Chapter 106: Mother and Daughter, Both Venomous

[Ah, here it comes, here it comes!]

[The truth is about to come out. Prime Minister, you must hold on!]

[When people get used to the good life, they dread the hard life. When they’ve occupied something for so long, they start believing it belongs to them—greed!]

Hearing these thoughts, Di Zian couldn’t help but feel a pang in his heart.

Prime Minister Lan’s old eyes mixed with a sharp glint. “Say that again?”

Luoluo’s gaze turned venomous, and she gritted her teeth, saying, “Release Jinjing, and I’ll spare Lan Moxiu.”

“Xiu’er’s legs…” Prime Minister Lan’s heart sank. “It was you?”

[It was her, it was her, it was definitely her!]

[Only by crippling Lan Moxiu, the heir of the Lan household, could all the benefits fall to Lan Jinjing. But Sister Lan suddenly appeared, disrupting Luoluo’s plot to take over the Lan estate.]

Di Zian spoke at just the right moment, “Prime Minister, Moxiu is the sole heir of the Lan household. If something were to happen to him, who would benefit?”

Prime Minister Lan understood. All the suspicions in his heart had an answer. But he glared at Luoluo with intense hatred, tightening his grip on Lan Jinjing’s throat, making her face turn red.

Luoluo panicked, not caring about the presence of Di Zian. After all, even a prince couldn’t interfere in someone else’s family matters, right?

“You old fool, it’s not my fault! If I didn’t do this, my daughter would have suffered! I’ve served you in the Lan household for so many years. After you’re gone, how could everything fall into Lan Moxiu’s hands? Right now, all the honor of the Lan household is because of Jinjing. She deserves everything that belongs to her.”

“So, you poisoned my son? You venomous woman! Your so-called noble reasons—what does the honor of the Lan household have to do with Lan Jinjing? Even without her, with your venomous heart, you would’ve still harmed Xiu’er. You’re nothing but a snake!”

Prime Minister Lan’s body trembled, and another mouthful of blood spewed out.

Lan Jinjing took the chance to escape from Prime Minister Lan’s grasp and dragged herself to Luoluo’s side.

“Xiu’er, it’s Father’s fault. Father couldn’t see through her and ended up sleeping next to your mother’s murderer for so many years.”

The old Prime Minister was heartbroken, to the point where he wanted to die.

Lan Moxiu, sitting in his wheelchair, was already pale and bloodless. His hand, clutching the armrest, turned white, revealing the depth of his anger.

“Killing my mother, scheming against my sister, poisoning me, plotting against my father’s estate—very well, very well.” Lan Moxiu pressed a mechanism on his wheelchair.

*Swish, swish, swish*

Hidden needles shot out from the wheelchair, embedding themselves in Luoluo’s chest.

Luoluo turned pale with fear. “Pain, pain, pain! What is this cursed thing?”

Lan Jinjing’s eyes widened. “Mother, you’ve… you’ve been hit by poison needles.”

This wheelchair was her design. She had also suggested that Lan Moxiu install poison needles on it. Since Lan Moxiu had been paralyzed for many years, they added the poison needles to protect him from being bullied or in case of danger. The poison wasn’t lethal, only mildly toxic, meant to paralyze the body. However, too many of these needles would cause sores on the skin and ruin one’s appearance.

Lan Jinjing never imagined that something she had personally designed would one day be used on her own mother.

“Brother, the antidote! Those are poison needles! Give me the antidote and save my mother!”

“Save your mother? And who saved my mother back then? At that time, when my sister was still in swaddling clothes, did this venomous woman ever show any mercy, spare her old mistress and my sister?” Lan Moxiu’s face was expressionless, but his eyes held a deep and unfathomable danger.

Lan Jinjing shuddered. “But this has nothing to do with me! Brother, I didn’t know anything about this. I’m innocent. We’ve lived together for so many years. Does our sibling bond mean nothing? Brother, for the sake of our past as siblings, can’t you spare me and my mother?”

“Sibling bond? What a load of nonsense! You’re nothing but a pair of venomous mother and daughter! How dare you claim to be part of the Lan family? Not only did the daughter usurp the nest, but the mother did too!” Lan Moxiu was furious, utterly furious.

Clenching his fists tightly, he was filled with frustration, wishing he could stand up and kick both Luoluo and her daughter.

“Lan Moxiu! That’s enough! Don’t forget, I was the one who made that wheelchair for you. Without it, do you think you’d have been safe all these years? People are afraid of the hidden weapons on it, so those who wanted to harm you never dared make a move. Isn’t that thanks to me?”

Lan Jinjing could no longer hold back and decided to tear off the pretense.

“You’ve been living off the Lan family, drinking our wine, and yet you think giving us a measly broken wheelchair is some great act of charity? Without the aura of the Lan family’s wealth, Lan Jinjing, you wouldn’t be worth a damn walking down the street!” Lan Moxiu sneered coldly.

He abruptly lifted himself and sat directly on the ground.

He didn’t need this wheelchair!

Even if he had to lie in bed for the rest of his life, he would never again use anything that came from Lan Jinjing.

Lan Jinjing was so furious her face puffed up, “I have the luck of a koi fish! Wherever I go, I bring honor to that family. People would light lanterns and beg for the good fortune I’ve given you. Instead of being grateful, you dare to curse us? You really don’t know what’s good for you!”

“Vicious woman and wicked girl!” Prime Minister Lan, regaining his senses, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. “Someone, seize this mother and daughter and beat them to death with sticks!”

He was seething with rage!

The pain in Prime Minister Lan’s chest was unbearable.

“You old fool, if you kill me, you’ll end up in jail! You heartless wretch! We’ve slept together for so many years, and now you want to kill me?” Luoluo shouted in fear and anger.

“To hell with ‘together’! You’re not my wife; you’re my enemy! My enemy!”

“Hahaha, go ahead, beat me to death, and see how you can still hold onto your position as an official.”

Luoluo’s words, spoken in a panic, immediately struck a chord with Prime Minister Lan.

“I won’t kill you.” Prime Minister Lan’s murky eyes were tinged with a steely resolve. “Break the limbs of these venomous women and throw them out of the Prime Minister’s residence! Post a notice at the gate, telling everyone who they really are.”

He still had a son and daughter to care for.

He couldn’t let this mother and daughter ruin everything—what would happen to Xiu’er and Xuan’er then?

Luoluo was shocked. “You, you heartless old man, how cruel can you be?”

Lan Jinjing was grabbed by the household servants. “Father, you’re my father! Even if we aren’t related by blood, don’t we still share familial ties? Father, please, I beg you!”

“Shut up!”

Seeing the Prime Minister treat her so coldly, Lan Jinjing realized that the Lan family was truly planning to disown her and would indeed cripple her.

“You Lans! Let me tell you, I’m a koi fish. Whoever dares to harm me will be cursed! I curse the entire Lan family—none of you will die a good death, hahaha!”

Prime Minister Lan was so furious that his eyes rolled back, almost causing him to faint.

Then, he turned around to see Ah Bao tugging at his clothes, smiling at him with a mouth full of small, white teeth.