"Your Highness, you're too kind."

"This is just the first step, and we haven't reached the later stages yet. It's hard to say what the outcome will be."

Facing Xiaoyao Lue's flattery, Gu Heng remained unfazed.

Since that secret meeting, the prince's attitude had changed so strangely that it made Gu Heng's skin crawl. Naturally, he felt nothing from the flattery.