The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Lord Wen was trembling all over. Seeing that he was not in a good condition, Du Mingxian turned around, picked up the tea from the table, and handed it to Lord Wen, saying, "Father, have some water."

Lord Wen took the tea, his arm stiff as he put the cup to his mouth, took a small sip, and stared intently at Zhao the midwife. His voice was low but his tone stern, "Speak, why?"

Zhao, the midwife, shed tears streaming down her face. "I did something wrong years ago, and your old lady used it against me. This was her order, and I had no choice but to obey."

Du Mingxian became interested. Before she could speak, Lord Wen shoved the teacup into her arms and grabbed Zhao the midwife by the collar. "Tell me, why? Her health is so good. How did you manage that?"

“I… Your matriarch’s orders were to kill both of them. Your wife’s health is fine, and if she gives birth normally, everyone will be happy. But the orders I received were different.”

"There was no other way. When I saw the baby's head, I had to push the baby back and tell Madam Wen that the baby's head was too big to come down and that the baby was breech. I needed to reach in and help her."

Du Mingxian trembled upon hearing this, feeling a strange pain. This midwife Zhao was truly an executioner.

Lord Wen's fingers, which were gripping Zhao the midwife, turned white. He then punched her hard across the face. "Continue," he said.

Zhao the midwife was trembling all over from the pain, but the bad things she had done years ago made her even more uneasy, and she didn't utter a sound.

“When I reached in, I took out a small awl. Madam Wen sensed something was wrong and pushed me. After I took my hand out, I told her about it in her ear.”

"And told her that her daughter could be kept until the adults returned, and Madam Wen probably agreed for the sake of the child."

"I then delivered the baby normally, but... the bleeding from the woman's body didn't stop. It was her first pregnancy, so even if I could see the baby's head, there was still some time. The baby was born soon, and everything was fine."

“I gave the child to Madam Wen’s head maid at the time. That maid was a kind person, but I sent her away in the middle of the time. She didn’t know what I did or what I said to Madam Wen.”

"The head maid wanted to take the child out to show the old lady, but I stopped her. I cleaned up Madam Wen first. Hearing the commotion outside, I heard that the adults had returned, so I left the room with the head maid and the child."

"When the master returned, the old lady didn't say anything more. At the time, the old lady was very dissatisfied with what I had done, but fortunately, I had delivered babies for other families in the capital and saved other people's lives. They protected me and had close ties with me."

"The old lady wanted to take action against me, but she was also afraid of the person behind me. So we held each other's secrets. After that, I left the capital and came here."

“I knew she was spying on me, and I also planted a spy in the Wen family, so I know everything that happens in the Wen family, and I also know that the eldest young lady has returned to the mansion.”

Du Mingxian didn't know what to say. She looked up at Lord Wen and saw that his eyes were frighteningly red, as if he could kill Zhao the midwife at any moment.

"Father, she can't die yet, we must keep her alive."

Lord Wen did not let go of her hand. Du Mingxian stepped forward to help, "Father, let go. Even if you want to hurt her, you can't do it so openly."

Lord Wen seemed to understand. After glancing at Du Mingxian, he slowly released Lord Wen's hand.

Knowing that she would not survive if she revealed these things, Zhao the midwife accepted it calmly: "I only saved the adults and spared my child. They know nothing. The sins I have suffered over the years are all my own doing and have nothing to do with anyone else."

"Hmph." Lord Wen snorted coldly, without saying a word, and closed his eyes in the chair to slowly process these emotions.

Du Mingxian was quite interested and stepped forward, squatting down in front of Zhao the midwife. "You just said that you have each other's weaknesses. What weaknesses do you have that Old Madam Wen has?"

Zhao, the midwife, was unwilling to speak, but when she met Du Mingxian's smiling eyes, she felt a chill run down her spine. "I killed my husband, and it just so happened that Old Madam Wen, who was not yet married at the time, saw it."

Du Mingxian was shocked. She looked at Zhao the midwife, who was indeed quite old. "How could it be such a coincidence?" she said, recounting the whole story.

“My mother-in-law was a midwife. She only had one child. Because she was a gambler, no one wanted to marry her. But I was willing. I had many sisters in my family. My father didn’t treat us like human beings. My mother-in-law could give a large sum of money, so they were naturally happy to sell me.”

“The first month after I married into the family was a little better. We had a few days of loving time together. My mother-in-law only had one child, so she was willing to pass on her midwifery skills to me. From that time on, she took me with her to help others deliver babies.

“A month later, he went to the financial office again, but his mother-in-law refused to give him money, saying that we should live a good life. He felt that it was because I had entered the family that his mother-in-law was not giving him money, and he started beating me when he was unhappy.”

“They beat me at night, and during the day I still had to do housework and go out with my mother-in-law. She never gave me a single penny. The only good thing about my husband’s family compared to my own family was that I could eat my fill at my husband’s family, but I didn’t have enough to eat at my own family. But I was always beaten, and I was beaten even more at my husband’s family.”

"I endured it for two years until I finally got pregnant. Life got a little easier. My mother-in-law was afraid something would happen to the baby, so she wouldn't let him hit me. When the baby was born, it was a girl. My mother-in-law thought it was bad luck and took her out to sell her."

“I never saw that child. Life went back to normal, and another six months passed. I got pregnant again, and this time I was lucky and gave birth to a boy.”

“Life at home is a little better now. My husband has stopped hitting me, but he has started stealing money from my mother-in-law. She raised him all by herself and her health has long since deteriorated. She is constantly upset by her son.”

“She secretly gave me some money and told me to hide it. That night, he went to his mother-in-law's place to ask for money again, which angered her to death. He regretted it for half a month, but then started again after half a month.”

“He asked me to go out and help people deliver babies. Although I had learned from my mother-in-law for a few years, I was young and many families were unwilling to hire me, so I took the kind of jobs that paid little money and no one wanted to do them.”

"Over time, my reputation gradually spread, and people started to come looking for me."

“My child was just three years old at the time. I had taken a job for a wealthy family during the day, and when I came home at night, I was hiding the silver. He saw it and wanted to take all the silver away, and we got into an argument.”

“At that time, all I was thinking was that the money was our hope for survival. Without the money, my child and I would starve to death. I don’t know where I got the strength, but I hit him on the head with a stool.”