mesbooks Chapter 278 The Composed Lan Zhi
Chapter 278 The Composed Lan Zhi
"Let's see who dares..."
Lan Zhi's voice came from the backyard, and everyone looked up.
At this moment, her abdomen was flat, and her face looked a little pale, probably because she had just given birth, but her aura was no less than before.
She walked calmly into the crowd. Ah Qi quickly ran over, glanced at her stomach, and anxiously asked...
"Master, what you're doing..."
She raised her hand, stopping her from asking further, and instead looked directly at Lin Yuwei, revealing a disdainful smile.
"Lin Yuwei, are you in such a hurry to become the Empress?"
When Lin Yuwei saw her, she was first taken aback, then looked at her stomach and revealed a strange smile.
"Ling Lanzhi, you haven't miscarried, have you? This is truly fate! Hahaha..."
Lan Zhi smiled calmly and without anger.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but my child knows how hard his mother works to raise him, and he's already been born..."
At this point, she glanced at Wei Jianxun and suddenly revealed a mocking smile.
"Wei Jianxun, you're even wearing a dragon robe? You've become the emperor? This is truly a joyous occasion for the whole world. But why are you so eager to come to my house now that you've just become emperor? Do you know you've done something wrong to Wei Jianning and have come to apologize to me? Or do you know I just gave birth to a son and have come to congratulate me?"
Her words caused Wei Jianxun's face to change color instantly.
He immediately flung his sleeves and roared:
"What a madman! Wei Jianning murdered the emperor and rebelled, his crimes are heinous. Issue my decree to execute Wei Jianning's entire family immediately, and all of Wei Jianning's family's property shall be added to the national treasury."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present held their breath for Lan Zhi. Zhu Fangfei, who had been standing next to Lan Zhi, stepped forward angrily, pointed at him, and shouted:
"You really think you're the emperor? Look at yourself, how do you look like an emperor? Even if you put on this dragon robe, you're still a bumpkin, a piece of mud that can't be plastered on a wall."
"Be bold!"
Wei Jianxun's breathing became rapid and his voice became hoarse from anger at Zhu Fangfei.
He turned to look at Zhu Kui.
"Lord Zhu, you should take care of your daughter, otherwise I will have her beheaded as well."
"Hahaha……"
Zhu Kui threw his head back and laughed loudly.
“I think my daughter is right, she’s right. Look at yourself, how can you be an emperor? You’re arrogant, ignorant, and have the air of a petty person. An emperor? I think making you a prince would be too kind of you.”
"you……"
Wei Jianxun gritted his teeth in anger, while Lin Yuwei, one hand on her protruding belly, her face contorted with rage, retorted loudly:
"Zhu Kui, your daughter disregarded the Emperor's authority, and you dare to speak to the Emperor like that? Your Zhu family is truly audacious! If you don't kneel down and apologize to the Emperor, you and your daughter will go to hell together!"
"Hahaha……"
Zhu Kui's hearty laughter echoed from the courtyard. For the first time, Lan Zhi, who had always disliked him, felt that Zhu Kui was now surrounded by an aura of justice that she admired.
Seeing Zhu Kui's arrogant laughter, Lin Yuwei immediately raised her hand.
"Men, tie all these people up and chop them up."
"Lin Yuwei, stop being so stubborn."
Madam Lin's eyes were filled with tears, and her expression as she looked at Lin Yuwei was full of disappointment.
"Yuwei, how did you become like this? You've changed so much that even your own mother wouldn't recognize you."
Lin Yuwei's face contorted in an instant, and her voice became hysterical.
She looked at Madam Lin, pointed a finger at her, and roared through gritted teeth.
"Shut up! All these years, you've never treated me like your own daughter. Today, seeing me become Empress, not only do you not offer a single word of blessing, but you also join these people in slandering me. You are not my mother at all, and I will never acknowledge you as my mother again."
At this point, she turned to look at Wei Jianxun, raised her arms, and shouted,
"Your Majesty, issue an order immediately to arrest all these people and execute them on the spot."
At this moment, Lin Yuwei's eyes were red, filled with unspeakable hatred.
Upon hearing her speak, Wei Jianxun's expression turned angry, and he immediately echoed her words:
"Yes, men, take them all down..."
As soon as he finished speaking, some guards rushed forward and surrounded the people present.
Lan Zhi's lips curled up slightly, and a hint of sadness, barely perceptible to others, flashed across her eyes.
She wasn't afraid, nor was she angry; she felt sympathy. She sympathized with the child in Lin Yuwei's womb, and she also sympathized with Lin Yuwei herself.
Lin Xingliang stepped forward again, pointing his long sword directly at Wei Jianxun, and angrily questioned him.
"Wei Jianxun, Lin Yuwei, this throne is not something you can obtain just by wanting it. Even if you sit on it, you won't be able to hold onto it. You should surrender immediately and stop being so stubborn."
Zhu Kui looked at Lin Xingliang with a rare expression of admiration.
“Lord Lin, at first I thought you were behind all of this, but I didn’t expect you to be completely unaware of it. I admire your courage to put your own family aside for the greater good, and I also admire your rationality. We’ve been fighting for most of our lives, and today I will stand with you to capture this traitor.”
Lin Xingliang snorted disdainfully.
"This is a matter for my Lin family, and it's none of your business. I will take care of things myself."
"Lord Lin, this is not just a matter for your Lin family, but for the entire Northern Wei Kingdom. Besides, what did I just hear your good daughter say? That she is not your biological daughter? What kind of talk is that? Does she mean that after raising her for decades, she doesn't recognize you now that she's the Empress?"
Mentioning this matter, Lin Xingliang let out a long sigh and a bitter, resentful laugh.
“She’s right, she’s definitely not my biological daughter. I, Lin Xingliang, have dominated the Northern Wei Kingdom for many years, yet I couldn’t even protect my own daughter. Not only that, I lost my own daughter and foolishly adopted someone else’s child as my own. Now, twenty years of father-daughter relationship have vanished into thin air…”
"Stop talking."
Seeing that Lin Xingliang had already revealed the truth, Madam Lin tried to stop him, but he only became more animated.
"It's like trying to stick mutton to dog meat. My daughter, whom I raised for twenty years, took her own man and murdered the emperor to usurp the throne without my knowledge. Not only that, but I was also foolishly trying to please her. It's ridiculous, utterly ridiculous."
"Lord Lin, it is true that Wei Jianning rebelled, and it is also true that the late emperor appointed me as the crown prince today. Why can't I become the emperor directly? Do you all look down on me, Wei Jianxun, so much that you think I am not capable of being the emperor?"
Lin Xingliang angrily rebuked:
"Hmph! You want to be emperor? You can, but first you need to gain everyone's approval. But look at the two of you now, holding a decree of abdication that may or may not be genuine, swaggering around and looking down on everyone. If you become emperor, the Northern Wei Kingdom will really perish."
Lin Xingliang's words completely enraged Lin Yuwei.
Her eyes flashed with a chilling intensity, yet also seemed to blaze with fire. She pointed a finger at Lin Xingliang and questioned him in a hoarse voice.
"Lord Lin, you just said that I am not your daughter, so you have no right to lecture me. As a subject, you should kneel and pay your respects to the Emperor and Empress."
At this point, she looked at the guards beside her.
"Someone, teach Lord Lin how to bow to the Emperor and the Empress."