How did the lady confirm that Meng Liang was not her child?

That was simple: While she was exhausted after giving birth, she heard some distant voices praising the infant's beautiful, lucky features, especially the delicate, red, cherry-like mole between his brows.

But when she saw him for the first time, she saw no mole between the eyebrows of the extremely thin and fragile baby. Two days after, she heard that the concubine's child had died and was hastily buried… That was a boy with a mole between his brows!

The lady's suspicion was roused, and she then mentioned the incident before Meng Zhan to observe his reaction. However, their intimacy was long gone. All Meng Zhan gave her were scoldings and affronts, while he sometimes joined the concubine in mistreating her, stepping all over her dignity as the family leader's proper wife.

The oppressive life, together with the lack of care after giving birth, caused serious illness to the lady––but that was merely the start of the abuse.