Chapter 44 Dilemma

Feeling unhappy, when his eyes met Xie Jingyu's, a small flame flickered in Shen Wan's eyes.

But as soon as their eyes met, Shen Wan quickly looked away. This was not someone she could afford to provoke. If she angered him, she would be the one who suffered. A little impatience could ruin a big plan.

After entering the Mansion of Duke Xingguo, Shen Wan followed Yun to pay her respects to the wife of Duke Xingguo. As soon as they entered, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became subtle.

When Duke Xingguo celebrated his birthday, many guests came to congratulate him. The wife of the Earl of Yongqing was there, and the wife of the Earl of Zhaoping was also here.

It was said that the Prince of Zhaoping would marry a divorced woman, otherwise he would always be with the green lamp and the ancient Buddha. The rumor had spread throughout Kyoto a long time ago. The Prince of Zhaoping had been living in the Huguo Temple these days. Everyone had also heard that the wife of the Zhaoping Marquis had tried to visit her several times, but the Dingguo Mansion had sent back the visiting cards.

The Prince of Yongqing had an affair with his cousin and nearly killed the daughter of Duke Dingguo. The news of their divorce was widely spread and known to everyone.

The former in-laws have become enemies who will never have any contact with each other again. They had called off the engagement because they disliked their future daughter-in-law being rescued by someone else and thought it would damage her reputation. Now they are getting divorced and they can't even find a wife for their son. The Lady of Yongqing and the Lady of Zhaoping were embarrassed, and everyone present felt embarrassed for them.

Yun bowed to the wife of Duke Xingguo, who praised Chen Wan, Ye Caiwei and the others. Yun sat down to drink tea, while Chen Wan, Ye Caiwei and the others went to the garden.

In fact, Chen Wan wanted to stay with Yun and wait for Princess Jingbei to come, but no matter how spacious the house was, it could not accommodate the number of people coming to celebrate the birthday. The younger generations were all in the garden, so Chen Wan was embarrassed to stay.

When they arrived at the garden, Chen Wu went to play with the ladies from wealthy families. Ye Caiwei pulled Chen Wan to go along, but Chen Wan was not interested and sent Ye Caiwei away, so she went to enjoy the breeze by the lake.

I don't know how long I stayed there, Yun came hurriedly, and asked worriedly, "You are suddenly in a hurry to find mother, but what happened?"

Shen Wan was a little confused and shook her head, “I didn’t look for my mother.”

"I'm sorry, I used the Second Young Lady's name to invite the Lady of the Duke of Dingguo to the garden."

The voice of Lady Zhaoping suddenly came.

Lady Zhaoping came to the mansion of Duke Xingguo, not to celebrate the birthday, but to see Yun the most.

She wanted to talk to Yun alone for a few words, but Yun was sitting there, chatting and laughing with everyone, so she couldn't find a chance. Although she had lost face long ago and didn't know how many people laughed at her behind her back for getting into trouble, she was in the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion after all. She could ignore her face, but she couldn't disrupt the birthday banquet of the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion. She had no choice but to resort to this last resort and kick Yun out of the room.

Yun was a little unhappy. The maid had just come to tell her that something had happened to her daughter, and she was really worried all the way.

"I have nothing to say to Lady Zhaoping."

Yun took Shen Wan’s hand and was about to leave.

Lady Zhaoping stopped Yun and pleaded, "I was wrong about what happened back then. I've regretted it all the time in the past two years. I was wrong to Yu'er, but Yan Chuan was not wrong to her."

That year, Shen Yu and the Prince of Yongqing fell into the water together and were rescued. This incident spread throughout Kyoto. She didn't know that her son was deeply in love with Shen Yu. In order to prevent the rumors from affecting her son, she went to the door to cancel the engagement and help Shen Yu and the Prince of Yongqing get together.

But her son was not grateful to her as a mother. Instead, he asked her with red eyes why she did not wait for him to come back before breaking off the engagement. He did not care that Shen Yu was saved by the Prince of Yongqing. He was even grateful to the Prince of Yongqing for saving Shen Yu's life.

