"For the sake of my Duke Ping's Mansion, please sign this document of severing the engagement." As he spoke, Shen Yu handed the newly written document of severing the engagement to Wan Chengji.
After taking it and glancing at it, Wan Chengji hesitated. Although he had prepared a document severing the relationship yesterday and had intended to have the clan members come to the Earl's Mansion in the next two days to discuss expelling Wan Xueying from the clan, but now that everyone in the Earl's Mansion had been convicted, besides Wan Qingling having the opportunity to seek help from the Crown Prince, he also needed someone to help him out.
If possible, he didn't want to choose Wan Xueying, but the incident happened suddenly and there was no one else available except her.
Seeing that he was hesitant to put pen to paper, Shen Yu sneered, "Master, what's the matter? You don't want to sign, do you? I just don't understand. Xueying is obviously your biological daughter, but compared to Miss Wan, some of your actions towards Xueying are really unacceptable."
"That's also my family affair." Wan Chengji was very unhappy when he was scolded by him.
"But this matter is not just your family affair, it also involves our Duke's Mansion." Shen Yu guessed Wan Chengji's thoughts and continued, "My Lord, are you worried that your family will be left unattended in the Dali Temple? But have you ever thought about how Xueying can help the Duke's Mansion when she is unfamiliar with the capital? You might as well let her go and save your father's dignity. Why not? In the future..."
Without Wan Xueying's consent, he added a polite remark, "If she can help the Bo Mansion, she will definitely do her best to help."
After hearing his remarks, Wan Chengji thought about it and actually agreed: "You are right, even if Xueying runs around everywhere, she can't accomplish anything." So their uncle's family still has to rely on Qingling.
After hearing her father's evaluation of her, Wan Xueying was speechless. Honestly, if they had been in trouble before, she would have helped them; after all, they were her blood relatives. But this time, her father chose to take Wan Qingling out and drag her into the water, completely severing the last bit of ties between her and the Bo family. Their lives and deaths would have nothing to do with her. Besides, last night, she had given all the advice she could, administered all the medicine she could, and done everything she could.
But at this moment, there was no point in arguing about Wan Chengji's words that she could not help at all. As long as the engagement could be broken off quickly, she would be thankful!
But regardless of whether Xu, who rarely interrupted Wan Chengji, offered a few words of leniency, or her good brother Wan Jiangyuan fanned the flames, saying that if she wanted to sever the ties, she should do it completely, saying that there was no such ungrateful, cowardly person in their Bo's Mansion! Wan Chengji never put pen to paper.
After a long time, Shen Yu looked at him with amusement, "Uncle, you don't want me to help you, do you? Do you really treat me as your own son-in-law?" He was willing to help Wan Xueying because he felt that he owed her something for getting married, and he couldn't bear to see her being bullied by everyone in the Earl's Mansion, but he didn't owe anything to the Dingyang Earl's Mansion.
"I really have no one to ask for help." This was an acknowledgement of Shen Yu's guess.
Wan Xueying couldn't help but sneer inwardly at Wan Chengji's shamelessness: it was such a shame that her biological father didn't go into business. He really had to calculate everything. After all, she was now a married woman. Even if she divorced, she would still be abandoned by the Duke of Ping's mansion. At worst, she could set up a female household away from the people in the Duke's mansion. Even if they continued to be relatives, it wouldn't matter. So she pulled Shen Yu's wide sleeve and said, "Forget it. I can't make things difficult for you because of my affairs."
Shen Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "How can I let it go? I, Shen Yu, must accomplish what I promised."
Uh…wouldn't this be a covert way of telling everyone that she was the one who proposed breaking off the engagement? Well, since it's come to this, let's just tell them. The relationship is already broken. And right now, everyone's focus is on Shen Yu's intention to take care of their uncle's family, so Wan Chengji pressed on, "My husband and I are not worth a damn. Please, Second Master Shen, take care of my eldest son. I'm really worried he won't make it."
"What if he still can't survive even if we find someone to take care of him?" Shen Yu couldn't guarantee anything about Wan Jiangyuan's physical condition.
Wan Chengji sighed heavily, "That's his fate! I accept it."
"Well, I accept." This time Shen Yu readily agreed, then looked at the document severing the relationship and asked, "Where is the document severing the relationship?"
Wan Chengji sighed heavily again, "Well, whatever! I'll sign it right away, as long as Xueying doesn't regret it."
She would never regret it! Even if the Bo family was cleared of the charges, and how they rose to prominence in the future with the help of Wan Qingling, it had nothing to do with her. She wished she could sever ties with these people and return to her adoptive parents as soon as possible; they were her real family.
Finally, Wan Chengji wrote his name with a few strokes of his pen. He glanced at Wan Xueying and handed the severance document to Shen Yu. "Second Master Shen, don't forget your promise."
Oh my god! Treating the severance agreement with your own daughter like a bargain is truly outrageous! Is this just squeezing out every last bit of her usefulness?
Shen Yu took the document and promised again: "Since I have agreed, I will definitely do it." He is a man of integrity.
Wan Chengji breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay." He had done everything he could. Whether the Bo Mansion could escape danger depended on fate. From the beginning to the end, he had never felt that there was anything wrong with doing this.
Wan Xueying breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the severance document from Shen Yu. Her life was finally no longer controlled by others, and she no longer had to face these family members who had hurt her time and again. She had had enough!
