Chapter 284 - Telling the Truth
The fog lifted completely, everything was exposed to the light, all eyes were on her, the old lady sneered, were the people from back then still alive now? Even if they were alive, they didn't know where they had gone, they might not even be able to find them themselves, but how did they find them?
As she thought, two figures walked in.
The old madam carefully identified, simply do not recognize, can not help but sneer: " From where to find these two grandmothers, want to give me whatever charges, come on, I am not afraid, anyway, you so these people are also looking at me in a bad way, I am old, not useful, is not become a burden to you, I will know ...... myself"
She accused the evil one first.
An Zhongtao heaved a sigh, this is Madam Lan's maid, she heard the cries of Madam Lan's child that day, and it is obviously different from what you said, the child was born dead.
"So what, what if you cry twice and die?"
"This is Granny Huang who delivered Mrs. Lan's baby that day. She still remembers that there was a birthmark on Mrs. Lan's baby ...... Do you want me to go on?" An Zhongtao stared straight into the old lady's eyes.
The bottom of his eyes were frighteningly bright with scrutiny and questioning.
The two old women told the story of what had happened, and Granny Huang told the story of what the other midwife had said back then, that the matriarch's baby had only been born without breath.
"Your child is lifeless...my poor child." Madam An was so sad when they brought up the past, she didn't want to admit it, but she couldn't handle the thought of her poor child. Tonight was a nightmare all over again and she was devastated, who would want to keep someone else's child? Back then, the General loved that little vixen and pampered her in every way. He even wanted to make her his legal wife, without even looking at her worthiness. She was just a daughter of a small family, and to make her the General's concubine was already a favour to her, what more did she want?
The General could go to her(Lan shi) room for more than twenty days in a month, and on those remaining days there were times when he stayed in the study, looking like an aggrieved person himself. Although she is the matriarch, some of the maids are laughing at her behind her back. It was good that her belly was strong, although the General did not stay in her room for a few days, she still got pregnant. But the concubine was also pregnant, and she saw the General's attitude that the General's mansion must belong to whoever gave birth to the son. So, she was all kinds of anxious in her heart, and when she was pregnant, she saw that the General was taking good care of Lan Shi, while for herself, she only asked symbolic questions, how could she not be furious, that's why the baby was born without life.
Who can blame this?
It's all the General's who are doing evil!
"You people, pretending to be a ghost, don't you just want to know what happened back then? Back then, it was the old general who favoured his concubine and brought shame to the family, so I did this in revenge, I don't say I had no choice. Over the years, I have also been punished by raising other people's children every day. An Zhongtao, do you know? When I see you, my heart is like a bug biting, my conscience is reminding me of the wrong things I have done. But what can I do? If I had a choice, I wouldn't want to do it, why should I support you and give everything to you, and you are just a concubine..." the old madam jumped and pointed at An Zhongtao.
Anyway, she didn't care anymore as she had torn her face, so she simply made things clear.
An Qing Ran was relieved to see her admit it, but there was no sense of triumph in her heart, because her own father must have suffered a lot since childhood, and even more so when he recognized the thief as his mother.
"Was my mother poisoned to death by you?" An Zhongtao finally asked through clenched teeth.
Although he knew that she would deny it after he asked the topic, he still asked it reluctantly.
In that year Lan Shi only died with her fingernails turning black and her lips turning black, that was the maid's story, no one knew exactly what happened.
Old Madam An looked at him and smiled coldly, "It's silly for you to ask this question, even if I did it, I wouldn't admit it, would I?"
An Zhongtao nodded, "I knew it."
"Since you are counting on me, let's open up the sky and say the obvious, you are not the Di son of the General's residence, and the real Di son is Zhong Yuan, so you can give up the General's residence now, right?" She smiled sinisterly, "You've occupied the General's Mansion for so many years, that's enough, do you still have the guts to rely on it again?"
An Qingran turned to the crowd at this time and said, "Everyone has had a busy night, come back to Qiuwu courtyard with me, Rendong has prepared a lot of snacks."
Tonight did use a lot of people, including the crown Prince's people, if he had not sent people over, how could she have made that lantern fly all over the sky, and that fog, but made a lot of ice, the ice in the General's residence is not enough, I do not know if Dongfang Jin got it from the palace, anyway, there is a big pile, and also made fragrant fog, in short, all this, let An Qing Ran feel surprised, at the same time also think that he does have a way.
Like Granny Huang, for example, she had lived so long that he had found her, and he didn't know how to beg.
An Qing Ran is grateful to him in her heart.
