Shen Shu was so shocked that she just knelt there, enduring the pointing fingers and whispers of the crowd. She felt anger, despair, pain, and resentment, and finally fainted in the snow.
The person fainted, but no one from the Shen family cared about it, as if they hadn't seen it at all.
They were pulled out and carried away only when they were almost buried in the snow.
Shen Sui had been keeping an eye on the situation, and upon learning that Shen Shu had been rescued, she quickly asked, "Who was it?"
Liu Ying: "I don't know. It's not the previous Butler Liang. Maybe it's a member of the Han family."
She smiled at Shen Sui: "It's the Han family from the Duke of Han's mansion. Their young master will definitely take his anger out on the eldest young lady if he knows that Shen Shu has suffered here. If you regret it, it's not too late to go after her and show your concern."
This was practically a blatant message to Shen Sui: Shen Shu's lover is the young master of the Han family, and you should hurry up and latch onto him.
Shen Sui was also shocked at first. The Han family was indeed a great clan. How could Shen Shu have associated with such a person?
However, after the initial shock, a sense of morality prevailed. No matter how noble the young master of the Han family was, his relationship with Shen Shu was still illegitimate.
Shen Shu was still someone else's wife when the two of them got together, and later they even became so entangled that even the clan uncle couldn't stand it anymore. Now they've been expelled from the clan register. She wouldn't even look at someone like that.
Even if she were to actually enter the Han family, given her status and reputation, she would be nothing more than a lowly concubine, nothing to be proud of.
Because of Shen Shu's outburst, Shen Ning completely cut off any possibility of Shen Shu returning to the Shen family.
Shen Shu hates her? In her past life, she was so good to Shen Shu, yet Shen Shu still hated her just the same.
"Don't wash your dirty linen in public"? Ha, they dare to do it but she can't even say anything?
Why should she cover for Shen Shu? There are no secrets in the world, and besides, those two are simply too unscrupulous. There are plenty of people who have seen it. How long can this be kept quiet?
Now that Shen Ning has let Shen Shu in, if Shen Shu's reputation is ruined in the future, Shen Ning will surely be implicated as well.
The world would never know the good intentions behind Shen Ning's actions; they would only think that all daughters of the Shen family are so shameless.
Shen Shu is shameless, but Shen Ning is.
Now that things have blown up, people will say she's heartless, but it's better than one day having people use Shen Shu's actions to disgust her, saying that all the girls in the Shen family are birds of a feather.
Shen Shu is like a festering wound on Shen Ning's body, which cannot be healed by any medicine. She cannot teach Shen Shu to make her better. The only thing she can do is to cut away the flesh and blood bit by bit.
Shen Ning knew that Shen Shu had Han Yin behind her, but so what?
In her past life, she simply didn't truly regard Han Yin as an enemy. If she were to fight to the death, how could Han Yin possibly live a carefree life?
In this life, she has more bargaining chips than in her previous life. Now she also has Qin Zhuo's affection for her and Princess Chang Le. How could she not deal with Han Yin?
Once you've figured out what you want to do, and then resolutely carry it out, you'll naturally have nothing to fear.
So she was too lazy to come out and act with Shen Shu. Talking about those disgusting things too much would be too much of a crime, so she let Liu Ying do it.
Yes, it's definitely not because she's afraid of the cold.
The funeral arrangements for the Shen family continued, and Shen Shu's little incident was not worth mentioning.
Han Yin wasn't ready to support Shen Shu from the Han family's side, but someone had already found out the details and listened to every word.
Han Yin's wife, Xiao Ruyi, came from a family that was once a prominent literary family. Before them, there was a Left Prime Minister, who was Xiao Ruyi's uncle.
Unfortunately, his uncle was convicted, and the Xiao family fell into poverty. Now, the Xiao family is no longer worth mentioning in the capital.
She and Han Yin were betrothed since childhood. She married into the Xiao family before they fell on hard times, and she was not implicated when the Xiao family later encountered trouble.
She loves Han Yin; they were childhood sweethearts and their feelings for each other are very deep.
Of course, she knew that only she thought so, and that Han Yin didn't like her as much as she liked him, but so what? They were husband and wife, and their child was four years old now.
After the Xiao family lost power, Han Yin treated her coldly. She knew he was having affairs outside, and although she hated him, there was nothing she could do. She could only deceive herself and endure it as long as he didn't bring it to her face.
She knew of Shen Shu's existence because Han Yin's womanizing resulted in her uncle losing his official position, which was ridiculous, especially since he was a married man.
He helped people get a divorce, and then the two of them got involved together.
Hearing the servants report the two's shameless and inseparable affair, Xiao Ruyi was filled with hatred.
I wish I could strangle that bitch.
But Han Yin has protected her very well, and she hasn't found an opportunity to make a move yet.
I thought everyone would keep such a shameful thing to themselves, and that the down-on-their-luck Shen family would definitely want to use this slut to curry favor with the Han family.
I never expected it to turn out like this.
The sisters turned against each other, severed ties, and were even expelled from the family genealogy.
The eldest daughter of the Shen family is truly a remarkable person. Just because of her decisive and resolute attitude, she won't hold a grudge against the Shen family. If she has the chance, she would like to meet her again.
Just as she was thinking this, her trusted servant rushed over.
"Young Madam, that woman is seriously ill. The young master took her to Qingxuan Tower and even invited the imperial physician."
"Smack!"
Xiao Ruyi slammed the cup to the ground, her eyes blazing with hatred: "How dare he?"
Qingxuanlou is a teahouse owned by Xiao Ruyi. During the best period of their relationship after their marriage, she gave Qingxuanlou to Han Yin because he liked it.
Qingxuanlou is not an inn and does not provide accommodation, but a rest room was specially set aside on the third floor, which was used by the couple to have tea and take a break.
How could Han Yin bring that vile woman there?
Xiao Ruyi clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms, drawing blood, but she didn't feel any pain.
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