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Chapter 289: Already Guilty of Heinous Crimes

"These items were found in the servants’ quarters of various households after I returned home. The saying goes, ’Family scandals should not be made public,’ so a minor reprimand sufficed initially. However, the incidents continued intermittently. Due to my busy schedule, I couldn’t deal with it immediately, so I had the objects preserved for later handling. But today, I found the box almost overflowing. Realizing the seriousness of the situation and fearing further delay might cause major trouble, I gathered all the elders here to discuss how to resolve this issue."What was the issue?

It turned out that the box contained items secretly exchanged among the servants, including undergarments, letters, and obscene materials, which were offensive to public decency.

In a large and complex household, management oversights are inevitable. However, secret exchanges among staff can, at best, tarnish the participants’ reputations and, at worst, implicate the entire mansion.

A family should avoid secret exchanges at all costs. Where did these items come from? Surely purchased from outside. Today, it might be letters or purses; tomorrow, it could be something harmful to the Pei Mansion.

An affluent family was once reported for harboring evidence of treason, leading to its downfall.

Thus, these clandestine exchanges could range from trivial to significant. Now it seems that the Pei Mansion has substantial management issues. The servants’ audacity hints at potential disasters.

Though the households have been divided, they remain part of one mansion and cannot truly separate. For example, with the marriage of servants, their children might work in other households, maintaining interconnectedness.

Therefore, Heir Pei clarified that his investigation targeted the entire Pei Mansion, not just the main branch, which necessitated everyone’s presence to witness and resolve the problem.hing, but tarnishing the family’s reputation was the real concern.

At this point, it appeared to solely involve household matters and servants, unrelated to the masters.

Not exactly.

In sum, Pei Ji’an settled in his seat, as the three masters would handle the interrogations; he could simply observe the developments.

Those indulging in drinking and gambling could not withstand much interrogation. After a few lashes, they would confess everything.

Drinking and gambling, the sums spent, whose money was stolen when funds ran out, even pilfering from the masters—all were laid bare.

The seriousness lay herein—if they dared to steal the masters’ money, what about other possessions? What if they were used for malevolent purposes? It would be disastrous.

Servants from the main branch, second branch, and third branch were all subjected to on-site questioning.

Before that, someone couldn’t hold back, "Second Brother, with such significant issues at home, why isn’t Second Sister-in-law present?"

The person asking was none other than Pei Lan.

She voiced what many felt—everyone in the family was summoned, except for Qu Fulan. What does this imply?

Could it be that as Young Lady Pei, she enjoys special privileges? Even the old lady and the elders are here—what status does she hold above them?