Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1374 One Word Difference

Lan Yu was naturally very anxious because he did not get the iron certificate as expected. He went to ask the prince for information, but was turned away. The prince only asked the eunuch to tell him to go back and wait, saying that the emperor would make his own arrangements.

Lan Yu had no choice but to go back and wait anxiously for further news. The good news was that he didn't have to wait long, as two days later Eunuch Wu came to issue the iron certificate.

But the bad news is that the title on the blue jade iron certificate was changed from Duke of Liang to Duke of Liang, and his crimes of "having an affair with the concubine of the Yuan Lord" and "bombarding Xifengkou" were engraved on it...

Lan Yu's face was already red, and after listening to the imperial edict read out by Eunuch Wu, his face turned even redder, as if blood was about to drip out.

He didn't even know when Eunuch Wu finished reading it.

"Duke Liang, please accept the voucher to express your gratitude," Eunuch Wu reminded him.

But he remained motionless, as if he were deaf.

Eunuch Wu sighed and had to hand the iron certificate to his son Lan Xiang.

"Master, take care of yourself. I'll take my leave now." Eunuch Wu shook his head and left. He had passed on imperial orders thousands of times, but he had never encountered such a master.

After seeing off Eunuch Wu, Lan Xiang came back and saw his father still kneeling there. He stepped forward and said, "Dad, calm down. What's the difference between the Duke of Liang and the Duke of Liang?"

"There's a huge difference!" Lan Yu took the iron certificate and looked at the glaring word "凉" on it. He was so angry that he threw it to the ground, and sparks flew everywhere!
Fortunately, this thing is made of high-quality wrought iron, otherwise it would have broken on the spot. Lan Xiang was almost scared to death, and quickly picked it up and wiped it vigorously with his sleeve.

"You can't do that, Dad. This is an iron certificate granted by the Emperor..."

"I don't want it!" Lan Yu stood up angrily and turned away.

"Dad, what are you doing?" Lan Xiang hurriedly chased after him and asked.

"I'm going to ask the emperor for justice! Why humiliate the meritorious officials like this?!" Lan Yu said with clattering teeth.

"Dad, don't go! The emperor must be angry right now. Aren't you walking into trouble?" Lan Xiang quickly grabbed him.

"Get out of the way!" Lan Yu waved his hand, pushed his son away, and walked out without looking back.

When he reached the gate of the mansion, he saw the plaque of "Liangguo Mansion" which had not been hung up yet, and kicked it with anger.

This piece of wood is no match for iron and was kicked into two pieces.

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Lan Yu rode his horse at full speed on the street, and the people hurriedly dodged.

Fortunately, the spring breeze in February was like a pair of scissors, which finally cooled his overheated brain a little.

When he arrived in front of the Meridian Gate, Lan Yu looked up at the oppressive Five Phoenix Tower. Finally, he let out a long sigh, turned his horse's head, and headed towards the East Palace.

The prince was not in Wenhua Palace today, so he was waiting for him in Chunhe Palace.

This time the eunuch did not stop Lan Yu, but took him straight to the back garden.

"My Lord..." Zhu Biao was pruning winter plums with scissors. Looking at Lan Yu, who was full of indignation, he could not help but frown and said, "I thought sending you back would calm you down. Now it seems that I thought too highly of you. Even the emperor's iron certificate did not scare you."

"My Lord, I don't accept it!" Lan Yu said in a muffled voice, "Why does the emperor treat his meritorious officials like this? What Duke of Liang? It's better not to give me the title of Duke of Liang for humiliating me like this!"

"Why? Isn't it clearly written on the iron certificate? You did a good deed yourself, don't you know it?!" The prince said sternly: "How dare you ask me why? I also want to ask you why you became like this?!"

"I have not changed." Lan Yu patted his chest vigorously and said, "I am still loyal to the Crown Prince."

"You are trying to trick me." The prince said with a dark face, "On the day of the celebration banquet, you spoke nonsense in public, complaining that the emperor did not give you the hereditary throne. Is this how you act loyal?"

"When you wanted to rape Lord Yuan's concubine and blackmail Lord Yuan, did you ever consider my reputation? You have ruined my reputation!" The prince became more and more angry and questioned Lan Yu:

"How mad and crazy must you be to bombard Xifengkou, an act that is tantamount to rebellion! And you still dare to say that you are loyal?!"

"I, I..." Lan Yu was speechless for a while, and said with a stiff upper lip: "I was indeed a little too proud of myself."

"You are more than a little bit arrogant, you are so arrogant!" The prince pointed at his nose and cursed: "If I don't cut off your tail, I will be killed by you sooner or later!"

"If your Highness says so, I have no choice but to die." Lan Yu knelt straight down and said, "So as not to cause trouble to your Highness in the future."

"You bastard!" As soon as these words came out, the prince's face turned red and he was so angry that the veins on his forehead were throbbing. He picked up a cut wintersweet branch and hit Lan Yu hard.

With a bang, the petals flew everywhere!

"Please wait a moment, my prince." Lan Yu didn't even frown, and said as he untied his python robe, "Winter clothes are too thick and can't penetrate them."

"It's more satisfying this way." He took off his shirt, revealing his muscular torso covered with scars.

"I'll beat you to death, you beast!" The prince had lived for more than 30 years, and he had never been so angry. He put all his strength into beating Lan Yu's back again and again!
With the sound of whipping, even though Lan Yu had a body of steel, his back soon turned purple and then his skin was torn.

Lan Yu's face was pale and sweat was rolling down his cheeks, and he was obviously feeling pain. But he said nothing, supported himself on the ground with both hands, gritted his teeth and took the prince's whipping!
At this time, the Crown Princess finally couldn't bear it anymore and came over to persuade the Crown Prince.

But just as he opened his mouth, before the prince could say anything, Lan Yu shouted, "Don't stop me, madam. Just let the prince beat him! I will be happy if he gets rid of his hatred!"

"Did you see that?!" The prince held up the broken wintersweet branch in his hand, and said angrily, "What do you mean by crazy and stubborn? I'm talking about your uncle! That's why father changed his name from 'Liang' to 'Liang', and it was absolutely right! I have never seen such a cold-hearted person!"

As he said this, he threw the rotten branch in his hand and went into the hall angrily.

"..." The Crown Princess had never seen the Crown Prince so angry before. She stamped her feet and said to Lan Yu, "Uncle, have you lost your mind? Are you going to be happy only when the Crown Prince is so angry that he doesn't care about you?"

"Your Majesty, I can't accept this!" Lan Yu shouted angrily, "I didn't say I was right. I am willing to accept whatever punishment Your Majesty gives me! But you can't give me a clown-like title and write my sins on the iron certificate!"

"This is nailing me to the pillar of shame, making it so that all of our descendants in the Lan family cannot hold their heads up!" As he said this, he actually shed tears and cried loudly in grievance:

"If I hadn't been unable to explain to my ancestors in the netherworld, I would have banged my head against the Meridian Gate and died!"

(End of this chapter)