Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 279 What happened back then (4)
Her words were like a stone thrown into the still water, breaking the unsolvable deadlock, and everyone focused their attention on her again.

The King of Beiliao looked at her and said, "Is your testimony accurate?"

Xiang Lai said: "My aunt's wet nurse and my parents have all seen it. Even if the time changes, they will not be unable to recognize her!"

King Beiliao said: "Okay, then you will find her immediately."

Xiang Lai said: "I have already asked someone to bring her, now go and ask her to come to see the king."

After speaking, he turned and went out, and after a while, he and a man helped a slightly trembling old woman.

The old woman seemed to have bad legs and feet, and it was very difficult for her to walk.

After entering, other people's eyes were on the old woman, but Lian Xiu's eyes were attracted by the man supporting the old woman, and he muttered unexpectedly: "Wang Shi?"

The hall was extremely quiet, even though his voice was very low, it was still heard by everyone.

Xianglai helped the old woman to walk in and said: "Yes, Uncle, didn't you think that your coachman Wang Shi was the son of your aunt and wet nurse back then. The old man let his son die because he was unwilling to let his aunt die in shame. You came to the mansion to find out the truth, but you don't want to be mutilated by your people and become dumb within a few days after entering the mansion."

Until then, Lian Xiu finally understood why Yuan Yao appeared in his home, and why he disappeared in time when he wanted to use Wang Shi.

When he watched, the old woman was trembling and wanted to bow down to the King of Beiliao.

The king of Beiliao saw that she was struggling, and said, "Forget it, don't pray, and find a stool for her first."

Xianglai supported the old man, Wang Shi immediately ran to the side to find a stool and put it on the ground, and together with Xianglai helped the old man sit on it.

At this time, even Rui, Lian Ke and Lian Chongxue's eyes also fell on the old man.

The middle-aged woman back then is now an octogenarian, her face is wrinkled and her teeth are almost gone, but the four of them recognized him after a while.

Lian Ke said in surprise: "Mum Jiang, it really is you!"

Even Ke turned the wheelchair over by himself, and said in surprise, "Mama Jiang, you're still, you're still alive?!"

Nanny Jiang blinked her dim eyes hard to look at Lian Rui, and said in an old voice after watching for a long time: "Master, you, are you really still alive?!"

As he spoke, he burst into tears on the spot, and said, "Young master, you and the young lady died so miserable back then..."

Her words made Lian Rui think of Lian Fuxue again, holding his hand and weeping.

Xiang Lai turned to the King of Northern Liao and said, "Your Majesty, this old man is Jiang Shi, my aunt's wet nurse. If you don't believe the words of my minister, father and uncle, you can go to the old man who served in Lian Mansion to prove it."

After seeing Lian Xiu and Lian Chongxue's performance, and seeing Lian Rui and Lian Ke's attitude towards Nurse Jiang, the King of Beiliao confirmed, "No need, let her tell me what she discovered back then."

Nanny Jiang sat on the stool and bowed her body: "Your Majesty, the old woman has lived until now, but she never thought that there would be a day when she would be able to tell the truth!"

The King of Beiliao said: "Speak, but you have to say everything, if there is a half-truth, even if you are almost ancient, this king will not forgive you lightly!"

Nurse Jiang said: "This old woman knows, the old woman will tell the king what happened back then... I remember that the second lady came to the eldest lady before lunch on the day when the incident happened, and said that the eldest young master brought sweet-scented osmanthus from Nanliao. When I came back, I asked the eldest lady to taste it in her room. The eldest lady wanted to take me and the maid with me, but the second lady said that she had someone waiting there, and asked us to stay in her courtyard for lunch. The eldest lady always loves us. , so we were not allowed to go, but after dinner we went to look for the eldest lady at the second lady's place, and the servants in her yard said that the eldest lady and the second lady went to look for the second young master together, and they were going to go to their silk and satin factory to choose fabrics. Just let us go back and wait, so we believed it too, but who would have thought of waiting until the evening to see the eldest lady running back crying, at that time we didn't know what happened, we just thought that the eldest lady was arguing with someone Angry, seeing that she locked herself in the house and wouldn't let us in, we didn't try to force myself in..."

Nanny Jiang recalled what happened back then, and the more she thought about it, the more sad she became, she wiped her tears and continued: "Not long after Miss locked herself up, we heard about her and the young master, we didn't know if it was true or not, so we knocked on the door I went to ask, but no matter how hard I knocked, I couldn’t open it. Later, I knocked open the door with a few maids, only to find that the young lady had already hanged on the beam..."

When she talked about it until now, what she said was what Lian Rui said, but she knew more details about what happened to Lian Fuxue than Lian Rui.

The king of Beiliao heard this and asked: "Since Lian Fuxue died without speaking to you after returning home, how do you know that she was wronged?"

Nanny Jiang said: "After Miss died, there was chaos in the house. The master went to beat the young master. Madam was too sad and passed away. There was no one to take care of Miss's funeral, so I changed and scrubbed Miss. But, but..."

"But what?" King Beiliao asked anxiously.

Nurse Jiang said: "Miss' death was caused by doing that kind of thing with the young master, but when I scrubbed her, I saw that she was clean, she was clearly a clean girl, and there was nothing they said. , I thought it was because of some trivial misunderstanding, and then I quietly inquired, but I heard that the situation when the young master and the eldest lady were discovered was extremely miserable. In the next breath, the eldest young master is by my side every day, and I can't see it even if I want to..."

Having said this, Nanny Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the four brothers and sisters of the Lian family in the hall, and said: "The old woman has stayed in the Lian family for more than ten years, and she has a bit of wink, knowing that the Lian family can't do it." I stayed longer, so before some people got over it, I asked the housekeeper to resign, and I left the Lian Mansion without even asking for my salary for the month, and ran to the countryside to hide with my son..."

After hearing this, King Beiliao closed his eyes, calmed down and asked, "Since you were afraid to hide back then, why are you coming out now?"

Nurse Jiang said: "Oh, I hid at that time, but in the following years, I was always uneasy. I always dreamed that the young lady cried to me, saying that she was unwilling to die, and then I couldn't help but let my son enter the Lianfu. , trying to find out the truth about what happened back then, but..."

The old man turned his head to look at Wang Shi and said, "But I didn't expect that his tongue would be cut off within a few days after entering the mansion... It's all caused by my mother, I'm sorry for my son!"

Seeing her pulling Wang Shi to tears, Xianglai said, "Your Majesty, let me tell you what's next. After I entered Lianfu, I heard that Wang Shi was pitiful. He himself had his tongue cut off and couldn't speak, and his wife was left behind at home." There was no one to take care of me, so I asked someone to take Nanny Jiang to the city to take care of her, and she didn't tell me the truth until I went to visit the old man a few days ago and she learned my identity!"

(End of this chapter)