"Daughter, you have to be careful. There are ears in the walls. Don't let your grandmother notice that you are investigating her. Otherwise, those people back then are afraid that they will be silenced. Besides, Grandma Huang, you should ask your father to send someone to protect her.
, understand?"
"It's still my mother's thoughtfulness." An Qingran said with a smile.
In fact, she also thought of asking the prince to arrange someone, but it was hard to say.
Lian Jinyu asked her how she found Grandma Huang. She told the truth to her mother and said that it was the prince who helped her.
Lian Jinyu thought about what he said, it was true. If it weren't for the prince's help, how could she, a girl, go out to find someone? And she was so calm that she told herself that things had come to this point. In short,
She was happy if she wanted An Qingran to have any reasonable steps.
Her daughter's performance made her feel distressed and relieved. With such meticulous thinking, she would not be plotted against even if she entered the palace.
In fact, it was a bit too early to say this.
An Qingran now told her mother that she had a purpose, mainly to ask her mother to help her investigate the maids and nannies in the countryside, mainly Mrs. Lan's little maids.
Mrs. Lan is a concubine, and her grandmother is the main room carried in from the main door. This is impossible to be wrong.
News soon came out that Mrs. Lan’s maid was found.
An Qingran and Lian Jinyu met her in the other courtyard of the General's Mansion.
The story here cannot be heard from the old lady.
When An Qingran entered the room, a mother-in-law in her sixties looked at her and was a little excited: "It's so similar, so similar..."
As he said that, he stood up and trembled forward, with excitement in his eyes: "You are..."
"I am An Qingran..." An Qingran answered with a smile when she was excited but for some reason.
The old lady nodded: "Why do she look so similar to Mrs. Lan back then..."
The old lady talked about what happened back then.
She has been wronged for so many years because she is an insider.
Moreover, she waited for too long this day, so she didn't dare to forget things, and told herself every day to recall everything that happened that year.
It turned out that forty years ago, there were two wives in the general's mansion, one was the head of the family's mistress Shen, and the other was Lan.
Lan has a beautiful appearance, a kind heart, and a very gentle personality.
Back then, the general favored the Lan family. Her status was very high in the mansion, only slightly lower than the mistress, and the old general wanted to make her a fair wife.
It happened that she and her mistress were pregnant. The old general thought that after the child was born, he would become a wife again, which was the icing on the cake. But even more coincidental, the two wives gave birth at the same time. On that day, the weather was very good.
Well, there was also a lot of joy in the general's mansion. Lan's family was moving first, and then there was movement on the mistress's side. At that time, the old general won a big victory and was rushing back from the border...
The maid recalled that Mrs. Lan and her mistress had some movement that day. When the old general returned home, news came from both rooms, but the mistress gave birth to a young master, but later, she said that Mrs. Lan's side was
But the child died when she was born. The maid felt strange at the time, because the midwife left after taking the child, with joy on her face and a ingot of gold in her hand. She wanted to enter the room.
But at that time she was a maid outside, so she was not allowed to go in. She was still happy outside.
What happened next was very strange. The mistress of the family sought many reasons and drove away all the maids whom Mrs. Lan was serving her intimately, saying that they were not taking good care of her because she was not intimately, so it was after Mrs. Lan's death.
Then she was sent back.
At that time, Mrs. Lan cried day and night because her son died. The old general kept comforting her. She took care of her better than the mistress of the family. However, Mrs. Lan's health was no longer as good as her day by day. The newcomer didn't know if it was
It's not bad, but Mrs. Lan is getting weaker day by day. The general asked the doctor to show her. The mistress of the family was also anxious and took the initiative to ask her for the doctor. However, after taking the medicine, it still didn't get better. In the end, she coughed black blood.
Then, poor Mrs. Lan died a year later. When she died, her lips and nails were black. The mistress said that she was too sad, which led to lung disease...
An Qingran finally finished the matter by listening to her preface and saying nothing. She vaguely knew in her heart that the dark lips and nails could not be caused by lung disease, and it should be poisoning.
"Has the doctor been invited by the head of the family's mistress?" An Qingran asked again.
"Yes, the mistress was very sad at that time. She was with Mrs. Lan every day, saying that as long as she came, even if she was the mistress, she would be happy because only Mrs. Lan was there... But I don't know
Why, later Mrs. Lan didn’t want to see her mistress, and as long as she came, she would pretend to be asleep..."
An Qingran nodded: "Did the maid next to the mistress also replaced it?"
"Yes, the mistress said that some of the maids had the same fate and the young master was in trouble, so he replaced a large number of people. However, the mistress considered their hard work and sent several big cars to send them back to the countryside in person.
