"Lu Zhang... is he only just now thinking of distancing himself from his maternal family? Isn't it a bit too late?" Zhu Yu asked with some doubt as he played chess with Lu Qing to pass the time. "For so many years, their mutual collusion has been obvious to outsiders!"
"It may not solely be for avoiding suspicion or cutting ties," Lu Qing replied, picking up a chess piece, and scanning the board before gently placing it in an empty spot. "When we were at Immortal Castle, we saw that although Lu Zhang appeared very majestic, with officials and soldiers at his command, in reality, those people didn't truly follow his orders. They seemed to take commands from Zhao Bi rather, making Lu Zhang merely a puppet they pushed to the front.
Lu Zhang is not unaware of this; he just lacked the confidence to expose it before. After all, the situation was still uncertain, and he dared not easily push the big tree that was Duke Yan.
