Quick Wear Beauty

Chapter 960 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (82)

Chapter 960: The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (Part 82)

As a married couple for many years, the prince consort naturally saw the princess's doubts. He quickly shook his head and whispered:

"Princess, I really don't know anything about my sister's pregnancy. I only vaguely remember that her maid, Manxiang, seemed to be pregnant. However, her husband was implicated and exiled. My sister said she wanted to keep a low profile and wanted to keep the maid, so I didn't care much. Later, the maid seemed to have died in childbirth."

The eldest lady pursed her lips. It was obvious that the person who was pregnant that year was not the maid, but Zhou.

Since the maid was not pregnant, how could she die in childbirth?

*** was keenly aware of the hidden problem. The Cai family's affairs were indeed sensitive at the time. The emperor was furious and beheaded Zhou immediately, but Zhou was spared. She wasn't an intolerant person, so why was she so defensive? Was she afraid she'd order a bowl of abortion pills to abort the child?

*** felt that she was not that free. She was just Zhou's sister-in-law, and she would not do anything that would make Zhou hate her.

And since Yu was the midwife who delivered Zhou's baby, where did the child go? How did the maid die?

Lord Du also questioned Zhou in the same way, staring at her with a cold look.

Zhou's body trembled slightly, her eyes flickering. Finally, she lowered her head and said in a barely audible voice, "Sir, I... I did give birth to a child, but that child died a few days after birth. I was so heartbroken at the time that I took my anger out on Midwife Yu."

Lord Du didn't believe it and asked again, "How did Manxiang die?"

Thinking of her former maid, Zhou cried, "Manxiang has been with me since she was a child. We were as close as sisters. I never thought that a cold would take her away.

She had a persistent cough and fever, and the temple was short-staffed, so I had someone buy her some medicine. I had just given birth and couldn't care for her while she was sick. After a cold rain, she never woke up. Even more tragically, after Manxiang died, her child also left me. I lost both Manxiang and my child on the same day.

Zhou seemed to be lost in her own emotions, with a pitiful look of sorrow on her face.

"Under this double blow, the woman went mad and took her anger out on Yu, the midwife. I had let her down. My child was dead, and my heart died with it. All these years, I had lost hope of living. My child was gone, but my ex-husband still had a daughter alive. How could I not be jealous?"

My Lord, I plead guilty. I was the one who ordered the murder of Yu the Midwife and her family. I was also the one who sent people to kill our maid, Aying. I am willing to bear all the punishments."

If no one had stopped her, Midwife Yu would have strangled Zhou to death. Now, after hearing what Zhou said, she knew that Zhou's child was dead and that Zhou was taking revenge on her for delivering the baby. She struggled less and knelt on the ground, pounding her body.

Midwife Yu's voice was filled with depression.

"Your child is dead, and I didn't kill him. Why do you want to kill my whole family? Why?"

Outside the court, there were also ordinary people listening in. Just now, when Yu, the midwife, cried and screamed, they had cursed Zhou as a "vicious and cruel woman."

After hearing what Zhou said, those who had previously called for her to be killed changed their attitude. They felt that she was just a poor person and stopped cursing her.

"Alas, it's all fate."

“It’s not easy for her either.”

"But Midwife Yu is also innocent. The baby could have died anyway. You can't blame the midwife for not doing her best."

"Of course the most pitiful one is Old Lady Yu, but Mrs. Zhou is also pitiful. I heard that she hasn't remarried in all these years. I guess she's thinking about her dead child." "Alas, if that child were still alive, Mrs. Zhou wouldn't have made such a big mistake."

The people were talking about it and sighing.

Prince Consort Zhou's eyes moistened as he choked up and said, "Sister, you are confused. Is there anything you can't tell me? Why are you becoming more and more paranoid?"

Zhou looked at her brother and cried, "Brother, you and the eldest lady have helped me so much. I really don't want to trouble you any more. This is all my fault. I made you worry, and I've even affected the reputation of the Princess Mansion. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

The anger on the eldest lady's face also eased a little. She could hear that her sister-in-law was apologizing sincerely.

Qingli looked at Zhou who was crying softly in the hall, and had to say that this person was good at disguising herself. If Song Qingting and Zhou Zhiying had learned Zhou's scheming, they would not have ended up in jail.

If she hadn't learned something, perhaps Zhou's case would have been closed. Lord Du also knew about this.

As a senior official, Lord Du must be sympathetic to the people and handle cases impartially. Moreover, the emperor is personally intervening in the matter. How could Lord Du close the case at will when there are still doubts?