Chapter 1,104: Telling a Lie

Meng Yunzheng continued, "Later, my mother met my father Meng Pei when she was escaping. My father happened to be favored by my mother when he was young. When he saw my mother was in trouble, he took my mother back to where he lived."

"My father knew that my mother had nowhere to go and was penniless, so he took her with him. Later, the two fell in love with each other and got married. I..."

The emperor raised his hand to interrupt him, "When did they get married?"

"A month later."

"One month?" The emperor narrowed his eyes, "How could your father get married to your mother without any pressure in such a short period of time, knowing that your mother was Gongqiu's eldest son? This doesn't make sense. He has been favored by your mother and knows that she is in trouble, so he should give her a hand and get married."

Would a normal man, knowing that this woman is already someone else's wife, still marry her in just one month? No matter how beautiful Meng's mother is, Meng Pei has liked her from the beginning and is not in a hurry to get married within a month.

Meng Yuncheng was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Back then..." He took a deep breath, "Back then, my mother had been drugged when she escaped from the Liu family, so..."

If the emperor didn't ask about this excuse, Meng Yunzheng wouldn't want to say it. After all, it would damage his parents' reputation.

But the emperor asked, if he didn't put the incident into perspective, it wouldn't make sense.

"My father is an escort in a bodyguard bureau. He has traveled around since he was a child, and his temperament has become very responsible. He has feelings for my mother, let alone in such a situation. He doesn't care whether my mother is an extramarital affair, or not. It didn’t matter what her original identity was. My mother, on the other hand, was already at the end of her rope, and my father’s appearance was like a life-saving straw for her to hold onto tightly.”

"Because... we had a relationship, my father was worried that my mother would be pregnant, so we got married in just one month. Originally, the Meng family's escort agency was in Jinyue Mansion, but Jinyue Mansion was too close to the capital, so my mother went back with my father. After arriving at my hometown, I happened to see an acquaintance and was afraid of being recognized and seeing Gongqiu again, so my father simply took my mother to Tianning County and opened another Quansheng Escort Agency there."

The emperor listened thoughtfully and nodded after a while, "Go on."

"My father's concerns were indeed correct. My mother did become pregnant that time. It's just that she was not in good health. It may be because she was drugged earlier, or it may be because she has been uneasy. The pregnancy was not easy. In the later stages, After being frightened, she gave birth prematurely, and the children born at that time were grassroots."

Meng Yuncheng said with increasing certainty, "After Caomin was born, my mother's mood improved, she gradually stopped thinking about past things, and her body recovered. My father was also very happy and felt that the days to come would get better and better." This kind of life lasted until Cao Min was ten years old."

"Back then, my father went out as a escort, and my mother stayed at home with me. Who would have expected that Gong Qiu's confidant would appear in Tianning County on business. My mother recognized him at a glance, knowing that Gong Qiu would soon know her whereabouts, and Knowing that Gongqiu would not let our family of three go, my mother decided to take me away from Tianning County at that time, but in the end, it was still a step too late."

"That night, the Escort Bureau caught fire, but my mother and I were too groggy to wake up. When I woke up, most of the Escort Bureau was burned down, and my mother was also burned to death."