This night moved more than twenty people, hearing her say so, all came out from the shadows, the Crown Prince people opened his mouth and said no need for a snack, directly back to hand in, An Qing Ran wanted to give reward money, they also do not want, directly a flash of form and no shadow, while the others also followed her slowly to go out.
When she was giving her account, the old Madam looked at her fiercely. She was not the reincarnation of Lan Shi, was she? She was against her at every turn, just like that little bitch was when she was alive, showing up at every turn. In order to make the General happy, she prepared a performance to celebrate the General's birthday, but Lan Shi suggested with the world's plague and the displaced people losing their homes, she asked the General to open the barn to release the food with the money from the celebration, which resulted in the General praising her kindness and saying that she had is accumulating virtue for the sake of future generations. Am I creating sin?
There were also times when she had obviously stewed ginseng soup for the General's body, But she said the General's body was very fiery and he couldn't drink ginseng soup, instead she made the soup to remove the heat, so the General believed her and his own soup ended up nowhere to be found. Does she think she doesn't know what she's doing? Behind her back, she doesn't know how to curry favour with the General and denigrate herself instead. Otherwise, at the beginning, the General treated her with affection, or at least better than an ordinary couple. Since she had entered the house, everything had changed. She also coaxed the General into assigning positions to all her family members. She herself had advised the General on this matter, saying that her father and brother were unworthy and incompetent, and that the insistence on assigning positions was disconcerting.
But the General went so far as to say that she was jealous and could not see the good in others.
It was probably because of this advice that Lan Shi had a problem with her. Since then, Lan Shi has opposed everything she wanted to do, but the General was on her side. One year, She wanted to go back to her mother's house, and in order to prepare gifts for her mother's family, was she just using her monthly quota first? She saved the next month to make up for it, but the General found out about it and gave her a good talking to, saying that she could tell him when she used the money and not use it for herself.
This incident almost made the General deprive her of her right to be the head of the family, but when Lan Shi's family was saved, not only did she use her own share, but the General also gave her a lot of subsidies, and when she raised objections, the General only said that her family was poor and it was normal to give her more subsidies.
Her maiden family is still rich and unreasonable?
There were too many things like this, if she didn't get her child herself, she would surely have to lose her position as the rightful wife, if she didn't have no choice, how could she have thought of this trick? In the beginning she remembered that it was her personal nurse who suggested it and she didn't object that's all, but as for the poison not killing her, she thought she was doing a good deed. She cries all day long, and this General's Mansion is in a state of mourning, and the good General's Mansion has been harmed by her. The General was so sad all day long that he even thought about her when he went to court, so he was even caught and criticised by the Emperor on two occasions.
If she doesn't poison her, it is unknown what else she will give birth to in this house.
It was just that the General had really chilled her heart by keeping guard over her for a whole year before coming to her own room, and it was good that he was overly sad at the time, otherwise he must have been suspicious.
Now that this An Zhongtao had even asked such a question, she was not going to answer it.
"Qing Ran, you stay." An Zhongtao looked at his daughter's intention to leave and suddenly spoke out to keep her.
An Qingran was a little surprised.
There was trust and gratitude in An Zhongtao's eyes.
An Qing Ran's heart was warm. She didn't want everyone to see the confrontation between his father and Old Madam An, that's why she told everyone to go away. In any case it was a scandal in the General's Mansion, and if word got out, she was afraid it would be extremely unfavourable,So she thought about how to clean up the consequences, now that her father had let herself stay, that was an acknowledgement that she was being treated like an adult, isn't it?
"You stay and listen." An Zhongtao spoke to her.
Mrs. An laughed coldly : "What? Are you going to be criticising me? Are you thinking of suing me to tell you, now I am not afraid of anything you guys do, it is not a big deal for me to die ......"
"Mother, I still call you mother, as long as you have the slightest remorse and tell me what happened back then, I will be grateful." An Zhongtao said in a deep voice.
He just wanted to know if Lan Shi was killed by her.
The old Madam shook her head and laughed coldly: "Which rich family House does not have a few wronged ghosts? I will not acknowledge your accusations against me, neither will you ever know what really happened back then. But let me tell you, the fight between concubines and wives did not start with me, nor will it end with me. If you had handled it well, Lian Jin Rong would not have died. So don't blame us women who are wives and concubines, your father is equally to blame ......"
These words, An Qing Ran believed. Since ancient times, this war between women of the harem and the noble family has never ceased, while the only reason is to compete with each other for favour, and for that man. Unless there comes a day when monogamy is the norm, this war will still continue.
An Zhongtao snorted coldly at her words, "So that means you admit it?"
