Male lead, second master of the Lu family, a sixth-rank compiler in the Hanlin Academy who placed third in the palace examination. He is thirty years old and married Fang Qianxue five years ago. He harbored resentment against the Fang family for suppressing him in court, resulting in five years without promotion. He brought back Xu Miaoyan from Jiangning, claiming she was his elder brother's betrothed, and intends to practice dual-lineage succession by marrying her in his brother's stead. He slapped Fang Qianxue and is obsessively devoted to pleasing Xu Miaoyan.
