"Father, you’ve gone mad! You... you are mad."
Lu Feifei’s lifeless eyes once again rippled with emotion, her body trembling with fear.
Lu Bingxin laughed strangely, his scholarly face tinged with intense obsession: "Yes, I went mad long ago, from the mont His Majesty chose the Lu Family, I went mad."
Lu Congyun said excitedly, "Father, by doing this, the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion will beco our mortal enemy. Aren’t we supposed to beco in-laws with them?"
He curled his lips into a strange smile, speaking confidently:
"Do you think I don’t know this move will provoke the Gu Family, backfiring? Hehe... As long as the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion defies the imperial decree, and this label is placed on them, what if the news of Dingyuan Marquis’s victory reaches the Capital City, balancing rits with faults? I’m doing this to help His Majesty, to preemptively strike at disloyal subjects, His Majesty, His Majesty will rember our Lu Family."
"So, Father, it’s not for Feifei’s marriage, but to give the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion a charge of defying the imperial decree. You’re asking for her life, Father, this is Feifei’s life..." A trace of terror appeared on Lu Congyun’s face.
In the inner chamber, Madam Lu heard Lu Congyun’s words, understood, and began to wipe her tears, sobbing.
"A victorious news report, no matter how inspiring, cannot compare to a life from the Lu Family."
"Then using the Marquis Mansion’s defiance of the decree leading to Feifei’s death as a na, give His Majesty an excuse to reclaim the Marquis’s military power... Yes, that’s it, that’s it."
Lu Bingxin murmured to himself, beaming with a bright smile, seemingly very satisfied with his plan.
Lu Feifei wanted to struggle to escape, but was already held by the household servants.
To live is to endure the humiliation of marrying a man who loves other n; to die, it just fulfills her father’s wish, becoming a tool for her father to oppose the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion... Lu Feifei closed her eyes in despair, as if she had accepted her fate completely.
Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Xie Yun climbed over the wall once again, speaking earnestly.
"The so-called auspicious ti is in two days, yesterday the Ministry of Rites already completed the confernt for Lu Feifei, have you heard that today the Lu Mansion prepared a wedding sedan decorated in red, the won for the wedding, and so necessary wedding utensils are all ready, it’s said there’s even a cart of dowry items, just waiting for the auspicious ti to send Lu Feifei over."
"Vice Minister Xie, it’s not easy climbing over the wall, saying all this, are you envious that I’m getting married?"
Gu Lan looked at Xie Yun sitting atop the wall, feigning calm, and asked calmly.
"No, I am here to warn you." Xie Yun’s expression beca more serious, "The day after tomorrow, at the auspicious ti, Lu Bingxin will personally bring Lu Feifei to your Dingyuan Marquis Mansion."
Gu Lan played with the folding fan in his hand, his gaze slightly sharp: "Whoever cos, it’s the sa, just refuse them at the door. What, will he throw the bride in?"
"If you refuse them at the door, that would be defying the decree," Xie Yun said, "Lu Bingxin has made plans, even if he doesn’t marry off his daughter to you, as long as there is the charge of defying the decree, and then they impeach the Gu Family, Dingyuan Marquis’s military successes will offset it."
"Then they offset. Aren’t military successes ant to be used," Gu Lan said calmly, "Anyway, Yan Country doesn’t have a tradition of conferring foreign kings, Marquis Gu has been granted everything possible, being a bit arrogant might make the Emperor more at ease."
Xie Yun shook his head, his handso face quite grave, and said slowly, "What if Lu Feifei’s life is added to it?"
Gu Lan opened his eyes wide: "You an—Lu Bingxin is that ruthless?"
She recalled eting Lu Bingxin for the first ti when that middle-aged man was still a gentle and passionate father, and now within just a month, after suddenly being appointed from Capital City Governor to Minister of Revenue, it seed he went mad.
When Gu Lan carried out missions, she often encountered crazy gamblers who would stop at nothing for the outco of a ga, even selling their sons and daughters to win, Lu Bingxin is now such a person.
Xie Yun said slowly, "Young Master Gu refused County Princess Changping at the door, the County Princess couldn’t bear the humiliation and hung herself in the wedding sedan, this is Lu Bingxin’s plan."
With this life on the line, even adding Dingyuan Marquis’s military successes would severely damage the mansion’s reputation, and if the Emperor takes the opportunity to make a move, Marquis Gu’s military power might even be stripped.
After a brief surprise, Gu Lan had already recovered, understanding Xie Yun’s aning.
"This news... how did you co by it?"
Xie Yun’s handso face flushed, then he earnestly said, "The eldest daughter of the Lu Family, Lu Congyun, couldn’t bear to see her sister die, so she secretly contacted ."
"If I rember correctly, Lu Congyun likes you, right? Vice Minister Xie, did you sell your charm to get this information?" Gu Lan raised an eyebrow, smiling as she asked.
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