My Father in Law is Lu Bu

“The Young Master has returned!” Lu Su finally had the time to return to his home, the Lu Family’s residence. The Lu Family was in an uproar because they rose to glory because Lu Su was the Grand Governor and the Second Lord’s friend. Unfortunately, there was no news of Lu Su following the Sun Quan’s expedition.

Sun Quan returned with news that Lu Su had been executed. Lu Su’s father almost died from shock. Lu Su was his only son. If Lu Su was killed in Yangzhou then the Lu Family was ruined.

Fortunately, news came in that Lu Su was not dead but became a high ranking official in Yangzhou. Lu Su was the highest ranked internal minister after Xu Shu.

Lu Su was in the Ministry of Appointments. Except for the six other ministers and Xu Shu who are not under his jurisdiction, Lu Su had the authority to evaluate others. If your assessment is excellent, then you will get promoted. If your assessment is poor for a year, it would not be too bad. If your assessment is still poor for the following years, then Lu Su can fire you or transfer you elsewhere.

As a result, everyone in Yangzhou would give Lu Su gifts. Lu Su impression of them was a matter of life and death. This Lu Su has now returned to Jiangdong with glory.

“Young Master!” The Lu Family’s servants greeted. Lu Su also responded to the greetings. He had always behaved warmly towards them.

“Young Master, you are back!” One old man said cordially towards Lu Su as he approached.

“Uncle He.” Lu Su looked towards at the Lu Family’s housekeeper. The housekeeper had been following Lu Su’s father while Lu Su was still young and watched Lu Su grow up. That was why Lu Su also did not treat this housekeeper as an outsider.

The housekeeper also looked back at Lu Su with relief.

“The Patriarch is waiting for you inside.” Housekeeper He replied.

“Then I will go first. Uncle He, these people here are His Highness the King of Shu’s people. They are my colleagues. Please help me entertain them.” Lu Su said to the housekeeper. As Lu Su was also considered an owner for the Lu Family’s residence, it would only be polite if he was the one to receive guests.

“Don’t worry. Leave this to me. Quickly go and see your father.” Uncle He replied.

Lu Su nodded and went further into the house.

“Come everyone. As the Young Master’s colleagues, you are also our Lu Family’s friends. Come this way.” Uncle He said while receiving guests. Yang Chen and the others did not dare to make too much fuss and followed quietly.

The Lu Family’s residence was a place Lu Su had lived in for over ten years. He was so familiar with the place that he could probably walk around blindfolded. Yet for some reason, he felt like he could not move after entering his residence.

He took a deep breath and then increased his pace after seeing the familiar room in front of him.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Clack, clack. The wooden door was pushed open and an elderly man was sitting inside reading a book. Lu Su wanted to speak but did not know what to say.

“You are back?” The old man was the first to speak. “That’s good. Where is Old He? Let’s have him prepare your favorite sweet and sour fish.”

“Father.” The tears that Lu Su had been holding back started to flow out. He knelt down on the floor. “Father. This son is unfilial for not accompanying you and did not even send a letter. Please punish this son for being unfilial.” Lu Su said as he lowered his head to the ground.

“Silly child. It is good that you are home. If you want to be punished, then I shall punish you to drink with me tonight.” Lu Su’s father Lu Taigong was not a simple person. In the past, the Lu Family were nobles from Linhuai. But Lu Taigong already foresaw the coming chaos and prepared an escape route ahead of time. At that time, Linhuai was under the jurisdiction of Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu tried to make Lu Taigong the governor. However, Lu Taigong refused. He saw that Yuan Shu was not a successful person. He chose to move out early and survive rather than help Yuan Shu and be destroyed together with him.

