Chapter 259 Shut up and go!
Lan Zhenrong couldn't hide the anxiety between his brows and came to the outside of the imperial study.
Eunuch Fu came forward, his shrill voice carrying a hint of disapproval: "Marquis Wu, what are you doing?"
Lan Zhenrong bowed, his tone carrying a hint of urgency: "Eunuch Fu, I have an important matter to discuss with the Emperor. Please pass it on."
"The Emperor is in a bad mood right now, so I'll go in and report it. As for whether the Emperor will see you or not, that's not certain."
Lan Zhenrong forced a smile: "Yes, yes, thank you, Eunuch Fu." After that, he stared at the door of the imperial study, feeling uneasy.
A moment later, Eunuch Fu walked out slowly, "My Lord, the Emperor summons you in."
Upon hearing this, Lan Zhenrong quickly straightened his official uniform, took a deep breath, and walked into the imperial study.
He knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
The emperor glanced at Lan Zhenrong coldly and asked, "What do you want to see me for?"
Lan Zhenrong knelt on the ground and said in a heavy voice, "Your Majesty, at noon last night, the gate of my residence was also blown to pieces, and the walls on both sides also collapsed."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "You mean last night?"
"yes."
The emperor was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "Get up."
Afterwards, the emperor talked to Lan Zhenrong in a low voice for a long time. Lan Zhenrong was frightened and his face became increasingly heavy.
Lan Zhenrong didn't know how he walked out of the imperial study, holding a porcelain vase in his trembling hands.
After leaving the palace and getting on the carriage, Lan Zhenrong returned to the devastated marquis' mansion in silence all the way.
The main gate of the mansion no longer existed, and the walls on both sides had collapsed into pieces, leaving the place in a mess.
Lan Zhenrong looked at this scene with mixed feelings and indescribable sorrow in his heart. At this moment, he couldn't even take out the money to renovate his mansion.
Just then, the sound of horse hooves came from afar, and Yun Yongan rode over.
“Whoa!”
Yun Yongan pulled the reins and jumped down, witnessing the tragic scene in the marquis's mansion with his own eyes. The horror of the scene shocked him more than what he had heard from the servant.
Lan Zhenrong turned around and saw Yun Yongan, forcing a smile: "Brother-in-law."
Yun Yongan walked forward and glanced at Lan Zhenrong with disdain. "Lan Zhenrong, tell me, who did you offend? How could the Marquis' Mansion be in such a state?"
Lan Zhenrong looked worried. "Brother-in-law, I really don't know who I have offended. Look at this mansion. Brother-in-law, can you lend me some money to repair the gate and the wall?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Yongan snorted coldly, his gaze piercing Lan Zhenrong as he stared directly at him. "When the old Marquis was alive, had the Marquisate ever been so destitute? Ultimately, it's all because you don't know how to run the business. When my two sisters got married, they gave them shops and land. If you had managed the business well, how could your Marquisate have ended up like this?"
Lan Zhenrong's face flushed slightly, and he lowered his head. "Brother-in-law, you can't say that. After Shanshan left, Yunqing had been in charge of her dowry. Later, the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion was robbed, and their dowry was also lost. As for those shops and land, I never interfered."
Upon hearing this, Yun Yongan's eyes flashed with anger. "How dare you say that? Which married girl would use her dowry to support her husband's family? In the final analysis, you are useless! If it weren't for the support of our Huguogong Mansion over the years, who knows what would have happened to the Marquis Mansion. And now, my two sisters are gone, and even their children..."
Yun Yongan became more and more angry as he spoke. He took out a silver note worth five thousand taels from his pocket and slapped it hard on Lan Zhenrong's chest.
"If it weren't for Yue'er, Ye'er, and Yuan'er, I wouldn't have come here today. Don't even think about giving this money to your concubine or daughter."
Yun Yongan took another bundle from the horse and threw it to Lan Zhenrong.
"Here are all top-quality medicinal herbs. Take them to nourish Ye'er and Yuan'er. As for Yuan'er... Alas, father has already asked someone to find a powerful quack doctor. We'll just do our best and leave the rest to fate." After he finished speaking, Yun Yongan didn't want to see his brother-in-law again. Seeing him made him angry. He jumped onto his horse and rode away.
