"Where were you all this time? You're only starting to care now? Isn't it too late?!" Lan Qingtian couldn't take it anymore. "If it's flooded, you can plant again next year; if a house collapses, you can rebuild it next year. Even though he was being reckless, at least no one died, right?..."
Lan Shanyang raised an eyebrow and looked at Lan Qingtian, saying, "Seventh Brother, is this the kind of thing you should be saying?"
Lan Qingtian immediately fell silent, but sat down with a face full of indignation.
"What do you mean 'at least no one was killed'? He's malicious!"
As he spoke, Lan Shanyang sneered, glancing at the scenery outside and coldly snorting, "Let me tell you, he's finally found a foothold. If it weren't for Qin Tiange's extraordinary influence in Yangzhou, I bet you, he would have sent those people straight to the King of Hell! Do you think he wouldn't do something like that? Hmph! Others may not know him, but I, as his father, know him all too well!"
Lan Qingtian rubbed his nose and muttered under his breath, "But in the end, they still managed to get the person out, didn't they? As long as no one died, it's all the same in the end!"
Lan Shanyang pretended not to hear this and continued, "I locked him up for a few days and he still thinks he can't stand it? I haven't even said I can't stand it yet! Humph!"
"Is that what you call being locked up? Do you think that kind of confinement is better than the imperial prison?" Lan Qingtian looked at her brother incredulously.
“At least I didn’t let him go hungry!” Lan Shanyang said, throwing the cup aside.
"You didn't let him go hungry? He has to be watched even when he needs to relieve himself, twelve hours a day. You can't even talk to him. Do you think that's a good feeling? You might as well just beat him up!"
Lan Shanyang remained unmoved after hearing Lan Qingtian's words. "He can't stand not speaking for a few days, but what about those innocent people who died because of him who can't speak for the rest of their lives? Wouldn't that be even more unjust!"
Lan Qingtian bit her lip, looking at Lan Shanyang with unbearable frustration: "Brother, when did you start acting like a bodhisattva? We haven't seen you worship anyone. This kind of great compassion is making us very uneasy!"
Lan Shanyang glared at Lan Qingtian, annoyed. "I can kill any enemy you want! But the people he's going to kill are his future subjects. Do you think I'll let him off? Hmph, dream on! Even if I let him off, your sister-in-law won't let me off! I raised my son to be like this, I don't know how I'm going to face her!"
When Lan Qingtian heard Lan Shanyang mention his sister-in-law, he immediately fell silent.
After a long pause, he finally stammered, "Then lock him up for two more days! Just don't make too much of a commotion, otherwise those people outside will take advantage of our misfortune even more! You know, Fifth Brother came with a vengeance this time!"
Lan Shanyang sneered: "If Lan Linxue could be so easily caught by Lao Wu, then you really underestimate him. Let me tell you, you still haven't seen through his purpose! Not only have you not seen through it, but even Lao Wu can't understand it! This brat is plotting to cause a huge upheaval!"
"What could be the purpose?" Lan Qingtian hated these people in the imperial court the most, always making it seem like everyone in the world was plotting something. "Xiaoxue is just being silly! It's been going on for a while now. She got humiliated by some officials in Yangzhou, and she damaged the dike to teach Jiang Ming and his gang a lesson and make them pay up! It couldn't be anything else!"
After hearing this, Lan Shanyang looked at Lan Qingtian with great surprise.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong?" Lan Qingtian didn't like Lan Shanyang's gaze; it was as if he were looking at an idiot. Who could be happy about that!
This time, even Jing Quan, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but shake his head. It's really hard to believe that Seventh Master has lived this long with his simple nature.
Lan Shanyang couldn't help but laugh, then looked at Lan Qingtian and asked, "Seventh brother, has your wife gone back to her parents' home these past two days?"
Lan Qingtian's eyes widened immediately. "You know that?!"
Then Lan Qingtian's expression changed, and he slammed his hand on the table. "Lan Shanyang! You've gone too far! I'm your own brother, I risked my life to protect your country, and you still sent people to follow me! You, you've broken my heart, do you know that?"
As she spoke, Lan Qingtian looked heartbroken and angrily turned her head away.
"You wish! I don't have anyone to watch over you!" Lan Shanyang said calmly.
"Then how did you know?" Lan Qingtian turned her head back immediately.
"Based on what you just said, I knew your sister-in-law wasn't home. Otherwise, she definitely wouldn't see it that way! And of course, you wouldn't see it that way either! You, without your wife, you'd drive me crazy!"
As she spoke, Lan Qingtian let out a long sigh, looking quite troubled.
Lan Qingtian immediately became displeased, stood up, glared at Lan Shanyang, and said, "Let me tell you, Your Majesty, don't say that. If you push me too far, one day I'll divorce that tigress! Humph!"
Lan Shanyang immediately snorted, giving Lan Qingtian a mocking glance: "You divorced her? Oh dear, my seventh brother, you really overestimate yourself! You're certainly good at fighting, but when it comes to strategy, your wife could outwit you! The fact that she didn't divorce you is a blessing for our Lan family! Believe it or not, one day she will divorce you, and you'll have to happily sign the papers, then cry and beg her to come back! Divorced her? Hmph! What a joke!"
Lan Qingtian finally lost his temper and yelled at Quan Jing, "Get me a pen! Get me a pen right now! I'll write a letter of divorce right now! Let's see what she can do about it! Humph, she can't even divorce me now, she's really something else!"
Quan Jing looked at Lan Qingtian helplessly, without even raising an eyebrow.
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