Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

"Granny He, I'm so sorry for hiding my identity from you just now. My name is Xu Yiyan, and I'm the second daughter of the Xu family. I came to you just to ask about what happened back then."

Hearing this, Granny He still smiled, only her eyes moved slightly, as if she was recalling: "I know, you are Miss Xu, the seventh prince's princess."

"We haven't gotten married yet..." Well, I'm really famous.

"Hahaha, the imperial decree means marriage is just a formality. I wonder which one in the mansion you are asking about? I remember that I have delivered babies for all three wives of the Xu family."

What a good memory! It’s been almost twenty years and I can still remember it.

"Actually, I want to ask all three of you, and I hope it won't be too much trouble for you. Then, let's start with the earliest Madam Bai." Xu Yixing took out fifty taels of silver and handed it over from the table, but Granny He did not take it.

"It's just answering some questions. You won't need these. Let me think about it..." Granny He drooped her eyelids, as if she was trying hard to recall.

"Yes, her surname is indeed Bai. She is the daughter of the Grand Commander's Mansion and General Xu's first wife."

"Yes, yes, she, I heard that she died giving birth to her sister, is that true?"

"Yes and no."

"this?"

Granny He stood up and began to pace back and forth in the reception room, as if this could help her recall the past.

"I remember that it was 18 or 19 years ago. Mrs. Bai gave birth at full term, and the fetus was strong, but the birth was not so smooth. The head was too big, and Mrs. Bai herself was thin, so it got stuck.

At that time, I was at Xu's house, and I worked for a whole day and night to deliver the baby, but the baby was not born. Later, I told General Xu that if the baby could not be born, there would be two deaths, so I asked him to choose whether to save the older one or the younger one. . . ”

"My father chose to save the younger one?!" If that was the case, Xu Yixing would never forgive his father or himself for the rest of his life.

"No, General Xu has a bad temper. He wants both and said a lot of harsh words."

“Oh…” That’s good. Xu Yixing moved his butt back into the stool and sat down steadily.

"Later, they were all saved, and that was Miss Xu. Unfortunately, Mrs. Bai ran out of energy and had a hemorrhage. She didn't even get to see her newborn daughter before she passed away. Alas!"

"What?" Did the accident come so suddenly? Xu Yixing could imagine that his father was happy one second and the next second he heard the news of his mother's death. How sad it must be.

But before she could cry, she heard Si Wen sniffling behind her. Xu Yixing stepped on her with his shoe, asking her to hold back.

"No way, this is God's will."

"But why?"

"I just said it, the fetus is big and the pregnant woman is small, that's the reason." Grandma He walked to the door, as if to see if anyone was eavesdropping.

This... Xu Yixing felt mixed emotions. His mother's death was really an accident. No, it was man-made, purely because of his own man-made mistakes!

"Then...then..."

"Alas! General Xu is very sad. He has lost a lot of weight in just a few days. How pitiful! Let me talk about the second Madam He."

Granny He didn't give Xu Yixing much time to feel sad and continued talking.

"When the eldest son was born, it was Nanny Gu from the mansion who invited me. At that time, the Xu mansion already had a new mistress, and Madam He was a concubine."

"Yes...and then what?" Xu Yixing wanted to know whether Nanny Gu bribed Granny He.

"She is more dangerous than Mrs. Bai. The fetus is in an abnormal position and came out feet first."

"Hiss!" Xu Yixing took a breath of cold air. Just by listening to it, he felt a pain in his lower abdomen, which was more painful than the poison given to him by his grandson You.

"Yeah, we were scared at that time. If the feet came out first, the baby would probably not survive. Even if it could come out, it would probably be a stillbirth and would hurt the mother's vagina."

"Then what..."

"Then I reported the truth to the mistress and the master, and asked them to make the decision. I don't know if it was because Aunt He heard all this that she insisted that we use scissors to cut open her belly and save the baby at all costs."

"You did this?" Xu Yixing was furious. What's the difference between this and murder?

"Of course my second young lady is gone! I'm a midwife, not a murderer!" Grandma He was a little unhappy.

Xu Yixing restrained his ferocious expression, as if he had indeed been a little too radical: "Sorry, you go ahead and say it."

"Of course we disagreed, but she was really angry and stabbed herself in the neck with a pair of scissors. She died a short while later. So we had to save the baby, so we did as she said and had a cesarean section. Fortunately, the baby is still alive."

"Suicide?" Xu Yixing didn't know what to say. Could a mother love her child to such an extent?

Granny He seemed to have said too much, so she sat down and took a sip of water, then continued, "Later, the general heard about it and was deeply moved. He buried Madam He with great honor."

This seems to be true. Yiwen's mother is indeed the best treated among the concubines.

"But how could the fetus be in an abnormal position?"

"Oh, that's hard to say. For example, there may be something wrong with the mother's body, or there may be something wrong with the fetal development. Or, for example, maintaining the same posture for a long time, or having someone rub the belly vigorously, all of these may cause it. As for why Mrs. He died, no one investigated it at the time, so we don't know now."

Xu Yixing took note of this and went back to check whether it was a man-made disaster.

"Granny He, there's something I probably shouldn't say, but I really want to ask. Granny Gu is dead, and she wasn't a kind-hearted person. I want to know if she, if she..." When the words came to his lips, Xu Yixing didn't know how to say them.

This is not a government court hearing, so why should they tell me?

"Are you hinting that I'd do something immoral? Hahaha." Grandma He laughed and didn't mind at all.

"Yes, she did signal me to let the woman in labor suffer a little more. But Second Miss, I have been in the capital for so many years, and I know best what to do and what not to do. If I do it, it will be a handle for my whole life. Why should I ruin my good reputation?"

What Grandma He said was so straightforward that Xu Yixing couldn't help but believe it. In fact, she was already very grateful that Grandma He was willing to share these past events today, and after talking to her, she really felt that Grandma He was a good person.

"I am sorry for being so presumptuous. I think you must have your own bottom line to be able to gain respect among you all. Please continue."

These words seemed to touch Grandma He's heart. She put aside her previous unhappiness and continued speaking.

"The last time I went to the Xu residence was to deliver your mother's baby. It was actually quite normal, and there were no accidents."