The Emperor, upon hearing the news, was thunderstruck with rage. The Marquis Cheng En had favored his concubine and destroyed his wife, also concealing the death of Old Lady Fu and not observing the three-year mourning period as prescribed by law. He could be described as disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unrighteous. He immediately decreed the stripping of Marquis Cheng En's title, demoting him to a commoner and exiling his entire family to the far north.
The Lu family father, who served as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, had failed to teach his daughter properly. He was stripped of his official position, to be never reinstated, and his wife's fourth-grade imperial edict was also revoked.
At the same time, the Empress sent people to the Lu family to admonish Madam Lu and ordered her to reflect behind closed doors.