Marriage of the Di Daughter

Guessing about Ji Shuran's next plan, Jiang Li felt at ease instead.

The worst thing in anything is to be in a passive situation, not knowing what you are going to face, so you are unprepared. But when you know it, even if you know you are facing a dilemma, you can always follow the clues to find a way out, then you are not helpless.

Jiang Li knew that after the Xue family case, Princess Yongning had her eye on her, not to mention how energetic Shen Yurong would be, the domineering Princess Yongning would definitely find reasons to trouble herself in the future. Before that, if Ji's mother and daughter lived in peace, Jiang Li wouldn't have time to spend too much time on it. But Ji's attitude has not changed, and Jiang Li already feels that it is not a good idea to keep Ji in Jiang's house.

She has to clear out the idlers and so on.

Zhao Ke had already left, and Jiang Li was sitting on the couch, with a question floating in her heart. Why does the Ji family pursue him so hard? Even if Ye Zhenzhen left behind a child back then, she should marry off when she is old, and there is no need to kill them all. Even if Zhou Yanbang wants to snatch this marriage, he doesn't need to put Jiang Li to death. Back then, everyone knew that Jiang Li killed his mother and younger brother, and there was no denying what happened in full view, but before that, it was heard that Jiang Li and Ji Shuran got along harmoniously.

There is no unreasonable hatred, although it was later rumored that Jiang Li was quite scheming, pretending to be friendly with her stepmother, and only pushed Ji Shuran to have a miscarriage when her stepmother was pregnant. But Jiang Li thought that Jiang Li was too young back then, and she was in such an environment since she was a child, and no one taught her methods and scheming, so even Ji Shuran could figure out how to get to this point.

Jiang Li felt that this matter was a bit strange at first sight, but because the time interval was too long, many things were difficult to investigate, and now Ji Shuran was pressing every step of the way, which gave Jiang Li the determination to thoroughly investigate the matter. If there is any hidden secret in it, it can probably be used as a tool to deal with Ji Shuran.

No matter what, I will ask Zhao Ke again tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li fell asleep.

Yao Guangzhuli, Jiang Youyao is also sleepless tonight.

When her maid, Jin Hua, was following Jiang Li's maid, Tong'er, in the corridor of Jiang's house today, Tong'er left a post, but she didn't realize it. Jin Hua picked up the post, opened it, and found that it was a post from the Ningyuan Houfu to Jiang Li, so she didn't dare to delay, so she gave the post to Jiang Youyao.

Jiang Youyao couldn't sleep, and repeatedly rubbed the post. The post was not posted by Zhou Yanbang, but by Jiang Yu'e. Thinking of Jiang Yu'e, Jiang Youyao gritted her teeth with hatred. Zhou Yanbang was supposed to be Jiang Yu'e's brother-in-law, but now he has become Jiang Yu'e's husband. Her sweetheart now sleeps peacefully every night with Jiang Yu'e in her arms. Even though Jiang Yu'e was just a concubine, and even though Shen Ruyun was Zhou Yanbang's official wife, Jiang Youyao wanted to tear Jiang Yu'e to pieces when she thought that the daughter of the third room, whom she had never looked down upon at all, had robbed her husband.

But right now, Jiang Yu'e has been brought into Ningyuan Hou's Mansion, and Shen Ruyun and Zhou Yanbang's marriage will soon be coming soon, Jiang Youyao has nothing to do. She wanted to find Zhou Yanbang, but she didn't know how to make it clear to Zhou Yanbang. She didn't believe that Zhou Yanbang didn't have any affection for her. If it wasn't for people's schemes, they should have been a good couple.

"Jiang Li..." Jiang Youyao looked at the post in front of her. Jiang Yu'e and Jiang Li never dealt with each other, and they had always stood by her side in the past. Why did she invite Jiang Li to a gathering after marrying into Zhou's family? Not to mention herself, Jiang Youyao left a scar on Jiang Yu'e's forehead after all, and the two sisters were unwilling to make a face-saving harmony, but Jiang Yu'e refused to meet her own sister Jiang Yuyan, so she invited Jiang Li alone, which is intriguing up.

At the palace banquet, Ji Shuran once said that it was Jiang Li and Ye Shijie who originally wanted to plot, but for some reason Zhou Yanbang and Jiang Yu'e were the ones who had the accident. It must be Jiang Li's tricks. Jiang Li probably got some kind of agreement with Jiang Yu'e. In this way, Jiang Yu'e will be able to do what she wants. The appearance of this post now seems to completely prove that Ji Shuran's conjecture is true.

Only when Jiang Li and Jiang Yu'e had a friendship in private would they be in the current situation.

Jiang Youyao didn't tell Ji Shuran about the post, she accepted the post and didn't plan to return it to Jiang Li. She decided to reply to Jiang Yu'e's post again in the name of Jiang Li, and change the time and place again to see what Jiang Yu'e and Jiang Li are up to.