Out of respect for Shen Yu, and to wait and see if the arrow was poisonous, Pei Xuanqing delayed dealing with the Dingyang Marquis's affairs for a long time. Seeing that Wan Xueying's matter was almost dealt with, he ordered everyone in the Marquis's residence to voluntarily remove their finery and accessories and hand over any hidden money.
He didn't order a body search, which was a common practice during house searches, in order to give the Dali Temple some opportunity to skin them. Only after everyone who needed to go had gone and those who needed to be eliminated had been eliminated did Pei Xuanqing order them to be escorted to the Dali Temple prison.
As they passed Wan Xueying, Wan Hesu, who had been silent the entire time, whispered to her, "As a girl, you mustn't get involved in this mess. You'd better return to your adoptive parents as soon as possible."
His words touched Wan Xueying a little. Finally, someone among her blood relatives could truly do good for her. This proved that she wasn't such a failure. However, the relationship between her and her second brother only went so far.
After everyone in the Bo Mansion was taken away, Shen Yu urged Wan Xueying, "It's too chaotic here. We'd better leave as soon as possible."
Wan Xueying nodded and said "OK". After Shen Yu thanked Pei Xuanqing, the two of them walked through the heavy armored guards and went to find Aunt Chen, Nanny Wu and others who were waiting for her by the carriage in the distance.
On the way, Shen Yu asked Wan Xueying about her future plans, and Wan Xueying answered seriously. "I plan to stay in the capital for a while, and then leave after the matter at the Bo Mansion is resolved." Then, somewhat embarrassedly, she said, "For my sake, you still have to help with the Bo Mansion. If you need any money, just let me know."
"It's just a small matter. You don't need to be polite to me. But speaking of money, there is something I haven't had time to say yet."
"What?" Wan Xueying looked up at him.
"Well..." Shen Yujun's face flushed slightly, "My father doesn't agree with me converting the betrothal gift into half in cash and giving it to you." He also scolded him.
"So that's what it is!" Wan Xueying smiled, "You don't have to worry about it. Didn't you just help me get my dowry back? It can be considered as offset." To be honest, if Shen Yu really gave her that money, she would not take it. He helped her a lot, and she didn't know how to repay the favor he owed her.
Should he be told that he would soon be exiled, so he could prepare for it? But would he believe it? Even if he did, how could he prepare for it? And what would be the outcome? Would he still be Prime Minister in the future?
Faced with all kinds of doubts, Wan Xueying chose to conceal it, and also planned to wait and see whether the matter would actually happen. After all, at the beginning, only a text description appeared in her mind, and she didn't know whether it would actually happen.
She thought the issue of the betrothal gift was over, but Shen Yu refuted her words, "The dowry is yours, how can it be the same? I am a man and I must keep my word. It's my father's business if he doesn't agree, and I will definitely give it to him if I say so. However," he became embarrassed again after a righteous speech, "but I don't have that much silver on hand. I spent half a day to collect only 500 taels." There was also some small change that he was embarrassed to mention.
As he spoke, he pulled out three silver notes from his pocket and handed them to Wan Xueying. The reason he was able to catch up with the Dingyang Marquis's house raid today was to explain things to her and give her these silver notes.
"Didn't I just say I didn't want it?" Wan Xueying didn't reach out to take it.
"I said I would give it to you." In a hurry, Shen Yu grabbed Wan Xueying's hand and forced the banknote into her.
When he released his hand, he saw a row of red fingerprints on the back of Wan Xueying's snow-white hand, and then he realized how reckless he had just been. He felt his palms burning, and his face, already red from embarrassment, turned even redder, spreading to his ears.
Compared to him, Wan Xueying was much more shameless. This kind of touch was nothing in her previous life, and the other party didn't pull her hand for any reason. But seeing Shen Yu like this made her feel a little awkward. To ease the awkwardness, she jokingly asked, "I'm curious, how come you, the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, only have 500 taels?"
Shen Yu suppressed the discomfort in his palm and replied, "To be honest, I've never known how much money I have in all these years, nor how much I've spent. If it's gone, I'll ask my mother for it."
"That's right, people like you don't have to worry about money at all." Unlike her, who had been calculating her life from childhood to adulthood, from the countryside to the uncle's mansion.
"Oh, right," Shen Yu's eyes lit up as he thought of something, "If you don't mind, I have a house for you to pay off your debt. You can live there with your people first."
A house? Wasn't that because they had nowhere else to go? He was quite thoughtful. But should she take it? If possible, she wanted all of Shen Yu's belongings, so she could help him save some of his money if anything happened to him.
Seeing her hesitation, Shen Yu said, "Oh, don't even think about refusing. Let's just make it a deal!" Then, fearing she might refuse again, he walked towards Aunt Chen and Aunt Wu. Wan Xueying shook her head and followed.
After seeing her, Aunt Chen stepped forward and said with concern, "Xueying, you're finally back." She then asked anxiously, "How is everything going? What about the uncle and the mistress? Will they be beheaded?"
"Auntie Lian," Wan Xueying said in a low voice after glancing at the people watching the excitement, "Don't worry for now. We'll talk about it in detail after we find a place to stay."
"But where are we going to stay with so many people?" Concubine Chen had never seen such a scene before and was already at a loss. However, she trusted Wan Xueying very much and felt that it was right to follow her in everything.
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