Lu Zhang clearly did not like hearing Lu Qing's words, but when faced with Lu Qing's question, he couldn't open his mouth to refute.
Over the years, among the several princes, he knew very well why he was the most sought after and flattered by the powerful inside and outside the court.
Even Lu Qing, this adopted child, doesn't count for now. Before him, there was Lu Chao, born of Emperor Jin and his wife, Empress Wang. Because his maternal family was long gone, no one cared about him either.
The reason Lu Ze received the privileges denied to many other princes was fundamentally because of his favored concubine mother.
His own mother had long been gone; if he hadn't been by his maternal grandfather's side since he was young, how could he have had such endless glory in front of people afterward?
Even including the praise and appreciation from Emperor Jin, Lu Zhang could not clearly say how much of it came from the heart and how much was to respect his maternal grandfather's face.
