Lan Family

The **Lan family** is a powerful family of the Huaxia Federation, whose head is the First Marshal, Lan Yu.

## Information

Lan Family is based on Planet General. Due to their relationship with the First Marshal and the merits they have accumulated over the years, they are treated respectfully both on Planet General and by higher-ups in the military.

They have a history fighting wars for the Federation, and many members from Lan Family have died in these wars. Out of the main descendants of Lan Family, there are currently only three which have survived. (Lan Ying, Lan Rong, and Lan Jin)

## History

Before the events of the story, the First Marshal and current head of Lan Family, Lan Yu, persuaded his wife to send her five sons to war. However, four of them died, leaving behind a group of widows in Lan Family. In reality, four of the sons had similar temperaments to their father, and thus were resolved to go to war. However, the mild-mannered Fourth Son had little ambition and had clashed with Lan Family over the issues of his marriage--he was adamant about marrying a commoner woman, but Lan Yu supported his marriage with a woman from another elite family for political reasons. He had already unofficially married her, and had a child between them, but Lan Yu and the family who sought a political marriage with the Fourth Son meddled with the official records, legally delegitimizing the Fourth Son's marriage with the commoner woman. The Fourth Son's wife was only registered officially once he begged an imperial hacker to do so for them. It was mentioned that more events came up after this which involved the Fourth Son's marriage.

Lan Yu eventually persuaded the Fourth Son to go to war, although the Old Mistress, Lan Yu's wife, vehemently opposed his enlistment. In the end, he was also sent to war, and, although he promised to take his wife and daughter into Lan Family after returning, died there. The Old Mistress tasked her youngest daughter to visit his family after waking up from her grief. However, the Fourth Son's wife had committed suicide upon hearing of his death, leaving their abandoned child (Lan Luofeng) alone in the home. The Old Mistress was prevented from bringing Lan Luofeng into Lan Family by the woman who held the official position of the Fourth Son's wife, who also tried to use her family's influence to kill Lan Luofeng. Lan Luofeng was protected by the Old Mistress' youngest daughter, who from then on no longer had good relations with the Fourth Son's official wife. This also resulted in the youngest daughter vowing to never marry and only use her power to protect the Fourth Son's bloodline.

These matters made the Old Mistress incredibly distraught, and left a big impact on her, eventually leading her to no longer trust her husband on family matters.

Later, the First Marshal sent his grandsons to the battlefield as well; none of them survived.

## Plot

Once Ling Lan's group arrived in Planet General's Statue of Heroes, Lan Jin appeared, began insulting Ling Xiao, and claimed he abused his power to help Ling Lan. He stated that he was glad Ling Lan was severely injured. He angered the Lingtian Mecha Clan members on Soldier City, and Luo Lang attacked him.

After Luo Lang mentioned to the spectators that Lan Jing had insulted Ling Xiao, public opinion turned against Lan Jin. Lan Jin claimed he never insulted Ling Xiao, demanding an apology. However, once Ling Lan revealed that she had a recording on the incident, he said he no longer wanted an apology. However, it was too late, and Luo Lang challenged him to a fight for Ling Xiao's honor. In the end, Lan Rong accepted the challenge in Lan Jin's place.

## Family members

* Lan Yu - The First Marshal and the Lan Family Head. He is in his 90s.
* Lan Luofeng - married into Ling Family, the illegitimate and only child of the deceased Third/Fourth Son of Lan Family.
* Lan Ying - referred to as Ying'er by seniors in Lan family. Lan Yu considers him the only seed with a good personality and also is the only one which satisfies his requirements, but his talent in mecha piloting is merely mediocre.
* Lan Jin - referred to as A'Jin by Lan Rong and Jin'er by seniors in Lan family. Lan Yu considers him useless. His physical cultivation is at Early Qin-Jin. He is 25 years old.
* Lan Rong - a muscular man, referred to as Rong'er by seniors in Lan family.
* Old Mistress - Lan Yu's wife, in her 70s. She's also a Major General in the military.
* Eldest Sister-in-law - a strict-looking woman who holds a lot of power in Lan Family, in her 50s.
* Second Sister-in-law - a kind-looking woman, Lan Ying's grandmother.
* Third Sister-in-law - a ruthless woman who dislikes Lan Luofeng, Ling Xiao, and Ling Lan.
* Fourth Sister-in-law - a mild-mannered woman.
* Seventh Sister-in-law - a cold-looking woman who dislikes the Third Sister-in-law, although they were friends in the past. She is the Old Mistress' youngest daughter.
* Daughter of the Fourth Sister-in-law - Lan Jin's mother, may be a daughter-in-law of Fourth Sister-in-law rather than a daughter.
* Fourth Daughter - a mean-looking woman, and Third Sister-in-law's daughter/daughter-in-law.

## Family tree

Notes

**^b**Referred to as the third son and third sister-in-law in chapter 1158, but in chapters 1280-1281 referred to as the fourth son and his official wife (so, the "fourth sister-in-law"). Since Lan Jin's mother is the "fourth sister-in-law" in chapter 1158, this family tree will go by their first established "names" until further clarification.

## References and Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 1159
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 1281
3. ↑ Chapter 1162
4. ↑ In Chapter 1159, it was stated that Lan Luofeng was the illegitimate child of the Third Son; however, in Chapter 1281, she was instead stated to be a child of the Fourth Son. This may be due to a change by the author.
5. ↑ Similarly to Lan Luofeng's case above, despite being referred to as "Third Sister-in-law" in Chapter 1159, it is likely that this character has been changed to be the Fourth Sister-in-law, as that would be more in line with her history.