Why did Lu Gong choose Liu Bang as his son-in-law?

Lu Gong was a good friend of the magistrate of Pei County. He offended someone in his hometown, so in order to avoid his enemies he came to Pei County to seek refuge with the magistrate and settled his family in Pei County.

Many upper-class people in Pei County heard about his relationship with the county magistrate, so they came to visit him, try to build relationships, and get close to him. As there were so many guests, Xiao He, who was the chief clerk in Pei County, was responsible for receiving the guests. He announced a rule: anyone who brought a gift of less than one thousand coins must sit in the hall, which means they are not allowed to enter the house. Those who came to congratulate found their seats according to the amount of money they gave as gifts. Although Liu Bang was only a village head with a very low status, he interacted a lot with the county officials and spoke very casually to them. So he pretended that he was going to pay a visit to Lu Gong immediately and said: I have to go to pay a visit to Lu Gong right away and cannot wait long. Please write down a gift of 10,000 coins for me first! Then he handed over a congratulatory letter. In fact, he did not take out a single penny. He just hurriedly went to see Lu Gong with the empty promise of ten thousand coins in order to avoid an embarrassing situation.

As soon as Liu Bang entered Lu Gong's room, Lu Gong stood up in surprise, went to the door to greet Liu Bang, and led Liu Bang to sit down in the seat of honor. At this time, Xiao He came closer and said with a mixture of truth and falsehood: Liu Bang is a man who always likes to talk big but rarely actually gets things done. Liu Bang knew that Xiao He's mockery of him for giving him a gift of ten thousand silver coins was a lie, but he didn't take it seriously and continued to chat and laugh with Lu Gong as usual.

Lu Gong was good at physiognomy. He was only focused on Liu Bang's appearance and didn't pay much attention to what Xiao He said. When the guests saw that Lu Gong was very friendly with Liu Bang, they also became friendly with Liu Bang, and Liu Bang then chatted and laughed with everyone. After the congratulations were over, people began to feast. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the people who came to congratulate them gradually left the table. Lü Gong was afraid that Liu Bang would leave with the crowd, so he tried to persuade him to stay with his eyes, and Liu Bang was the last one to leave. After looking at Liu Bang's appearance, Lu Gong said: When I was young, I liked to read people's faces. Many people have had their faces read by me, but no one can compare to yours, Liu Bang. I hope you take good care of yourself. I have a daughter, and I am willing to marry her to you as your housekeeping wife.

Later, when Lu Gong's wife heard that Lu Gong was going to marry her daughter to Liu Bang, she became very angry with him and said: You always wanted your daughter to succeed in life and betrothed her to a noble man. Why did you so casually promise her to Liu Bang today? I heard that he was a street rogue.

Lu Gong did not argue, but just said: The secret of heaven cannot be revealed!

In the end, Lu Gong married his daughter to Liu Bang. Lu Gong's daughter was later Empress Lu, and her son and daughter were later Emperor Xiaohui and Princess Lu Yuan.

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