Build high walls, stockpile grain, bide your time before claiming the throne-ten years of great governance!

Beyond the Meridian Gate of the imperial palace.

It was already afternoon!

Sunlight dappled the stone road, light and shadow interweaving.

Lu Family Pavilion stood alone, watching the Lu Family Army under his command file in with orderly precision.

Liu Wen and Wei Gao slowly descended from the city wall.

Liu Wen greeted him first. "Marshal Lu!"

Wei Gao, meanwhile, called out in a muffled voice, "Brother-in-law."

Hearing them, Lu Family Pavilion turned around, his gentle gaze falling upon the two men.

Liu Wen hurriedly bowed, every movement showing utmost respect.

Wei Gao looked somewhat evasive, as though he had something difficult to say.

A smile touched Lu Family Pavilion's lips as he said,

"That little girl Wei Yue went to Lu Manor early this morning. As her father, why haven't you gone to see her?"

Before Lu Chen entered the palace, he had specifically asked Wei Yue to go to Lu Manor and find Lu Chen's mother.

Wei Yue had been tired all day as well. She should not have been running about everywhere with him.

Wei Gao sighed. "I'm afraid my grandnephew and my daughter will be angry. I feel somewhat guilty toward my daughter, but as for my grandnephew... I'm genuinely a little afraid of him."

"Brother-in-law, you know better than anyone that when Shenzhou commanded the army, he was completely different from usual."

At those words, Lu Family Pavilion understood.

This entry into Kyoto had indeed been carefully planned and orchestrated by Liu Wen and the others.

But concealing the matter from Wei Yue—being a father himself, Lu Family Pavilion naturally understood Wei Gao's difficulties and considerations.

Wei Gao cleared his throat. "Brother-in-law, do you dare go home and face my sister?"

Upon hearing that, Lu Family Pavilion unconsciously stroked the beard on his chin, the