Chapter 162: Prudence is the best, consider carefully
In order to make this matter foolproof, Ma first discussed it with her husband.
The second prince was much more cautious than Mr. Ma. After hearing what happened, he asked: "This matter is not trivial. It must be extremely real. That mother-in-law, you didn't give in to her, right?"
"Do I have the guts?" Ma glared at him and said, "If you tell this lie, can it be made up? Are you just saying that what I told you just now seems to be made up?"
"Whether this matter will succeed or not depends on this mother-in-law," the second prince said, "I think that the life experience of King Qin Ying Zheng was questioned by people at the beginning, and those people found his biological mother Zhao Ji's personal envoy when she was in Zhao State. The female envoy said that Ying Zheng's birthday was in October, so he was presumed to be Lu Buwei's son.
Ying Zheng found the old woman who had delivered his baby. The old woman said that she had delivered Zhao Ji in the first month of the year. This confirmed that Ying Zheng was the son of King Qin.
Therefore, this midwife is very important. Whether she is willing to testify for us and whether she is telling the truth is nothing more than a fixing star!"
"If you don't believe me, you can ask her again, and you can also help me see if she is cheating?" After hearing what her husband said, Ma became more thoughtful.
Of course, the second prince does not want the fifth prince to be stronger than him. Moreover, if this matter is true and he already knows about it, he can never hide it for the fifth prince.
Otherwise, it would be disloyal to the queen.
So the couple ordered someone to bring the ghost woman up. Ma sat behind the screen without showing her face, and the second prince asked her questions.
The mother-in-law came to the house for less than a day, but she was living a very happy life.
There was food, drink and people waiting on her. She seemed to be greedy and drunk.
"You old woman, you are going to die right in front of your eyes, don't you know yet?!" The second prince looked at the ghost woman coldly and asked.
The ghost woman was indeed startled, and said tremblingly: "I don't know what mistake I made, please let me know clearly."
"What king, please don't scream." The second prince glared at her, "Let me tell you! I am the current second prince, and you actually said that the children of the fifth prince's family have been exchanged.
This is to frame my brother, how can I spare you?"
After hearing this, the ghost woman was so frightened that she kowtowed: "I'm confused, I don't know anything."
"You only have this chance to tell me the truth now." The second prince felt that he had frightened the woman, "What is the truth? Tell me in detail. No lies are allowed.
If what you say is true, no matter what the truth is, I will spare your life. If you dare to tell lies, even if one sentence is false, I will kill you without a burial place."
"Mother-in-law... Mother-in-law... tell the truth, I don't dare to lie." The ghost woman was covered in chaff, but she still said what she had said to Ma before, and there was basically no difference.
"Is it true? Why does it sound like you made it up to me?" The second prince asked with a stern look on his face.
"It's true! It's true! Do I want my life? Who am I? I dare to make up lies and slander the prince.
If I lie, I will be struck by lightning and die!" The ghost woman said anxiously, as if she wanted to cut out her heart and show it to the second prince.
"Let me tell you, no matter who asks you from now on, you must tell the truth, do you understand?" The second prince felt that the ghost woman was telling the truth.
Like she said, why would she make up lies? It won't do her any good.
"Mother-in-law knows, mother-in-law knows." The ghost woman kowtowed vigorously again.
"Take her down! Take good care of her." The second prince waved his hand.
After the ghost woman was taken away, Ma turned around from behind the screen and asked with a smile on her face: "How is it? Have you replied to the letter now?"
"Then what do you plan to do about this matter?" the second prince asked.
"I will call the Yao girls here tomorrow, and the two of us will make the first statement together.
Although this matter is related to the royal bloodline, it was also started from the inner palace. You, a grown man, should not get involved in it." Ma had already planned, "Isn't the palace preparing for the full moon banquet of the emperor's eldest grandson?
We have such a big stage, wouldn’t it be a pity not to go up and sing?”
"Then you have to be careful. You must not let the news out before then. If they find out and do something in advance, it will be difficult to finalize the case by then." The second prince said.
"Don't worry, I know. I have kept these two witnesses in the palace. When the time comes, I will let them pretend to be gift-givers and sneak into the palace." Ma said, "From the beginning to the end, only a few people in front of me know."
Then he said: "I would also like to discuss an idea with you. Do I need to inform my aunt and the Queen in advance about this matter?"
The second prince thought for a long time and said: "Let's not talk about it for now. The more people who know, the more likely it is that the secret will be leaked.
Secondly, let them know in advance. If the emperor asks, they will be deceiving him by saying they don't know. If they say they know but don't tell the emperor, that's not right either."
"I think so, so as not to embarrass them." Ma said, "Then you can hide it for now! Even if these two have opinions, they can just apologize later. They are not outsiders anyway."
The next day, Ma asked someone to invite Yao Wanyi over.
Yao Wanyi only thought that she was inviting her to come over to talk, drink tea, and pass the time.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ma solemnly sent everyone in front of her out.
"Sister, what are you doing? What big thing do you want to say?" Yao Wanyi asked with a smile.
"It's not a big deal, it's a big deal!" Ma took Aunt Yao Wan's hand and quietly told Lan Ning that she had given birth to a stillborn fetus and replaced it with a baby boy bought elsewhere.
Yao Wanyi was shocked and confused after hearing this, and did not dare to take it seriously.
"This sounds too scary and unbelievable." Yao Wanyi said, "Is this reliable?"
Ma Shiyou said: "Good girl, don't I know how important this matter is? Your second brother didn't believe it at first. I asked him to ask in person, but he no longer doubted it.
If you don’t believe it, I’ll call those two people to confront you.
In addition, the woman also said that it was the palace maid named Heng Zhao who found her. But I remember you told me that this palace maid was a goblin."
"Xue Hengzhao? She was involved in this matter?!" Yao Wanyi immediately believed that it was true. "If it were her, it would be possible for her to come up with such a cunning and terrifying strategy."
"Yes! If this matter is revealed, not only will Fu Fei and Lan Ning be in trouble, but even the people in Furong Palace will not be able to get clean.
This palace maid named Xue will be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts. My dear sister, what hatred will you not be able to resolve when the time comes?" Ma encouraged her.
"Xue Hengzhao, Xue Hengzhao, you are so bold!" Yao Wanyi's single eye shot out with a fierce light, "I think you are about to die this time!"