But it was too late. Chen Yu had already married the prince of Yongqing. From that day on, there was a gap between them as mother and son. In the past two years, unless she, the mother, looked for him, she could not see her son for a month or two under the same roof.

Whenever she mentioned getting him engaged, her son would turn and leave. After two times, she didn't even dare to mention it again.

The Prince of Zhaoping only quarreled with his mother that one time. From then on, he made his own decisions. Not only his wife, but even the Earl of Zhaoping could not interfere.

Without a single argument, he stayed at the Huguo Temple and refused to return home. Lady Zhaoping even dared not go to the temple to see her son, fearing that if she pushed him too hard, the prince would become upset and do something even more drastic.

She tried to find a way to remedy the situation, but unfortunately, all the visiting cards she sent out were returned. Not to mention proposing a marriage for her son, she couldn't even enter the gate of Duke Dingguo's mansion.

She sent people to guard outside the gate of Duke Dingguo's Mansion, but unfortunately Yun didn't go out often. She had waited for this opportunity with great difficulty, and she couldn't miss it.

Yun knew that Ji Yanchuan was innocent, but her daughter was even more innocent. "Yu'er and him had ended their relationship two years ago."

Yun thought she could treat Lady Zhaoping calmly, but when Lady Zhaoping really spoke, Yun thought about how her daughter had suffered for two years in vain and almost died at the hands of the Prince of Yongqing, and she couldn't feel good about it.

Why can Lady Zhaoping cancel the engagement whenever she wants and marry her daughter whenever she wants?

Her daughter was not someone whom Lady Zhaoping could summon and dismiss at will!

She couldn't even stand the rumors back then, so who can guarantee that she really doesn't mind that her daughter has been married? Her daughter can't stand any more hurt.

When Yun was about to leave, Lady Zhaoping held her back. Yun angrily asked, "What do you want?!"

Lady Zhaoping choked up and said, "Yan Chuan hates me as his mother, I..."

Yun said coldly, "That's a matter between you and your son."

She shook off Lady Zhaoping and was about to leave.

The wife of the Marquis of Zhaoping knelt down directly to Yun.

This scene shocked Yun and Shen Wan greatly.

Even Chen Wan didn't expect that Lady Zhaoping would go to such lengths for her son.

This is a garden. Although Chen Wantu is quiet and there are few people by the lake, there are still many people around. In addition, the wife of the Marquis of Zhaoping came to see Yun, so many people came closer to watch the fun.

The wife of the Earl of Zhaoping suddenly knelt down, which also shocked the onlookers.

Yun quickly helped Lady Zhaoping up, "You, don't do this..."

The wife of the Marquis of Zhaoping refused to get up. "I really have no other choice. Yan Chuan is my only son. The Duke of Dingguo's mansion is angry with me and hates me. I can do whatever they want. Yan Chuan has done nothing wrong to Yu'er. Can you and the Duke of Dingguo give Yan Chuan another chance?"

Yun Shi couldn't pull the wife of the Marquis of Zhaoping up, and she was a little furious. "Don't make things difficult for me. You love your son, and I love my daughter too. Yu'er has been married for two years and hasn't been pregnant once. If she has no children in this life, can the Marquis of Zhaoping accept a wife of the Crown Prince who can't raise children?"

"I can't possibly push my daughter into a fire pit just because you begged me on your knees, knowing there's a fire pit ahead."

Lady Zhaoping's expression froze. She said, "I don't care..."

Her son was about to die, so how could she dare to think about her grandson?

Yun sneered, "You don't care now, but what about in the future? Will you be able to not care in the future? Please let my daughter go."

Yun's voice was almost pleading.

Lady Zhaoping was truly frightened. She choked up and said, "I know I've hurt Yu'er before. You won't trust me easily. I swear to heaven, I will never..."

“That’s enough!”

Yun interrupted Lady Zhaoping's vow and said, "I can help you persuade the prince, but please don't embarrass me any more."