As soon as these words were spoken, both Lord Xie and Madam Xie fell silent.
Madam Xie turned away to wipe her tears, sighing deeply, and Lord Xie's face was filled with remorse.
"Xue'er, the reason your father claimed back then that you had died a sudden death was out of fear that your giving birth out of wedlock would be exposed. Once the Emperor found out, none of us would come to a good end."
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