Lu Qi was somewhat baffled.
Who was this man?
Why was he speaking in such a strange, mocking tone in front of Father and him?
He had seen all the strategists in the mansion, or at least heard of them, and none dared behave so rudely to Father and him.
Could it be... this man wasn't an ordinary strategist but someone Prince Ming, the royal uncle, had offered to Father?
When Lu Zhaoyan was in the Prince Qin Mansion, he was merely an unpreferred second son. His birth mother's status was so low that she wasn't even qualified to raise him.
He grew up under the care of Princess Qin.
The brothers in the mansion looked down on him, often bullying him. Only the youngest, Prince Ming, liked to follow him around, calling him "Second Brother" all the time.
Thus, if there had to be a sibling with an unusually close relationship to Lu Zhaoyan, it could only be Prince Ming.
This was also why, after entering the Imperial City, Prince Ming went straight to live in the Crown Prince Mansion.
