Everyone in the room couldn't help but hold their breath when they heard this. Ma was so nervous that he clenched his fists and didn't even notice that the one-inch-long nail on his little finger was broken.
The ghost woman took a breath and continued: "I was taken into the room where the fifth princess gave birth, and the rest of the people were sent out.
Only the maid who went to pick me up was left inside with me. "
"Is she Lan Ning's maid?" Ma asked quickly, because this was an important witness.
"It doesn't seem to be the case. Later I heard that she was from the palace." The ghost woman shook her head.
"That's it, it turns out that Concubine Fu was also involved in this matter! Let me tell you, how could Lan Ning dare to make such a big idea by herself!" Ma felt that what the mother-in-law said was very reliable, "What happens next? ?”
"Then I saw that it was indeed a dystocia. I managed to get the baby out of my belly, but it was stillborn."
"Is it stillborn? A boy or a girl?" Ma asked.
"It is also a boy, but it has been in the belly for too long and it has run out of energy." The ghost woman said, "I slapped it for a long time to no avail.
Then I changed the baby I had brought, put the stillborn fetus into a bamboo basket, and covered it with a cloth.
At this time, the baby I brought also woke up and cried loudly. Everyone thought it was a baby and crowded in to see it.
The woman who picked me up took me out, gave me a bag of gold leaves, and asked me to take the dead child outside and throw it away.
Besides, I am not allowed to talk about this matter to anyone again, as it will be rotten in my stomach for the rest of my life, because I am also an accomplice, and no one can survive if something goes wrong. "
After hearing this, Ma couldn't recover for a long time. After a while, she slammed the table and said, "What a cruel plan! They must be afraid that they won't be able to give birth to a boy, so they prepared a baby boy in advance for replacement.
If Lan Ning successfully gives birth to the imperial grandson, the boy will no longer be needed.
Although Lan Ning was pregnant with a boy, he was stillborn. It's natural to change it. You can't live with an empty nest. "
"The woman who took me there also said..." The ghost woman interjected carefully.
"What did she say?" Ma asked.
"She said she had expected that she would not be able to hire any other midwives. No one would be on guard about me, and it would be less likely for the news to leak out."
After the ghost lady finished speaking, Ma narrowed his eyes and sneered: "It's really all the traps! I'm just saying that they don't have a fuel-efficient lamp!"
"Isn't that right! Those people who often deliver babies to officials and officials in the capital are all under our radar. When they want to do such a shameful thing, their first priority must be to avoid being noticed.
We never expected to go to a sewer-like place to find someone. If God hadn't opened his eyes, I'm afraid we would never know the tenderness in our lives. Mrs. Ye, who had been listening by the side, then spoke up, "If this woman said it, how could anyone dare to believe it?" Who would believe her to deliver the baby to the princess? "
"Yes, they must have thought of this, so they are emboldened!" Ma said angrily and happily, "They plotted against my son, but they want to gain both fame and fortune! Nothing in the world is so cheap. thing!"
Mrs. Ye asked: "Where did you throw that dead child?"
"I threw it into the stinking ditch next to the shadow puppet alley while it was dark," the ghost woman said, "but it's been several days, who knows if it was eaten by wild dogs."
"Go and look for it over there." Ma immediately called for someone to go over there and "see if we can still find it."
"It's done, the master has finished asking questions. Let's take this old woman down with her alive! Take good care of her and make sure she is not allowed to leave this house." Mrs. Ye said to the servants next to her. Wink.
Those two people naturally understood what she meant, which was to put the woman under house arrest. It would still be useful to keep her.
After the ghost woman was taken away, Ma said to the housekeeper: "The servant who comes from that mansion should also be fed and fed.
If he hadn't reported it to me, we wouldn't have known about it. "
"Don't worry, Master, I have already arranged everything for him, and I guarantee that he will be devoted to us." The housekeeper said hurriedly.
The person they were talking about was Hu Laoba who was kicked out of the Fifth Prince's Mansion.
That day he was whipped by the housekeeper, tied up and thrown into an empty room.
I hate myself to death, but there is nothing I can do about it.
In the second half of the day, two women were picking dry vegetables under the eaves. They forgot that there was anyone in the room, so they started talking.
One said: "This is quite strange. Didn't we say that the child was lifeless when he was born? Why did he live again later?"
"They said the midwife they hired had a special skill and she managed to save her," said another.
"But it's nonsense. I saw that woman. She is just an old beggar. What unique skills can she have?" said the first one.
"That person must not look good! How else could we invite her here? No matter what you say, our family has the emperor's eldest grandson, and our social status will also increase. This is a good thing!"
“We have been old sisters for so many years, and I have something I don’t want to hide from you.
But what are we talking about? I'm just telling you, don't say anything else. "
"What's going on? You said it so solemnly."
"As you know, my niece works in the front yard. It was she who told me that the true emperor's grandson was stillborn!
This one was quietly brought into the house and hidden in the midwife's arms. "
"Don't talk nonsense, you're going to lose your head!"
"Do I dare to talk nonsense? I don't want my life! My niece saw it when she was bringing water inside. When the woman went in, she accidentally exposed a child's leg under her clothes!"
"Oh my god, stop talking! This... this is more mysterious than storytelling and singing!"
Someone happened to be passing by, and the two women started talking about other things.
When Hu Laoba, a scoundrel, found out about this, he suddenly felt that his chance to make a comeback had come.
After he was kicked out of the Fifth Prince's Mansion, he went to the Second Prince's Mansion. Although he didn't live up to expectations, he still had enough brains, so he waited at the door for the housekeeper to come out.
After meeting the housekeeper, he said that he knew a big secret.
The housekeeper was taken aback by his words and took him aside alone to ask.
I was shocked after hearing this, but I didn't dare to believe him.
Let people notice him and come in to report to Ma.
Ma felt that it was somewhat credible, so he called the person who had been monitoring the fifth prince's residence, and what he said to Hu Laoba was indeed traceable.
Because someone saw the woman leaving from the back door in the middle of the night, holding a bamboo basket in her hand, which most likely contained the dead child.
Then Ma sent someone to inquire and found the woman.
Hearing what this woman said again coincided with what Hu Laoba heard from the two women picking vegetables.
By now she was convinced.
Because it is impossible for Hu Laoba to collude with the ghost woman, they have never met each other.
