Chapter 185 Divorce Wife
Time passed quickly. On the day of the execution of Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong, Jiang Li had her meal early and was about to go out. When Jiang Yuanbo learned that she was also going to watch the execution, he hesitated and finally said, "It's terrible, don't go and watch it."

"Nothing, I won't watch the execution, I'll just stand outside and watch." Jiang Li smiled, "It's also to vent my anger for my third sister."

Jiang Yuanbai felt even more guilty. He did not plan to watch the execution. He did not know whether it was because of the incident with Princess Yongning that Emperor Hong Xiao felt guilty about him and summoned him frequently in the past few days. The conversation between the monarch and his subjects was somewhat frank as in the past.

But whether this was the emperor's intention or his true love, Jiang Yuanbai himself couldn't tell. Serving the emperor was like serving a tiger, so he dared not be careless at all, and had to do what he had to do. He would not let down his guard and allow himself to make mistakes because of the sudden closeness of Emperor Hong Xiao.

However, Jiang Youyao was crazy. The instigator was executed today, but he did not go to watch it. Instead, he asked Jiang Li, who was always troubled by Jiang Youyao, to watch it. Jiang Yuanbo could not express the complicated feelings in his heart.

Fortunately, Jiang Li did not discuss this matter with him for too long. After saying goodbye to Jiang Yuanbai, she left. Jiang Li knew that Ye Mingyu and the others would also take Xue Huaiyuan to watch the execution today, but Jiang Li did not tell them that she would also go to watch.

She hadn't figured out how to face Xue Huaiyuan yet. The next time she saw Xue Huaiyuan, Jiang Li planned to tell the truth and tell Xue Huaiyuan that she was Xue Fangfei. She knew it would be difficult for Xue Huaiyuan to accept this all of a sudden, so she had to think of a gentle explanation, but before she figured it out, she couldn't see Xue Huaiyuan. She was also afraid that she would say it directly in excitement, and she was afraid that Xue Huaiyuan would be scared, and she was also afraid that Xue Huaiyuan would not believe it at all, but she was entangled thinking about this matter for the past few days.

Bai Xue and Tong'er helped Jiang Li into the carriage.

There were fewer people walking on the streets of Yanjing City today. Many people had gone to the execution ground to watch the excitement. One was the once-proud champion, the young and promising secretary, and the other was the sister of King Cheng, a legitimate princess, but they had teamed up to commit such a heinous crime. The people always liked to watch the excitement and wanted to see these two pay the price.

When Jiang Li's carriage arrived outside the execution ground, it could no longer go in. The people and the carriages that were watching the excitement had blocked the road. Bai Xue and Tong'er had to use silver to clear the way. After the people took the silver, they naturally made way for them, allowing the carriage to stop a little further inside, at least so that they could see the two people on the execution platform.

Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong were wearing dirty prison uniforms, with messy hair, no longer as refined as before, and looked no different from other death row prisoners. What's worse, they were worse than other death row prisoners. Because the indignant people had already spontaneously brought vegetable baskets and kept throwing eggs and vegetable leaves on their heads and bodies, making them look very embarrassed.

Perhaps Shen Yurong herself did not expect that this day would come.

Jiang Li thought that Princess Yongning would still maintain her domineering nature and curse loudly even at this point. But today, she didn't say a word, hung her head, and didn't even show any expression. But Shen Yurong was still gentle, or numb to everything in front of him. His eyes wandered among the crowd, as if he was looking for someone.

Knowing that he couldn't see her, Jiang Li still took a step back and hid behind Bai Xue. She suddenly found it funny again. When Xue Fangfei was killed by Princess Yongning, Shen Yurong was outside the door and witnessed it with her own eyes, but she stood by and watched her die. Now Shen Yurong was going to die, and she became a bystander, sending Shen Yurong on her last journey.

Things in this world are really a strange cycle.

Suddenly, there was a sound of a woman crying loudly, mixed with occasional insults. Jiang Li looked in the direction of the sound and saw a familiar figure, it was Shen's mother.

Shen's mother cried and fell in front of the execution platform, shouting "my son" while cursing Princess Yongning. Jiang Li heard her curses clearly. Shen's mother cursed Shen Yurong, who had a bright future, but was implicated by the whore Princess Yongning. Shen's mother even brought up Xue Fangfei, saying how kind, virtuous, capable and considerate her original wife Xue Fangfei was, but she was killed by Princess Yongning in a vicious way and framed Shen Yurong.

