A Difficult Situation

Regarding this secret, only the emperor and him knew about it. And now, Lou Xin Yue and Yang Yiting also knew about it. And now, following Lou Xin Yue's death, only the three of them were aware. 

Meng Yuan only knew some general outlines in the intermittent narration of Emperor Ming on the night he was urgently summoned to the palace. Eventually, people had to know he was a child of the emperor.

To cover things up, Emperor Ming decided to disclose to Meng Yuan about his status as a prince but hesitated about telling him of his true mother. He told Meng Yuan that he had to tell people that Imperial Princess adopted him when he was a baby after the death of Concubine Xuan.

Concubine Xuan's maiden name was Su Mei. She was the top entertainer of the most famous brothel in the capital more than twenty years ago, the top pleasure woman of Shenyu Tower. Because of her beauty and talent, she was admired by countless men all over the world.