When Sihan saw the few of them walk out, she immediately stepped forward and looked at them nervously. "How was it?"
The wives looked at each other. One of them walked in front of Sihan and smiled faintly. "Young Master Liang, you said so."
It was right. "In the end, the wife of a rich family has good nutrition. There are no cracks on her lower abdomen like the rest of us."
"Really? Have you guys taken a closer look? " He asked a few more women doubtfully.
The few women nodded their heads vigorously. "Yes, we've seen it very carefully. It's very clear that the First Lady's lower abdomen really doesn't have any strange cracks like ours."
Sihan nodded in satisfaction and praised, "You've done very well. You may leave now."
After pushing them out of the torture chamber, Sihan coldly looked at the First Wife. Then, with a stern expression, she looked at Lord Zhuang and the Chief Patrol Officer, "Reporting to the few wives who have just confirmed that the First Master's wife, Song Shuzhen, has never given birth to a child. That is to say, the cotton was not born of the First Lady at all. "
"Nonsense, Liang Si. Who gave you the guts to insult me so casually?" The first wife stood by Sihan's side and questioned her coldly.
The Minister glanced at the First Wife and immediately questioned Sihan in a cold tone, "Where's the evidence?"
Sihan straightened her body and looked at the first wife, before slowly saying, "Every woman who has given birth to a child will have ugly, deep or shallow cracks on their lower abdomen, known as pregnancy stripes. However, there is nothing above the First Lady's belly. From this, it can be seen that the First Lady has never given birth to a child.
"How can a few cracks prove that what you said is true?" Lord Zhuang looked at Sihan in disbelief.
"Although it's just a few cracks, what this commoner said is the truth. If Your Excellency doesn't believe it, you can find a woman who has given birth to a child to verify it and see if what this commoner said is true."
Lord Zhuang lowered his head in thought for a moment before instructing Lord Qi, who had been sitting by the side, "Lord Qi, go find a hundred women on the street and verify what Liang Si said just now."
"Yes, this official will handle it." Lord Qi led a few soldiers and quickly left the Discipline Hall.
The first wife looked at Lord Qi's back as he left with an unsightly expression. Her hands hidden in her sleeves were clenched tightly into fists.
In about the time it takes to make a cup of tea, Lord Qi had brought a few ladies to the center of the hall. The few women had just walked up to the Discipline Hall and knelt down respectfully at the feet of Lord Zhuang and the Chief Patrol Officer.
"My lord, this official has gathered a hundred women who have given birth in the street, and these women will examine them." Lord Qi reported respectfully to Lord Zhuang and Lord Constable.
"What do you see on the stomachs of women who have given birth?" Lord Zhuang forcefully slapped the wood in the hall as he questioned the women kneeling in the center of the hall.
They looked at each other, and then one of the wives replied in a shaky voice, "My lord, these women saw deep or shallow cracks in their stomachs, but not a single one of them saw cracks."
"We saw the same thing." The other women echoed the lady.
Lord Zhuang's expression immediately turned ugly as he looked at the first wife and the first grandpa standing at the side.
At this moment, everyone in the hall looked at the first wife with a complicated expression. The facts were already laid out in front of them. The first wife's lower abdomen did not have any cracks, which meant that she was not Jinmian's mother.
The expression on the prime minister's face became even more unsightly. The veins on his forehead popped out as he stared at the first wife coldly, but he didn't open his mouth to question the first wife.
The first wife quickly lowered her eyes, afraid to look at the first minister. She wanted to explain the situation to the first minister, but she didn't know how to do so. She could only lower her eyes and stare at the ground.
Master Xiang looked angrily at the first wife, then retracted his gaze and looked at the second wife who was sitting to one side. He said gently, "Wushuang, this prime minister will be waiting for you outside the office of Shuntian." After finishing his sentence, he silently pulled out the arm held by the first wife.
Second Madam Gu looked at him in shock. How long had it been since the prime minister had spoken to her in such a gentle manner? A warm feeling slowly flowed through her heart. She raised her head and smiled at the prime minister. Then, she lowered her flushed face to look at the ground.
The first lady's arm was empty. She was stunned and then she kneeled on the floor, hugging his leg tightly. "My lord, forgive me. Please forgive me. You were drunk that night. After that, you took your leave again without paying any attention to us. What do we tell you? If this matter were to spread, where would your face go? When Xiu-Er became pregnant, we wanted to tell you something, but you didn't like us until the day Jinmian was born. Xiu-Er begged me to be Jinmian's mother because she didn't want her son to have any status in the household! She said that she was just a small maid. Even if she was favored by you, Jinmian was still a concubine with no status. I couldn't help but agree to Xiu-Er's request. Master, please forgive me. I shouldn't have kept it a secret for so long. I shouldn't have promised Xiu-Er that I would become her mother. I beg you, my husband, to forgive me. " The first lady hugged her husband's leg tightly and cried in grief.
The Prime Minister's hands were clenched tightly into fists. He wanted to break free from the Madam, who was hugging his thighs tightly, but when he heard her explanation, his clenched hands gradually relaxed. He lowered his head to look at her helplessly, sighed deeply, then bent down to help her up from the ground.
The first wife immediately broke into tears and smiled. She then fell into the prime minister's arms. "Master, thank you."
When Sihan and Bing'er saw the first wife acting, they both angrily turned their heads to look at the first wife. They didn't expect her to be so good at acting.
Bing'er couldn't help clenching her fists. She knew that the first lady was cunning, but she didn't expect her to beg the first lady to forgive her in front of everyone.
"Master, since the first lady is not the mother of the cotton, she has a reason to kill Xiu-Er." Sihan stood at the side of the first lady and the first lady and spoke coldly to the two people in her embrace.