Patriarch Lanyan had been evasive regarding the Gu Family's marriage proposal; it was the Supreme Elders who had urged him to keep stringing them along.
He felt deeply guilty toward his deceased eldest brother, and equally sorry for his niece, Lanyan Xiruo. Later, he had sent Lanyan Mo with the Qingcheng Sword to find Lanyan Xiruo—making a superficial show of it for the public, while secretly giving Lanyan Mo repeated instructions to tell her that if she truly refused, her Third Uncle would not blame her.
He would never know that Lanyan Mo, usually so well-behaved, harbored such murderous intent.
Chapter 74