There is something almost sardonic in Lan Wangji's expression as he meets her gaze. He knows that she doesn't know him: of course she doesn't know that if Luo Binghe could have been expelled from this mansion, Lan Wangji would already have done it. "No. But Luo Binghe is powerful. Claudius came to me at the height of his pain. I could only block it for a time."