Chapter 725 - 359: Jiang Wan Appears (End of Volume Three)_2
Facing such inner conflict, Lady Ran didn’t know what to do.
This is also why Jiang Yi said that, outwardly, the old lady hurled harsh words at her elder sister and rejected her vehemently, yet once her sister had left, the old lady seemed as if she had lost her soul.
Jiang Wan, being insightful, understood the old lady’s predicament. Therefore, she never took offense at her rejection.
But with her death, all conflicts seemed to resolve.
Each person had differing views on Jiang Wan’s demise.
Jiang Yi and those close to her believed Jiang Wan likely chose death out of guilt toward the Ran Family, coupled with the despair of having no future in Sword Dao.
Li Guanshi and some cultivation experts speculated that perhaps Jiang Wan was seeking to rise from despair, returning to Sword Dao by a rebirth-like transcendence.
Zhuge Xuanji, ever the conspirator, surmised that Jiang Wan’s death might be part of a grand scheme.
But in the old lady’s eyes, Jiang Wan’s death indirectly shielded Ran Mansion, softening some of the Emperor’s hatred.
Thus, the old lady always felt it was she who had "forced Jiang Wan to her death."