She must expose them to the bottom.

...

This night was spent in personal speculation in several courtyards in Jiang's residence. When Jiang Li woke up, it was rare for Yanjing to see the sun once in winter.

The snow in the yard has not yet melted, and when you look up to shine on the snow, it emits a subtle warm luster, which makes people's hearts warm. As usual, Jiang Li planned to meet Xue Huaiyuan after dinner. Emperor Hong Xiao said that he would invite the world's most talented doctors to treat Xue Huaiyuan to see if there was a chance to awaken Xue Huaiyuan's mind.

These days, there are many doctors coming to Ye Mansion, even the imperial physician personally sent by Emperor Hong Xiao, but after seeing Xue Huaiyuan, they all shook their heads, expressing that they could not treat him.

Jiang Li was disappointed at first, but Ye Mingyu comforted her. In any case, it is a good thing that Xue Huaiyuan is still alive, and there is hope if he is still alive. Furthermore, Xue Huaiyuan in front of him doesn't need to remember the terrible things he spent in prison, and he doesn't need to know the sad news of his son's tragic death. Living like this may not make him happier. When he regains his sanity and accepts the huge blow that fate brought him, he will feel how precious these days when he can't remember anything are so precious.

Hearing what Ye Mingyu said, Jiang Li also had a complicated heart. On the one hand, she hopes that her father can recover, and that she can still recognize him in this life. On the other hand, she felt that it was too cruel to remind her father of those injustices, and she could not do this to a poor old man.

No matter what, it is still necessary to visit Xue Huaiyuan every day.

Jiang Yuanbai watched her every move with cold eyes. Jiang Li knew that her actions displeased Jiang Yuanbai, but she didn't care at the moment, and she couldn't leave her biological father alone.

On the way to Ye Mansion, Jiang Li met a strange woman in the corridor.

This woman is not young, and she can vaguely see the charm of her youth in her eyebrows. She doesn't look like a servant, but she is not gorgeous, and she only has a maid by her side. The expression was very dull, so plain that it was like a pool of stagnant water that had been silent for many years, unable to arouse any beauty.

They bumped into each other in the corridor, and the woman's maid called out "Second Miss" to salute Jiang Li, and then the woman slowly looked at Jiang Li, and called softly, "Second Miss."

Jiang Li stared at her carefully, but the other party's expression still did not fluctuate at all, as if it had been thousands of years without sadness or joy, and there was nothing in the world that could make her worry about it. Jiang Li said: "Aunt Hu."

Aunt Hu is the only aunt in the Jiang family's big house. Although the Jiang family has a big family and a great business, and the harmony within the family is not as good as it seems on the surface, there is one thing that Jiang Li thinks is okay. The sons of the Jiang family, Jiang Yuanbai, Jiang Yuanping, and the concubine Jiang Yuanxing, were only the sons of the main house. Even if there are aunts, there are no sons. I heard that Mrs. Jiang doted on his concubine and gave birth to Jiang Yuanxing, and she did a lot of stupid things for it. Mrs. Jiang was disgusted with that concubine, and even disliked Jiang Yuanxing. Give birth to an heir.

And Aunt Hu is the only aunt who gave birth to an heir in the entire Jiang Manor.

At the beginning, Aunt Hu was the servant girl by Mrs. Jiang's side, and Mrs. Jiang took the lead to open Jiang Yuanbai's face. Later, Ye Zhenzhen married and had no children for three years, but the housemaid was pregnant with a child first. Originally Mrs. Jiang wanted to give this maid a bowl of medicine to prevent her from being born. But Ye Zhenzhen was soft-hearted and pleaded for mercy, and the child was born.

She was born a daughter, Miss Jiang's family, and soon after, Jiang Li was born. The housemaid took advantage of the opportunity to become an aunt. It is said that Aunt Hu does not fight or grab, she is kind and she gets along very well with Ye Zhenzhen. Ye Zhenzhen passed away shortly after giving birth to Jiang Li, and Aunt Hu was very depressed for a while.

Later, when Ji Shuran entered the door, when Jiang Li was two years old, the young lady of the Jiang family accidentally fell off the rockery while playing in the garden and was hopeless. From then on, Aunt Hu was sad day and night, almost When he was about to suffer from hysteria, he stayed in the yard all day long, singing lullabies with his pillow in his arms, and hardly appeared in front of everyone. The old lady was grateful for the friendship between master and servant for many years, and she still found a maid to serve her. Anyway, the Jiang family did not lack this little money, so it would be no problem to have an extra pair of chopsticks for eating.

Aunt Hu looked at Jiang Li and lowered her head slightly.

A trace of doubt flashed in Jiang Li's heart. Everyone said that Aunt Hu had mild hysteria, and Jiang Li had only seen it once at a family banquet from a distance. Now, when she looked closer, this Aunt Hu's expression was flat and unwavering. But a pair of eyes are not cloudy that only after going crazy. This is different from Xue Huaiyuan, she is just erratic, but sober.

