Chapter 40: The Son
"I want to meet that mother-in-law."
"It's okay for the little lady to want to see nature, Chun'er, go, go to the wing room and bring that mother-in-law over."
After a while, Chun'er brought the mother-in-law over.
Contrary to Meng Jiao's expectations, this mother-in-law actually looked very young, probably not confused, and there were only a few silver strands in her hair.
Meng Jiao had some doubts in her heart, pushing forward thirteen years, this mother-in-law was only in her twenties, when Xue Wan gave birth, would she be relieved of a midwife in her twenties?
"The slave and maid meet the third lady, and the third lady is safe."
"This is the lady of our Meng family, and she is also the eldest lady of our family, Granny Ma should give the little lady a gift first."
Tao Xing said Meng Jiao's identity, and Granny Ma's figure paused for a moment, and this slight change happened to be captured by Meng Jiao, who had been observing her.
"Say hello to the little lady, the little lady is well!"
"Excuse me, my mother-in-law's surname is Ma, in the capital, there don't seem to be a few families with the surname Ma, where is my mother-in-law from?"
Meng Jiao naturally knew where she came from, so she asked more, but she just wanted to continue to observe her reaction.
It's just that this Granny Ma is not a simple person, and after missing that little bit of horse feet, there has never been any mistakes.
"The slave maid is not from the capital, the slave is from Qingzhou, and the place where the second lady's maiden home is not far is where the slave and maid are."
"Qingzhou... Then this road is also far away, there is no good midwife in the capital, why did Erniang choose your mother-in-law? ”
"The slave maid is in Qingzhou, not a boast, but also for hundreds of people, large and small, and the slave maid of the second lady's family has also helped, so the second lady trusts the slave and maid very much."
Granny Ma's answer was seamless, and Meng Jiao couldn't make a mistake.
However, the more infallible the answer, the more problematic it becomes.
Granny Ma answered too skillfully, as if she had already rehearsed, so why did she rehearse this question in advance? What is she trying to hide?
"In this case, Erniang trusts Granny Ma, and I naturally trust it, so you can serve the third lady well."
"Little lady, don't worry, the slave and maid will definitely follow the third lady."
Meng Jiao sat down again from Taoxing, and Liu Qingqing sent someone over, saying that Meng Yuan had a lot of homework today and couldn't come back in advance, so let's see if Meng Jiao was going to wait here or go back, waiting for Meng Yuan to send someone over.
"In that case, you went back to Erniang and said that I won't wait here, I'll go back to the house in a while, Yuanyuan will get out of school, just find someone to send it to me."
The little maid took the order to leave, Meng Jiao spoke with Tao Xing again, and planned to get up and leave.
Thinking that Taoxing was pregnant, she didn't want her to be sent out, but Taoxing was resolute, and Meng Jiao could only follow her.
"I'm not in the house now, there are many things that can't take care of you, Basho, there must be one and two, you must be careful."
"Little lady rest assured, who should be guarded against in this house, the concubine is like a mirror in her body and mind, who did the banana thing, and the concubine is also very clear in her body and mind."
Tao Xing is very smart, the only person in this house who has the motivation and ability to do this is only Liu Qingqing.
She knows it, and Meng Jiao also understands it, but she just can't send it without evidence.
"If you know who it is, you should know how to take precautions, and in a few days, I will find a better and more secure doctor to send it to you, and you will not listen to what others say, so you must be careful."
Tao Xing nodded yes, Meng Jiao was afraid that she was really freezing, so she pushed Tao Xing back inside.
Meng Jiao turned to leave, and after catching a glimpse of the figure of the mother-in-law looking at her in the wing, she chuckled lightly and left Taoxing's yard.
The snow was deep on the road, Meng Jiao was not in a hurry to leave, holding Mama Lin's hand, and walked on the path one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Mama has heard it, she can't wait, the banana matter is revealed, and the next step should be Granny Ma's business."
"The little lady's hard work has not been in vain, she has already begun to do it."
What Meng Jiao is most worried about is that Liu Qingqing will continue to endure, and now as soon as she makes a move, it is equivalent to walking into the trap set by Meng Jiao for her, and she is in the middle of it.
"It's just that I think this mother-in-law is a little weird, I always feel that she looks too young, she looks like she is about forty, you say, when my mother gave birth, I would never invite such a young person to prepare for childbirth."
"What does the little lady mean?"
"In my opinion, if this Granny Ma is indeed the midwife back then, then her appearance must have changed."
The person installed by Mama Lin confirmed that Granny Ma was the mother-in-law back then, so only one explanation is reasonable, that is, this Granny Ma was afraid of being recognized by someone who cared about it, so she changed her face.
"The little lady is really Bingxue smart, since you are suspicious, then the slave maid asked that person to withdraw from Liu Qingqing's yard and come to this courtyard to specifically target this mother-in-law."
Meng Jiao nodded, as long as she kept an eye on this mother-in-law, she would definitely be able to find some clues.
After all, this fox will never be able to hide his tail for the rest of his life.
Meng Jiao came out of Meng's house, and there was already a carriage waiting at the door, Liu Qingqing didn't come out to send it off, and Meng Jiao didn't care about it.
After all, Liu Qingqing should have known by now that she had seen Granny Ma, probably because the master and servant were talking together.
However, when the carriage stopped at the gate of Qianjing Mansion, Cuijin ran to the front of the carriage in a panic, Meng Jiao knew that this was about what was going on, and hurriedly walked down from the carriage.
"What's wrong? What's going on at home? ”
"The prince of Nankang Wangfu molested Miss Biao and forced Miss Biao to fall into the ice lake!"
Meng Jiao was a little stunned when she heard this, and after reacting, she hurriedly asked Cuijin to lead the way, and the group walked towards the ice lake in a panic, Cuijin said that because Liu Shaoyue was unconscious, she was arranged to be treated in the small attic next to the ice lake.
"Let's be clear, what's going on?"
"As soon as the little lady left today, less than half an hour, the prince of Nankang came, saying that it was on the order of Concubine Nankang to send some things to the little lady for the New Year, and the slave maid had taken someone to carry those gifts, but as a result, His Royal Highness the prince moved to Sister Cuiyue, and it happened that Miss Biao passed through the ice lake, and after the siege was lifted, the prince pushed and shoved Miss Biao, that's it..."
Cuijin is the youngest of these maids, and she hasn't seen much of it, so she is a little upside down at this time, which shows that she is really scared.
When Meng Jiao heard this, her face was frosty, her lips pursed, her steps were a little faster, and she saw that the group was about to arrive at the small attic, but she was stopped by the Nankang prince.
"Is it Mrs. Meng Jiao?"
Nankang Shizi Yan Hui looked arrogant, and didn't seem to feel that he had done anything wrong.
Meng Jiao looked at this person in such a shape, she only felt disgusted, she didn't even have the desire to speak, she turned around and made a look, and Cui Sleeve stepped forward to reply.
"It's our little lady, I don't know who Your Excellency is?"
"In addition to this son, can there be a man next to him in this house? This prince doesn't talk nonsense with Mrs. Meng, what kind of cousin are you, this prince has taken a fancy to it, you see when you will send people directly to my house, our two families can be regarded as a family relationship! ”