Su Wan was not only warning him but also giving him a heads-up. Madam Pei was not a good woman even if she wanted to look at the brighter side it was impossible to do so. She was not someone who would jump to conclusions but from what she had heard Madam Pei did not sound like a good wife.
If anything she sounded possessive and controlling, it was as if she wanted her husband to look and listen to her alone.
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Though Su Wan had nothing against that woman, she was quite upset with the way that woman was acting. She actually agreed to ruin her reputation just because Pei Huai and her were working together? A woman like her would bring her a lot of trouble.
She nced at Pei Huai whose expression was full of embarrassment and humiliation before saying, " If this is how your wife is going to be then I assure you that you will not be holding your position for a long time. I can always deal with you, Lord Pei."
She now had the power to make the final decisions in the county magistrate''s office. As long as Su Wan did not go too far, she could easily kick a few officials out of the office, this was the reason why most of the officials including the ones who went against her were now polite and cordial in front of her without showing any signs of unhappiness in front of her.
When Pei Huai heard Su Wan''s warning he trembled but he did not me her. After all, it was his wife who was in the wrong. She actually came up with such a shocking and terrifying n to ruin Su Wan''s reputation. If there was anyone else in ce of Su Wan, she would have already kicked him out of the office rather than warning him.
He bowed his head and then said, " I apologize for my wife''s action, county magistrate Su. I promise that I will stop her and make sure that she does not do anything out of the line."
" There is no need to make empty promises, Lord Pei," Su Wan stated coldly, she already had a bunch of trouble in front of her that she needed to deal with, she needed to arrange for the mermaid aquarium to open along with the snack street.
She was also busy with the responsibilities of taxes and many other things, so she did not have the time to y along with jealous women like Madam Pei and Su Yiqian.
She coldly nced at the man who did not raise his head in front of her and then stated in a light voice, " Your wife hasn''t done this the first time, from what Second Madam Lai said, one can see that your wife is used to dealing with women in the same manner as she intends to deal with me.
Tell me, Lord Pei, just how many more women have to lose their virtue before you understand that your wife does not need a lecture but a lesson."
As she spoke she turned to look at Second Madam Lai who understood her meaning. She took her cue and then nodded before saying, " Thats right. Every time you helped a woman on the street took care of someone when you wereing home at night or you saved a woman from getting ruined, Lai Pan kept an eye on you every time.
She was worried that those women would think something and have ideas towards you so she sent her men that she had hired and ruined them."
" Those women were either killed or tormented until they went crazy, those poor girls. Even when they begged Lai Pan that they would note to look for you, she did not let them go and ruined their lives." Second Madam Lai shook her head in disappointment before continuing, " There were many times when my daughter tried to tell you about this but you know what that woman did?
She made my daughter marry that good for nothing."
There was a reason why her daughter, Lai Yiqian was married to a useless schr and that was because of Lai Pan. That woman was doubtful that her daughter was trying to seduce her husband which was why, Lai Pan introduced her daughter to that useless man.
Back then Lai Jinfu said all sorts of nonsense and even promised her daughter that he would surely be a schr and then climb up to the position of an official, the result nothing!
Pei Huai felt like all his clothes had been stripped and he was standing in the middle of a street naked. His face was flushed red in shame as he looked at the ground. He knew that his wife was a bit crazy but he did not think that she was doing something so terrible behind his back. Su Wan was right just how many women were ruined because of that woman and just because she was jealous?
He breathed out and then turned to look at Su Wan before saying, " What do you think county magistrate Su? What should I do about my wife?"
Su Wan turned to look at him and asked, "Isn''t she your wife? Why are you asking me about how to control her?"
Pei Huai smiled embarrassingly and then replied, "It''s not that I do not want to punish her but she and I have been married for a long time. I worry that I will go soft-hearted."
When Su Wan heard his words, she thought about it and then said to him, " Just catch her in the act and then make her admit what she was doing, either she does that or she bangs the gong at the Yamen and announces what she was ordered to do. If she does not then you can tell her that you are going to divorce her. As long as she offends her family you will have a lot better control over her."