Qin came over only after hearing that Wang Yi had left.
Xu Qingyan handed the "divorce letter" written by Wang Yi to Qin, which not only had Wang Yi's signature and seal, but also the signatures and seals of witnesses Chai Rong, Wang Ji, and Pu Yuanjie.
Wang Ji is Wang Yi's elder brother.
Qin was so excited that tears came to her eyes while holding the "divorce letter" and her hands were shaking.
Xu Qingyan smiled and said, "Sister Yan, you have finally come to the sweetness of life after all the hardship."
Qin wiped her tears and nodded, then said, "Brother Yan, you've worked hard. I'll have someone go and give you a blowjob."
After Xu Qingyan finished washing up and cooked the egg noodles, he ate the noodles while talking about what happened in the capital.
They didn't want to drag the Pu family into this mess, so they first approached Pu Yuanjie. He apologized, saying it was mainly due to some personal matters that they wanted to find fault with Wang Yi, and they hadn't expected to involve General Pu... Pu Yuanjie was furious, but he didn't want the matter to become a big deal, so he agreed to help persuade Wang Yi...
Princess Beiyang was furious that Princess Nanyang had disregarded their sisterly affection and favored Chai Qingyan. She was also furious that that little bitch had dared to fake her own death and escape. She was even more furious that Chai Zhengguan and Old Shen had played her family around, extorting tens of thousands of taels of silver from them and making her son a laughingstock in the capital. She didn't want to agree, but she also didn't want to let Chai Qingyan off easily.
Princess Nanyang then recounted how Old Shen had orchestrated a meeting between Wang Yi and Chai Qingyan, how she had arranged for Wang Yi to fight over the red card and kill someone, and how she had people slander Wang Yi in front of Chai Qingyan, calling him worse than a beast, frightening her to death... Old Shen's plan was to force Chai Qingyan to death, leaving her with her dowry and letting Wang Yi take the blame. Chai Qingyan's escape wasn't to escape her marriage, it was to flee for her life...
Princess Beiyang finally understood why Chai Zhengguan and his son suddenly resigned and returned home. The persecution of Chai Qingyan and the abduction and murder of Chai Zixiao weren't solely the work of Old Shen. Chai Zhengguan and his son were also involved, but for the sake of the Chai family's reputation, Old Shen was left to shoulder the blame.
Princess Beiyang hated Chai Zhengguan and Chai Qingyan for going to Old Shen, but she said it in a nice way, "That girl should have come to me at the time. I would have stood up for her instead of running away. She ran away, and we became a laughing stock. Everyone said that Wang Yi forced her to death. How unfair."
Thinking of the things in the past, Beiyang became furious.
Princess Nanyang sighed, "Qingyan had no idea how kindhearted I was. She was terrified by what people said about Wang Yi. Alas, when she came to see my husband, we all said Wang Yi was a good boy and that marrying into the Princess Beiyang residence would be a good home for him. But she was so terrified she didn't believe it at all... Poor child, she suffered so much. Later, I heard she wasn't dead, and her daughter and son-in-law had saved Xiao Ge'er. So I thought of adopting her as my own daughter, giving her a good family background. And then I tried to mediate. You and her were just misunderstandings, deceived by old Shen... My sister, we've been together for sixty years, a whole sixty years. So many things have happened in the palace and the court over these years. It's been so hard for us sisters to stay rich and prosperous until old age. Now Qingyan is your daughter too, so please be kind and give her a chance to live..."
Princess Beiyang's original intention was to prevent her son from writing the "divorce letter" and to kill the little bitch who brought shame to her and her son.
However, Princess Nanyang helped to plead for her son, and they had evidence against him. The Pu family was also involved, and Xu Qingyan was a meritorious official who had recently served the court and the crown prince... She weighed the pros and cons and had no choice but to ask Wang Yi to write a "letter of divorce" first, and some accounts would be settled later...
Hearing that he had been made a fool of and had endured so many years of infamy, Wang Yi was furious. He hated Old Shen and Chai Zhengguan, and was also furious with Chai Qingyan, so he was determined not to write the "letter of divorce."
He pointed at Xu Qingyan's nose and cursed, "The one who is engaged is a wife and the one who runs away is a concubine. Chai Qingyan is my wife. She ran away from the marriage and married secretly, so she should be drowned. If you dare to marry a married woman, I will make you a eunuch..."
Xu Qingyan sneered, "We dared to bring this up here because we were prepared for the worst. It's just two lives. All the evil was done by Old Shen. She plotted to kill Qingyan for money, and even plotted against you. Qingyan is so innocent. She did it out of necessity. She was escaping, not running away from the marriage. The law is nothing more than human feelings. Even if we take the case to the government office, or even to the throne room, we may not lose this case..."
Chai Rong came out at the right time to mediate the conflict and help to reconcile, while Pu Yuanjie bribed and threatened Wang Yi.
Wang Yi's brother, Wang Ji, also felt that the lesser of two evils was the better choice, and together with Princess Beiyang, he pressured Wang Yi into writing a "letter of divorce." The gist of the letter was that Chai Qingyan had no choice but to do so. Wang Yi expressed deep sympathy and did not pursue the matter. From then on, the two of them lived happily and had nothing to do with each other.
Wang Yi ran away after writing the "divorce letter". Before leaving Beijing, he sent people to trick Xu Lanzhou out of Zhou Mansion and injure him. His purpose was to delay Xu Qingyan from coming to Ningzhou Mansion to find Chai Qingyan first.
But Xu Qingyan couldn't leave, as there were still some follow-up matters to be negotiated. One of them was that the Beiyang Princess's Mansion was not going to be taken advantage of, and they wanted back the 30,000 taels of silver betrothal gift they gave to the Chai Mansion, as well as the 10,000 taels of silver compensation they later paid for Chai Qingyan's suicide.
Xu Qingyan also expressed injustice, saying that the money was squandered by Chai Zhengguan and Old Shen, and Chai Qingyan was also a victim.
After mediation by Princess Nanyang, both sides finally took a step back, and Chai Qingyan gave 20,000 silver coins to Princess Beiyang's Mansion.
Xu Qingyan's words were plain and simple, but everyone could still imagine the difficulty involved.
Qin said to Xu Qingyan gratefully, "Thank you."
Xu Qingyan smiled and said, "You and I are husband and wife. We should share joys and sorrows, and advance and retreat together. However, I have caused you to lose money again."
Qin no longer cared about money. It was precisely because of money that Chai Zhengguan and Old Shen had treated her so badly. Her penniless younger sisters, on the other hand, were safe. She said, "Twenty thousand taels of silver to buy freedom—it's worth it." Then, remembering Xu Qingyan's words about Xu Lanzhou being injured, she hurriedly asked, "How's Lanzhou?"
Xu Qingyan said, "It's nothing serious, just a broken leg. It will heal in two or three months of recuperation." He then said to Xu Lanyin sheepishly, "I didn't want to use that wooden plaque. I wanted to wait until my daughter had something serious to worry about. Alas, Dad is incompetent, so I had to use it in the end. Elder Zhou has already promised to find a way to prevent that family from causing trouble."
Xu Lanyin smiled and said, "Good steel should be used on the blade. At present, our family is weak, so it is worth using it to ensure that those people do not cause trouble. When our family is strong in the future, we can use our strength to prevent the bad guys from causing trouble, and we won't need it anymore."
Xu Qingyan said proudly, "Dad will work hard and rely on his own strength to protect our family's safety and happiness."
Zhao Wu smiled and said, "From now on, we won't use other people's small wooden signs, but give small wooden signs to others."
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