Chapter 205 I Want to Give My Daughter a Ten-Mile Red Dowry
"Ahem, sir, in this matter, let's listen to Mother!"
Madam Lan gritted her teeth and finally spoke.
Lord Lan didn't speak, he just looked at his wife and mother.
"Son, let's do it this way. A living niece is much more useful than a dead daughter!"
Old Madam Lan looked at Lord Lan's gloomy face but didn't take it to heart. After all, this son was very easy to control!
In my entire life, apart from getting married, I have never gone against my own principles!
Lord Lan lowered his eyes, a hint of coldness in their depths.
He said in a low voice, "What about my reputation, Shuyu's reputation, and the reputation of all the daughters of the Lan family!"
"What's wrong with the Lan family's reputation? It's not like not many people know that something like this happened to the Lan family, or that that wretched girl is already dead?"
“Her bastard child shouldn’t have lived in the first place, and now that it’s dead, it’s just as well…”
Old Madam Lan glared at Old Master Lan, snorted, and her eyes were filled with coldness.
Lord Lan stood up instantly, staring intently at his mother.
The disgust in her mother's eyes was extremely obvious, completely different from how she had looked when she talked to her about the child before.
He didn't like Xiao Su Bao, but he also told them not to harm Xiao Su Bao's life, because it was the child his daughter had desperately wanted to give birth to.
He hated Xiao Su Bao for taking his daughter's life, so he never showed her any kindness whenever he saw her.
Even when he sees his own children bullying Xiao Su Bao, he feels uncomfortable but doesn't stop them.
Because he felt that it was something Xiao Su Bao owed his daughter.
"So, this is what you told me, Mother, that she went to the estate to recuperate?" He still didn't like Xiao Su Bao even now.
He clenched his fists, suppressing his rage.
When Madam Lan realized that her scheme had been exposed, she no longer bothered to cover it up. She glanced at her son indifferently, as she had never liked the two children that woman had given birth to.
However, Lan Feng is not bad, and she has a lot more sincerity towards him!
"So what if she is? You didn't like her anyway, so it's good that she's dead..." Old Madam Lan glanced at her son with disdain.
Back when Xiao Su Bao was with the Lan family, didn't your son still ignore her? He even knew that those kids were making things difficult for Xiao Su Bao, but he still did nothing about it.
What's with this pretense of deep affection between grandparents and grandchildren?
She even felt a bit more disgust and contempt for her son.
"I……"
He clenched his fists, his eyes filled with a regret he had never felt before…
He just didn't like Xiao Su Bao's face, which looked exactly like his daughter's. Even though his beloved daughter was gone!
Why is that little girl still smiling so happily?
He hates Xiao Su Bao, but that doesn't stop him from loving his daughter very much.
“But I never thought she would die…” Lord Lan said through gritted teeth.
"Ha! Everyone dies eventually, it's just a matter of time. She's short-lived and has no good fortune, so naturally she won't have the chance to enjoy life!" Old Madam Lan said coldly, her eyes falling on her distraught eldest son.
Her fingers, painted with dark red nail polish, tapped lightly on the table, her eyes revealing a calculating glint.
"Son, I've done all this for you, for the entire Lan family. You must understand..."
Old Madam Lan raised her hand and patted Lord Lan's shoulder, her tone carrying a hint of feigned earnestness.
"Besides, she's cursed, a jinx. Look, her mother died because of her, and her mute grandmother died because of her. I sent her away to recuperate, also for your sake. What will happen to our Lan family if something happens to you?"
Looking at her timid son with his graying temples, Madam Lan suddenly felt that her son seemed different today.
Her thoughts raced, her tone softened slightly, and she sighed, "Oh, eldest son, what I said just now was just out of anger. Don't take it to heart. You know, Tang Bugui is now favored by His Majesty. If we can get in touch with him, it might even make the Crown Prince think more highly of Xin'er..."
"No matter what happened before, Lan Shuyu is dead, and her daughter died with her. There is no way to change that."
"In my opinion, you should let your second brother's wife, Lan Shuwan, marry in her place. It would be better for both our family and the Tang family!"
Madam Lan, standing to the side, looked at her husband. Her fists were clenched, but her face still held a gentle expression.
She walked to her husband's side, her eyes gentle, and said, "Master, I'm doing this for your own good, so please don't be angry!"
Her face bore a striking resemblance to Old Madam Lan, though she was more delicate-looking and younger.
Lord Lan grabbed Madam Lan's wrist, his eyes flashing with coldness: "For my own good, what a fine 'for my own good'!"
He's a complete jerk. Why should everyone else have to be a saint?
"Imperial edict has arrived!"
Just then, a sharp sound suddenly came from outside.
Lord Lan disregarded everything else and hurriedly walked outside.
"Lord Lan, receive the imperial decree!" Wang, the eunuch beside the emperor, stood at the Lan family's gate, holding the imperial decree.
He saw the Lan family members come out and slightly raised his eyelids.
"Lord Lan, this servant congratulates you in advance!" Eunuch Wang said with a smile, his eyes narrowed, making it impossible to discern his emotions.
Lord Lan pondered to himself, but before he could ask, Eunuch Wang continued, "Gentlemen, please receive the imperial decree!"
The Lan family members all bowed in greeting.
"By the mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees..."
After Eunuch Wang finished reading the imperial edict, everyone in the Lan family was astonished.
The emperor actually bestowed a marriage upon Lan Shuyu, and even gave her to Tang Bugui!
"Father-in-law, what's going on? My granddaughter passed away two years ago, this..." Old Madam Lan had a good relationship with the Empress Dowager, and at this moment she couldn't help but presume to ask a question.
Eunuch Wang handed the imperial edict to Lord Lan before saying, "Hehe, this marriage was personally requested by General Tang. As for the rest, this servant knows nothing!"
After saying this, Eunuch Wang led everyone away.
The Lan family was horrified.
Tang Bugui actually managed to get an imperial decree; this marriage cannot be canceled!
Madam Lan's face was extremely gloomy. This Tang Bugui would rather marry a dead person than marry her own dear granddaughter.
Lord Lan felt a sense of relief, and thinking of the man at his daughter's grave, he suddenly smiled.
"Someone, go and prepare for the young lady's wedding!" Lord Lan said to the steward.
"Madam, please prepare the First Madam's dowry. I want to give my daughter a grand wedding procession!" Lord Lan raised his eyes and looked at the two women in front of him.
"What did you say?"
A magnificent red bridal procession!
This time, not only was Old Madam Lan unsettled, but even Lan Xin'er, who had come to receive the imperial decree, was startled and looked up.
The Lan family was not a wealthy family to begin with; in fact, they were quite poor, merely putting on a show.
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