Chapter 79: It is impossible to divorce frankly unless the husband dies (……
Liang Xu saw her embarrassed expression and knew he was right: "Madam Shen, I told you before that your husband has health problems. It's useless for you to come here."
"I know. I came here today to accompany my mother-in-law. I just want to find peace of mind."
Liang Xu had previously heard from his sister that Shen Youran's mother-in-law was difficult to get along with. It was because of the issue of offspring that she wanted to take a concubine for Pei Huaijin that Shen Youran was forced to return to her parents' home. Now, the eldest lady of the Pei family had brought her daughter-in-law to the temple to pray for a child. She seemed to be blaming Shen Youran for the lack of offspring.
“Madam Shen, doesn’t your mother-in-law know whose fault this is?”
Judging from the change in her mother-in-law's attitude towards her these days, Shen Youran guessed that her mother-in-law must have known about it.
But this kind of thing was obviously not suitable to be discussed with outsiders, so Shen Youran said tactfully: "Mr. Liang, this is my family matter."
"Madam Shen, why do you have to put yourself in such a difficult position? You've already suffered a lot because of this. The law states that childlessness is considered childless and is one of the seven great sins. If a wife commits this offense, the husband can divorce her and remarry. But if it's the husband's fault, can't the wife follow suit? I hope you can stop the damage in time..."
"Mr. Liang, please don't persuade me anymore. I don't think this matter is serious enough to require separation..." Pei Huaijin is in good health now. It's just bad luck that they can't have a child. There is still a long time to live. She doesn't believe that they can't have a child in three to five years?
Liang Xu couldn't help but feel helpless and distressed when he tried to persuade her kindly but she refused to listen. "Madam Chen, the rest of your life is long. You can definitely choose a better person to entrust your life to..."
After Zhu finished talking to the master about inviting the Buddha, she came out to look for Shen Youran and saw her talking with a man in the yard.
The man was tall, with dark skin, and looked like a martial artist with strong bones and muscles.
He lowered his head and was talking to Shen Youran, his sharp eyebrows were furrowed, and his expression looked somewhat intriguing.
Zhu walked over and heard him say something about cutting losses. When he got closer, he heard another sentence: "You can definitely choose a better person to entrust your life to."
Just these two sentences made Zhu realize that there was something unusual about the two people.
"You Ran, who is this young man?" Zhu walked over with a unhappy look on her face.
Shen Youran was inevitably startled by her mother-in-law's sudden appearance: "Mother-in-law, this is Liang Liulang, who guards the General's Mansion."
Her frightened look made Zhu think she was guilty, and the man's identity made Zhu wonder, "So you are Liang Liulang..."
Although Zhu rarely goes out to socialize due to health reasons, she is well aware of the several outstanding young talents in the capital.
Liang Jia Liulang is one of them.
Ever since Meng Wanxin was deceived into marriage by the Lin family of Changxing Marquis Mansion, Zhu took her back and wanted to find a good marriage for her as soon as possible.
Liang Liulang, who guarded the General's Mansion, was also considered by Zhu.
But after sending someone to inquire, I found out that the sixth son of the Liang family was very picky. He had dated many girls but none of them suited him. He had also dated Shen Youran before.
Although Shen Youran's personality and talent were average, Zhu had to admit that her appearance was truly stunning, with few in the entire capital city being able to match her. Liang Liulang looked down on Shen Youran, demonstrating his arrogance. He certainly looked down on Meng Wanxin, whose appearance and family background were inferior to Shen Youran's.
In this way, Zhu no longer thought about the sixth son of the Liang family.
Unexpectedly, he now has his eyes on his daughter-in-law.
Could it be that after looking at all the girls, he found that Shen Youran was the most beautiful after comparing them, and wanted to go back to her?
This won't do.
Zhu pulled Shen Youran behind her and scolded him angrily: "Mr. Liang, this is a sacred place in Buddhism, so don't be greedy and covet what you shouldn't covet..."
"Ma'am, you misunderstood. I meant well."
"Good intentions? They say it's better to demolish ten temples than to ruin a marriage. But you're actually trying to instigate my daughter-in-law to divorce. How can that be considered good intentions?"
"I'm doing this for her own good, ma'am. It's useless to drag her here to pray for a child. The problem isn't with her at all."
"Shut up!" How did he know that? Zhu's face changed, and she turned to look at Shen Youran, "How could you tell such a thing to outsiders?"
"I didn't say that," Shen Youran said innocently after being scolded for no reason, "He knew it earlier than I did."
Zhu glared at her and said, "Let's go back home!"
On the way back, Shen Youran explained the matter to Zhu.
Zhu had never thought that this matter had been known to outsiders, and it happened to be a man who liked Shen Youran. If this matter was made public by him, how could her son hold his head up in the future?
The only way to solve this problem is to let Shen Youran get pregnant as soon as possible. By then, even if there are bad rumors, they will be self-defeating.
"You Ran, I'm sorry, I was too excited just now." Zhu took her hand and apologized. "You need to pay more attention to the pregnancy. I've asked someone to find a folk remedy, and we prayed to the Buddha today. I think you'll get pregnant soon..."
Of course, the folk remedy was not for her to drink, but she was asked to give it to Pei Huaijin to drink.
When Pei Huaijin learned the purpose of this folk remedy, he said "it's useless" and poured the medicine away.
After three days of taking the medicine, Zhu heard about it and summoned him to Haitang Garden. She used both soft and hard tactics to force him to drink it. Unexpectedly, after he returned home, he developed persistent abdominal pain that night, vomiting and diarrhea in the first half of the night, and a high fever in the second half. A doctor was called in, who said his pulse was weak and there were signs of poisoning...
