Chapter 532 “Mustn’t Provoke the Lan House (1)”
In recent days, the Lan family seems to have hit a string of bad luck lately.
First it was the female ruler of the Feng Qi Kingdom taking a liking to Lan Shaoling (big cousin), the eldest grandson of the Lan House. But after the boy rejected her, the female queen then went ahead to declare it a national offense, thus creating a huge rift between two kingdoms.
As to the other incident, it had much to do with Lan Shaoyan, the second young master of that family. The righteous boy somehow got caught in a dispute with the young lord of the Blood Moon Sect and ended up breaking the other person’s leg.
With these two matters combined together, the Lan House has once again been brought to the forefront of a cliff’s edge.
To be clear, the public was already being quite considerate out of Bai Yan’s existence. They are well aware of her relationship with that family by now and of how the girl’s not the biological daughter of Lan Yue, making her an unknown factor. If something were to break out, no one knows whether or not the woman would help or not.
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Right now, Lan Shaoyan (second cousin) was currently kneeling inside the main hall with his head held low. The boy’s awaiting judgement from his grandfather so the place was dreadfully quiet.
“Father, this isn’t entirely Shaoyan’s mistake. Who could’ve guessed that the young lord of the Blood Moon Sect would try to rape a girl while inside our kingdom!”
When Dong Ruolan (good aunt) saw how her son’s being kneeling there for a good half hour, the kind woman definitely felt distressed inside. However, since the grandfather hasn’t said a word, she didn’t dare to help.
“Am I angry because he hit that cockroach?” Old Lord Lan’s expression was hard: “Being a man, one should have blood in their veins, that is fine! I don’t believe Shaoyan is wrong on that end either. What I am angry about is the boy being so rash. What if that person brought along helpers from the Blood Moon Sect? Shaoyan, by then not only will you not be able to save the girl, you will also drag yourself down!”
The boy’s head only grew lower: “Grandfather, I know my fault now…”
“Since you know your fault then do it right next time! When you get into a fight, come back first and tell me, understand?”
“Grandson understands.”
The boy knows his grandpa was doing this for his sake, fearing he would suffer while outside. But he’s a man, an upright and good man. If he sees a thug trying to rape a girl in open public then there’s no way he could remain indifferent.
If I can’t do as my heart tells me when injustice is before my eyes… then I don’t deserve to protect this kingdom!
“If you understand then that’s good. As for the young lord from the Blood Moon Sect, what’s done is done. If they do come back to make trouble, I will hold them down. It doesn’t matter anyways, I’m already an old bone.” Slowly getting up from his master chair, Old Lord Lan’s face was firm and resolute.
Dong Ruolan had a look of worry: “Father, should I go tell Yan’er about this matter? If she comes back then the Blood Moon Sect should back off.”
“No one can go!” Old Lord Lan roars out instantly: “Yan’er’s achievement today didn’t come easy. Our family couldn’t help her at all so we mustn’t be her baggage. I’ve inquired around already. The Blood Moon Sect is a subordinate power of the Medicine Sect. Are you planning to pin the girl against a behemoth like that?”
“But Father…”
While she still wanted to say more, the old grandfather has already cut her off.
“I won’t allow us to drag Yan’er down. It’s not easy for her to have such strength! This time I will be the one to bear the repercussions!”
At this moment, Old Lord Lan’s figure seems to have aged again. No longer straight or stoic in his back, the old man slightly camels down like a weak elder, thus causing the young boy to hurt immeasurably inside.
Lan Shaoyan doesn’t regret hitting that cockroach from the Blood Moon Sect, nor does he regret getting reprimanded, but….
