Madam Peng felt sad just listening to this. It was Granny Pang who came up with the idea of putting people in her children's rooms, saying that this would allow her to better control each child, prevent them from straying too far from her control, and also help her husband maintain his power.
Especially after arranging places for her son and the illegitimate children in the family, she was able to benefit from it. So she became even more determined to add people to the rooms of her two daughters as well. After all, both of her daughters were married well, and she could gain more benefits from it. When her husband found out, he would think more highly of her and secure her position as the mistress of the house.
Even so, she wouldn't confine her own daughter to her room and force her to agree before letting her go. Her original words were clearly to tell Granny Pang to handle it as she saw fit; if she wanted to stay, she could, and if not, that was fine too. They could think of another way when she returned.
But Granny Pang not only used extreme methods, but also told her daughter that this was her idea. Wasn't this deliberately trying to sow discord between the mother and daughter?
Suddenly, I remembered what my daughter had said a few days ago: that Granny Pang was deliberately trying to drive a wedge between them. At the time, I didn't believe it and thought that my daughter had been bewitched by Jiang Jiuniang, so her first thought was to take revenge on Jiang Jiuniang.
Thinking about it this way, one can also imagine that dealing with Jiang Jiuniang and turning against the Lu family was also part of Granny Pang's scheme.
Thinking of all this, Madam Peng felt a chill run down her spine. What kind of vicious person had she been living with all these years?
He was completely manipulated by that wicked woman and even lost touch with his closest relatives.
Madam Peng preferred that all these things were fabricated by Jiang Jiuniang. She had considered all the possible outcomes and never imagined that Granny Pang would betray her and have been playing a grand scheme over the decades, scheming against so many members of the Peng family.
She remained silent for a long time, then dismissed the maids and servants and summoned a maid to her side.
This maid's name is Fang'er, and she is the person mentioned in the pamphlet who had an affair with Peng Wenzhong.
She told the people outside to close the doors and windows, and then asked, "When did you and the master start dating?"
The maid remained calm and obediently replied, "It started not long after I entered the manor five years ago."
Madam Peng tightened her grip and asked again, "Did the master force you?"
No!
The maid was somewhat taken aback and blurted out, "Isn't this what you meant, Madam?"
"What I mean?"
Mrs. Peng couldn't help but raise her voice a few decibels.
The maid was frightened, knowing that something bad might happen, but she still answered timidly, "When Granny Pang bought us back, she said that we were chosen for the master, and that it was the madam's idea."
In other words, it was clearly stated before they were bought that they would accompany the master of the house, but they would not have any official status. They would simply be officially recognized by the mistress, and their lives would be better than those of ordinary maids.
Mrs. Peng took a deep breath: "Tell me in detail."
The maid then told the truth.
It turned out that Granny Pang said that the madam had no intention of serving the master, so she wanted to prepare some people for the master in the room. However, she could not show it too obviously in front of the madam, because the madam was also a person who cared about her reputation. She had to avoid the madam as much as possible and also help the madam share her worries.
In addition, there is no need to hide it too much in front of the master. Just say it is the madam's wish. The master understands the madam's intention and will not treat them too harshly.
Mrs. Peng's fingernails had dug deep into her flesh, and she only came to her senses when she felt the pain.
So all these years, Peng Wenzhong has always believed that these people were all arranged by her, that she found him annoying, so she found young girls to deal with him.
No wonder Peng Wenzhong gradually distanced himself from her and didn't like coming to her yard much anymore.
She always thought she had done something wrong, but it turned out he had misunderstood, which caused the couple to drift apart.
She sent the maid away and then summoned another one from the booklet. The story was not much different from the previous one, except that this one was initially unwilling, but was threatened and suppressed by Granny Pang before she gave in.
The remaining questions were all the same, and by the time Mrs. Peng asked the last two, she had calmed down.
It was all arranged by Granny Pang, who claimed it was her idea.
So, does that mean her widowed cousin...
Thinking of this, she summoned the maids who had previously served Granny Pang and questioned them. Sure enough, after saying a few threatening words, the maids all confessed.
It was still Granny Pang's doing. Granny Pang personally went to Peng Wenzhong and told him to take better care of his widowed cousin. She said the cousin was pitiful and she wanted to help, so she asked Peng Wenzhong to remember to visit her often.
On the day Peng Wenzhong went, Granny Pang personally took him there. She tampered with the incense burning in the room, and Peng Wenzhong had an affair with his cousin. Granny Pang said it was the Madam's idea, and that the Madam would cover the widow's expenses. She also thanked the Master for his kindness.
She spoke so eloquently, but since the deed had already been done and it was with the madam's permission, Peng Wenzhong felt increasingly resentful towards her. However, since what she did wasn't bad, Peng Wenzhong couldn't bring it up openly, so he began to deliberately avoid her and visited her courtyard less often.
She still didn't react, but calmly dismissed the maid and then summoned her trusted maid.
"Have someone transfer Pang Rong's assets to my name, and then get rid of him. I don't want to see that person again."
That was Granny Pang's own son, whom she had gone to great lengths to hide. How could they not send him down to reunite with her?
"yes."
Subsequently, she gave a sum of money to the maids who had had relationships with Peng Wenzhong, and freed them.
After all, they were all people deceived by Granny Pang. Even if she was angry, she wouldn't be so heartless as to take her anger out on them. They were only about the same age as her own daughter.
After dealing with these matters, Madam Peng took a bath, changed into more formal clothes, and went to Peng Wenzhong's courtyard. She knelt down in the courtyard and said that she had come to apologize.
Peng Wenzhong was reading when he suddenly heard a servant say that his wife had come to apologize. He found it strange that it was so late at night, so he personally welcomed her in.
After entering the study, before she could even speak, Madam Peng knelt down again.
"My lord, I am guilty. Please let me finish what I have to say."
She had cried before coming here, and although she was relatively calm now, her red eyes were quite touching.
Peng Wenzhong felt a pang of pity, but seeing how stubborn she was, he nodded and let her speak first.
So, Madam Peng recounted everything that Granny Pang had done over the years. Of course, Pang Rong was still presented as Granny Pang's nephew; she would never let Peng Wenzhong know that Pang Rong was his biological son.
“Granny Pang is at fault, but I am also at fault. I failed to investigate and was manipulated by her, which led me to do many wrong things. Please punish me, sir!”
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