The Double-Chapter 626 - 185 Divorce_3

Ye Mingyu promised Xue Huaiyuan that when he returned to Xiangyang at the end of the year, he would definitely take Xue Huaiyuan with him. As for this year, Xue Huaiyuan would first stay at the Ye Family in Yanjing City. Xue Huaiyuan believed that the Ye Family had done a great favor in vindicating the Xue Family, so he could not well decline and accepted the arrangement.

Jiang Li sighed with relief.

She often visited the Ye Family; on the surface, it was to see Ye Mingyu, but in truth, she wanted to spend more time with Xue Huaiyuan. After the case, Xue Huaiyuan became calm and gentle. He was no longer the father who was sometimes stern and sometimes affectionate, but like an ordinary old man. He did not crumble completely, spending his days in the Ye Family reading and writing with comfort, seemingly not in agony over the tragedy of the Xue Family.

But Jiang Li knew very well that real sorrow is never spoken out loud. In her idle chats with Xue Huaiyuan, the words "I am Xue Fangfei" had almost slipped out many times, but she could never bring herself to say them.

She had her fears, and she had her moments of unease. What if she revealed herself and Xue Huaiyuan refused to believe her? She truly could not bear the scene of being denied by her own father.

At that moment, she even began to miss Jih Heng. If only Xue Huaiyuan could be like Jih Heng, who believed in the supernatural without a doubt, or rather, who would believe whatever she told him without question, that would be best.

Jih Heng... Jiang Li lowered her eyes, with the crisis of Prince Cheng’s uprising looming, Jih Heng must have been very busy these days. But since that day he learned of her identity, they had had no further contact. Not just her and Jih Heng, but also Zhao Ke had disappeared from the Jiang Family. Jiang Li did not dare to inquire about a gardener, to avoid drawing attention, but it was true that Zhao Ke had not shown up again.

Perhaps this was evidence that Jih Heng wanted to make a clean break with her, Jiang Li thought, and couldn’t help but laugh at herself. This man was truly heartless, appearing like a close friend when lending a hand but as soon as the deed was done, walking his own path as if wanting to sever even the slightest contact absolutely.

But perhaps it was for the best.

While she was reflecting, Tonger walked in from outside and said, "Miss, I’ve just returned from outside the mansion and heard something."

"What is it?" Jiang Li asked.

"The Heir of Marquis Ningyuan has divorced his wife!"

"Zhou Yanbang divorced his wife? Shen Ruyun?" Jiang Li was stunned, "Why?" ƒreewebɳovel.com

"It must be because of the misfortunes of the Shen family." Tonger spoke carelessly, "When the Princely Heir married Miss Shen back then, wasn’t it because her brother was the Assistant Head Writer, to give the Shen Family an explanation? Now that Shen Yurong has been beheaded, the Shen family is nothing, and Miss Shen naturally becomes useless. If she were to continue sitting in the seat of the Princely Heir’s wife, the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion would surely be laughed at. The people of the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion are so selfish, of course, they would be quick to divorce her."

Tonger held a grudge against the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion for their past retraction of a marriage proposal that nearly cost Jiang Li her life, and her words were laced with mockery when she spoke of them. Jiang Li laughed, "You’re right."

The people of the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion probably still dreamed of Zhou Yanbang restoring his official career. With this turn of events, it was an opportunity to kick Shen Ruyun to the curb and then seek another daughter from a high-status family. Jiang Li thought to herself that Zhou Yanbang’s quick divorce couldn’t have been without Jiang Yue’s machinations. Jiang Yue must have taken advantage of this opportunity to fan the flames non-stop, leading to Shen Ruyun’s quick downfall.

"What happened afterward?" Jiang Li asked, "How is Shen Ruyun doing?"

Tonger shook her head, "The Top Scholar’s Mansion is gone. It is said that Shen Ruyun found Mother Shen, and the two women sought help from their former rich and noble friends... But you know, Miss, the Shen family has accrued too much bad karma, who would dare to help them now? Everyone is avoiding them, they have met with nothing but rejection and don’t even know where they are now."

Jiang Li smiled faintly, "I see." Shen Ruyun and Mother Shen were ultimately ruined by their own greed. If back then they had stopped while they were ahead, or if they had let Shen Yurong climb the ladder step by step, though slower, they would still have plenty. Not like now, becoming destitute overnight, worse off than before, like rats on the street, scorned by everyone.

This must be retribution.

Not wanting to dwell on these thoughts anymore, Jiang Li said, "Let’s leave it be, the affairs of the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion have nothing to do with us anymore."

Whatever Jiang Yue’s circumstances at the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, be it triumph or downfall, they were far removed from her.

She still had her own affairs to sort out, and they weren’t entirely clear yet.