The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

"I can't be sure. She's the personal nurse that my grandmother left for my mother, and I don't want to make malicious assumptions about her. Although we haven't discovered the root cause of her amnesia, we can't rule out the possibility that this symptom can occur with age. Let's keep her for now and wait for her body to recover."

Amnesia is a mysterious thing.

But judging from Nanny Zheng's expression and the order in which she described the matter, it is indeed impossible to tell that she is someone 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 already 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.

……

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 considering his merits and faults over the years and their former comrades-in-arms.

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 harsh places, and the young women would be sent to the Jiaofangsi.

Married girls who are members of the husband's family can be exempted from punishment if they are not involved in Prince Heng's accomplices.

After executing King Heng, the emperor began to reward those who had made contributions to overthrowing 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 rank of Hanlin scholar, a third-rank official.

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 go to the northern border with the elderly Duke 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 led his family, including the two elders of the Tang family and Nanny Zheng who was now staying at the Tang family, to the villa to spend the winter.

After recent recuperation, Zheng's health has become increasingly better.

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. They were really after my money. After I followed them back to my hometown, they treated me well at first, but after they tricked me out of my money, they started treating 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 something doesn't go her way, she'll verbally abuse me, and sometimes even beat me up. The key is that my son just 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 it to the master's people on my behalf, saying that I am old and confused and can't remember many things. They are betting 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 come with me to enjoy the good life in the capital."

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 my sins are grave, and I am willing to accept punishment. I only 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 about their difficulties, she would not have sat idly by and would even have taken Zheng to the farm in the capital to live out her retirement.

This is a superfluous move at this moment.

Zheng sniffed.

"Madam had met Liangzhi when he was with me in the capital. He was a pretty down-to-earth and hardworking man. But after he returned home and got married, I don't know why he changed. He started eating, drinking, and gambling with a bunch of bad friends. The key is that my wife not only didn't stop him, but sometimes even lent him money to gamble. The couple just dreamed of getting rich overnight."

"At first, I didn't notice his change. He often took money from me and went to the county town, saying he was doing business. I didn't think much of it. The little money I had was eventually swindled and squandered by them."

"When I realized what was happening, I felt like the sky had collapsed."

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 had 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 felt 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 for now the fact that Liangzhi and Xu concealed the truth from me. This was a mistake made by these two young people. As a mother, it's understandable that Madam concealed the truth for them."

"Now, Mammy, can you first tell me what happened twenty years ago? Where did you bury the child after he was born? Was there anyone else present? Did the child have any special birthmarks?"