Meng Zixiao thought that his life and his career as an official was difficult because Ye Nantan had been placing obstacles in his way to make him suffer.
As of this moment, he thought that it was a good chance to take his revenge because it was the Crown Prince's Palace, and Ye Xiao was here alone and helpless. That's why he took Guan Zhengwen's turn to speak in haste. And naturally, he brought up the past in his heart and seized the chance.
And he had led the conversation to an irrevocable situation.
He seized the chance to deal with Ye Xiao in order to suppress Ye Nantian and let the Crown Prince have an extremely negative judgement on the House of Ye. Therefore, once the Crown Prince became king, he would get all the people of the Ye Clan killed… That would be the same as god realizing his wish…