Chapter 48: Lu Miaoyun!

“Butler Lu, I am naturally flattered and overjoyed that the Head of the Lu Family is willing to marry the Second Miss to me.”

“I also like the Second Miss very much, but she and I are not suitable.”

Lu Changsheng said with a bitter smile to Butler Lu, who was ‘demanding an explanation’.

“Not only do I have so many wives, concubines, and children, but when I first sought immortality, I swore in my heart that I would marry a hundred wives and have several hundred children in this lifetime.”

“What the Second Miss wants is someone who will be wholeheartedly good to her, but that is something I find difficult, even impossible, to do.”

“Therefore, the Second Miss and I are fated to be apart. Even if we were to truly be together and become Husband and wife, these things might become seeds of conflict.”

“If conflicts arise, then I would be ashamed of the Head of the Family’s recognition and cultivation of me, and I would not have the face to meet him.”

Lu Changsheng said with a sincere and serious expression.

Butler Lu’s wrinkled face twitched slightly upon hearing Lu Changsheng’s words.

To marry a hundred wives and have several hundred children—this statement truly made him struggle to keep a straight face.

He really wanted to ask, ‘Are you a stud pig?’

But then he remembered that in just over four years, Lu Changsheng already had twelve women, and he hadn’t stopped having children.

He really did seem to be working towards that goal.

“Alas!”

Butler Lu sighed deeply.

He never expected that in this matchmaking session, Lu Miaohuan agreed, but Lu Changsheng actually disagreed, feeling it was unsuitable.

However, Lu Changsheng’s words, despite the crude reasons, were understandable and made sense.

Although Lu Changsheng had extraordinary talent in Talismans, it was only talent and potential; it had not yet fully transformed into strength.

If the two truly married, Lu Miaohuan would have the advantage. Given Lu Miaohuan’s Heart-Nature, Lu Changsheng would certainly be the one to accommodate Lu Miaohuan more.

It would be fine if Lu Changsheng was willing to accommodate.

But if, as Lu Changsheng said, the two eventually had marital conflicts, how should the Lu Family handle it then?

Favor Lu Miaohuan?

That certainly wouldn’t do.

Lu Changsheng’s extraordinary talent in Talismans, if he were to advance further in Talismans skills and convert his potential into strength, his status in the Lu Family would then be comparable to a Guest Elder.

Doing so would clearly cause resentment in Lu Changsheng and force him to leave.

The Lu Family marrying a direct female descendant to Lu Changsheng was precisely to bind Lu Changsheng completely to the Lu Family.

If that were the case, it would be counterproductive and backfire.

But if they favored Lu Changsheng, that would make Lu Yuanding, the Head of the Lu Family, difficult.

Therefore, if Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaohuan were to get together and conflicts arose, the Lu Family would indeed be in a difficult position, caught between two sides.

“Alright, I understand what you mean. I will truthfully relay it to the Head of the Family.”

Butler Lu patted Lu Changsheng’s shoulder and didn’t say much more.

After all, such matters naturally require mutual willingness, and they couldn’t force Lu Changsheng into anything.

In fact, the Lu Family would even lean more towards Lu Changsheng’s side.

“Thank you, Butler Lu.”

Lu Changsheng said with a look of guilt and apology.

He had originally planned to use this opportunity to bring up Li Feiyu’s child-bearing matter to Lu Yuanding.

He wanted to see if he could request Lu Yuanding to waive or reduce the fifty children Li Feiyu was supposed to have.

But with how things turned out, he felt a bit awkward bringing it up and decided to postpone it, looking for another opportunity later.

“He said he wants to marry a hundred wives? And have several hundred children?”

Lu Yuanding was also quite speechless upon hearing Butler Lu’s relay, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

Is he trying to complete the family history of a hundred years in just a few decades, all by himself?

It seems this Lu Changsheng has truly given up on cultivating immortality and only wants to have children.

However, thinking of Lu Changsheng’s Nine-Rank Spiritual Root, he could somewhat understand.

“Yes, Head of the Family.”

“Although it sounds like a jest, I feel that Lu Changsheng truly has some intention of this, and it doesn’t seem like he’s just making excuses to refuse marrying the Second Miss.”

Butler Lu said with a bitter smile.

Lu Yuanding nodded upon hearing this.

He then sighed deeply and said, “This matter, it was indeed my oversight.”

