bookrandom Chapter 278: Midwife's identification, easily breaking the situation
Chapter 278: Midwife's identification, easily breaking the situation
After Zhu Zifeng finished speaking, the soldier who had brought Chen Wangshi with him appeared again. This time, he was followed by two middle-aged men and women.
"These two are the midwife who delivered Shu He and the doctor who was on duty. They can both prove that the child was born two and a half years ago!"
Zhang Zhirou was so nervous that her palms were sweating. "Zhu Zifeng actually found a midwife. She's clearly been planning this for a long time!"
Compared to her nervousness and worry, Shu He seemed extremely calm.
In fact, Yi'er's age is easy to verify, and she is not worried about it at all. What she is worried about is that even if Yi'er's age is not a problem, she can't prove that Yi'er is Baili Moqing's child.
After all, in this era, there is no scientific method of paternity testing.
The folk method of "blood test" did exist, but it had long been abandoned among the upper class because people had discovered that the method had a large error.
Therefore, paternity testing is an unsolvable problem in this era!
After Zhu Zifeng finished speaking, the woman and the middle-aged man knelt down together.
"I am Chen Lanhua, and I am Qin Ma. I am honored to meet you all."
After the two of them bowed deeply, the eldest princess asked, "Are you the two who helped Shu He deliver the baby?"
They both answered at the same time, "Yes."
"Then you are sure that her child was born two and a half years ago, right?"
The two nodded immediately, and Chen Lanhua spoke first, "My Lord, yes! It was over two years ago that Mrs. Chen asked me to go to her home to deliver a baby. I remember it very clearly. The woman who was about to give birth was this woman."
She tilted her head and pointed her finger at Shu He.
"Little one, I can testify that I went to Mrs. Chen's house with Madam Chen that day. At that time, the girl had a difficult labor, and it was I who saved her life with acupuncture!"
"You are so good, Shu He!" Upon hearing this, the eldest princess slapped the table, causing the wine on the table to spill out.
Even though her palms were burning with pain, she didn't care at all, and the only eyes that were exposed were full of excitement.
"Your child is clearly the son of a pariah, yet you claim he's Prince Li's child! If you're not pretending to be a royal heir, what is this?"
"Shu Kelin really gave birth to a 'good daughter'!"
"You are so bold!"
"Come here! Arrest this bitch who's trying to defraud the emperor! I'm going to sentence her to death by slicing!"
Didn't Baili Moqing want to punish the old woman who had confused the royal bloodline with the crime of lingchi? Then it wouldn't be too much for her to follow suit, right?
Seeing the sneer in her eyes, Baili Moqing felt nothing in his heart.
She finally wiped out the last bit of "family affection" in his heart.
At this time, the eldest princess's personal guard immediately stepped forward and wanted to catch Shu He again. Seeing this, Zhang Zhirou immediately rushed to the front of Shu He and protected her behind him.
"Sister He, don't be afraid. If anyone dares to touch you, let them step over my dead body first!"
She has made up her mind that if anyone dares to touch her sister He today, she will fight to the death with that person!
Anyway, she should have died a long time ago. If Shu He hadn't pulled her back from the brink of death, how could she be standing here alive and kicking?
“Arou!!”
Zhang Zhiyi's face was solemn, and he felt complicated for a moment.
He didn't want Zhang Zhirou to be impulsive, but he also knew that Shu He was the Zhang family's benefactor. No matter what she had done or what crime she had committed, the Zhang family should repay her with her life!
However, confusing the royal bloodline is a grave crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan! If Zhang Zhirou really interfered, it wouldn't matter if he died with her, but what would happen to Grandmother and A Li?
"Aunt, you can't sentence Shu He to death based on a few words from these two people! This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated!"
The eleventh princess Baili Rushu also spoke anxiously.
She originally had a bad impression of Shu He. After all, Nangong Xiyun said that she was trying to seduce her seventh brother while having a child. How could she possibly like her?
