"Back then, there was a concubine in your mansion named Zheng, your father's favorite. She was pregnant with twins... When she was about to give birth, I obeyed your mother, Qu, and took money to throw the twins born to your father's favorite concubine... and the illegitimate son, into a pond in the cold winter!"
"Originally, we should have thrown it away, but your mother, for some reason, suddenly regretted it... She was afraid that we hadn't handled it properly, that it would surface the next day, and that your father would find out..."
"So, we're asked to quickly retrieve the body and dispose of it properly..."
"But how could we rescue a drowned or frozen baby from such a large pond at that time of night?"
"In the end... all they found was the body of a kitten..."
"We buried the kitten hastily and perfunctorily told your mother..."
"But I was also afraid something might happen the next day... so I packed up and ran away that night..."
"But no matter how long I waited, I didn't see any movement from your General's Mansion!"
"Just then... a nanny found me again..."
"Who do you think she belongs to?"
"It was the maid who worked for Aunt Deng in your house! She told me that she knew what we did... and that she knew all the secrets in your house."
"She wants me to submit and become hers... Otherwise, she'll report me to the authorities!"
"During those years, I did help her do some things. Although I made some money, some of the things I did were life-threatening!"
"The more I do it, the more scared I become..."
"Later, when your mother became pregnant with you, I suddenly discovered another truth... Guess what I discovered?"
"I discovered that the two of them were actually in the same group!!"
“Hahahaha…hahahaha…”
"Your mother and her have always been connected. As for what they did, I don't know..."
"It's just that I'm such a fool. I've been frightened for years, and have done so many things for them, but in the end, I'm just a knife that they use back and forth!"
"If something happens later, will I still be able to survive?"
"So, filled with resentment and hatred, I went to confront Aunt Deng. Guess what she said?"
"She said that your mother was stupid, and that she had only used a few tricks to get your mother to seek her help with the inner court crisis. She wanted to stir up trouble in the General's Mansion as much as possible, so she came up with some ideas for your mother. For example, Concubine Zheng's twins were killed because of the method your mother asked her for advice!"
"It seems that she hates your father too...Hahaha!"
"But since I've been dragged into this muddy water of power struggles, shouldn't I leave myself a way out?"
"So, when that vicious old woman, Aunt Deng, suggested to me again, she told me to keep a trick up my sleeve. I could exchange your General's child for mine and raise him myself. If anything were to come to light in the future, I could use him as a hostage to threaten your mother and get away with it."
"I was just wondering, who should I exchange it with?"
"It just so happens that my daughter-in-law, Wang, will be giving birth a few days earlier than your mother. If my Liu family's offspring were to grow up in your general's mansion and become your legitimate son or daughter, wouldn't it be even more joyful to grow up in such high esteem?"
"It's a pity that what I waited for was a girl born by that unworthy Wang!"
"Never mind, even if she's just a girl, she'll be enough for me in the future!"
"If something happens to me in the future, I will use you to threaten your mother to stop the trouble. If nothing else, my Liu family can also use my granddaughter as a tool to help us rise to prominence! No matter what happens, my Liu family will not suffer any loss!"
"Your General's Mansion has quite a few spies from Aunt Deng, so it wasn't difficult for me to switch you on the day your mother gave birth."
Li Qingluo suddenly interrupted and asked, "What about the Qu family? Are they involved in this?"
Zhao's eyes were a little dazed at this time.
Hearing the word 'Qu family', she laughed coldly, "They? Your grandmother was by your mother's side when she gave birth to you. She was also the first person to see you. Do you think she had any involvement?"
I've seen her when she was just born, so if she was switched, there's no way she wouldn't have noticed!
Li Qingluo felt cold all over.
She had guessed it a long time ago, but she didn't expect the truth to be like this.
"Why? Why would the Qu family do this?"
Zhao shook her head: "I don't know... I really don't know..."
Seeing that he really couldn't get any more information out of her, Li Qingluo was afraid that she would die before she could finish her words, so he had to let her continue what she was saying before.
Zhao was confused for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed, "What a pity... Man proposes, God disposes! The truth I, Zhao Xiu'er, have been waiting for is revealed, but it was your background that was exposed first!"
"I'm in this situation now, and although it's all my own fault, isn't it also your mother's fault?"
"If she hadn't forced me to do those things back then, I wouldn't have been so afraid to make such risky moves and take such unconventional approaches... It's just a pity that in the end... it was all just a dream, and I gained nothing!!"
After Zhao finished speaking, a mouthful of black blood gushed out with a gurgling sound.
"I was wrong……"
"I shouldn't hurt anyone..."
"I shouldn't have harmed the twins for the sake of silver..."
"Otherwise... I would still be myself..."
"Even if I become a midwife... my whole family can live a good life in Jinling City..."
"Why bother going back to those mountains... hiding in fear for all these years..."
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