I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 216 - 149: The Critical Moment (Double-Length - )

Lu Family.

The ceremony for Lu Feifei’s investiture concluded yesterday. Now, the Second Miss Lu has become the County Princess Changping of Dayan.

The Lu Family has no blood relation with the Imperial Family, not for three generations back. The ennoblement as County Princess is known to all, solely to elevate Lu Feifei’s status so she can marry Gu Lan.

"I won’t marry, repeating it ten times, a hundred times, I don’t want to marry Gu Lan!"

Inside the boudoir, Lu Feifei exclaimed emotionally, holding a short dagger, attempting to place it on her neck.

"If you insist on making me marry, I’ll die before your eyes."

Lu Bingxin, Madam Lu, and her sister Lu Congyun were all present.

Hearing her words, a flicker of anger crossed Lu Bingxin’s eyes.

Suppressing his emotions, he said coldly: "It was you who insisted on marrying Gu Lan initially, Father went through great lengths to beg the Empress Dowager for the marriage decree. How can you decide not to marry on a whim?"

"I wanted to marry Gu Lan to allow my brother to marry a Princess and to prevent Gu Lan and Princess Ning’an from being together. Now that the Princess is an official and they have no chance, I don’t want to marry anymore... Everyone in the Capital City knows Gu Lan is fond of men. Why should I subject myself to such humiliation?"

Lu Feifei questioned desperately, her delicate face streaked with tears.

Before, she indeed fell for Gu Lan at first sight, but after multiple rejections from the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and Gu Lan admitting preference for men, how could she endure such humiliation?

Lu Bingxin spoke earnestly: "With the Princess becoming an official, do you understand what Your Majesty intends! Your Majesty wishes to abandon our Lu Family. You are now Father’s only hope. If you don’t marry Gu Lan, Your Majesty may choose to support the Princess instead. What will become of the Lu Family then?"

Lu Feifei wiped her tears: "Whoever wants to marry can marry, we’re all daughters of the Lu Family; let my sister marry!" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"If my sister is so unwilling, and Young Master Gu doesn’t like her either, why not just drop it?" Lu Congyun interjected softly as she saw herself dragged into the matter.

Lu Bingxin gestured angrily, scolding: "How can it be dropped! That is an imperial decree from the Empress Dowager, and it can’t be disobeyed—take the knife from her!"

Immediately, a nearby servant stepped forward and quickly seized the dagger from Lu Feifei’s hand.

The sharp edge of the dagger cut across Lu Feifei’s palm, leaving a bloodstain in her palm.

Lu Feifei pleaded in pain, "Father, why must you tie the Lu Family’s fate to me? Gu Lan prefers men; do you really wish for your daughter to live in misery for life?"

"Slap—!"

Lu Bingxin struck Lu Feifei’s face hard, and after the slap, his hand trembled slightly.

His bloodshot eyes stared at Lu Feifei, his voice icy and deliberately slow:

"This is the first time Father has hit you. Don’t force Father. Gu Lan may like men now, but she can change. The Dingyuan Marquis Mansion won’t allow their future Princely Heir to favor men. As long as you can bear her child, that child will be the direct grandson of the Gu Family, no one will dare to provoke you."

"No one will dare to provoke me or the Lu Family..." Lu Feifei cried in despair, holding her swollen face.

Lu Bingxin fully shed his usual gentle facade, quietly ordering: "Tie up the Miss, and when the time comes, send her directly in the bridal sedan!"

"Father, how cruel of you."

Lu Feifei’s mouth bled slightly as she fell to the ground in despair, letting the servants tie her up.

Lu Congyun couldn’t help but plead again: "Father... Father, you can’t wager my sister’s happiness."

Her hands tightly twisted the edge of her clothes, which were embroidered with white magnolia flowers.

Upon hearing Lu Congyun’s words, Lu Bingxin’s forehead veins bulged instantly.

Upon noticing Lu Congyun in the magnolia dress, he furiously bellowed: "Shut up! Your affair with Xie Yun has become the scandal of the city, tarnishing the Lu Family’s reputation. If you plead for her again, you shall marry Gu Lan instead!"

Lu Congyun’s eyes turned red, and she lowered her head.

The magnolia embroidery was beautiful, but many in the Capital City knew that the Xie Family’s ancestral residence had a century-old magnolia tree.

The boudoir fell silent; no one dared to provoke his temper further.

After a long while, Madam Lu cautiously asked: "How long will she stay tied? Feifei isn’t well; what if she falls ill?"

Lu Bingxin coughed for a moment, raised his voice: "The sooner, the better. The auspicious time is the day after tomorrow. I will personally bear the Empress Dowager’s decree, take servants and household soldiers, and escort Feifei to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion."

"What if the Marquis Mansion turns us away?"

Lu Bingxin’s face stiffened, and he said harshly, "If the Gu Family refuses us at the door, the bride will have three yards of white silk, ready to die at the gates of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion! Even in death, Feifei will be a part of the Gu Family."