Mrs. Lai faced the son of a rival every day; nobody would guess she'd be kind to him. Even in families where sons are favored over daughters, daughters are often treated better than sons.
The truth was that Mrs. Lai's pregnancy and childbirth years ago were real, but she gave birth in the county where no one knew the inside story.
Hongji and his father looked somewhat alike; both were tall and large, somewhat handsome and fair-skinned, which stopped people from guessing they weren't actual father and son.
No one would think of Hongji's situation as resembling an uncle, since his father and his little cousin's father were cousins themselves, and his grandmother was the elder sister of his little cousin's mother.
At this time, Hongji's father wasn't thinking much about it and was definitely not guessing that Mrs. Lai might be recalling the past. He was still troubled by how to discuss this matter with his eldest son, considering his age and taking such a young concubine.