Lu Taigong needed to move his assets to Jiangdong but there was too much provisions at Linhuai to move out. So Lu Taigong first send it to Lu Su’s childhood friend Zhou Yu who was the leader at Juchao. With this provisions, Zhou Yu was able to recruit elite soldiers to help Sun Ce. It was also for this reason that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had good impression of Lu Su. The rest was given to the common people. At that time, provisions were very valuable. 𝘙

With this, the Lu Family became popular. When the Lu Family wanted to move East, Yuan Shu did not allow it and wanted to use force. However, the common people helped the Lu Family move out smoothly. In fact, most of the common people also followed the Lu Family to Jiangdong. It was also because of this that people did not dare look down on the Lu Family even when they just arrived at Jiangdong. The Lu Family had provided Sun Ce with help at his hour of need allowing Lu Taigong and his family to stand firmly in Jiangdong.

Lu Taigong understood his son’s troubles. As Yangzhou’s minister, Lu Su would only bring trouble to the Lu Family if he were to send a letter since Yangzhou and Jiangdong were enemies. Jiangdong would crush the Lu Family if they find out that Lu Su was bringing benefits to Yangzhou. Even Zhou Yu would not be able to stop it.

It is only now when Jiangdong was utterly defeated that Lu Su was able to come back as an envoy. If someone dared to attack the Lu Family right now, they would just be courting death. Once Yangzhou captures Jiangdong, anyone that raised a hand against the Lu Family could easily be removed.

“Lord Patriarch. The feast is ready. All that is left is to wait for Lord Patriarch and the Young Master.” Housekeeper He informed from outside the room.

“Alright. We will go right away.” Lu Taigong replied.

“Father. Let me support you.” Lu Su said to his father.

“Young Master, let us do it.” Housekeeper He said to Lu Su.

“Hm?” Lu Su furrowed his brows. Why was Uncle He trying to prevent him from doing his filial duty?

Housekeeper He saw Lu Su’s expression and immediately understood Lu Su’s thoughts. He then laughed bitterly. “Young Master. It is not that I do not want you to support your father. It is just that you can’t do it.” Lu Su then saw two robust looking servants behind the housekeeper step forward. They did not help Lu Taigong up. Instead, they carried the stool together with Lu Taigong.

“Father? This…” Lu Su’s eyes grew wide with disbelief.

“Haha, my son. I am already old. I am no longer strong enough to walk. It is good enough that I could live long enough to see you return.” Lu Taigong said.

“Cannot walk anymore?” Lu Su felt his heart ache. Wasn’t this paralysis?

“Young Master. When you gone missing, the Lord Patriarch was extremely heart broken. At that time, his legs… Sigh.” The housekeeper sighed. When Lu Taigong heard that Lu Su was executed in Yangzhou, he was so shocked he fainted. When he woke up, his legs were already paralyzed. This was the amount of love the father had for his son.

“Father! This son!” Lu Su immediately knelt down again not knowing what to say. It was fortunate that he came back in time. If his father were to die without his knowledge, he would never forgive himself.

“My son, this has nothing to do with you. It is good that you are back. Now we can reunite. That is the most important thing! Enough. Today is a day to rejoice. Let’s go. We cannot allow the guests and your fellow colleagues to wait.” Lu Taigong adopted a lighthearted perspective. He did not care for glory anymore and have already gotten over it. His only wish now was his son to be safe and sound. The most important thing was that the Lu Family can have peace.

“N!” Lu Su sobbed. “Uncle He. Let me do it.”

“Hm?” The housekeeper was confused. Didn’t he just say that it was hard to carry the stood and the Lord Patriarch alone?

“The stool is heavy but I can still carry my father on my back.” Lu Su said to the housekeeper.

“This…” Housekeeper He looked at Lu Su and then back towards Lu Taigong.

“Nevermind. Old He, let him carry me.” Lu Taigong waved his hand. It had been long since he saw his son.

“Understood.” The housekeeper nodded.

Lu Su carried his father on his back. Though his father was not heavy. The parental love was so heavy to the extent that Lu Su felt pressured. He owed his father too much.

Lu Taigong talked about old times with Lu Su. Lu Su felt like laughing and crying as he thought of the past. After that there was a banquet. But unlike other banquets, this one was very fulfilling as it held genuine love.