Chapter 12 — The Cry to Save the Marquis Palace

A Niang looked in the direction my hand was waving. There lay the jar of strong wine the midwife used to wash her hands. Her eyes moved slightly.

“Get some warm wine.”

The ghost in the room was stunned.

“Madam?”

The lady said word by word:

“Take the lady and the child back to the lobby.”

“Please check in front of everyone.”

Old lady Mu shouted:

“You're crazy!”

“How old is Bao Chau, do you want to use alcohol to hurt him?”

The lady looked at her coldly.

"Just now you guys said the birthmark disappeared, so you dare to publicly complain."

“Now I want to check clearly, why are you so impatient?”

The old lady gritted her teeth:

“It's a child. What if I burn it?”

A princess calmly said:

“It's warm wine, not hot.”

“If it really doesn't have a birthmark, I will publicly admit my mistake.”

“If it does, you Mu family should not expect to rely on tears to overturn the case.”

Old Lady Mu's face turned white. I hear her breathing erratically. She knows. Of course she knows. The noise outside the lobby continued. The mother-in-law hugged Muc Bao Chau and cried until she almost fainted.

“My poor daughter was snatched away just after she was born.”

"The Marquis said he had a birthmark. Now that the birthmark has disappeared, he wants to say we were playing tricks."

"Is there still a royal law in this world?"

The people of Qi Vuong's palace also stood next to chime in:

“The Marquis of Tran Bac Palace has opened the middle gate, so everyone should see clearly.”

"If we only allow the Marquis to present evidence and not let the sufferer speak up, wouldn't that be too tyrannical?"

The official Kinh Trieu Phu agreed:

“If both sides have their own words, it's better to check both children clearly.”

My father's voice was very deep.

“Okay.”

When she heard those two words, she immediately hugged me and stood up. As soon as she gave birth, as soon as her feet touched the ground, she staggered. Mama was scared and caught her.

“Madam, you can't go.”

A's face turned pale but she lowered her head to look at me.

"My daughter is being slandered out there. I can't lie still."

She hugged me very firmly. Step by step walk towards the lobby. Every step is like stepping on a blade. But she didn't stop. I pressed against her chest, listening to her heartbeat become more and more steadfast. Arriving in the lobby, everyone's eyes simultaneously fell on him. In those eyes there was curiosity, skepticism, and also the coldness of a bustling onlooker. As soon as the uncle saw her husband, her cries became even sharper.

“Sister Xie, you don't even let go of your own niece?”

The lady did not look at her. She just looked at the robe.

“Check.”

The robe walked forward carrying warm wine. The mother-in-law immediately hugged Muc Bao Chau tightly and retreated.

“Who dares touch my daughter!”

This evasive action caused the noise outside to become a little quieter. The father's voice was cold:

“Just now you publicly said that the birthmark has disappeared.”

“Why don't you dare check now?”

The eyes show a pattern of disorder. Old Lady Mu was escorted into the lobby and suddenly shouted loudly:

“Cannot check!”

“The child cannot stand being scared!”

As soon as she shouted this, I stopped crying. Everyone in the lobby looked towards me. Mrs. A slowly raised her eyes.

“Check.”

17 The doctor did not dare to delay. He sent ma ma Hold Muc Bao Chau, just use a towel dipped in a little warm wine, and gently wipe over its shoulder. At first, the skin area was only slightly red. The mother-in-law seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and immediately cried loudly:

“You guys look.”

“Basically nothing.”

The people of Qi Wang palace also laughed coldly.

"The Marquis has made such a big deal out of it today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to end it."

But as soon as he finished speaking, under the red skin behind Muc Bao Chau's shoulder, a pale blue patch gradually appeared. At first, the blue color was hazy like mist. Soon it gradually darkened, revealing a birthmark shaped like a torn leaf. The lobby was immediately quiet. The mother's cry was choked in her throat. The blood on Mrs. Mu's face disappeared completely. The robe was dipped in warm wine and wiped once more. The blue birthmark appears more clearly. The sound of cold air was heard from the crowd surrounding the door. Someone quietly said:

“There really is a birthmark.”

Someone else said:

"Why didn't you see it just now? Could it be that you applied medicine?"