After a careful diagnosis, it was found that he had been poisoned by a rare poison.
Zhu thought there was something wrong with the folk remedy she had requested. When she heard about the consequences of poisoning, she immediately collapsed in fear and burst into tears, saying, "That damn medicine seller, it's fine if he sold fake medicine, but why did he sell poison?"
Pei Huaijin looked at his mother, who was crying and regretting deeply, and told her the truth: "Mother, don't blame yourself. I have been poisoned for a long time. It's not the fault of that folk remedy."
At most, the folk remedy used some unclean things, which caused him gastrointestinal discomfort. In addition, his body was not as strong as that of an ordinary person after being poisoned, so the reaction was a little bigger.
Zhu, Shen Youran, and the others were all stunned when they heard his words: "When were you poisoned?"
Pei Huaijin originally wanted to keep it a secret for a while longer, but today the doctor diagnosed it in front of them, so he couldn't hide it anymore.
"Years ago, in Nanyuyuan, I was hit by an arrow. The arrow was poisoned..."
Only then did Shen Youran realize that she had misunderstood his condition all along: what Qing Jian said about his health failing in three to five years did not mean that he would be inhumane, but that his body would completely collapse in three to five years, and he would be bedridden, with his bones and limbs broken. Even a small cold could take his life.
The bastard Qing Jian refused to explain clearly at that time. If she had known his physical condition earlier, she would never have chased him for a child and let him waste his body so unrestrainedly.
Shen Youran wiped her tears as she ran out and beat Qing Jian in the yard.
After beating him, he lost his composure and squatted on the ground crying, "What should I do, Qingjian? The doctor said that there is no antidote for the poison in his body..."
Qing Jian didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only silently hand over his handkerchief.
At this time, Pei Huaian, who heard that his elder brother was unwell, also rushed over from Gengyun Courtyard. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Shen Youran squatting on the ground crying uncontrollably.
Qing Jian's handkerchief was soaked with tears, and Pei Huaian handed her his handkerchief at the right moment, helping her up. "Why are you crying like this?"
You Ran was crying so hard that she had difficulty breathing. She had been squatting for too long, and suddenly standing up made her dizzy. She instinctively grabbed his arm to prevent herself from falling down.
Pei Huaian's dark eyes were blurred by tears. Looking at the person in front of him who was crying so hard that she couldn't open her eyes, for a moment, the scene of her childhood emerged in his mind.
When he was a child, he stayed with her in the Shen Mansion for a while before being sent to Quanzhou.
At that time, she was forced to separate from her biological mother and cried in the yard every day.
He lived in the yard next to hers, taken care of by a wet nurse, and had no idea that he had a new father.
The nanny didn't allow him to leave the yard, but he was really curious about why the little girl in the next yard cried so much. So when the nanny wasn't paying attention, he secretly ran out of the yard and went to the next door to see the crying little girl.
She was a pretty and lovely little girl who was as pretty as a snowman. She was crying and shaking like a carp in the arms of an elderly nanny.
When he walked over, the nanny put her down and pointed at him, saying, "Your second brother is here, call him second brother quickly."
She opened her red and swollen eyes a little, looked at him, and cried even louder: "He is not my second brother."
He was also puzzled at that time. He was the youngest child in the Pei family. When did he have a younger sister?
But he didn't think too much about it at that time. He just felt that her crying really gave him a headache, so he went over and hugged her: "Don't cry, I want to play with you..."
While she was in a trance, Pei Huaian's big hand stroked the back of her head, and with a little force, he pressed the head, which was crying breathlessly, into his arms.
Qing Jian, who was standing by, frowned, his eyes suddenly becoming sharp: "Seventh Young Master, this is not appropriate."
He suddenly realized that she was no longer the third sister in his memory, and he was no longer her second brother.
"I'm sorry," he hurriedly helped the person up from his arms, his face a little bewildered, "I'll go in and see big brother, your eyes are not good, don't cry anymore."
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Pei Huaijin took the medicine and slept soundly for a whole day. By the evening, his strength had returned to his body.
Shen Youran cried in the yard today. She couldn't accept the fact that he was poisoned for a while. Besides being anxious and angry, her eyes also became worse. They were painful and astringent. She felt better after taking some fumigation medicine.
The couple lay on the bed hugging each other, and Pei Huaijin talked to her about their future plans.
"Actually, Liang Xu came to me the day before yesterday and advised me to let you go..."
“Don’t listen to him,” Shen Youran leaned on his chest, listening to his steady and strong heartbeat, “My mother-in-law already scolded him at the temple.”
"Liang Xu is a man of blunt temper and stubbornness, but his character is good..."
"Why are you saying this?" Shen Youran pinched him, "Do you want me to remarry him?"
"He's not the best candidate. The first person I thought of was Xiao Ci, but he likes your sister..."
Shen Youran raised his head and asked in surprise: “Master Xiao likes my sister?”
"Well, but he's already been rejected by your sister," Pei Huaijin recalled Xiao Ci's frustrated face when he asked him out for a drink, "and he was rejected twice."
"When did it happen? I don't even know."
"Let's not talk about this for now," Pei Huaijin stroked her shoulder and continued, "I originally wanted to let you go after two years, but that would be too selfish. If I keep you for two more years, I'm afraid you won't be able to meet someone like Liang Xu again in the future. Why not divorce now?"
"What are you talking about?" Shen Youran bit his mouth, "Divorce is impossible unless your husband dies!"
"It will take at least five years for you to lose your husband..."
"Pfft! Stop talking! Why don't you just use that mouth to kiss me?"
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