But yesterday, she saved her time and time again, yet she didn't care at all. If it were someone else, they would have asked for some benefits, either openly or covertly. But she didn't mention anything, even acting as if none of that had happened.
How could such a person be the "sweet-mouthed but sharp-tongued" person that Nangong Xiyun mentioned?
And that child is so cute and kind, how could he be the offspring of that ugly old woman?
Compared to the "fact" that others have shown her now, she would rather believe her sixth sense!
"There are witnesses to this matter, and the victims are all here. What else is there to investigate?" Zhao Ming glared at Baili Rushu, then shouted to the guards, "Are you deaf? Can't you hear me say to arrest someone?"
Zhang Zhirou immediately drew his sword, a chill spreading across his body as he fiercely glared at those who were trying to capture Shu He, "Who dares to move?!"
"How dare you draw your sword in front of the princes and princesses!" Several guards immediately became alert and almost rushed over.
Shu He sighed deeply and decided not to remain silent any longer.
"enough!!"
She was really tired of watching this farce.
Zhu Zifeng, is this the only trick you have?
If so, she was quite disappointed!
"Princess, you are so eager to convict me. Is this revenge?"
"After all, you're in front of your own son, so you should save some dignity for yourself!"
Shu He glanced at the black mask sitting above him. He was as calm as a mountain, neither fanning the flames nor suppressing conflicts. Even though the eldest princess was repeatedly suppressed and disrespected by her, Shen Chuan did not react at all.
He really acted like a complete outsider, as if the eldest princess had nothing to do with him.
On the contrary, the eldest princess seemed to become more restless and anxious because of his presence.
"What did you say……"
Shu He raised her hand, not wanting to listen to her nonsense anymore, "Princess, I have something to ask Miss Zhu."
Without waiting for Zhao Ming's reaction and ignoring her body trembling with rage, Shu He walked towards Zhu Zifeng.
Perhaps the feeling of death from before was still before his eyes. Seeing her coming, Zhu Zifeng kept backing away, subconsciously wanting to keep a safe distance from her.
"You, what do you want to do?"
Shu He didn't stop until she was about to retreat to the pillar.
"Zhu Zifeng, do you know that you are really stupid?"
Faced with her merciless humiliation and contempt, Zhu Zifeng was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he still didn't dare to lose his temper.
She was so close to him, so close that she could reach out and strangle him again.
"You said Yi'er's age was the biggest flaw, and you even said Yi'er was two and a half years old, and you even called in a midwife..."
"Do you know that you are giving me evidence of yourself?"
Seeing her fear and unwillingness, Shu He couldn't help but sneer.
"Have you forgotten? I'm a doctor. A doctor has so many ways to find out a person's age!"
"You know there's a term called 'bone age'? Just like a tree has an age."
Seeing her confused look, Shu He knew that this woman had no medical knowledge at all!
"Anyone with a little knowledge of medicine knows how to use bone age to determine age."
"I see that the Princess and Prince Nanyu have both brought their own doctors. If we just have them measure Yi'er's bone age, we'll know for sure whether she's two and a half or three and a half!"
"However, since you've brought these so-called witnesses here, wouldn't it be a waste of your careful planning if I didn't refute everything you said one by one?"
After saying this, she walked over to the two people claiming to be a midwife and a doctor and asked, "You two said I gave birth two and a half years ago, right? Do you remember the exact year, month, and day?"
Lanhua's eyes rolled, and she immediately answered, "I know! I remember!"
The lady had informed them about this matter in advance before they came, so as long as they followed her instructions, there would be no problem!
"It's mid-August of the thirty-fourth year of the Apocalypse!"
It is now January of the thirty-seventh year of the Tianqi era, exactly two and a half years.
After Zhang Lanhua finished speaking, Qin Ma also echoed, "Yes, it was in the middle of August in the 34th year of the Wen Dynasty. At that time, several osmanthus trees were planted in front of the Chen residence in the western suburbs. The osmanthus flowers bloomed and the fragrance spread for ten miles, so I remember it very clearly!"
As soon as Qin Ma finished speaking, Shu He shouted angrily, "Liar!"