Every word he had just said was like a sharp slap that rebounded onto his own face.
The young Emperor was astonished as well—Meng Xiaojiu turned out to be such a young woman!
Startled, he looked again at Lu Xingzhou, whose expression had stiffened: "Lord Lu, what is going on here? Do you two know each other or not?"
"Your Majesty... I..."
Lu Xingzhou, who had calculated and schemed his way through life, found himself for the first time so embarrassed that he couldn't form a coherent sentence.
Meng Qianqian replied calmly and serenely: "Replying to Your Majesty, Xiaojiu was once Lord Lu's daughter-in-law. Thanks to the grace of the Supreme Emperor, a decree was issued permitting Xiaojiu and her husband to sever all ties."
The young Emperor was astonished again: "You're Meng Qianqian?"
The matter of the Supreme Emperor's decree had reached his ears the next day, but he still didn't understand why his father had done so.
"Do you know my father?"
The young Emperor asked.
