Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 933

Qian Zhuo fetched the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Yun Shang dipped the pen in the ink, pondered for a moment, and wrote a letter on the paper. Then she took a seal from the lotus bag on her waist, stained it with ink, and pressed it on the letter.

After putting away the seal, Yun Shang picked up the letter, blew it dry, and ordered Qian Zhuo to hand it to Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu took it and read it. Then he quickly folded it up and put it into his clothes. After thinking for a while, he bit his lips and finally opened his mouth. "My first wife was a midwife, and she was famous in the Jin City. Many rich and powerful people asked her to deliver a baby. Twenty-three years ago, the Imperial Palace sent someone to pick her up and let her deliver the baby for Lady Liu, who was favored by the Emperor then."

As Uncle Liu spoke, he subconsciously took out a tobacco pipe from his waist. But it seemed that only after he took it out, could he recognize where he was at the moment. He was stunned for a while, and then silently stuffed it back.

"At that time, my wife was very happy. Although there were many high officials and noble people asking for help in the delivery, this time it was Lady Liu, who was favored by the Empress. She was so excited that she didn't fall asleep for several days. It was 21st of the twelfth month of the lunar year. I remember clearly it was very cold. Early in the morning, the palace sent someone to pick up my wife. " Uncle Liu sighed and frowned. "My wife didn't come back from the palace until midnight. As soon as she came back, she asked us to pack up in a hurry, indicating that we would leave the city early in the morning. I saw that she seemed to be a little flustered, so I grabbed her and asked her why. She must have been warned to keep silent about something secret so that she was trembling all over. Still, she was unwilling to say a word to me."

Uncle Liu knocked on the pipe, and his eyes were full of complex emotions. "I thought she had offended a noble person in the palace when she was delivering the baby, so I was flustered. While packing up, I asked her again what happened. The whole night passed and it was almost dawn when she told me something about it, but she didn't make it quite clear. I only remember that she repeatedly said that Lady Liu gave birth to a daughter and was a dead baby. She mentioned that the officials in the palace told them not to reveal anything, or they would die."

Hearing this, Yun Shang clenched her fists in her sleeves. Daughter? A dead baby? She remembered that Lady Liu had lost two children, and the seventh Prince was the only one who was full-term. But what was wrong with this stillbirth? Could it be the one that the midwife delivered before the seventh Prince? But she remembered that Xia Houjing's birthday was 21 st of the twelfth month of the lunar year. What was going on then? Yun Shang was confused.

"In fact, I don't understand. It's not surprising to give birth to a stillbirth. But maybe she thought the noble people in the palace were more precious. As a woman who was quite ignorant, she was panic when she was threatened. But I didn't expect that we met brigands not far away from the Jin City on the second morning. All the family members were killed. I was injured, but I pretended to be dead to save my life."

Uncle Liu took a deep breath and kept silent for a while. Then he continued, "At first, I thought it was a group brigands, but not long after I was saved, I heard that Lady Liu had a son, and that was the current seventh Prince. But I remember clearly that my late wife said that Lady Liu gave birth to a daughter and a dead baby.

"At that time, I felt something was wrong. I remembered my wife went to the imperial palace to deliver the baby with the other three famous midwives in Jin City, and we had some contacts with them. I secretly went back to Jin City several times, only to find that the three midwives were also in trouble, and no one was left at home. Then I understood. I guessed it's not the brigands who wanted to kill us, but the officials in the palace."

Yun Shang came back to her senses slowly, "You mean the seventh Prince is not Lady Liu's child at all?"

Uncle Liu nodded, "Of course not."

"Is it possible that she got twins then, but the girl is dead?" Yun Shang frowned and asked.

Uncle Liu shook his head. After thinking for a while, he went on, "If they were a boy and a girl twins, my wife would tell me and wouldn't be so panic. Besides, if one of the twins died, why did they hide it? "

After a long pause, Uncle Liu seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, my wife also mentioned another thing. There were four midwives in the palace then, but only two delivered for Lady Liu. When the baby girl was born, Lady Liu fainted in pain. When she found that it was a dead baby, a madam took it away. After Lady Liu woke up, she asked about the baby. The madam told her that she gave birth to a boy and the mother and son were safe."

"My wife wanted to say something, but she was taken away. The madam said she just wanted to comfort Lady Liu and told them not to tell anyone else." Yun Shang was shocked by such a secret. Uncle Liu spoke in a somewhat disordered way, but Yun Shang understood it all. That year, Lady Liu gave birth to a daughter, dead. However, the madam beside her told her that the baby was a boy and both the mother and the son were safe. And still later, it was announced that Lady Liu gave birth to a boy, who was Xia Houjing now.

Yun Shang bit her lips, her eyes full of disbelief. No matter what, she didn't expect this secret to be like this.

With various thoughts in her mind, sat down, forced herself to calm down and sorted out the information she had just received.

Then there were a few questions she thought that needed to be clear.

According to Uncle Liu, Lady Liu didn't know about it. She fainted during the delivery and didn't know that she had given birth to a dead baby. So who was that madam's real master? Who on earth arranged this? Xia Huanyu? Or Liu Jin?