She grew up in the Jin and Liu Song capital Jiankang, and she was selected as an imperial consort for Emperor Wen, for her beauty.
She also raised another son of Emperor Wen, Liu Yu the Prince of Xiangdong, whose mother Shen Rongji (沈容姬) had died early.
In 453, after Emperor Wen's oldest son Liu Shao, the Crown Prince had assassinated Emperor Wen and taken the throne himself, Liu Jun rose against his brother from his defense post at Jiang Province (江州, modern Jiangxi and Fujian) and headed east to attack the capital Jiankang.
Consort Lu remained at the capital of Jiang Province, Xunyang (尋陽, in modern Jiujiang, Jiangxi) and did not accompany her son on his campaign.
[2] She did not appear to have much influence over her impulsive and cruel grandson, who was assassinated in a coup d'etat in January 466.
Historical accounts indicate that there was a rumor, allegedly from reliable sources but not conclusive, that after her grandson Liu Zixun, the Prince of Jin'an had been declared emperor in early 466 at his defense post at Jiang Province in competition with Emperor Ming, Empress Dowager Lu was secretly pleased.
However, after her burial, her body was disinterred as a magical means of cursing her grandson Liu Zixun.