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After Lady Meng finished speaking, she covered her face and began to cry, "I know I have wronged you brothers in these past years, but your father and I really were at a loss. Had I known it would come to this, I should have persuaded your father to find a safe place to settle you siblings, rather than letting them take you on the run..."
Miao Ruochen hadn't expected his thoughtless words to bring up the past for his mother and immediately panicked, "Mother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have spoken carelessly. Please stop crying. I understand that father is upset because I have not met his expectations, but isn't this also because of the urgency I feel? Mother, I just want you to plead with father on my behalf. If my colleagues find out that I, a grown man, am still being grounded by my father, where will I put my face? How will I face my subordinates in the future? Mother, don't you agree?"
