Wufu did not reveal the information about the man suspected to be her birth father to Madam Zhou, but instead, she vaccinated her in advance; whether Madam Zhou could come to terms with it depended on her own realization.
If she could understand and henceforth treat this man as deceased, with mother and daughter closing their doors to live their lives together, then it would be happiness for all.
If she could not come to terms with it, then delaying the issue for one more day was one day gained. Of course, this was also Wufu's own selfish wish. She did not want to follow Madam Zhou in recognizing some man as her father, much less be subject to someone else and become a concubine-born daughter.
In this era, the matter of status was something useful at times, and at other times not so much.
Being a concubine-born daughter was undoubtedly a lower status. Unless absolutely necessary, Wufu had no desire to be labeled with this term as she walked the world.
