In this chapter, we learn that Ming's mother was a kind, peace-loving woman who sent her son to travel with the empress so that he wouldn't be seen as a threat to the throne. She also had a plan to keep him away from the judgment of the court and to secure his own life. This plan was thwarted by his wife, Jinzhen, who conspired with the midwife to smother the child in her belly during her pregnancy. This is what killed the baby, and Ming blames his mother for the whole thing. He also blames jinzhen for sending assassins to kill him after his mother's death. He says that he still has to tell the truth because he doesn't want his mother to be killed
In this chapter, we learn that Ming's mother was a kind, peace-loving woman who sent her son to travel with the empress so that he wouldn't be seen as a threat to the throne. She also had a plan to keep him away from the judgment of the court and to secure his own life. This plan was thwarted by his wife, Jinzhen, who conspired with the midwife to smother the child in her belly during her pregnancy. This is what killed the baby, and Ming blames his mother for the whole thing. He also blames jinzhen for sending assassins to kill him after his mother's death. He says that he still has to tell the truth because he doesn't want his mother to be killed