Given Madam Zhao's current reputation, she dare not claim to be Chen Shiying's mother. She could only say that she had no children and, after her husband's death, came to Dingzhou with her servant to find relatives. Unable to find her relatives and physically unable to return to her hometown, she had no choice but to buy a small residence there to spend the rest of her life.
Madam Zhao was initially resistant, but after hearing the other two solutions proposed by the clan elder from Chen Shiying, she gave in. She clung to Chen Shiying, weeping uncontrollably, muttering about her own struggles and how hard it was to support him.
Chen Shiying knelt before her, promising that even if she was no longer considered part of The Chens, she was still his mother, and he would support her for the rest of her life. However, to keep up appearances, he couldn't visit her frequently and even if he did, it could only be at night...
