Chapter 577 Confession
"I can't be sure about this. She is the personal nanny left by my grandmother to my mother. I don't want to speculate about her with malice. Although the root cause of her amnesia has not been found, it cannot be ruled out that this symptom will occur when she is old. Let's keep her for the time being and wait for her body to recover for a while before making any decisions."
Amnesia is a mysterious thing.
But looking at Nanny Zheng's expression and the way she described things just now, it is indeed impossible to tell that she is a person with amnesia.
Or on such an important matter.
Mrs. Tang thought about it and made a decision.
"After all, her son and his family have come to the capital, and I have asked the housekeeper to arrange some work for him, so let Madam Zheng stay in the mansion for now."
Song Yuntang nodded, first gave Zheng's current treatment plan, and chatted with Mrs. Tang for a while. Considering that Xu Qingye was still injured at home, he took Hao Ting and said goodbye and went back.
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Prince Heng has done a lot of evil things over the years, and there are many people in the court who are in cahoots with him.
After Li Junyao eradicated his accomplices, he gave him a decent ending, taking into account his merits and demerits over the years, as well as his former comradeship.
As for his accomplices, except for the main culprit who would be sentenced to death, most of their family members would be exiled to cold and bitter places, and the young women would be sent to the Jiaofangsi.
If a married girl is from her husband's family and is not involved in King Heng's accomplices, she can be exempted from punishment.
After executing King Heng, the emperor began to reward those who had made contributions to the overthrow of King Heng.
Xu Qingye rested at home for more than half a month. The stitches on the wound had long been removed and his overall condition had returned to normal.
The imperial edict from the palace was delivered to the palace by Fan Chihai himself.
As the minister who made the greatest contribution in this event, His Majesty promoted him to the third-rank Hanlin Bachelor.
Xu Wencheng assisted Xu Qingye and made great contributions, and was promoted to the fourth-rank General Anbei.
Now that the King of Zhenbei is gone in the northern border, the barbarians in the northern border are ready to make a move, so the emperor ordered Xu Wencheng to follow the elderly Duke to the northern border to resist the northern army.
Song Yuntang repeatedly provided money and supplies to the battlefield, and contributed sweet potato seeds and planting techniques, which solved the problem of food and clothing for a large number of people, alleviated the court's tax and people's livelihood pressures, and presented the formula of gunpowder to the emperor. She was named Princess Le'an and enjoyed the same treatment and status as a princess.
In addition to jewelry and valuable ornaments, the emperor also bestowed a luxurious mansion in Xicheng for the Xu family to live in, which was several times larger than their current mansion.
Because of the incident involving Prince Heng, people in the capital were terrified, and the number of visitors to Wangxu Villa dropped significantly.
When Song Yuntang learned about the situation there, he ordered the villa to be temporarily closed, and took his family, including the two elders of the Tang Mansion and Nanny Zheng who was now staying in the Tang Mansion, to the villa to spend the winter.
After recent recuperation, Zheng is getting stronger and stronger.
But the better Mrs. Tang treated her, the more guilty she felt. Finally, after recuperating with Mrs. Tang for a month, she came to the two of them and confessed.
"Madam, Princess, I am guilty."
Looking at Zheng kneeling in front of them, Mrs. Tang and Song Yuntang looked at each other. Their previous guess was confirmed, and the two pretended to be unaware of it.
"It's all for no reason. What crime has Madam Zheng committed?"
Zheng kowtowed to the two of them.
"Regarding the matter of the Second Young Lady, I have concealed something. It's not that I don't remember it, but my son Liangzhi and daughter-in-law Xu forced me to pretend that I didn't remember it."
Mrs. Tang looked in Song Yuntang's direction again, then turned to look at her.
“Why would they do that?”
Zheng wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Back then, they went to Anyang County and persuaded me to take them away. In fact, they wanted my money. After I followed them back to my hometown, they treated me well at first. Later, after they cheated me of all my money, they started to treat me like a beast of burden."
"My daughter-in-law is also a tough character. She eats and does nothing all day long, and leaves all the household chores to me. If there is anything that doesn't go her way, she will speak harshly to me, and sometimes even beat me up. The key is that my son still lets her do what she wants."
She sobbed.
"I have been with my wife and the old lady for forty years, and I have never suffered such torture."
"Now that the master has been reinstated, he is a favorite of His Majesty. My son and daughter-in-law heard the news and reported to the master's people on my behalf, saying that I am old and confused and can't remember many things. They want to bet that the master and the lady will not give up and bring me back to the capital for this matter, so that they can also go to the capital to enjoy the good life with them."
She cried in self-blame, "No matter how disappointing they are, they are still my sons and daughters-in-law, and my three grandchildren are still young. I was worried that the master would blame them, so after coming to the capital, I didn't dare to tell the truth in front of the lady and the master."
Zheng kowtowed to Mrs. Tang.
"I know that I have committed a grave sin and am willing to be punished. But I ask Madam to spare Liang Zhi for the sake of my young grandson."
Mrs. Tang frowned.
"Mammy has served my mother and me for decades. She shouldn't be completely defenseless. How could she live like this?"
She is not an unkind person.
If Zheng's son had told the truth to the people sent by the master at the beginning and learned of their difficulties, she would not have sat idly by and would have even taken Zheng to the farm in the capital to live out her retirement.
This is a unnecessary step at this moment.
Zheng sniffed.
"When Liangzhi followed me in the capital, Madam had seen him. He was a down-to-earth and hardworking man. But after he returned to his hometown and got married, he changed for some reason. He followed a bunch of bad friends and indulged in eating, drinking and gambling. The key point is that my daughter-in-law not only did not stop him, but sometimes even lent him money to gamble. The couple only dreamed of getting rich overnight."
"I didn't notice his change at first. He often took money from me and went to the county town, saying he was doing business. I didn't think much about it. The little money I had was cheated and squandered by them."
"When I reacted, I felt like the sky had fallen."
She was heartbroken.
"Even if he really lost money in business, I wouldn't be so heartbroken. He lost all his life savings just like that."
Over the years, in order to maintain the dignity of her family, she had no place to vent the grievances that accumulated in her heart.
I have kept it in my heart for too long and I am not as open as I used to be. Today I spoke out what was in my heart and suddenly I feel a little more relaxed.
Seeing that she was crying and snotting, Nanny Chen handed her a handkerchief.
Even though she didn't tell the truth before, she was the nanny who took care of her when she was growing up, so Mrs. Tang couldn't help but feel a little bit reluctant.
"Let's put aside the fact that Liangzhi and Xu hid the truth from me for now. This was a mistake made by these two young people. As a mother, it is understandable that Madam concealed the truth for them."
"Now, Mammy, can you tell me what happened twenty years ago? Where did you bury the child after he was born? Was there anyone else present at the time? Did the child have any special birthmarks?"
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