As Xu Huilin finished speaking, everyone understood. It turned out that Xu Huilin's mother had a good friend in her youth, who was Du Fuling's mother. This woman, known as Du's Second Lady, Zhang, had been driven back to her own family by old Master Du.
Before Xu Huilin's mother was offered to Meng Liangshen, she stayed in the Zhang Family's residence for some time. She was particularly close to Zhang, and the two were as close as real sisters.
Zhang then married into the Du Family, and Xu Huilin's mother was sent by the Former Emperor's consort, Yang Fei, to seduce Meng Liangshen. She bore Meng Liangshen's eldest son. When the two women met again, Xu Huilin was already over a year old, and Zhang was pregnant again. She declared that if she were carrying a girl, she would marry her to Xu Huilin.