Jun Xiqing looked at him with a smile. Then she lowered her voice and spoke to him soft enough that only the two of them could hear, "West Duke, do you know your true identity?"
Lu Yeming laughed softly. "I'm intrigued. Go on."
"Twenty years ago, when Madam Xuanji was pregnant, she was forced to take an abortion pill. In the end, she even had a caesarean to remove her child. After that, her child wasn't able to speak at all and was on the verge of death. He died the moment he left Madam Xuanji's arms.
"The bonds between the two of them really run deep. He held out for ten months before finally dying in his mother's arms just after he was born.