The imperial scholar Zhang Xing (張星) submitted a petition pointing out Lu's honesty and contributions, and Emperor Xuanzong, in response, awarded silk and grain to his household. The next year, when Emperor Xuanzong returned from a visit to Luoyang, he happened to go by Lu's house when he saw that Lu was being offered sacrifices, but the ceremony was very simple and lacking in supplies, and also that Lu's tombstone had not been properly written, he awarded Lu's family with silk and had the chancellor Su Ting write the epitaph on Lu's tombstone. Lu's sons Lu Huan (盧奐) and Lu Yi (盧弈) later served as key officials late in Emperor Xuanzong's reign, and his grandson Lu Qi served as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong's great-grandson Emperor Dezong. Song dynasty historian Sima Guang and Ji Bingxuan, a politician of people's republic of China, praised Lu Huaishen for his willingness to compromise. Sima and Ji both argue that by yielding to the authority of chancellor Yao Chong, who was more competent, Lu facilitated the works emperor Xuanzong's court. Instead of competing with Yao, Lu was aware of his limits and contributed to the well being of the country in his own way.