"If you tell me, will my mother believe it? After all, this is just your personal guess and suspicion."

"Your mother loves a man, but she is not stupid. Of course, I didn't say it directly, but I arranged for someone to follow Shen Huai for a while.

They discovered that he often met with people in restaurants after leaving the government office, and they followed the other party's carriage to the residence of Shangshu Yang.

After repeated comparisons, it was confirmed that the person who had a secret meeting with him was a favored concubine of Yang Shangshu's family. Everything matched up, it was Yang Shangshu's family that was suppressing your uncle."

"You told my mother?"

"Well, I told your mother right away. She didn't believe it at first, but in the face of evidence, she had no choice but to believe it.

Besides, she can feel how a man treats her, whether he is good or not, but she just didn’t want to believe it before and didn’t want to think in that direction.”

"It's over, how did you do it?"

"Your mother and I thought of it at the time, and I guess Shen Huai wanted her to die.

The girls in the Shangshu Mansion, even if they were concubines, would not be concubines to Shen Huai, so there was only one possibility, killing his wife to take the throne! At that time, your mother was already more than 6 months pregnant.

I accompanied your mother on an excuse to sell something, and I specially found two doctors to check if there was anything wrong with your mother's health."

"Poisoned?"

"Well, it's a chronic poison, the amount is not large, but there is no antidote. Besides, you are pregnant, and the doctors are not sure they can cure it. They said that only Dr. Xue can help.

The problem is that no one knows where Xue Shenxian is? Let the baby be born first. The amount of poison is not large. It should be injected at the beginning. As long as there is no further contact with the poison, there will be no problem with giving birth to the baby.

Your mother and I were extremely frightened. From then on, no one dared to believe it. We could only investigate secretly. Finally, we found out that it was Cuizhu, who was close to your mother. We had people follow her several times and confirmed that it was her who had taken refuge in the Shangshu Mansion.

Your mother didn't dare to kill her directly, for fear that they would send someone else over, which would make it even more difficult. She just paid more attention to her food, and secretly dumped everything that passed through her hands."

"and then?"

"Your mother knew she was going to die. It was a dead end no matter how you looked at it. She had no other options but to make arrangements in advance.

First, he sold all the properties under his name that Shen Huai didn't know about at a low price and converted them all into silver notes.

Including the cash on hand, the total amount was 90 taels. I asked someone to secretly give it to your uncle so that he could use it when he makes a comeback in the future.

Because your mother felt that it was she who had implicated your uncle, and it was her willful behavior that had harmed her family, and she felt extremely regretful. "

"How much silver did my mother give as a dowry?"

"The dowry, shops, farms, and banknotes are estimated to be more than 30 taels, close to 40 taels.

The private dowry of silver notes from farms and shops amounted to more than 20 taels, not including the value of clothing, jewelry, precious wood, jade, etc. The total estimated value was more than 80 taels. At that time, it was considered half of Li's family's wealth as a dowry.

The private dowry was able to be preserved because of the old lady's repeated instructions to your mother to keep it a secret and not tell anyone.

She said that this might be her last resort, after all, most unfaithful people are scholars. She even threatened your mother that if she told anyone, she would no longer recognize your mother as her daughter.

Although your mother loves Shen Huai, she is also willing to listen to what you say, so she kept the secret.

Your mother is very good at doing business. Whether it is the money in public or in private, your mother has more than doubled it in just a few years.

The money earned was used by your mother to buy shops and farms, and she continued to make money, which is a pity."

"Did Shen Huai also find excuses to ask for money to smooth over relations every few days before?"

"Yes, your mother is not on guard, thinking that everything she has belongs to her husband, and she always gives him as much as he wants. And since your mother got married, she has been supporting the whole family with her dowry.

This family is full of wolves. They were so poor and miserable in the beginning. Without your mother's financial support, human resources and interpersonal relationship support, how could they be where they are today?"

"and after?"

"Later, your mother asked Manju to secretly help sell the shop and jewelry, and asked me to leave more clues to find dead babies or those babies who were not going to live long.

Let her prepare and plan to find a way to replace the prince with a cat after the child is born.

Otherwise, the child would definitely not survive if he stayed. Your mother would be 9 months old at that time.

At the same time, he found an excuse to send the traitor Cuizhu to Jiangnan. Of course, she didn’t really go to Jiangnan, but was killed on the way.

"and then?"

"The day before the birth, I followed your mother's instructions and secretly brought some gold and silver jewelry to the courtyard where your brother lives now. I bought them secretly and registered them under someone else's name, intending to let your brother live there in the future.

On the way back, when I passed a deep alley, I heard a baby crying. I went over to take a look and saw that the baby was born not long ago and it was a little boy.

If I continued to leave him there, I was afraid he would not survive. It was getting dark, and I was worried about your mother, so I took him home directly.

I temporarily put the child with Sister Liao, the gatekeeper at the back door, and asked her to take care of him temporarily. I will find a family to send the child away when I am done. "

"As a result, my mother had an accident and gave birth early the next day? You just changed it?"

"That's right. Your mother was tricked into giving birth early. Your mother spent a lot of money to hire two midwives with a good reputation in advance. She was ready at all times, fearing that someone would tamper with the delivery and cause problems.

Even if they are hired with a large sum of money, we dare not relax at all. Who knows if they may turn against us and harm us at the last minute.

They didn't dare let anyone else get their hands on the things prepared outside, and left them all in the care of Liuli and Yuzhu.

She didn't even dare to let anyone inform Shen Huai, and tried her best to keep the matter a secret from everyone. The midwife entered the house quietly.

But how could I hide it from someone who has ulterior motives? Moreover, no one expected that Yuzhu would betray me."

"Ah."

"Your mother went into labor at the chen hour, and you were born at the shen hour, so you narrowly escaped death.

Not only was your mother poisoned, but I was also very nervous during that period, fearing that she would die before giving birth to the child.

As soon as the baby was born, I felt like some of the anger was relieved. After the midwife cleaned up, washed and wrapped the baby, and just as she was about to leave, your mother used her remaining strength to say the word "change".

I secretly wrapped the young master in my chest, carried the blood basin and blood cloth and went out. I told Liuli to keep an eye on the door and not let anyone in at this time, and told her that the lady was weak and needed to rest.

She quietly went to the back door and replaced the baby. Then she secretly brought the other baby back and put it down. Only the midwife saw the baby, and no one else was allowed in.

"How did the accident happen later?"

"When I came back, I saw that Madam was exhausted and pale. She urgently needed to eat something to replenish her body. I was worried about others, so I had to go by myself and let Liuli continue to guard the door."

"As a result, Shen Huai came back and called Liuli away, saying that he had something important to ask her and asked her to go over. Yuzhu said, "Go ahead, it's okay. I'll be guarding the door. I'll make sure I keep a good lookout and won't let anyone in."

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