A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Su Qingyu stood up suddenly, "What did you say?"

After Aunt Lian said these words, she let out a long breath. Seeing Su Qingyu looking at her in surprise, she held back her tears, took out her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Aunt Xue is threatening me with this matter. If I don't listen to her, she will tell me about it."

"I can't let her tell her, otherwise the lady will be finished."

Speaking of this, Aunt Lian seemed to have suddenly decided something, and a touch of determination appeared in her eyes.

"Miss, you don't have to worry about it, I will solve this matter."

"I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I have never done that cruel thing. But she has become more and more unscrupulous, and now she even covets the position of the prince."

"In this case, we can't keep her."

Aunt Lian, who had always been weak, suddenly had anger in her eyes and murderous intent.

Su Qingyu knew that she was driven into a panic by Aunt Xue, and the clay figurine still had a bad temper.

"Auntie, tell me slowly, what happened that night eighteen years ago?" Su Qingyu pulled up an armchair and sat down opposite Auntie Lian.

She had recovered from her shock and was now eager to know what had happened.

Aunt Lian listened to Su Qingyu's question and tried to recall the details of that night.

"At that time, I was Madam's eldest maid, and had not yet become a concubine for the Marquis."

"That night... Madam took me to inspect the various places in the Hou Mansion. Halfway through, she felt a stomachache and couldn't get up. There happened to be the uninhabited Hanyan Pavilion next to it, so I helped Madam go in. Again I called a little girl nearby and asked her to call the old lady and the doctor over."

Su Qingyu asked: "Were you and my mother the only ones in Hanyan Pavilion at that time?"

Aunt Lian nodded and said, "Yes, there was chaos in the capital that day, and Madam ordered her servants not to move around. Most of the guards were sent to Songhe Hall to protect the old Madam, and the rest had to guard the gates of the Hou Mansion."

"When I saw Madam in such a state, I was afraid that she was going to give birth prematurely. So I went to the small kitchen nearby to boil some hot water for Madam to drink."

"The small kitchen is very close to the room where Madam rests. I can hear Madam's voice and I'm not afraid that I won't be able to take care of her."

"but I……"

When Aunt Lian said this, she started to cover her face and cry bitterly.

Su Qingyu held her shoulders, stared into her panicked eyes and asked in a deep voice: "But what? What happened?"

Aunt Lian sobbed twice and said, "Maybe I was too tired. I... fell asleep in the small kitchen."

"It's all my fault. If I had been more alert, I wouldn't have fallen asleep, let alone Aunt Xue."

Su Qingyu frowned, would she fall asleep at that time? Aunt Lian was loyal to her mother and acted steadily and appropriately. How could she fall asleep when her mother was giving birth prematurely?

"How long did you sleep for, and what happened after you woke up?" Su Qingyu asked again.

Aunt Lian thought for a while, frowned and replied, "I added a pot of water to the stove. The fire was not very high. When I woke up, the water was just about to boil."

"I estimate that I slept for two-quarters of an hour, or a little longer than two-quarters of an hour, probably less than half an hour."

"After I woke up, I heard there was no sound from Madam's side, so I quickly went over to take a look."

"Wait until I enter the house..."

When Aunt Lian said this, her face instantly turned pale, and her eyes were filled with fear.

Su Qingyu grabbed her cold hand and coaxed softly: "It's okay, it's all over. Just tell me what you saw, and I will handle the rest."

Aunt Lian took two deep breaths and said, "When I went in, the bed was covered in blood, and next to the lady was... a bloody crow, it was dead."

"What happened after that? What did you do?" Su Qingyu continued to ask her softly.

She was sure that this was a man-made conspiracy. Aunt Lian was in the middle of the situation and could not see through it, so she lived in fear.

This is exactly the same as the tragedy of "the cat replacing the prince" that happened in the previous dynasty.

Aunt Lian calmed herself down and continued, "I was so scared that I grabbed the crow and ran out. I went to the corner of the garden and burned the crow to ashes."

"But after the wife gave birth, the child was gone. I must find a child for the wife."

"I thought of my natal sister-in-law, who also works in the house. She just gave birth to a baby ten days ago."

"I plan to bring the child here to deal with it first, wait a few days, find a body, say the child is gone, and then return it."

"But when I ran back, I found out that my little niece had died of typhoid fever."

"I begged my sister-in-law to quietly take the child back and put it next to Madam."

"As soon as I put the child down, the old lady came with people. Fortunately, they didn't look at the child too much, so the matter was covered up."

"But ever since I was carried away by Madam, Aunt Xue started to threaten me, and from time to time mentioned what Madam gave birth to eighteen years ago. Only then did I know that Aunt Xue also knew about it."

Speaking of this, Aunt Lian was obviously much more relaxed. She had been holding this matter in her heart for eighteen years, and she was really driven crazy.

Sometimes she also hated herself for being so useless, not telling her anything when she fell asleep at such an important moment, and being threatened by Aunt Xue for so many years.

Countless times, she wanted to die with Aunt Xue, and the two of them took this secret to hell together. But she couldn't bear to be cruel and couldn't bear to let go of her daughter.

Su Qingyu sat motionless and didn't speak for a long time. She silently restored the scene in her mind, pondering the whole story.

Aunt Lian must have been tampered with while she was sleeping. The man stunned Aunt Lian, and while her mother was unconscious after giving birth, he took the child away and placed crows next to the bed.

When the man finished dealing with the child and came back again, Aunt Lian had woken up and found a new corpse.

Looking at it this way, this person is probably Aunt Xue.

Su Qingyu suddenly asked, "Aunt, when my mother gave birth, Aunt Xue was already pregnant, right?"

Aunt Lian nodded and said, "Yes, at that time Aunt Xue was pregnant with the young master and was more than seven months pregnant."

Su Qingyu murmured in a low voice: "Where is the child who was stolen now?"

Aunt Lian was stunned and asked: "What child? Which child?"

Su Qingyu did not answer her question, but continued to ask: "Auntie, when my mother was pregnant, did the doctor tell me whether it was a boy or a girl?"