Chapter 7 New Mourning
"Shut up."
Jiang Wansu's eyes were red: "Yu Lin has barely recovered from his death, and you're already thinking about making me find another love? How can you do this to Yu Lin?"
Cui Yulin went to sea on the merchant ship to marry her, and he was well aware of the great risks involved in the voyage.
How could she be at peace with herself, turning around and marrying someone else immediately after her beloved died for her?
"Miss...that's not what I meant."
Zi Tang helped Jiang Wansu up with heartache: "This servant is only concerned for Miss. The First Madam has always looked down on the concubine, and has also treated you..."
"The husband she chose for you is probably not a good one."
Even if the First Madam chooses a good future husband's family, given her young lady's current state, it's impossible for her to marry peacefully into that family.
Jiang Wansu was not unaware of Zitang's meaning.
She choked up and said, "I know you mean well, but who knows how hard I've worked?"
"How could I not know that the best way right now is to take this opportunity to enter the Xie family? But looking at Xu Chuan, I feel really sad."
She wasn't unaware that Xie Xuchuan sent Cui Yulin to sea for his own good, but that couldn't change the fact that Cui Yulin was killed by Xie Xuchuan.
She knew she shouldn't hate, but she was certainly not a magnanimous person.
Jiang Wansu looked down at her lower abdomen and burst into tears.
Zi Tang watched, then hugged her young lady and started crying.
After the two had cried until they were too exhausted to continue, Jiang Wansu got up and ate something.
The meat soup was first steamed and then stewed, resulting in a fresh, fragrant, and smooth texture. However, Jiang Wansu held the spoon for a long time without moving it.
Zi Tang served her carefully, and after a long while, she heard her young mistress speak softly: "I know the Xie family is the best way out, but..."
Jiang Wansu lowered her eyes: "The Xie family cannot do without the Shen family's dyeing manuals, and the Shen family cannot do without the Xie family's looms and patterns. Even for the sake of business, Xu Chuan and Shen Yuanzhu's engagement cannot be broken."
"And I had no intention of interfering with this marriage."
"Miss... even at a time like this, you're still thinking of others?"
“It’s not for anyone’s sake, but I want Shen Yuanzhu to marry Xie Xuchuan, and Shen Yuanzhu must marry Xie Xuchuan.”
Jiang Wansu looked exhausted, but her hand stroking her lower abdomen was incredibly gentle: "Wouldn't ruining a marriage be a sin? I want to accumulate good karma for the child in my womb."
"Only if Shen Yuanzhu marries Xie Xuchuan will the Xie family obtain the other half of the dyeing manual. Only then can the already renowned Xie family brocade reach even greater heights."
A plain-colored brocade is worth 120 taels of silver, equivalent to five years' salary of a county magistrate. However, a colored brocade dyed using the Shen family's secret method can fetch several times that price.
It is said that the Shen family's dyeing manual is only half complete, and all of them are rare and precious colors that are hard to find in the world.
Therefore, no one can break the engagement between Shen Yuanzhu and Xie Xuchuan, and neither the Xie nor Shen families will allow it.
Since Xie Xuchuan has agreed to adopt her and Yu Lin's child as his legitimate son, the child will naturally have a share in the Xie family's future assets.
This is what Xie Xuchuan owes Yu Lin and her.
She and Yu Lin's child are both worthy of it.
Jiang Wansu scooped up the meat soup and ate it little by little.
A warm current flowed into her abdomen, and Jiang Wansu felt slightly more comfortable.
She looked at Zitang and pondered for a moment: "Don't worry, I will stay in the Xie family and will not be separated from my child."
Shen Yuanzhu is gentle, innocent, and naive, with no guile whatsoever. She has been trained by her sister-in-law to be as docile as a quail.
As long as the other party marries into the Xie family, she will have a way to get the other half of the Shen family's dyeing manual out of Shen Yuanzhu's mouth.
This is something Xie Xuchuan owes her, and as Xie Xuchuan's wife, Shen Yuanzhu must also bear this sin.
Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Jiang Wansu said, "Pack up your things in the villa. Go find Xie Xuchuan first thing tomorrow morning and tell him that I want to go back to the Jiang family to apologize to my father."
"Miss……"
Before Zi Tang could say anything more, Jiang Wansu waved her hand to interrupt her: "If he takes any action, then we don't need to pay attention to him. If he remains indifferent, then you can help me send a visiting card to Shen Yuanzhu's sister-in-law."
Zi Tang is right. Xie Xuchuan is filled with guilt right after Yu Lin left.
But as time goes by, the guilt fades, and it's hard to say what he can still do.
Therefore, she had to strike while the iron was hot and make sure everything was settled, leaving no room for maneuver.
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