Shen's mother's pain was not false, because she only had Shen Yurong as her son, and she raised Shen Yurong with great difficulty. The whole family's hope was placed on Shen Yurong. And Shen Yurong lived up to everyone's expectations and really became a high-ranking official, but she didn't expect that people make mistakes and horses stumble, and she fell. Shen's mother was used to putting all the responsibilities on others. Since Princess Yongning was useless, she naturally blamed all this on Princess Yongning.

Jiang Li sneered in her heart. Shen's mother was throwing a tantrum without caring about anything. Due to various reasons, King Cheng and Concubine Liu were unable to save Princess Yongning, but that didn't mean they didn't really care about Princess Yongning. Princess Yongning had fallen into this situation, and for Concubine Liu and King Cheng, it was because of Shen Yurong. If it weren't for Shen Yurong, what happened later wouldn't have happened at all. Shen's mother took her anger out on Princess Yongning, and Concubine Liu would also take her anger out on the Shen family. Shen Yurong was dead, and Shen's mother's random abuse would naturally annoy Concubine Liu.

I'm afraid that after the execution, Shen's mother won't live long. Concubine Liu was already angry with Shen Yurong, so how could she allow an ordinary woman to insult her only daughter?

If Shen Yurong still had her mother in her heart, she should have spoken up at this time and reminded her mother a word or two. Shen's mother might not listen to other people's words, but she would more or less listen to Shen Yurong's words.

But Shen Yurong didn't, he just searched the crowd again and again in a daze, hopelessly, and persistently. His gaze was so obvious that many people felt it, looked at each other in bewilderment, and thought he was the one who had robbed the execution ground and was waiting for reinforcements to come.

But no, nothing. No reinforcements, and the person Shen Yurong was expecting did not show up.

Until the moment comes.

The executioner stood behind Shen Yurong. He raised his knife and slashed it. With a flash of silver light, a line of blood spurted onto the ground. The round head rolled down, covered in mud, and nothing could be distinguished.

Princess Yongning, who was beside Shen Yurong, screamed, as if she finally understood the fear, and screamed "No", but before she could finish her shout, the deadly knife light followed.

The crowd suddenly cheered, as if they had achieved a great accomplishment.

Jiang Li lowered her eyes, turned away expressionlessly, and everything was over.

……

No matter how shocking the "number one scholar killing his wife" case was, everything seemed to be over with the execution of Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong.

There are still people discussing this incident in teahouses and restaurants on the street, sighing at the innocence and pity of Xue Fangfei and her brother, but the number of people talking about it is gradually decreasing. The good guys got a chance to seek justice, and the bad guys were brought to justice. This seems to be a happy ending. In spring, everything starts to get busy again. Farmers are busy sowing, children start going to school and learning new words, and everything is thriving.

Jiang Li's days were spent in peace day by day. After this matter was resolved, she sometimes didn't know what she should do. Like an ordinary lady, she would embroider and write at home, live a peaceful and contented life, and wait for a suitable marriage one day, then put on her wedding dress and get married, give birth to children for her husband, and take care of the housework. It seemed that this was the end of her second half of life.

But Jiang Li was not willing to do that. When she became Xue Fangfei, she had done these things once, exhausting all her energy and life. She really didn't have the courage to do it again. Besides, Jiang Li was also against getting married. As a daughter of the Prime Minister's family, it was very likely that Jiang Yuanbo would marry a young talent who he had never met a few times and who seemed good on the surface. When she met Shen Yurong, she thought she knew Shen Yurong very well, but in the end she found out that she had never understood him, let alone someone she had never approached a few times.

But she could not reject this fate. She was now the daughter of the Jiang family and the prime minister. No matter how willful she was, she was afraid that she could not escape fate when it came to marriage.

Jiang Li still often went to the Ye family, and Xue Huaiyuan still stayed at the Ye family, although he said several times that he wanted to go back to Tongxiang, Xiangyang. But Ye Shijie tried his best to keep him. On the one hand, from Xue Huaiyuan, Ye Shijie could learn a lot of principles of being an official, which would be of great benefit to his future career. On the other hand, King Cheng might still have a grudge against Xue Huaiyuan, and it would be dangerous to let Xue Huaiyuan go out alone.

