Mugui

Chapter 349 Nanny Chen’s confession

Two-quarters of an hour later, Yang Mu came out of the main barracks, holding the book that Yang Siyue approved, and began to gather several generals to discuss the matter of the Sunrise Camp garrisoning the palace in the future.

This matter may seem simple, but in fact, the action of tens of thousands of people will not be easy.After allocating the vanguard troops to go to the palace camp in advance, Yang Mu left first and ordered the reserve army general Jin Yao to lead his men out of the valley at Chou time and meet at the city gate at sunrise.

Yang Mu rode Xuanbao to the villa outside the city to find Uncle Qi.

This villa was given to her as a dowry by Mrs. Tang. She usually had some fresh vegetables, but now that the weather was only the end of February, she could only grow some in the greenhouse. Yang Mu ate them for the first time yesterday, and they sounded fresh.

The villa was very quiet after nightfall. Under the bright moonlight, the housekeeper took Yang Mu to a small yard on the hillside in the backyard.

Yang Mu's second-grade internal strength allowed her to hear the wailing suppressed in her throat before she even approached the courtyard. Standing outside the courtyard, she could hear it more clearly.

Pushing the door open, the yard is brightly lit.

In the open space in the center of the room, there were two torture racks, assisting two bloody men, who seemed to be Lie Feng and Grandma Chen.

Under the west wing, Uncle Qi was sitting in a chair, with a table next to him and steaming tea.

Behind him stood Lin Xiao's book boy Tong Le, grinning.

Hearing the door knock, Tong Le turned around and saw Yang Mu, and immediately ran over to salute.

"The Crown Princess is here!"

He was sent to help Qi Bo this morning, and his experience this day made him feel a little numb.

I never knew that the kind-hearted Uncle Qi I knew when I was young could be such a big devil.

When Qi Bo heard the noise, he also stood up, but he couldn't see, so he was helped over by the secret guard who stayed here.

Yang Mu asked: "How's it going?"

Uncle Qi sighed, his expression was not good, and he said slowly: "It's almost time to confess."

Tong Le ran to the table next to the chair, brought a stack of paper, held it to Yang Mu with both hands, and said, "This is a confession."

Yang Mu used the firelight to read page by page.

The first few confessions are about some of the life cases that Grandma Chen and Lie Feng did under Cao's orders over the years when they were recruiting people.

This alone is enough for Mr. Cao to drink a pot.

The last two pages made Yang Mu frown.

Uncle Qi snorted coldly and said: "I thought the death of the princess was very strange back then. I never expected it to be so cruel!"

Tong Le wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "When I was a child, I only heard that the current princess and the late princess were close friends and had a very good relationship. But... I didn't expect it to be like this."

The last two pages of the confession were from Grandma Chen, and they were about the death of the Changsun family.

22 years ago, it was decided that the day when the princess' eldest son would give birth prematurely was the time of thunder and lightning.

That day happened to be the day of the funeral of Emperor Jiaji's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Huixiao. All civil and military officials of the third rank and above and their family members had to support the funeral.

Because it was not the day of delivery, no one in the entire Lin family was in the house except the eldest son who gave birth.

And Prince Ding Lin Mao, who had just ascended the throne, was far away in the military camp and could not come back at all.In such a big capital, she couldn't find an elder to take charge of her.

At this time, Changsun's good friend Cao and his mother heard about this and hurriedly came to Prince Ding's Mansion. Nanny Chen, who was Cao's personal maid at the time, also followed.

Changsun's birth process was very difficult, and due to ethical reasons, Cao's unmarried daughter never entered the delivery room.

It was Cao's mother who was now the Superintendent of Shanglinyuan. Mrs. Cao, the wife of Cao Lu, the Prime Minister of Shanglinyuan at that time, had entered the delivery room several times.

Grandma Chen remembered that it was difficult for Lin Xiao to be born due to the abnormal fetal position, but Mrs. Cao's family used to practice medicine and used acupuncture to correct the fetal position.

Later, during the delivery, the fetus was too big to come out, so Mrs. Cao performed another surgery, and Lin Xiao was born safely.

But not long after the baby was born, Changsun suffered a massive hemorrhage and died in the morning.

Tong Le looked at the confession and said: "Looking at the confession, it seems that there was no problem with the death of the late princess."

Qi Bo said: "It's strange that we can't see the problem."

Yang Mu nodded and said, "Uncle Qi is right. The late princess passed away and Cao was by her side. This is the biggest problem."

Tong Le said: "But Grandma Chen said that Princess Cao... did not enter the delivery room! Besides, the current princess is the former princess's handkerchief, and they have a strong friendship. Isn't it strange to appear in the delivery room?"

Yang Mudao: "If it was just like that, it wouldn't be strange. But later, Cao took over the identity of the former princess and became the current princess. This is very strange."

If you love your sisters, how can you really take over your sisters' men and children?
Yang Mu asked Uncle Qi when he remembered something.

"How did the late Princess and Mr. Cao know each other?"

Changsun's family is in Zhili, a day's ride from the capital, but the Cao family seems to be from the capital.

Qi Bodao: "When the late princess was in her boudoir, she came to the capital to attend the ceremony for the Queen Mother's conferment, and lived in the palace in the capital for a period of time. One time, the late princess had a sprained foot while visiting a lantern festival, and Mrs. Cao who was passing by gave her a sprained foot. The princess recovered after treatment. At that time, the princess was found next to Mrs. Cao."

Qi Bo thought for a while and said: "The second time we met, it seemed that they were offering incense in the temple not long ago. The former princess and the current princess worshiped Buddha together. The candle on the table suddenly fell down and burned the former princess's clothes. skirt, it was the current princess who helped the former princess put out the fire regardless of her own safety.

"I was not at the scene at the time. I heard that the current princess threw herself directly on the flames. The situation was very critical.

"After that, the late Princess became a sister in gratitude for Princess Xin's life-saving grace."

Yang Mu thought about the scene at that time and felt that it was a coincidence.

She looked at Nanny Chen who was covered in blood, turned around and asked, "Uncle Qi, how was Master Cao's official position at that time?"

Qi Bodao: "Master Cao did not have an official position at that time, he was just a son-in-law of the Cao Family Medical Clinic. It was Mr. Changsun who was grateful that the current princess saved the life of the former princess, and recommended Mr. Cao to the official position of Shanglinyuan Shucheng, which was nothing more than He’s just a genuine eighth grader.”

Yang Mu's pretty eyebrows moved and asked, "So, Mr. Cao's official position was conspired by Mr. Changsun, the late princess's father?"

Uncle Qi nodded and said: "When the late princess passed away, Mr. Cao was still the eighth-rank prime minister. Later, when the princess married into Prince Ding's palace, Mr. Cao's official position rose all the way. It took more than ten years before he was promoted to the position of supervisor of Shanglinyuan. Fifth rank official."

Yang Mu pondered for a moment. The Cao family had no power. Even though they had a princess, it was just nepotism. It was not easy to climb to a very high and powerful position.

She put the confession away and said: "Uncle Qi, I still have to ask again. There must be something else that we don't know about the night the late princess died. Especially about Mrs. Cao, I always feel that she entered the delivery room several times, not It would be that simple.”

Uncle Qi responded and asked Tong Le to send Yang Mu out in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)