meaning behind her words.
"When the palace lord learned about your ordeal, she immediately sent people to rescue you. However, by the time we learned about it, it was already too late.
When the incident happened, you should have informed us immediately, and the situation wouldn't have escalated to such a degree," Gu Jinghe sighed softly. The situation that Mu Lingbing and the others had experienced was truly tragic.
Upon hearing her words, Mu Lingbing and Lan Yundiao also felt a sense of sigh. When the incident occurred, their rationality had completely disappeared as they witnessed the near-death state of their sister Yi Xuan. They had no intention of calming down; all they wanted was to make the Lan family pay for what they did.
Who would have thought that the Lan family would choose to stand with Lan Jingkuang at such a time? It was because of that decision that they fell into such a predicament.
Even though time had passed, everything from the past was still vivid in their memories. The hatred they felt remained deep within their hearts, never extinguished.
Just the thought of it made their bodies tremble involuntarily.
It was a deep-seated grudge—a betrayal, persecution, and despair. It was a pain that ran deep in their bones. Even in the face of endless torment, they never thought of giving up because their hatred had reached its peak. They couldn't forget.
If the situation were to happen again, they would probably act the same way. Others would never understand the feeling of seeing their own child lying in a pool of blood.
Gu Jinghe looked at the changing expressions of Mu Lingbing and Lan Yundiao and understood that, under those circumstances, they couldn't have considered so much.
Baili Hongzhuang's emotions also fluctuated uncontrollably, even though she had no memories of her childhood. However, she could still imagine the horrific scene.
Their rationality had long vanished.
Gu Jinghe sighed softly and didn't continue discussing this matter.
"After we learned about the specific situation, we tried to find you, but there was no information at all. We went to the Lan family, but the elders there remained the same as always. This matter was a disgrace to them, so they didn't want to disclose any additional information," Gu Jinghe explained.
"Afterwards, the palace lord never gave up on searching for your whereabouts. However, the information left behind at that time was too scarce, and someone had been erasing the traces along the way.
Even though we made great efforts to search, there was still no news. It was only much later, after the palace lord learned about the close relationship between Yue Manlan and Yue Siqing, that she seemed to suddenly recall many things and went directly to the Yue family.
At that time, I didn't know what had happened exactly, and the palace lord went alone.
However, when the palace lord returned, she was seriously injured," Gu Jinghe recalled the scenes from the past. Even though many years had passed, she still remembered everything vividly.
"When the palace lord returned, her face turned pale, indicating that she had been poisoned. Moreover, a kind of indescribable despair appeared on her face. No matter how much I asked, she didn't reveal any information to me.
I immediately sought out doctors and alchemists to help the palace lord detoxify, but the poison was too potent, and we didn't achieve any results."