, If there is a home, the mistress who has no home has made arrangements, and they are just planning to get married. Anyway, everyone agreed with the mistress's approach at that time, and they also praised it very much..." Grandma Zhang sighed after saying that
Tone, it seems like I'm thinking.
Because I said that I praised the mistress at that time, so I got off topic, which is not the case now.
Lian Jinyu didn't say anything during this process. She knew what her daughter was looking for. As Grandma Zhang said more and more, she became more and more involved in the situation back then.
Not to mention anything else, just say the birthmark. The mother-in-law who delivered Lan's birth is right. An Zhongtao is Mrs. Lan's son. Only in this way can it be understood why Shen used various names back then.
The head drove the maids away.
When she thought of this, her heart was beating wildly. What would happen if Zhongtao knew the truth? His mother, who had been filial for so many years, was not his biological mother, but it was probably because she took him away that his mother died.
, she can be said to be the indirect murderer.
But An Qingran didn't think so. She thought Shen was the direct murderer. Why did Lan not want to see her later? I was afraid that she understood it too. But she didn't know that her child was still alive in the world. If she knew
I'm afraid I will resist in the end, it's not like the silence that is greater than the heart.
Grandma Zhang saw her asking so carefully, and she felt a little surprised: "Is Mrs. Lan's child still alive back then? I actually always thought about it in my heart, but I didn't think it thoroughly at that time and was not sure, so I didn't dare to follow it.
Mrs. Lan said that Mrs. Lan is a very gentle and kind person, and she is the best master I have met in this life. So many years have passed. When I think of what happened back then, I still feel sorry for Mrs. Lan. That look is really rare in the world.
, Just like you, girl, you are so similar..."
Grandma Zhang said again that An Qingran looked like Mrs. Lan.
An Qingran felt a little sad. Mrs. Lan was probably her own grandmother, and she was naturally like her.
East Warm Pavilion.
Even Jinyu has been sitting there in a daze since she came back from the villa. This incident was so shocking. She didn't know where her daughter came from. She could think of the conspiracy in the past, and An Qingran also sat there.
She knew that the evidence of the midwife and Grandma Zhang alone was not enough to prove it, because one was the maid next to Lan and the other was the one who delivered Lan. She could deny it and argued that the other was the one.
If the charges or a big fuss happen, the general's house will not have any scandals. If his father is really not born by the legitimate wife, it will be really troublesome...
She bit her lip and kept thinking about whether to tell her father about this matter first.
The general's mansion looked calm outside, and no one knew that the surging undercurrent was about to appear.
The old lady has been unhappy these days, and of course she is not happy. She has not done anything neatly and nothing goes according to her wishes, but what should I do?
Seeing that An Zhongtao did not intend to adopt An Mingbo, and when Chu made such a fuss, she was in no mood to do so. She was obviously fighting for them, but she was full of complaints. What did she want
ah.
Fang only cares about watching the fun, but there is no fun to watch these days, and she finds it boring. If her son wasn't preparing for the exam, she wouldn't be able to stay there.
Fortunately, Qiaojie is also a person who can relieve her heart. She approaches her from time to time, which is more useful than Shen Zhiyun who runs to Qiwuyuan.
Just as he was thinking, Shen Zhiyun ran back mysteriously: "Mom, I discovered a strange phenomenon."
"What's the matter? What's the fuss? Where do you look like a lady from a noble family?" Fang said to her dissatisfiedly.
Shen Zhiyun breathed evenly: "It's not easy to enter Qiwuyuan now. An Qingran was not in her yard for several days, nor in the East Nuan Pavilion, nor did he know what he was busy with. It's logical that the Crown Princess wouldn't be
It should be so mysterious.”
"What's the matter? She's just going out for a walk, so what?" Fang disagreed.
"She went out for a walk, why did the maids not let people enter her yard like guarding against thieves?"
"That's not impossible. Now she is the crown princess, so it's naturally different... You're hanging out with her all day long... It's okay, if she enters the palace, she can find a good family for you, it's also yours
I didn't make her happy in vain." Fang also figured it out.
She only thought her daughter was shocked, but in fact, Shen Zhiyun almost broke their secret.
Finally, An Qingran came outside the study. After she walked in, she walked out in an hour. When she came out, she had a happy face.
night.
It was arrived as scheduled. Today is the first day of the New Year. It was very dark. The palace lights in the mansion were shining with dim lights. The wind passed by, and a hint of coldness arose.
This is midsummer, how can there be coldness?
The old lady sat up: "Min'er, close the window...Min'er?"