Chapter 160: Investigate the root cause of suspicion
The ghost woman was dragged in like a dog. She must have drunk a lot of wine, smelled of alcohol, and was drunk to the point of unconsciousness.
Even so, he still clung to the money bag with the brocade pattern and wouldn't let go. (This money bag belongs to Yu Guming)
Ma frowned and turned his face away in disgust.
The two maids next to her were startled by the appearance of the ghost woman. After just one glance, they were too frightened to look any further.
"Idiot, why don't you sober up and bring some good wine in?!" Ma scolded the worker, "a bunch of worthless things!"
"Take it down first to sober up!" said the butler, "clean it up before coming in."
It seems that this woman will probably vomit when she wakes up. How could she dirty the eyes of the princess?
How could the people below show mercy to this dirty and ugly woman? They poured cold water on her and pricked her with needles, and finally woke her up.
When Mr. Ma saw her again, she had already sobered up from the wine. She was kneeling on the ground shivering, muttering: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me!"
Ma Shi laughed angrily.
The housekeeper hurriedly lectured: "You old woman is really confused! There is no king here! This is the second princess of the current dynasty, why don't you say hello!"
"That's all," Mrs. Ma didn't want to talk about those false etiquette, "for such a person, do you expect her to know more about the rules?"
The woman didn't say anything, she just kowtowed to the ground twice.
"Okay, listen carefully to what I'm asking you." Mrs. Ma just wanted to get to the point quickly, "Did you deliver the baby to the emperor's eldest grandson?"
The ghost woman was stunned for a long time after hearing this, as if she was frightened, and remained silent for a long time.
"I'm asking you a question! You idiot! Is it true or not? I tell you, if you dare to tell lies, I will kill you!" The housekeeper went up and kicked her. He knew how to deal with poor people.<
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There is no need to explain the truth, and there is no need to be polite. Beating and scolding are the most effective.
After being kicked, the ghost woman finally answered yes.
"Why are you used to deliver babies? Are all the midwives in the capital dead?" Ma asked.
"This... I don't know." The ghost mother-in-law shook her head, "Anyway, the people from the Prince's Mansion came to my house that day. I couldn't help but take the carriage and leave."
"Then what?" Ma sat on a chair and looked at the ghost woman coldly.
"Then... I delivered the emperor's eldest grandson." After the ghost woman finished speaking, she swallowed, and she knelt there like an old dog in its dying years.
"What happens next?" Ma just asked.
"Then...then I went back." The ghost woman lowered her head and trembled.
"Nothing else?"
"No..."
"Nonsense!" Ma slammed the table and her voice became more severe, "Then let me ask you, why did you leave from the back door of the Fifth Prince's Mansion in the middle of the night? You are the hero!"
"Mother-in-law...Mother-in-law just delivers the baby. After delivering the baby, she takes the reward and leaves..." The ghostly mother-in-law defended with a guilty conscience.
"The reward? Is the reward put in a bamboo basket?!" Ma sneered, "Tell me what's in that bamboo basket?!"
"No...it's nothing..." The ghost woman became more and more guilty, and her body stooped unconsciously, as if she wanted to find a crack in the ground and escape quickly.
"You old bitch! You are still denying it now. Do you want to be chopped into pieces on the execution ground?" Ma threatened, "Do you know that confusing the royal bloodline will kill the nine tribes?!"
Looking at her condition, it was clear that she had something going on in her heart, and Ma became more and more sure.
"I don't dare... I don't dare..." The ghost woman waved her hands in panic, "Spare my life! The second prince and concubine, spare my life!"
"I'll tell you the truth! Someone with knowledge of the matter has come to me to report that you, together with Li Daitao, a member of the fifth prince's concubine's house, changed the child! Is this true or not?!"
"Ah?! This... I... I don't dare..." The ghost woman became even more panicked.
"Don't dare? Don't you dare to do it or don't dare to say it?!" When Ma saw her in such a panic, she knew that it was indeed the case, and she couldn't help but feel confident.
"My mother-in-law doesn't dare, my mother-in-law doesn't dare!" The ghost mother-in-law just lay on the ground and kowtowed.
"You don't have to be afraid. Now that I have found you, I just want to expose the truth to the world. As long as you are willing to tell the truth, I will protect your life and reward you double." After scaring you enough, Ma started to give benefits, "
Don’t worry, it won’t be less than what they give.”
"Really?" The ghost woman, who was scared to death, was overjoyed when she heard it was beneficial.
"As long as you are obedient and don't hide anything," Ma said proudly, "I will never treat you badly."
"They gave me a bag full of gold leaves," said the ghost woman.
"Go and bring her two bags of gold leaves." Ma immediately ordered the people around her.
Sure enough, when the hag saw the two bags of gold leaves, she immediately hugged them tightly in her arms.
Mr. Ma sneered in his heart, poor people are like this, they are blinded by money!
"Okay, tell the truth now!" Ma said, "I tell you again, don't hide anything, otherwise you will wait for wild dogs to eat your body!"
"Will you really not be beheaded?" The ghost woman still had concerns, "Will you really intercede on my behalf? Can you really save me?"
"That's natural. What's my identity? How can I not keep my word? Don't worry, I will tell you that you were coerced by them when the time comes, and it's a last resort." Ma coaxed her.
In fact, she just wants to expose this matter. As for the life and death of the ghost woman, what does it have to do with her?
"Then... the old lady said," the old lady seemed to have made up her mind and said in detail: "On the 20th, someone found me and left a piece of silver behind, asking me to find it there.
A newborn boy.
I asked what to do? The man said that he didn’t need to ask too many questions, and that he only wanted to find someone who was fatter and fairer, with fine features. He also said he would come back to me in a few days.
It happened that the next day our daughter-in-law gave birth to a boy, and I delivered the baby.
The mother's massive hemorrhage was gone, her husband was an alcoholic, the family was really poor, and they already had two boys.
I gave him five taels of silver and bought the child. He was originally worried that no one would take care of the child, but now that he had the money and the burden was gone, he was naturally happy.
He didn’t even ask me why I bought this child. He gave his wife a few hundred dollars and then went drinking with the money.
Less than two days later, a carriage came and took the child and I to the Fifth Prince's Mansion.
I didn't know what was going on at the time. I just said that I didn't dare to deliver the baby to a distinguished person, because if there was a ruthless child, it would be too much.
The person who wanted to take me there put a knife to my neck and told me to be obedient. When I got there in a while, I would do whatever was asked of me. If I dared to have other thoughts, I would definitely have my head moved. They didn't know what they fed the child, and he kept falling asleep. They asked me to hide the child in my clothes and take him into the house.
When I got there, I heard that the fifth prince's concubine was having difficulty giving birth and asked me to deliver her baby."