Upon hearing this, Lan Shanyang immediately stood up in a rage, pointing at Lan Linxue with a ruler: "You still have the nerve to talk back! You didn't even think before you did what you did, and you still dare to blame this person and that person? Let me tell you, you deserve it! What were you thinking when you did it?!"

"You already promised to give me time, why are you going back on your word now?"

Lan Linxue jumped up and down, following my unreasonable behavior.

"When did I go back on my word? I just gave you one night to do whatever you wanted. If you can't figure out a way to clear your wife's name, who can you blame?"

Lan Shanyang really wanted to give Lan Linxue a good beating right now; she was just too outrageous.

"Yes! You gave me one night, so I have no choice but to make things difficult for you!" Lan Linxue refused to believe that her father could just stand by and do nothing about this: "I need you to send a message to Hu Tianyong right now. We need to see the list of candidates for the imperial concubines at the morning court tomorrow! It has to be done now!"

"Are you threatening me?" Lan Shanyang said, narrowing his eyes slightly and gripping the ruler in his hand even tighter.

"I'm pleading with you! I didn't even burn down the house, how could I be threatening you?"

Lan Linxue felt that it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to reason with his father; it was practically impossible to communicate with him.

"You want to burn the house down? Fine! You're really something! You're really something else!"

Without a second thought, Lan Shanyang grabbed a ruler and charged at Lan Linxue.

Lan Linxue thought that Lan Shanyang was just trying to scare him, so he didn't even try to dodge and just stood there waiting for Lan Shanyang to stop on his own.

Unexpectedly, Lan Shanyang not only did not stop, but also brought down hard.

The ruler struck Lan Linxue, causing her to howl in pain, and a frightening red mark immediately appeared on her leg.

"You're really going to hit me?"

Lan Linxue clutched her leg, staring at Lan Shanyang in disbelief.

"I'm not just going to fight! I'll beat you to death today!"

As he spoke, Lan Shanyang raised his hand a second time.

Startled, Lan Linxue immediately darted behind Quan Jing and hid there, refusing to come out.

Lan Shanyang chased after him, hitting and cursing as he went: "You little beast, you're getting more and more unruly! Tell me, how much trouble have you caused lately! I had to find a way to cover it up for you! Now look what's happened, you've got yourself into a mess of affairs, and you can't pay it off, so you expect your father to shamelessly follow you around! Lan Linxue, you'll see if I don't beat you to death today!"

Lan Linxue had never been hit by Lan Shanyang before, but when she saw Lan Shanyang going all out this time, she couldn't help but start running around the house.

As he ran, he shouted, "Why are you settling scores now, father? Besides, how was that a romantic entanglement? Ke'er and I truly loved each other. If you hadn't stopped us, we would have been married long ago! I haven't even complained about why you gave birth to me in the royal family! If you hadn't given me this place, why would I have to be subject to so many rules? My marriage isn't like other people's marriages; why do I have to be so picky? Ah—"

Lan Linxue was running a little slow, and Lan Shanyang's ruler struck him in one go, causing Lan Linxue to cry out in pain.

Jing Quan, who was in the middle, was hit quite a few times while helping Lan Linxue take the blows, and it hurt a lot.

Later, Lan Shanyang found the panoramic view too obstructive, so she reached out and pushed him open the door. Now, only the father and son remained in the room, creating a chaotic scene.

Lan Linxue couldn't run far, and Lan Shanyang's skills were never weak. He was also in his prime, so it wouldn't be too difficult for him to beat Lan Linxue.

Lan Linxue was hit several times and cried out in pain.

Lan Shanyang was determined this time. No matter what her son cried out, she was going to give him a good beating tonight. Otherwise, next time he really would storm into the palace and burn down the house.

Qin Meiying watched from behind the curtain with her heart pounding. She had originally intended to teach Lan Shanyang a lesson, but seeing that Lan Shanyang was actually going all out, she rushed over and blocked Lan Linxue, who had nowhere to hide, behind her, stretching out her arm to stop Lan Shanyang.

"What are you doing? You could have just disciplined your son a few times! Why did you have to kill him!"

When Qin Meiying glared at Lan Shanyang, she looked like a little hen, her eyes almost red with anxiety.

Lan Linxue was really hurt from the beating. When she saw Qin Meiying stopping her, she didn't want to take advantage of her, but when she saw Lan Shanyang's appearance, she immediately hid behind her mother's outstretched hand, and her hand unconsciously tugged at the hem of Qin Meiying's clothes.

Qin Meiying looked down at her son's hand, and tears immediately streamed down her face. She turned and tightly shielded her son behind her, crying to Lan Shanyang, "Are you hitting him for my sake? Did you come here to beat my son because you saw Hu Qianyu was dead and had nowhere else to vent your anger? Lan Shanyang, let me tell you, I'm not dead yet, and you're beating my son like this without any reason. If I were really dead, my Xue'er might not be alive today! Lan Shanyang, you're something else! All you've said to me all these years has been lies! You've been lying to me, telling me to raise our son properly, that it's all your fault that he's like this today!"

As she spoke, Qin Meiying turned around and touched Lan Linxue's face, bursting into even more tears: "It's all my fault! Why did I have to keep you here! I should have just sent you out of the palace all these years! We can just give up the world, what does this hatred have to do with you? Why did you have to make a perfectly good child suffer such injustice!"

Lan Linxue never expected Qin Meiying to cry like this. Looking at her mother's tears, Lan Linxue didn't know what to feel. She wanted to wipe away her mother's tears, but she didn't even have the courage to raise her hand.

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