The Lan family estate, once the symbol of unyielding power in the country, now felt like a crumbling dream. Ever since Lan Xinyue's brutal attack, the tides had turned dramatically.
Both the Lan Xinyue and her daughter Meiling lay unconscious in their lavish yet lonely beds, hooked up to pipes and medicines that barely kept them breathing. Without Xinyue's fierce command over the family and her unmatched prowess, the Lan clan was like a dragon without its claws.
The power dynamic had shifted overnight, tilting heavily in favor of the second mother—Lan Mei, known far and wide as the Lady of Coins. She controlled the family's vast wealth, the merchant networks, and the shadowy deals that kept their coffers overflowing.
Even if the coins were flowing in the family, without the absolute power that most people feared, people started fear less and less toward Lan family as the days went on.
