CHAPTER 1127: CHAPTER 1121: HAVING AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

The Lu Family, no matter how glorious they are now, everyone feels that those poorly educated daughters of the Lu Family are not worthy of King Jin, not even fit to be concubines.

"No, you have an unmarried daughter who’s eighteen," the Empress said with a smile amidst everyone’s surprised gazes.

King Jin put down his wine cup and looked at General Lu, seeming somewhat excited.

Yet the Empress’s words sent a shiver down General Lu’s spine.

True, the Lu Family had a daughter who was eighteen and still unwed, but wasn’t she supposed to have died years ago?

Thinking of this daughter made General Lu even more apprehensive.

The deeds of that mother and daughter indeed caused him, a man who had been to battlefields, to feel fear and dread.

It really validated the saying: the overt gun is easy to dodge, but the hidden arrow is difficult to defend against. That woman had been by his side for so many years; once, he thought she was the most sensible of all the women.

Because the fierce tigress at home treated all the concubines like enemies, only she was treated with a different regard.

If she wasn’t extraordinary in some ways, how could that have been possible?

It turned out she truly was extraordinary, having schemed to hide within his household for many years,

After the incident with the poison doctor, he made the decisive move to kill them both out of fear that the aftermath of the poison doctor’s deeds would be exposed.

The punishment for the poison doctor back in the day was the execution of the entire family.

"General Lu, why keep hiding such a good daughter? Could it be that General Lu can’t bear to part with her?" the Empress asked with a smirk that was not quite a smile.

Madam Lu, sitting by his side, had already changed her expression. She looked at the Empress and guessed who the person was that had leaked the information last time.

Since the Empress had made such a remark, could it be that... it was the Empress who revealed that information to her?

What on earth does the Empress want to do?

Privately investigating the affairs of a Minister’s family?

"This daughter, no matter how much one cherishes her, cannot always remain at home. Eighteen and still not wed, in another couple of years, it will be difficult for her to marry," the Empress said, as if she did not notice the awkwardness between General Lu and Madam Lu, and just kept talking to herself.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became somewhat eerie.

The Emperor held his wine cup and half-closed his eyes as he watched this strange scene unfold.

The Ministers and officials in the great hall seemed somewhat at a loss.

What on earth does the Empress want to do?

Since the Empress had specifically mentioned him, General Lu could not remain silent forever. Just as he was about to say something, Madam Lu sitting beside him pulled at him and stood up herself.

After bowing to the Empress, Madam Lu said, "Empress Madam, our Lu Family indeed has an unmarried eighteen-year-old daughter. However, due to some matters in the past, she has already severed ties with our Lu Family. She is no longer a daughter of the Lu Family, and we have no say in her marriage. Empress Madam, if you have the intention to accept her as a concubine for King Jin, this is unrelated to us."

Madam Lu directly disassociated herself from Searcy; she really did not want to get involved in those murky waters.

Previously, the person who revealed to her that the lady was Gu Youyou, who now lives well under an assumed name, and now it’s being suggested as a match for King Jin – who knows what the Empress is plotting?

That harbinger of misfortune.

In any case, no matter what the Empress intends to do, it’s definitely wise to keep the Lu Family out of it. There’s no mistake in that.

King Jin felt a twinge of distress upon hearing these words.

The woman he liked turned out to be the daughter of General Lu; though illegitimate, she was of much higher status than the peasant girl Gu Youyou.

He thought it would be a good deal to marry her, far more advantageous than marrying Jin Zijin.

But what’s the deal with the Lu Family?

Why did they kick Searcy out of the family and sever ties?