Kapitel 1070: No Other Choice

Lu Hetian was frustrated, but there was nothing he could do.

Why couldn't Weiwei be a little more selfish?

Naturally, the Dowager Duchess had heard the announcement of the imperial edict, and she turned her sharp eyes upon her son and daughter-in-law.

Both of them looked away guiltily, not daring to meet her gaze.

"I can't believe both of you aren't even as sensible as Weiwei." After a while, the Dowager Duchess remarked crossly.

"Mother, I…"

"Don't talk to me. You've got some nerve, lying to me that you're going to the Ji Prefecture on a business trip when you're actually going to the frontier. You too, Lihua – how dare you teamed up with Shenzhi and keep such important information from me?" The Dowager Duchess seethed.

Lu Hetian and Ling Lihua were both overcome with shame. They were the ones in the wrong, after all.

However, they were just ordinary parents.