Chapter 60 Finding out the truth
In the yard, some maids and nannies who were unaware of the situation were almost frightened to their knees.
The key point is that many people have confused expressions on their faces.
In their minds, the Marquis' wife was in a critical situation of giving birth, and the basins of blood that were brought out gave everyone a bad feeling.
However, it was really puzzling that Yan Fengxiao suddenly brought so many people to the delivery room.
He even wondered if the Marquis' wife had offended the governor in some way.
The rumors that had been spread in the Marquis' Mansion before were indeed not convincing at all.
Yan Fengxiao didn't care what the people around him thought.
He had his men blocking the entrance to the yard and looking at the servants who were standing in two rows with their heads lowered.
Then he strode into the brightly lit delivery room.
At this time, Chunhua and others who heard the noise all looked outside the yard.
"It's the governor!"
Someone exclaimed, obviously very surprised.
Chunhua immediately thought of something: "It seems that Madam is doing well."
Otherwise, the governor would definitely not have time to come to the Marquis' Mansion.
The two women who pretended to be midwives walked out of the room, each carrying a midwife.
By the way, he turned around to look at Chunhua and signaled her to quickly take the other maid who was tied up and go out.
Chunhua glanced at the woman who was dragging two grown people with ease, then looked at her own frail body. She gritted her teeth, grabbed the maid's clothes by the back of her neck, and dragged her out of the room, stopping every step.
The maid's head hit the door frame with a bang, and she screamed in pain while unconscious.
“Woo…”
Seeing this, Chunhua quickly adjusted the angle and after trying her best, she finally dropped the person into the yard.
The two women left the midwife behind and immediately half-knelt to pay their respects.
"Commander-in-Chief, the man has been captured. Shall we interrogate him now?"
Yan Fengxiao stood outside the door, looking at the three people who were left at the door, his eyes narrowed slightly.
One of the women returned to the room and brought out a basin containing a dead baby that had been dead for a long time.
Some maids who were standing nearby happened to see what was in the basin out of the corner of their eyes. Their eyes widened instantly and they couldn't help but dry heave.
"vomit……"
Yan Fengxiao's face was very gloomy, and he slowly said: "No hurry, call all the other people in the Marquis' Mansion here."
The yard outside the delivery room is very spacious.
Even if there are a hundred or eighty people, there is enough space.
Some of Yan Fengxiao's men immediately sent people to each courtyard to notify them.
Lin Hongrong, the second wife who was in charge of the rear house, also heard the news and rushed over with the people in her yard.
The scene before him was just like when Yan Fengxiao came to the Marquis' Mansion to catch a thief not long ago. This scene was even colder and more solemn than that time.
Her expression was grim. She approached cautiously and saluted Yan Fengxiao respectfully: "Commander-in-Chief, I wonder what happened in the mansion?"
Chunhua clapped her hands, glanced at the Second Madam, and began to explain.
"Someone is plotting to murder Madam Hou."
"What?"
Lin Hongrong's expression froze for a moment, her eyes widened, and she seemed very shocked.
"How is this possible? Who on earth is so bold?"
Seeing that the second wife was very emotional and did not seem to be pretending, Chunhua immediately pointed to the dead baby not far away.
"Second Madam, the evidence is right here. Someone is trying to replace the young master with a dead baby!"
Lin Hongrong followed Chunhua's finger and took a look at what was in the pot.
The next moment, she covered her mouth and retched continuously, her face turning pale in an instant.
She looked as if she had seen something that she could not bear.
After a long while, Lin Hongrong finally came to her senses. She immediately asked nervously, "How is my sister-in-law now?"
Chunhua looked calm: "My wife is naturally fine, but these two midwives and this maid have been confirmed to have colluded to harm people. The evidence is solid."
A basin of water was poured on an old woman's face.
The midwife Li opened her eyes tremblingly.
A cold wind blew and she shivered, but her body was bound tightly and she couldn't break free at all.
Seeing the courtyard in front of her filled with people, her expression instantly showed panic, and she begged for mercy: "Please spare my life, my lord, please spare my life. I was forced to do this job!"
At this point, it is definitely not possible to pretend that nothing happened.
Yan Fengxiao could even pry open the mouths of the Northern Frontier spies, let alone these old women and maids.
In order to avoid physical pain, midwife Li told everything she knew.
"Just over two months ago, someone found me and gave me a hundred taels of silver, asking me to go to the mansion to do something on the day the Marquis' wife gave birth..."
Her throat rolled and she swallowed, looking very scared.
"That person said, if I don't do it, he will tell everyone about what I did in the palace. I didn't dare to disobey, so I followed his request. After the Marquis's wife gave birth, I gave her some medicine that would make her weak and difficult to deliver, and tried to make her unconscious. Then... I handed the child over to someone to take it away, and replaced it with a stillbirth to deal with the matter..."
When Chunhua heard the other party say such words, her eyes turned red with anger.
The little maid could hardly control herself, and as soon as she took a step forward, she was slapped several times by the midwife.
She grabbed the man's collar and asked viciously, "Tell me, who told you to do this?"
"I haven't seen her face, but she's a woman in her forties or fifties, a bit hunched over, with a hoarse voice. If she appeared in front of me and spoke, I'd definitely be able to tell!"
In order to avoid death, Li Wenpo tried her best.
The other midwife trembled as she recounted a process similar to Li's. The person behind the scenes had obviously arranged two people to ensure that nothing would go wrong.
As for the last maid, she was brought to the front directly. After some interrogation, it was found that she was a servant who had just been bought into the mansion. The person who asked her to bring the basin of water was from the old lady's yard.
Yan Fengxiao stood aside and listened quietly.
When the interrogation was almost over, he said, "Catch everyone in the old lady's yard."
Lin Hongrong's expression changed slightly, and she whispered, "Commander-in-Chief, this isn't a good idea. The old lady is not feeling well, and she needs someone to serve her."
Chunhua immediately said, "You guys, go over and replace the old lady's servants."
"yes."
Lin Hongrong was speechless for a moment and stopped talking.
She said this not to speak for the old lady, but because she didn't want to make a big fuss about it.
After all, Madam Yan has the Zhao family behind her, and there is also a queen of high status in the palace.
If the news gets out to them, she, the temporary housekeeper, won't get any benefit.
Not long after, more than a dozen maids and nannies were brought over.
Even Nanny Shen, who was still lying in bed recuperating from her injuries, was carried over.
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