There is a secret about Chi Mengfu that is almost never openly discussed.
But those present in the Baohua Palace at this moment are the highest echelons of the Summer Country, so naturally they are all aware...
When Chi Mengfu was born, he had six toes, and his biological parents viewed him as a deformed monster and threw him directly into the river.
He happened to be rescued by a boatman.
That boatman was a widower who lived alone on the boat his whole life and was not concerned about idle gossip, so he adopted him.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. When he turned seven,
one day a guest on the boat saw his six toes, thought he was of demon blood, and wanted to bind him and feed him to the Fierce Beasts.
The boatman tried to stop them and ended up being beaten to death.
He took advantage of the chaos to jump into the river and escape, then went to report to the authorities.
