Lan Linxue rubbed the bump on her head, swung her long legs, and lay on the bed listening contentedly to Lao Qi's report from below.
"My lord, this matter is extremely serious! From royalty to beggars, everyone knows that you went to the Qin residence to propose to Miss Kou'er. My men have reported back from the Prince's residence that the Fifth Prince was so angry upon hearing this news that he threw his teacup away and is completely distraught!"
"Hmph, I want him to suffer! If he gets better, then I'll be the one suffering!"
Lan Linxue was quite pleased with himself. He believed that if Lan Xiuyuan could ignore this situation, he might as well become a coward. After the master, he would have something to say to him next time they met. Even if Lan Xiuyuan ridiculed him, he would have to endure it.
While Lan Linxue was talking smugly to those below, she gently covered her head with an ice cube. However, upon hearing that Qin Kou'er was so angry that she hadn't even eaten fruit that night, she immediately hit her head too hard, causing her to sit up with a cry of pain.
"How can you not eat fruit? This is outrageous!"
Lan Linxue slammed her hand on the table. “Go! Send over the lychees that were just brought over from the south today! See if we have any other good things at home, and send them over as well.”
The seventh brother immediately looked at Lan Linxue with a troubled expression: "Master, when we went there just now, Miss Qin had already unleashed her dogs! You also have a cut on your head. If we go now, they'll probably just beat us to death!"
Frost Flower, standing nearby, immediately gave Old Seven amusement.
Lan Linxue was so angry at Lao Qi's stupidity that she was about to die.
"Who gave you permission to go openly? If you went sneakily, would they beat you up?"
The seventh brother's eyes widened immediately, his face full of disbelief: "Master, have you lost your mind? You just don't understand! If we go openly, we won't be welcomed, and if we sneak around, we'll definitely be treated like thieves and sent to the authorities! This won't do!"
Lan Linxue felt that one day she would be driven to her death by her subordinates.
"Go! Don't worry, as long as you sneak off, you definitely won't get kicked out!"
"Really?" The seventh brother felt scared at the thought of those vicious dogs rushing towards him.
"Really! Go now!"
In a fit of anger, Lan Linxue really wanted to punch a bump on Lao Qi's head as well.
With a pained expression, he slowly shuffled out, his turtle-like movements infuriating Lan Linxue so much that she immediately collapsed onto the bed, crying out in pain.
It's been a very, very long time...
Lan Linxue felt like he was about to fall asleep, because he dreamed that Qin Kou'er was smiling gently at him in his dream.
Suddenly, someone whispered in Lan Linxue's ear, "Master, Master, Seventh Brother is back!"
Lan Linxue opened her eyes with a frown, her gaze still hazy from not being fully awake.
"What? I want to sleep?"
"Seventh Brother is back; he got bitten by someone's dog."
Lan Linxue sat up abruptly, her eyes still bloodshot, and glared at Shuanghua, asking, "What happened? Didn't I tell him to sneak off?"
Frost Flower suppressed a smile and said, "He sneaked over. But who would have thought that before he even got close, he was bitten by the vicious dogs that the Fifth Prince had secretly planted there. He's whimpering in the house now!"
Upon hearing this, Lan Linxue immediately burst out laughing: "I knew he couldn't be so calm! Turns out he unleashed a vicious dog waiting for us to launch a surprise attack! Humph, that scoundrel, so morally corrupt, how could he let the dog out to bite people?"
With that, Lan Linxue lay down again with complete peace of mind, closed her eyes, and truly prepared to sleep.
"Go check on Seventh Brother later, give him some good stuff, and soothe his wounded heart and sore backside!"
Thinking of howling in pain, Lan Linxue laughed even harder.
He closed his eyes, let out a satisfied hum, turned over, and fell into a deep sleep.
As expected, Hu Tianyong led Lan Xiuyuan to kneel on the ground and begin to plead guilty at the morning court session the next day.
Their attitude was so sincere, as if the two of them had done everything for Hu Qianyu.
Lan Shanyang watched the two of them act from below with an icy expression.
It wasn't until the climax, when Hu Tianyong was sobbing and pounding his chest, that Lan Shanyang calmly said, "Everyone's fate is their own to cultivate! Your Excellency doesn't need to blame yourself too much. To be honest, I also bear some responsibility for this matter. However, Xiuyuan is still a member of the royal family. No matter what his mother is like, he is still my son. I still have full confidence in him."
Upon hearing Lan Shanyang's words, Lan Xiuyuan immediately knelt down and kowtowed, expressing his heartfelt gratitude to his father for his kindness and benevolence.
Lan Xiuyuan and Lan Jiayuan both knelt on the ground. At this point, the first round of their fight was completely over. Looking at it from all angles, it could be considered a draw between the two.
After yesterday's events, both Lan Shanyang and Lan Linxue harbored secrets, and sparks still flew when their eyes met.
Qin Kou'er received Lan Linxue's message at home that Lan Shanyang had agreed to their marriage.
Thinking about how much suffering she had endured, and how she was finally going to marry Lan Linxue as her wife, she couldn't help but feel very emotional.
However, thinking of what Qin Meiying had told her yesterday, she became even more thoughtful. Now that her marriage was settled, she had to start implementing the next step of the plan. She absolutely could not give Hu Tianyong a chance to catch his breath.
The next big event is Hu Tianyong's birthday.
With only two days left, the Hu residence has been closed to visitors since yesterday. This is clearly because Hu Qianyu had an accident yesterday, and Hu Tianyong wants to keep a low profile, so he deliberately adopts a low-key attitude.
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