Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 398

Although she didn't get to expose all of Wan Min Si's crimes and forever condemn her as she had initially hoped, Wan Min Si finally got the punishment she deserved, and the victims got their revenge.

Ding Yunniang said in a low voice, "Madam Shen, I've also come to say goodbye. I'm leaving Kyoto tomorrow and won't be coming back."

Shen Lingjun asked, "Where are you going?"

Ding Yunniang smiled sadly: "To travel the world with my husband's belongings, that was our dream."

Her appearance is ruined like this; that's how her life will be. There's no future for her; just being able to keep living is a blessing.

Shen Lingjun felt great sympathy for these disfigured women, but their injuries were too severe. Even if her master were still alive, it would be impossible for them to recover.

She could only give Ding Yunniang a farewell gift, which contained several large silver notes.

After being disfigured, Ding Yunniang has been living off her meager savings, struggling financially for the past few years. Hopefully, this will make it easier for her and her husband to realize their dream of traveling the world.

After seeing Ding Yunniang off, Dou Niang came in.

She said to Shen Lingjun, "Madam, I heard outside that Master Yin has been transferred back to the capital. I remember that the husband of the second young lady of the Shen family is the third young master of the Yin family. Does that mean the second young lady can come back with him?"

Shen Lingjun was taken aback.

She had heard that a group of officials who had been transferred to other places were reassigned back to Beijing at the beginning of this year, but she didn't know exactly who they were.

The Yin family was the family her second sister, Shen Lingxia, married into.

The patriarch of the Yin family served as a scholar in the Hanlin Academy. Shen Lingxia married the youngest son of the Yin family, Yin Bohong.

This marriage is a knot in the hearts of the Shen family, a hidden pain.

The Yin family was a scholarly family. Although Yin Bohong did not participate in the imperial examinations, he was a talented poet. He became famous for his series of excellent poems and lyrics and was quite well-known in the literary circles of Beiyi.

It was at that time that the young Shen Lingxia was captivated by Yin Bohong's talent, and became so infatuated that she insisted on marrying him.

However, Shen Wei and Madam Wen both disapproved of Shen Lingxia marrying into the Yin family. Having met Yin Bohong, they felt he was unreliable; although talented, he was not someone they could entrust their life to.

The Yin family's social standing was not particularly remarkable, but the problem lay in the fact that the entire family consisted of pedantic and pedantic scholars with extremely rigid and outdated family traditions. They were not a long-established family with a history of centuries, yet they still had a plethora of etiquette and rules.

In short, if Shen Lingxia really marries him, she will most likely not have a good life.

But Shen Lingxia was stubborn and wouldn't listen.

On the Yin family's side, upon learning that Shen Lingxia was interested in Yin Bohong, they were quite satisfied with Shen Lingxia. Old Mrs. Yin even took the initiative to send a matchmaker to propose marriage.

The Shen family politely declined, which infuriated Shen Lingxia, who felt that the Shen family looked down on the Yin family. After several arguments, the conflict escalated, and finally, Shen Lingxia had a huge fight with her family, completely severing ties.

Shen Lingxia still married into the Yin family on her own.

Shen Wei and Madam Wen were so angry with her that they threatened to sever all ties and pretend they had never had this daughter. They also told Shen Jingyang and Shen Lingjun to leave her alone.

Shen Lingjun was not in Kyoto at the time; he was traveling with the old man Xingju and did not witness the falling out between Shen Lingxia and her family.

Later, there was no chance to repair the relationship between Shen Lingxia and the Shen family, because not long after she married into the family, the patriarch of the Yin family was transferred to another place to serve as an official.

Yin Bohong had not yet entered officialdom when he left the capital with his parents, and Shen Lingxia naturally followed him. This departure lasted for eight years.

Now we're finally coming back.

Shen Lingjun said to Dou Niang, "Go and find out more accurate information. I'm going to the Shen residence."

Shen Lingjun and Shen Lingxia had a very deep sisterly bond. Shen Lingxia was two years older than her, and the two sisters were very close when they were young.

However, Shen Lingxia seemed determined to sever all ties with her family, even disowning her as her younger sister.

Seven years ago, Shen Lingjun passed through Qizhou, where the Yin family was stationed, and wanted to visit Shen Lingxia, but she was turned away and Shen Lingxia refused to see her.

But Shen Lingjun still missed her. He hadn't seen Shen Lingxia for eight years and hadn't heard a word from her. He wondered how she was doing now.

Shen Lingjun planned to sound out her parents and brothers.

After all these years, I wonder if their anger towards Shen Lingxia has subsided at all?