Regardless of whether Lu Changsheng’s words were an excuse or the truth, he held no blame.

As the Head of a Family, he possessed that much tolerance.

For the sake of the Family’s interests, it was impossible to blame Lu Changsheng.

Moreover, in this marriage, he had always considered his daughter, Lu Miaohuan.

He felt that Lu Changsheng was a very good match for his daughter.

He had not considered Lu Changsheng’s wishes or thoughts.

In his heart, there was also a subconscious arrogance.

He believed that by marrying his daughter to Lu Changsheng, Lu Changsheng would be too grateful to refuse.

But now that he thought about it, Lu Changsheng’s words also made sense.

Leaving aside Lu Changsheng’s desire to have several hundred children, their personalities were indeed not very compatible. What if conflicts arose later?

He was confident he could suppress Lu Changsheng now, but what about in the future?

Even if he was the Head of the Lu Family, he couldn’t oppress others with his power, and the other Elders wouldn’t agree either.

Moreover, Lu Changsheng’s words also considered the Lu Family’s perspective.

This indicated he had a certain sense of belonging to the Lu Family and meant well.

“Alas.”

Lu Yuanding sighed again.

He was now an old father whose heart was broken with worry for his daughter.

He recalled how his daughter’s anger had subsided considerably earlier, and she was willing to wait for Lu Changsheng’s reply, which indicated that his daughter truly had some affection for Lu Changsheng.

But now that Lu Changsheng disagreed, he was somewhat at a loss as to how to face his daughter and tell her about this matter.

What a headache.

Two days later, Lu Changsheng received another matchmaking invitation.

He finally understood that the high-ranking members of the Lu Family were determined to marry a woman of significance within the Lu Family to him.

Only then would he truly be considered one of their own, a son-in-law of the Lu Family.

Even though he had previously married and taken nine secular women from the Lu Family as concubines, in the eyes of the Lu Family’s high-ranking members, this was not considered a true son-in-law of the Lu Family.

The Young Miss for this matchmaking was named Lu Miaoyun, the granddaughter of the Lu Family’s Fourth Elder.

She was eighteen years old this year, possessed a 7th Grade Spiritual Root, had a delicate and graceful appearance, and a docile and sensible Heart-Nature.

It was probably because of Lu Miaohuan’s situation that the Lu Family specifically chose a docile and sensible Young Miss.

This matchmaking also went very smoothly.

After the two met, both sides nodded, and the next day, the Lu Family set their wedding date.

The wedding day was eighteen days later, which happened to be an auspicious day.

Meanwhile.

In an ancient, elegant, and uniquely charming small building.

“Crash!”

A beautifully patterned vase was smashed to the ground, shattering into countless pieces.

The fragments on the floor reflected a beautiful face filled with coldness.

Inside the room, Lu Miaohuan, still unsatisfied after smashing one vase, smashed several more vases and ornaments before her anger subsided.

“Tell me, is this Lu Changsheng deliberately humiliating me because of what happened back then!?”

Lu Miaohuan suddenly looked up, her eyes slightly red, at her personal maid, Kui Si.

After leaving Bamboo Heart Abode, her anger had subsided somewhat, and she had even considered giving Lu Changsheng another chance.

As long as Lu Changsheng was willing to come and apologize to her, she would still be willing to marry him.

But she never expected Lu Changsheng to directly refuse her.

And two days later, he set his marriage to the granddaughter of the Fourth Elder, her clan younger sister.

This made her, with her arrogant Heart-Nature, feel humiliated.

“Young Miss, how could that be?”

The maid Kui Si spoke cautiously, “That Lu Changsheng is too fond of Young Miss to do such a thing.”

“I heard that the reason Lu Changsheng didn’t agree was because he felt he wasn’t worthy of you, Young Miss. He also wants to marry wives and concubines and have a lot of children, which is why he chose Young Miss Miaoyun.”

Lu Miaohuan, of course, knew that Lu Changsheng wasn’t deliberately humiliating her.

Her father, Lu Yuanding, had also come to comfort and persuade her earlier.

But she just couldn’t swallow this indignity.

Lu Miaohuan’s beautiful eyes were tightly shut, her proud chest heaving, then she gritted her teeth and said, “Lu Changsheng, I will definitely find a man ten, no, a hundred times stronger than you, to make you regret this!”

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