Lu Yulan's words made the Empress cover her face and smile, but even her smile was very graceful.

"This young lady has a silver tongue. I, an old man, almost believed her. She truly deserves to be called the woman who exposed Keynes's conspiracy. She is beautiful and intelligent."

Lu Yulan lowered her head, feigning shyness. The hat was too tall for her to wear, and she was about to modestly accept it.

Gu Luobing chimed in from the side, which relieved Lu Yulan.

"If Your Majesty is an old lady, then wouldn't I be an ancient demon?"

The Empress tapped Gu Luobing's forehead, "You, you're just talking nonsense."

"I didn't. It's clearly Madam Bai who's better at talking. Otherwise, wouldn't I have become His Majesty's favorite long ago?"

Madam Bai glanced at Gu Luobing, exuding charm and grace. Compared to when Lu Yulan first met her, she seemed less sharp and more gentle.

He took a sip of tea and replied, "Your Majesty, look, Professor He is quite different here; he's even making fun of me."

...

Lu Yulan kept her head down and listened quietly to the three big shots chatting.

Unfortunately, today is her blind date banquet, so it's bound to be mentioned.

The Empress then changed the subject and looked at Lu Yulan.

"Let's not be ostentatious. Today is Miss Lu's matchmaking banquet. I wonder which of you here has taken a fancy to? How about I, the Empress, act as matchmaker and bestow a marriage upon you?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Bai immediately put down her teacup. "Your Majesty, I cannot accept this. It was clearly agreed that you would come to help me snatch a daughter-in-law, so how did it turn into an imperial decree?"

Although he said he wouldn't agree, he wasn't worried at all, and even had a smile on his face.

Gu Luobing quickly changed the subject, explaining that she wasn't there to marry Lu Yulan into the Bai family.

"Madam Bai, that's not right. Marriage requires mutual affection. What if Xiao Lan'er doesn't like Chu Rui? Wouldn't they be a mismatched couple?"

"My son is so outstanding, how could Miss Lu not be interested in him?"

Gu Luobing leaned back slightly, "That's not necessarily true. Besides, which of these I've chosen isn't excellent?"

Lu Yuanhong, the former leader of the Lu family army, and Lu Yulan's ex-husband.

Tsuruha is a leading figure among the younger generation of the Control Yuan and the successor to Tsuru-sho.

Wu Lin, son of Marshal Wu.

There's no need to introduce Wei Guang and Ze Ye, and those nobles, which one of them wasn't outstanding?

The Empress gently raised her hand, silencing the two women's argument, and looked at Lu Yulan with a hint of pressure in her eyes. "Let Miss Lu decide for herself."

“Miss Lu should choose a suitable young man carefully. I haven’t played matchmaker in a long time.”

So, does this mean she has to choose one today?

Isn't this empress a bit too boring?

"Your Majesty, I have no plans to get married right now. I only want to raise my children to adulthood, and perhaps I will never get married..."

"That won't do."

The Empress frowned and placed her hand on the table.

"Although you are very outstanding, Miss Lu, how can a child be without a father?"

As she spoke, she glanced around and said, "Speaking of which, this child seems to be Lu Yuanhong's."

"General Lu" was called out and immediately stood up, looking ashamed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I am trying my best to make amends to them."

"Oh, how can we make up for it?"

"I'm going to pursue Miss Lu again."

The Empress clapped her hands in satisfaction. "That's more like it. I hate unfaithful men the most."

"Miss Lu, have you made your choice?"