“What?!”
Song Chaoyu looked at Tiaohong in surprise. Seeing her nod seriously, she also felt indignant, "She actually dared to do such a thing? So she threw her own child into the stream?"
"Yes."
Tiaohong's hands clenched into fists at her sides, "When those two old women left, I managed to pull the poor child out of the stream. She looked like a girl, her cries were weak. Abandoned by her mother right after birth, I wonder how her life will be."
The child was saved, and Song Chaoyu's heart finally felt at ease.
But she was still puzzled, "Then who is the child in our courtyard? Prince Ning personally went to see it and said a young heir was born!"
When this question was asked, Tiaohong became even more angry, "We are almost there. When the Princess goes with me, she will naturally know."
Not long after she finished speaking, their carriage stopped in front of a small courtyard.
Song Chaoyu remembered this small courtyard, "Isn't this the home of Sister Li, who often delivers vegetables to us?"
"Yes."
Tiaohong pointed to a few drops of dark red bloodstains by the door, "I also found a woman by the stream. Her abdomen was forcibly cut open, and after her child was taken out, she was thrown by the stream to fend for herself. Princess, guess where that woman's child went?"
Song Chaoyu's heart trembled, and she immediately understood, "There's such a thing?! Take me inside to see!"
—
When Song Chaoyu entered Sister Li's courtyard, she also heard the faint cries of a child.
The doctor who usually took Song Chaoyu's pulse was busy in the courtyard.
Seeing Song Chaoyu, he quickly bowed.
Song Chaoyu asked, "How is the child?"
The doctor sighed, then shook his head, "Not good. This child was born prematurely, only seven months, and was then thrown into the stream and caught a chill. Her body is very weak. She still has a high fever, and I'm afraid the illness in her lungs will be permanent!"
With a benevolent heart, the doctor's eyes were filled with pity, "She is a little girl, and perhaps because she was born prematurely, her right leg is also not good. It's congenital, and cannot be cured. We can only see if the fever subsides today. If not, I'm afraid she won't survive."
After speaking, he still shook his head and sighed, "What a sin! How could anyone do this to such a young child?"
Song Chaoyu closed her eyes. The doctor then pointed to another room, "The woman the Princess wants to see is probably in there. She is covered in injuries and said she escaped from a thatched hut by the stream. Her abdomen was cut open, and a child was forcibly taken out! If it weren't for Miss Tiaohong finding her and bringing her here, her life would likely be in danger."
The doctor knew what Song Chaoyu was thinking, "However, I have already treated her wounds, and she has woken up. If the Princess wishes to see her, she can do so at any time."
Song Chaoyu looked at the door of that room, but shook her head, "I'll go see the child first."
—
The little girl, born before seven months, was already weak.
Now with a high fever, she was on the verge of death.
When Song Chaoyu entered the room, Sister Li was watching her daughter-in-law feed the little unfortunate girl.
Seeing Song Chaoyu enter, Sister Li also wiped away tears, "Heaven's wrath! How could a newborn girl be thrown into the stream? Princess, please rest assured, my daughter-in-law has also just given birth and can nurse this little girl. We will definitely take good care of this girl!"
Sister Li's family had been delivering vegetables to Prince Chang's mansion for a year.
It was Mu Changxi who had inadvertently saved their lives that day, and Song Chaoyu naturally believed them.
She walked forward, looking at the little girl who had to exert all her strength even to eat, her cheeks burning red, and felt distressed.
However, seeing the little girl struggling to survive, Song Chaoyu also held her small hand and said softly, "Little girl, will you live? Auntie promises you, as long as you live, Auntie will do her best to let you live well in this world! Auntie will not send you to bad people, will you live?"
Although this was the daughter of Mu Hansu and Song Yanjiao, in the end, wasn't she also Song Chaoyu's niece?
A child is a blank slate, their life has not yet begun to be written.
After saying this, Song Chaoyu turned and left the room, then walked towards the room of the woman who had her abdomen cut open.
Upon entering that room, Song Chaoyu smelled the scent of blood.
A pale woman lay on the bed, looking towards her.
Tiaohong whispered behind Song Chaoyu, "Her name is Liu Siniang. She is a widow who lost her husband not long after getting married. She lives in the suburbs of the capital. Her family originally farmed, and they seemed to be tenant farmers under the main wife of the estate."
No wonder...
Song Chaoyu walked forward, and Liu Siniang struggled to look at Tiaohong, "Thank you... for saving my life."
Song Chaoyu placed her hand on Liu Siniang's shoulder, "Don't move. It would be bad if you broke the wound that was just bandaged."
Liu Siniang nodded gratefully, then her eyes reddened, "I know, you are the Princess of Chang. I also know why you are here to see me today. I will tell you, I will tell you everything!"
This Liu Siniang was indeed a widow who lost her husband shortly after marriage.
But soon she discovered that she was pregnant.
Coincidentally, the time of her pregnancy was not much different from that of Princess Ning, Song Yanjiao.
So, when she was four months pregnant, she was sent to Song Yanjiao.
The doctor examined her fetus and said it was likely a boy.
Song Yanjiao and Liu Siniang made a deal—
Liu Siniang actually didn't want to keep the child, after all, how could she, a widow, raise this child?
Song Yanjiao said that if she gave birth to the child and handed it over to her, Liu Siniang would have nothing to do with the child from then on. Song Yanjiao would also give Liu Siniang some money, ensuring her a worry-free life. Moreover, all expenses during Liu Siniang's pregnancy would be borne by Song Yanjiao.
At that time, Liu Siniang had no reason to refuse Song Yanjiao.
But what Liu Siniang did not expect was that yesterday, when she was seven months pregnant, a group of fierce old women from Song Yanjiao's side suddenly broke in, saying they wanted to cut open her abdomen and take out the child!
Liu Siniang wanted to escape, but she was caught at the edge of the stream.
Someone from Song Yanjiao's side came to urge them, so those old women did not hesitate and dragged Liu Siniang into a small thatched hut nearby, and then forcibly cut out the child from Liu Siniang's abdomen!
They left Liu Siniang, whose belly had been cut open alive, hoping she would die in that unknown thatched hut.
But they did not expect that Liu Siniang, crawling all the way from the thatched hut to the edge of the stream, then met Tiaohong.
Speaking of this, Liu Siniang's eyes were filled with hatred, "Actually, I know why she wanted my child! My child could secure her lifelong prosperity. But if that's the case, why didn't she let me go?! She actually cut open my belly!"
In just one day, Song Yanjiao's hands would be stained with two lives!
A Liu Siniang and that poor girl, all to secure her position as Princess Ning?
Song Chaoyu's brows also furrowed tightly.
She asked Liu Siniang directly, "If, one day, I need you to testify to the truth of this matter, are you willing?"