Lu Zhaoling is going to be her aunt?!
Lu Zhaoyun nearly fainted when she heard her words.
"Second Sister, don't you think this is all messed up? The imperial family values rules and bloodlines more. You and I are sisters, how can we marry uncles and nephews?"
Lu Zhaoyun had thoroughly reflected on herself that afternoon.
Her reputation in the capital was originally for being gentle, refined, graceful, playing the pipa exquisitely, and excelling at needlework.
But ever since she heard the news of Lu Zhaoling returning to the capital, she didn't know why, but her heart felt frantic, she lost her composure, and only wanted to prevent Lu Zhaoling from returning to the Lu family.
If she hadn't lost her cool and behaved so badly, she wouldn't have been slapped by Lu Zhaoling.
Lu Zhaoling had already returned to the Lu family, and it couldn't be stopped, so she had to calm down and plan carefully for the future.
Thinking this, Lu Zhaoyun showed a gentle smile.
She said to Lu Zhaoling, "You said you and Prince Jin didn't know each other before, so you probably don't have much affection for each other.
Now that the Imperial Marriage Edict has just been issued, while no one knows about it yet, we can still fix this mistake."
Madam Lu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lu Zhaoyun return to her usual calm and steady demeanor.
These past few days, Lu Zhaoyun had been restless, constantly thinking about how to deal with Lu Zhaoling, which made her very anxious.
"Your eldest sister is right, our family cannot accept this marriage," she quickly echoed.
Lu Zhaoling was unmoved. "You also know this is an imperial edict, a marriage decree. How can it be annulled? Since the Imperial Marriage Edict has already been accepted, how brazen are you to defy the imperial decree?"
Lu Ming gritted his teeth. "I'm telling you to go find Prince Jin for a solution! Our Lu family can't defy the imperial decree, but Prince Jin can surely persuade the Emperor to retract his command!"
Lu Zhaoling looked at him. "If I become the Prospective Princess Consort of Jin, will you lose face?"
Hearing her question, Lu Ming's heart stirred, shamefully.
If Lu Zhaoling became Princess Consort of Jin, wouldn't he be the Father-in-law of Prince Jin?
"This..."
"Father!" Seeing his heart waver, Lu Zhaoyun quickly called out, then whispered to him, "Are the Second Prince and Prince Jin on good terms? I heard that Prince Jin has a better relationship with the Crown Prince."
Lu Ming had a jolt.
That's right.
Zhaoyun had a marriage alliance with the Second Prince, which meant they were aligned with the Second Prince.
If Prince Jin was closer to the Crown Prince, and Lu Zhaoling really married Prince Jin, would the Second Prince no longer trust him?
"Besides, Father, look at Second Sister's demeanor. Even if she becomes Princess Consort of Jin, will she listen to you? She'll probably become even more arrogant."
Lu Zhaoyun knew how to hit Lu Ming where it hurt.
Lu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.
Speaking of obedience, he truly wasn't confident he could always make Lu Zhaoling listen. What if she found out about what happened many years ago...
No, that was ultimately a risk, and Lu Zhaoling wasn't worth him taking that risk.
With that thought, Lu Ming's wavering heart settled.
He looked at Lu Zhaoling with a cold gaze. "I don't need you to bring me glory. You've been raised in the countryside and haven't even learned the etiquette of noblewomen of the capital. How can you marry into the imperial family?"
Madam Lu immediately chuckled upon hearing this. "Exactly, marrying into the imperial family like this will only make a fool of herself,
and who knows how much trouble she'll cause later! My lord, you absolutely cannot agree, lest the entire Lu family be dragged down by her."
Her words made Lu Ming's heart clench again.
That's right.
Lu Zhaoyue snorted and shouted, "Father, she's going to offend Sister Shen now!"
Prime Minister Shen doted on Shen Xiangjun immensely, and Lu Zhaoling, having just returned to the capital, snatched the Prince Jin she had admired for years. Shen Xiangjun would surely resent her.
"Third Sister, don't say any more." The young girl next to her lightly tugged on Lu Zhaoyue's sleeve.
Her elegant face showed some worry. But her words made Lu Zhaoyue even more furious.
She used to call her Second Sister, but now she adapted quickly and started calling her Third Sister! Moreover, there was now one more person above her in the family, and this person was from the countryside!
This made Lu Zhaoyue, who had always been sharp and competitive, very angry.
"Xiaoyue!" Madam Lu glared at her. Her husband just said not to mention Miss Shen again, so why was she still talking?
"I just won't say it outside, there are no outsiders here now, except for her!"
Lu Zhaoyue pointed a finger at Lu Zhaoling.
Lu Zhaoling looked at that finger, then at the faint gray aura swirling around her face, and smiled faintly.
"You keep saying I'm from the countryside and haven't learned etiquette, but pointing a finger at your Eldest Sister, what kind of upbringing is that?"
This made Lu Ming's face darken.
"Zhaoling, Zhaoyun is older than you, she is the eldest sister."
A hint of doubt flashed in Lu Zhaoling's eyes. Actually, she and Lu Zhaoyun were both sixteen this year. The information she retrieved from her memory was that her birthday was on the fourteenth of July, while Lu Zhaoyun was half a month younger than her.
So, she was older than Lu Zhaoyun.
But they insisted on snatching the title of legitimate eldest daughter.
There must be something strange about this.
"Is that so?" She glanced sideways at Lu Zhaoyun. She would definitely expose this matter later. She then pointed at Lu Zhaoyue, "At any rate, she's younger than me, right? Is this the upbringing of someone raised in the capital?"
Lu Zhaoling said, giving Madam Lu a disdainful look.
The mockery in her eyes was very obvious. Madam Lu was enraged.
"It's not your fault for causing trouble, my Yue'er was just anxious for the family's sake!"
"Oh? My imperial marriage to Prince Jin is 'causing trouble' in your eyes? Are you disgusted with the Emperor's Imperial Marriage Edict, or are you disgusted with Prince Jin?"
Lu Zhaoling picked up a cup of tea from the table and suddenly splashed it at her. The tea and tea leaves splattered all over Madam Lu's head and face.
"Ahhh Lu Zhaoling! How dare you splash me?!"
Madam Lu was both shocked and furious.
"I splashed you, what are you going to do about it? Try barking again," Lu Zhaoling said, brandishing the imperial edict.
Seeing Lu Zhaoling's arrogant demeanor, Lu Ming took a deep breath, feeling he still needed to appeal to her emotions and reason with her. Perhaps Lu Zhaoling responded better to a gentle approach.
"Zhaoling, we are all one family. For the prosperity of our clan, we must work together, without internal strife. We don't want to ruin your marriage, but Prince Jin truly isn't a good person."
Lu Zhaoling looked at him and sat down leisurely in the grand armchair.
Standing was too tiring.
Her actions almost made Lu Ming lose his temper.
Everyone else was standing, and she alone sat down, and in his main seat no less.
"I'll tell Prince Jin that you spoke ill of him, that you said he wasn't a good person," Lu Zhaoling said.
"When did I ever say he wasn't a good person!" Lu Ming's voice rose.
Lu Zhaoyun gritted her teeth and said, "Second Sister, you've just arrived in the capital, so you don't know the intricacies here.
You'll understand later if you observe and listen more. For now, you just need to know that we are all doing this for your own good."
"Yun'er is right."
Lu Ming took over. "How can the imperial family be so simple? You understand nothing and yet you're rushing into it. By then, you might not even know how you died. We are family, how could we harm you?"
"That's hard to say. I think you all look shifty and don't seem like good people."
The Lu family members were all half-dead with anger.
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