Lan Zhenrong stood there, his eyes gloomy, his hands clenched with silver bills, his heart filled with anger and unwillingness.
After a long while, he slowly walked into the Marquis's Mansion and shouted loudly, "Butler!"
Upon hearing this, the butler hurried forward and bowed, "Master."
Lan Zhenrong pulled three thousand taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the steward. His voice was low and firm: "Use one thousand taels to hire someone to repair the gate and the wall, and the other two thousand taels for expenses. Also, sell the herbs in this bundle. Remember not to be discovered by the people in the Protectorate Mansion. Do it in a discreet way."
The housekeeper took the banknotes and the bundle, responded, and then said, "Master, the guards in the mansion and some maids and servants who have not signed the death contract have all packed up and left the mansion. Now the mansion is short of staff."
Lan Zhenrong frowned upon hearing this, "Don't worry about this for now, let's find someone to repair the gate wall first."
"yes"
At this moment, a disheveled servant hurried over and shouted breathlessly, "Master, the old lady... wants you to go to the hall!"
Upon hearing this, Lan Zhenrong's brows instantly furrowed into peaks, and he walked towards the hall with heavy steps.
As soon as I stepped into the hall, a low and choked cry came into my ears.
The old lady sat in the main seat, a handkerchief tightly clasped in her hand, tears glistening in her eyes, her voice filled with endless sorrow: "What sin did our mansion commit to end up like this..."
Lan Zhenrong walked over with a gloomy face and sat down on a chair.
The old lady looked up at Lan Zhenrong, her eyes filled with expectation and anxiety. "Zhenrong, Ye'er and Yue'er are the legitimate son and daughter of our Marquis' Mansion. How can we let them live out there forever? If the Duke of Huguo's Mansion knew about this, they would probably be even more furious with you. Send someone to bring them back immediately. It's unbecoming for them to live out there like this!"
Lan Zhenrong was silent for a long time after hearing this. After a while, he slowly raised his head and his eyes fell on Lan Jiaoyun who was standing beside him.
He said in a low voice, "Yun'er, go get your elder brother and elder sister back. Remember, be nice and don't lose your temper. You must get them back, understand?"
Lan Jiaoyun pouted when she heard this, her face full of reluctance: "They wanted to leave on their own, why ask them to come back..."
Before he finished speaking, Lan Zhenrong's face turned ashen in an instant, and he roared: "Shut up! Go quickly!" This roar exploded in the hall like thunder, scaring Lan Jiaoyun so much that her body trembled and her eyes turned red in an instant.
Upon seeing this, Aunt Hong quickly shook her head at Lan Jiaoyun, signaling her to stop talking and leave quickly.
Lan Jiaoyun bit her lip aggrievedly and whispered, "Yes, father, I will definitely let my elder brother and elder sister come back." After that, she turned and ran out, her figure gradually disappearing outside the door.
Lan Jiaoyun trotted all the way to the housekeeper and asked anxiously, "Housekeeper, do you know where Lan Xiyue and the others moved to after they left?"
The housekeeper was slightly startled when he heard this, then replied, "Miss Third, Xiao Wang secretly followed them before and said they were on Donglin Street..."
"No need to say anything, let Xiao Wang take me there!" Lan Jiaoyun interrupted the housekeeper.
Seeing this, the housekeeper nodded quickly and immediately called Xiao Wang over.
When Xiao Wang heard that the third young lady was going to look for the eldest young master and the eldest young lady, he hurried to prepare the carriage.
The carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of the alleyway to the east, and Xiao Wang said respectfully, "Miss Third, we're here."
Lan Jiaoyun lifted the curtain, got off the carriage, and looked at the vermilion-painted gate with stone lions on both sides. It looked very majestic.
Lan Jiaoyun clenched the handkerchief in her hand. The Marquis' Mansion now had no gate, and the walls on both sides of the gate had collapsed. They were lucky enough to live in such a nice house. Lan Jiaoyun felt jealous and unwilling.
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