The doctor picked up the towel he just wiped and smelled it. His face immediately darkened.

“Master Marquis, the child's shoulder has been covered with medicine to cover the marks.”

“This medicine dissolves when mixed with warm wine, and is specifically used to cover birthmarks and scars.”

The parents looked at the sample form.

“What do you have left to say?”

The aunt's lips trembled, and she suddenly hugged Muc Bao Chau and knelt down.

“I don't know.”

“It was the old lady who ordered someone to apply it.”

“She said that as long as the birthmark disappears, the Ta family will not be able to explain clearly.”

The old lady angrily scolded:

“You idiot!”

This scolding is like ripping off the last mask yourself. The crowd outside immediately cheered. Those who had spoken out in defense of the Mu family just now were silent. Mrs. A hugged me and stood in the lobby, her face as white as paper but her spine straight. She handed me over to my mother next to me and said in a low voice:

“Check on my daughter.”

Ma Ma carefully removed my diaper. I don't have a blue birthmark. There was only a small mole between her eyelids, a red mark on her neck, and a wound from the jade lock being yanked. The doctor finished checking and said in a low voice:

“The strangulation mark on this child's neck was newly formed due to a hard object being pulled hard.”

“Perfectly matches the jade lock I just found.”

My father ordered someone to display jade locks, rough cloth diapers, brocade blankets embroidered with gold thread, fake letters, personal seals, poison pills, incense ashes and fragments of medicine bowls. The old man sat in the middle of the lobby. Her hair is white, but her voice resonates very far.

“The Luc family opened the middle gate today not to hide bad things.”

"And so you can see clearly who is the child thief, who is the drug dealer, and who is the forgery of letters."

She slammed her stick on the ground.

“My Lu family's daughter was harmed by someone else, that's not her shame.”

"Whoever dares to use the victim as gossip, even if he has to sue to the court, the Luc family must still question that person for insulting and harming children."

It was silent outside the door. I lay in my mother's arms, tears silently flowing down. In my previous life, the thing I was most afraid of was being seen by others. I'm afraid they'll say I'm from the Mu family, afraid they'll call me a wild girl, afraid they'll say I stole Muc Bao Chau's fate. But in this life, Luc Lao Thai Quan told everyone in front of me: The one who was wrong was not me. It's not me who should be hiding. The faces of the people of Qi Vuong's residence were extremely unsightly. The official of Kinh Trieu Palace still wanted to speak up. His father threw the transcript he found in the sleeve of Secretary Nghiem's shirt in front of him.

“Don't you want to investigate the case, sir?”

“Look it up.”

The chief historian was escorted in the middle of the hall. His mouth was stuffed with medicinal cloth, his face was gray. Officer Cui of the Kinh Trieu Palace looked at the palace report, then looked at the hands of Chief Secretary Nghiem, his forehead began to sweat. The people of Qi Vuong's palace immediately said:

“It's just a piece of paper, who knows if it was fabricated by the Marquis or not?”

Luc Tam smiled coldly.

“So what about this hidden text?”

He tugged at the collar of Nghiem Chief's shirt. The curled python pattern immediately appeared before everyone's eyes. Finally, the faces of the people of Qi Wang Palace also changed. But he still bit hard and refused to accept.

"There are so many beautiful ladies in the world. Just based on a hidden text, they slandered Qi Vuong's palace, it's ridiculous."

Just as the two sides struggled, a timid female voice suddenly rang out outside the door:

“The slave can testify.”

Everyone turned their heads. A woman wearing a rough cloth was led in by a guard. She held a bundle of things, knelt down and cried.

“The slave is the nanny invited by the Mu family.”

“They said that from today onwards, the slaves will go to the Marquis Palace, specializing in raising Muc Bao Chau.”

"And it's said that Miss Marquis will really be sent to the Mu family's heavenly courtyard, and the servants are told not to ask too many questions."

The coffin suddenly raised its head.

“Why are you here?”

The nurse cried:

"My lady, I don't dare continue to hide it."

"On the check you gave to the servant, there is a hidden sign from Van Xuan Lau."

“The slave was afraid of bringing disaster, so he still hid outside the side door.”