Lan Pei heard Shen Yunxi's words clearly and understood what she meant. She sighed and spoke after a long while.
“Yunxi, your mother’s thoughts coincide with yours. I’ve also been thinking about severing all ties between Qiuyan and the Jiang family, and bringing Ying’er to the Shen family to be raised. We can afford to raise her. It’s just that your sister was deeply in love with Jiang Wenye back then, and no one knows if she will ever let him go. So your mother doesn’t dare to gamble. A woman can do anything for her husband and children, and she can always suffer in silence. Sigh!” Lan Pei sighed.
What Shen Yunxi asked just now was actually to ask Lan Pei if she wanted Shen Qiuyan and Jiang Wenye to divorce.
As for divorcing his wife, forget about it. The one who made the mistake was Jiang Wenye, not Shen Qiuyan. Besides, the Empress Dowager is backing him up, so the Jiang family would never divorce his wife.
Divorce is not troublesome. As long as the Empress Dowager gives the order, Shen Qiuyan can go to the government office to retrieve the marriage certificate and divorce Jiang Wenye.
The most crucial issue now is not the difficulty of divorce, but Shen Qiuyan's attitude towards Jiang Wenye.
"Mother, and Yunxi, I'm sorry for making you worry," Shen Qiuyan suddenly said.
Shen Yunxi looked up and saw that Shen Qiuyan had woken up and was not dazed at all. She must have been awake for a while and had probably heard her conversation with Lan Pei.
Shen Qiuyan was indeed still somewhat confused at first, but upon hearing her mother's and sister's voices, she knew that she had already left the Jiang family.
The Jiang family, the place that had made her feel like she was in fire and water, was finally far away.
"Sister is awake. Is there anything else that's bothering you?" Shen Yunxi quickly asked, then helped Shen Qiuyan up and handed her a cup of hot water from the small table beside her. "Sister, don't rush to speak. Have some water first."
Shen Qiuyan was very tired. After finishing the cup of water that Shen Yunxi had poured, she sighed softly, her voice a little hoarse, "My body aches all over and I feel very weak. I heard what Xiao Liu and Mother were talking about just now."
Actually, Shen Qiuyan had just woken up and should have rested properly and spoken less, but she didn't want to remain silent.
"Don't rush, Qiuyan, you should rest first and focus on healing. You have too many wounds, and some of them might leave scars," Lanpei said, her eyes red.
Shen Qiuyan leaned quietly against the bed, showing no sign of sadness; her expression was very calm.
But Shen Yunxi knew that it wasn't that she wasn't sad, but rather that she was too sad to be like this.
"Sister, no matter what, you must take good care of yourself and get well soon. I've brought Ying'er with me; she's in my courtyard," Shen Yunxi said softly.
Upon hearing Jiang Ying's name, Shen Qiuyan's expression shifted slightly. Her gaze fell on Shen Yunxi, then turned to Lan Pei beside her.
"I'm sorry, Mother, but I have something I'd like to say to Yunxi alone. Is that alright?" Shen Qiuyan asked softly.
Lanpei nodded. "Okay, I'll go check on your medicine first."
After saying that, Lan Pei left, leaving only Shen Yunxi and Shen Qiuyan in the room.
Shen Yunxi slowly sat down beside Shen Qiuyan's bed, reached out and took her hand, her heart aching at the sight of the purplish-blue marks on the back of her hand. "Sister, what do you want to tell me?"
"Actually, it's nothing. There are just some things I don't know how to say to my mother, and I'm afraid she'll worry, so I'm telling you instead." Shen Qiuyan's voice was very soft, but fortunately Shen Yunxi was sitting close enough to hear her clearly.
"Don't worry, sister, just say what you need to say," Shen Yunxi smiled.
Shen Qiuyan sighed, "Yunxi, I don't know how to describe my feelings. I knew this day would come sooner or later. In the early days after our marriage, he treated me very well, and I thought I had married the right person. Later, when I became pregnant, he started to change and took concubines. I couldn't say anything, since I couldn't serve him while I was pregnant. Later, after I gave birth to Ying'er, he took more and more concubines, and they rarely appeared in front of me anymore."
“You told me before that you had let go of the Emperor, and I thought you were lying, but now it seems that it really is true. I have been in pain for a long time, but I just didn’t want to admit that he had changed his mind, or that I had loved the wrong person. But you were able to cut your losses in time and let go of your feelings of many years, so why can’t I do the same? What really made me despair was that he laid a hand on me. Moreover, this was not the first time he had laid a hand on me, but it was the first time he had tried to kill me.”
“In that instant when my neck was being choked, I felt that it wouldn't matter if I died, that I wouldn't have to suffer anymore, and that would be a good thing. But then I thought of Ying'er, and what you said before, that if I died, she would definitely suffer. I understand what you and Mother are thinking. You want me to divorce him, but you don't dare to say it outright, afraid that I still have feelings for him and can't let him go, and that I will be in too much pain. Actually, you're overthinking it. The most important person to me is not him, but Ying'er. So, I want to get better and go to the palace to beg the Empress Dowager to let me divorce him.”
After saying so much, Shen Qiuyan's face grew even paler, but her expression became much more relaxed, with a sense of relief.
Yes, why should she still have any hope when a man wants her dead?
Shen Yunxi really didn't expect that Shen Qiuyan had thought things through so thoroughly. She was very happy for Shen Qiuyan and also breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Shen Qiuyan's attitude changes to this, the Jiang family's matter can be resolved quickly.
As for her plans after the divorce, Shen Yunxi wasn't in a hurry. With the Empress Dowager backing her up, she wasn't worried that Shen Qiuyan would be wronged, and even the second and third wives wouldn't dare to bully her openly.
“It’s good that you’ve come to your senses, sister. As for Ying’er, when we go to the Jiang family to visit them, we should bring her along. If she stays at the Jiang family, I’m worried that she will be mistreated, and it will also be inconvenient for Father to deal with the Jiang family later,” Shen Yunxi said frankly.
Now that Shen Qiuyan has given up on Jiang Wenye, it is time to deal with the Jiang family. We can't let the Jiang family continue to be arrogant and domineering, and continue to act like tyrants in the name of the Shen family.
Only when the Jiang family is completely destitute can they truly avenge Shen Qiuyan.
Over the course of those three years, Shen Qiuyan was the one who suffered the most. She always reported good news but never bad, swallowing all her grievances in silence.
Fortunately, those days are finally over.
Shen Qiuyan had no interest in what would become of the Jiang family in the future; she just wanted to recover quickly and then go in to find the Empress Dowager.
As for Jiang Ying coming with Shen Yunxi, she definitely won't let her go back. She'll have to discuss it with the Jiang family properly, otherwise they won't agree, since Jiang Ying can control Shen Qiuyan.
"Yunxi, you must be tired too. Go back and get some rest."
After saying so much, Shen Qiuyan was exhausted and decided to send someone back to rest.
Shen Yunxi nodded in agreement and stood up.
"Okay, then I'll go back and rest first."
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