The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Zheng thought about it and told the story one by one.

"After the doctor and midwife confirmed the child was dead, the master, wanting to prevent his wife from waking up and seeing the grief, asked me to take the second young lady away and find a beautiful place to bury her. He also asked me to go to a temple to light a perpetual lamp for the second young lady and to find a master to pray for her to be reborn soon."

"That's exactly what I did at that time."

"At that time, I placed the Second Young Lady in a bamboo basket and covered it with cloth. I chose Yinxiu Mountain, the most tranquil and beautiful place outside Beijing, as the Second Young Lady's burial place."

"But when I was digging a hole in a mountain stream with a shovel, a cold wind suddenly blew from the mountain, making my back feel cold. I was timid, so I turned around and saw leaves flying in the mountains. I was so scared that I almost lost my soul. I dropped the shovel and ran down the mountain."

Hearing this, Mrs. Tang felt heartbroken.

As a result, the little daughter was thrown into the mountains before she was buried.

If a wild beast appears, won’t it be carried away?

She clutched the handkerchief tightly in her hand.

"and after?"

Zheng continued, "It was Liangzhi who drove the carriage with me. I was so frightened that my legs were weak from running down the mountain. I told Liangzhi the location and asked him to go up the mountain to bury the second young lady. Then we went to Yulin Temple outside the city to light a perpetual lamp for the young lady and invited a master to perform a ritual to pray for her soul to be reborn."

Liangzhi was already fifteen at that time and had been raised by her.

He is filial and sensible.

When he grew up a little, he took his father, who was in poor health, back to his hometown to get married and have children.

Mrs. Tang looked at her.

"Do you remember where he was buried?"

Wangxu Villa is located in the suburbs of Beijing, not far from Yinxiu Mountain. If you know the location, you can send someone to go there and take a look.

It's just that so many years have passed.

If he was really buried in Yinxiu Mountain, there would be no trace of him now.

Zheng was a little embarrassed.

"Madam, you know that twenty years have passed. Even if I could remember where the Second Young Lady was buried, I'm not sure I can still find her."

"Does the child have a birthmark?" Mrs. Tang asked again.

Zheng thought about it and shook her head.

"As far as I can remember, the Second Young Miss didn't have a birthmark." She looked in the direction of Nanny Chen. "Nanny Chen was with Madam when she gave birth, so she must have examined her. I'm old now, so I might not remember some things clearly, but Nanny Chen should have some memory of them."

Nanny Chen bowed to Madam Tang.

"I was so busy with my wife at the time that I didn't pay much attention to the Second Young Lady. I really can't remember it."

Song Yuntang subconsciously touched the back of his neck.

At first she didn't know she had a birthmark. It was discovered by Jinshu when she was dressing her. She said there was a crescent-shaped mark on the back of her neck near the end of her hair.

But the color was not dark, and it was covered by hair and collar, so it was not easy to notice in the past.

Even Xu Qingye might not know about this.

Perhaps, her resemblance to the late queen is just a coincidence?

Mrs. Tang thought about it and instructed Nanny Chen.

"Send someone to find Zhao Liangzhi."

"Yes."

Nanny Chen bowed and stepped back.

Mrs. Tang turned and looked at Zheng.

"Madame Zheng, please get up first. If you hurt your knees by kneeling, you'll need to spend more time to heal them."

……

The servants acted quickly and brought Zhao Liangzhi to Wangxu Villa in less than an hour.

Zhao Liangzhi didn't know why Mrs. Tang called him here, he just thought she had something good to tell him.

After all, Mrs. Tang values ​​her mother.

I brought her to the hot spring resort for recuperation.

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of her, Mrs. Tang had a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

Time can indeed change many things.

The boy who was once upright and honest has become a materialistic middle-aged man after being infected with bad habits over time.

He bowed to Mrs. Tang.

"My humble servant greets the Madam."

He turned and saluted Song Yuntang.

"I've met the princess."

Mrs. Tang looked at him.

"Liangzhi, I called you here today mainly to ask you about what happened twenty years ago."

When Zhao Liangzhi heard that this happened twenty years ago, he looked towards his mother with a guilty conscience.

Did mother tell Madam about this?

He bowed.

"Madam, please speak. I will tell you everything I know."

Madam Tang stared at him intently. "Your mother said you buried the second young lady by a stream in Yinxiu Mountain. Do you still remember the exact location?"

Cold sweat broke out on Zhao Liangzhi's forehead.

Mom really said that!

He couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

Didn’t I say that it cannot be said?

He is old but still can't keep his mouth shut. Sooner or later he will kill someone.

As if she saw the panic in his eyes, Mrs. Tang spoke again.

"Madame Zheng watched me grow up, and I watched you grow up too. Even if you didn't lie, I wouldn't ignore your difficulties because of our past friendship. I think your parents named you Liangzhi because they hoped you would become someone who could judge good and evil, right and wrong, and morality. How did you become like this now?"

Zheng sighed aside.

"Liangzhi, just tell me."

Zhao Liangzhi's face showed embarrassment, guilt, nervousness, and even a hint of remorse.

In fact, after learning that he had cheated, given Mrs. Tang's current status, she could have directly ordered people to arrest him and torture him.

But she didn't.

This just shows that the lady did not want to kill everyone.

In this situation, he has no choice.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke.

"In reply to Madam, I did accompany Mother to Yinxiu Mountain to bury the Second Young Miss."

Mrs. Tang nodded. "Your mother has already told me what happened during that time. I just want to ask you, is the second young lady's burial place still identifiable?"

Although it was warm in the hot spring resort in the first month of the year, Zhao Liangzhi was still wearing winter clothes, but he was already sweating slightly from nervousness.

"This... after so many years, I'm not sure."

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and didn't dare to look in Mrs. Tang's direction.

Mrs. Tang had been dealing with people in the capital for many years, so she naturally saw through his guilty conscience.

"Why are you so nervous?"

Zhao Liangzhi carefully raised his eyelids and looked in her direction. When he saw her awe-inspiring expression, he was shocked and quickly knelt down.

"Madam, spare your life!"

He kowtowed to Mrs. Tang.

"Back then, my mother did take the Second Young Miss to Yinxiu Mountain and found a picturesque mountain stream for her burial. But when she was frightened by the cold winds in the mountains and fled down, I couldn't find her when I went back up."

Zheng's face showed horror.

"That's not what you said back then. When you came down from the mountain, didn't you say you had already buried the Second Young Lady?"

Zhao Liangzhi said stubbornly, "I lied because I was worried that my mother would be punished by the Madam. I thought the Master and the Madam would not investigate the burial place of a dead baby, so I dared to say that."