Ye Mingyu promised Xue Huaiyuan that when he returned to Xiangyang at the end of the year, he would take Xue Huaiyuan with him. As for this year, he would let Xue Huaiyuan live in the Ye family in Yanjing City. Xue Huaiyuan thought that the Ye family had done a great favor to the Xue family, so he could not refuse and agreed.

This made Jiang Li feel relieved.

She often went to the Ye family, ostensibly to see Ye Mingyu, but in fact she wanted to spend more time with Xue Huaiyuan. After this case, Xue Huaiyuan became calm and gentle. He was no longer like the father who was sometimes strict and sometimes loving. He was just like an ordinary old man. He did not lose heart. He usually read books and wrote at the Ye family. He lived a very leisurely life and did not seem to be in great pain because of the tragedy of the Xue family.

But Jiang Li knew very well that she would never express her true sadness. She chatted with Xue Huaiyuan several times, and the words "I am Xue Fangfei" were on the tip of her tongue, but she just couldn't say it.

She also had fears and insecurities. What if Xue Huaiyuan refused to believe her when she told him? She really couldn't bear the scene of being denied by her father.

At that moment, she actually missed Ji Heng terribly. It would be best if Xue Huaiyuan could believe in the supernatural like Ji Heng, or believe in what she said.

Ji Heng... Jiang Li lowered her eyes. King Cheng's rebellion was imminent. Ji Heng must have a lot of things to do these days. But since that day when he knew her identity, they had no contact. Not to mention her and Ji Heng, even Zhao Ke disappeared from the Jiang family. Jiang Li didn't want to ask a gardener, so as not to attract other people's attention, but Zhao Ke did not appear again.

This might be evidence that Ji Heng wanted to draw a line between them, Jiang Li thought, and couldn't help laughing again. This person was really ruthless. When he was helping her, he was like a close friend, but after the transaction was over, they went their separate ways, as if they wanted to cut off even the slightest connection.

But that’s fine too.

Just as I was thinking about it, Tong'er came in from outside and said, "Miss, I just came back from outside the mansion and heard something."

"What's the matter?" Jiang Li asked.

"The Ningyuan Marquis' son divorced his wife!"

"Zhou Yanbang divorced his wife? Shen Ruyun?" Jiang Li was stunned. "Why?"

"It must be because something happened to the Shen family." Tong'er said carelessly: "When the Ningyuan Marquis married Miss Shen, wasn't it because Miss Shen's brother was a secretary, and he wanted to give an explanation to the Shen family. Now Shen Yurong has been beheaded, the Shen family is nothing, and Miss Shen is of course useless. If she still sits on the position of the prince's wife, the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion will definitely be ridiculed. The people in the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion are so selfish, of course they will divorce her quickly."

Tong'er was still brooding over the fact that Ningyuan Marquis's mansion broke off the engagement, which nearly killed Jiang Li. When she talked about Ningyuan Marquis's mansion, she was very sarcastic. Jiang Li smiled and said, "You're right."

The people in Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion were probably still dreaming that Zhou Yanbang could resume his official career, so that he could kick Shen Ruyun out and find another daughter from a wealthy family. Jiang Li thought that Zhou Yanbang would rest so soon, and she didn't believe that Jiang Yu'e didn't get involved. Jiang Yu'e must have taken this opportunity to fan the flames, which led to Shen Ruyun's downfall so quickly.

"What happened next?" Jiang Li asked, "How is Shen Ruyun?"

Tong'er shook her head: "The Zhuangyuan Mansion no longer exists. I heard that Shen Ruyun found Shen's mother, so the two girls went to ask for help from the wealthy family they had been friends with... But you know, the Shen family is full of evil, who dares to help them? Everyone avoided them, and they were met with a cold shoulder. I don't know where they are now!"

Jiang Li smiled slightly: "I see." Shen Ruyun and Shen's mother were ruined by their own greed. If they had stopped when they were ahead, or let Shen Yurong climb up step by step, although it was a little slow, they would still have a lot. Unlike now, they became poor and destitute overnight, worse than before, like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouting and beating them.

This is retribution.

Not wanting to think about it anymore, Jiang Li said, "Forget it. What happens in Ningyuan Marquis Mansion in the future has nothing to do with us."

As for Jiang Yu'e, whether she was happy or unhappy in Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion, it was all very far away from her.

She still doesn't have a clear idea of ​​her own affairs.

(End of this chapter)