Jiang Li thought a few times in her heart, and suddenly said: "The sun is very good today, and this place seems to be very close to Aunt Hu's yard. Aunt Hu, I'm going to sit with you, you won't refuse, right?"

Several people were stunned.

Bai Xue and Tong'er were puzzled, Jiang Li and Aunt Hu had no contact at all, and Aunt Hu was like a transparent person in the house, why Jiang Li took the initiative to make friends with Aunt Hu.

The maids beside Aunt Hu were also surprised, probably they were used to living a solitary life in Jiang's residence, no one seemed to remember them except the old lady. Maybe even Jiang Yuanbai had forgotten that he had such an aunt, but Jiang Li's kind attitude and the smile on his lips made it hard to refuse.

Jiang Li just smiled and looked at Aunt Hu.

After a while, Aunt Hu said softly, "Okay."

Aunt Hu's yard is even more remote than Jiang Li's "Fangfei Garden". At least after some incidents, Ji Shuran did not dare to treat Fangfei Garden harshly. But for Aunt Hu's yard, Jiang Li could only say that if she hadn't known Aunt Hu herself, she would have doubted whether the yard was for an aunt or servants.

In other words, Ji Shuran and Jiang Youyao's personal maid lived in a more comfortable place than Aunt Hu. The yard is small, but it doesn't affect the deserted feeling at all. There is no place for decoration. In the room, a bed, a table, and a few chairs are all the belongings.

Aunt Hu's maid went to pour tea for Jiang Li, and Jiang Li saw that there were only two teacups in the room, and the teapot was still missing. As for the snacks on the table, there is no such thing.

The maid was a little embarrassed, but Aunt Hu was very natural, as if she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Her brows were calm, and Jiang Li thought that she looked more like a nun in the Qingcheng Mountain nunnery, with no desires or desires, as if she was going to ride the wind back the next moment.

"Aunt Hu's place is really deserted." Jiang Li said: "In winter, why don't you even make a pot of charcoal fire?"

The servant girl seemed to have finally found someone who could make the decision and was willing to speak for them. She was about to cry when she was wronged, and said: "The slaves go to the kitchen to use the charcoal fire, and the charcoal fire given by the kitchen is all damp. After drying it, it was born in the house, and it was also the most inferior kind of charcoal, which made the house cough... If the second lady feels sorry for our aunt, she will go to the kitchen and say, our aunt has been frostbitten several times this winter, and her knees It's all old wounds."

Jiang Li said: "Why don't you go to your mother? The right to be in charge of the house is in the hands of the mother. For such a small matter, the mother will decide for you."

The maid stopped talking immediately, and Aunt Hu said: "It's nothing, I'm used to it, I'm not cold."

Her voice is also soft, if you don't listen carefully, you can hardly hear it. Jiang Li looked at her. This woman was definitely not a hysterical person, and she did not intend to hide her sobriety in front of her. The person she wants to hide is not herself, but the person she wants to confess is herself.

for what?

Jiang Li smiled and said: "I heard that when my mother first gave birth to me, Aunt Hu often hugged me. After so many years, I can't remember many things clearly. Seeing Aunt Hu feels strange, but I think it’s actually very kind.”

This is of course Jiang Li's nonsense, she is not the real Second Miss Jiang. But even if it was the real Second Miss Jiang, she would never remember these things, after all, Jiang Li was too young at that time.

But these words seemed to bring back Aunt Hu's long-term memories, her eyes became a little distant, and she said slowly: "Yes, back then..."

She didn't say any more.

Jiang Li said: "Back then, big sister fell off the rockery, what happened?"

A sudden sentence stunned everyone in the room.

Bai Xue and Tong'er were so shocked that they couldn't speak. Although Aunt Hu looked like a good person at the moment, but when she talked about the pain of the past in front of a mother, what if Aunt Hu collapsed and fell into hysteria again? Is good?

Aunt Hu's servant girl trembled slightly as if she had received some terrible news.

Aunt Hu looked at Jiang Li, as if something flashed by quickly, and she asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"I just want to ask, is there any secret behind the death of the eldest sister? For example, was she killed by someone?"

She spoke boldly and did not shy away from it, hitting hard one after another, and the maids didn't know what expression to use. But Jiang Li looked calm, as if the question was a very ordinary thing.

But Aunt Hu's calm expression was broken.

She said: "Second Miss, be careful with your words, if there is something, this mansion cannot say it."

"That's why Auntie, you have to pretend to be hysterical, pretend not to know what's hidden in it, pretend to be deaf and dumb, so that you can survive. But you are suffering from heart-breaking pain every day, and you can't get out of your daughter's death." She glanced at the room. things on the table.

The young lady of the Jiang family died young and was not allowed to enter the Jiang family's ancestral hall. Aunt Hu put Miss Jiang's memorial tablet in the house and enshrined it every day, and the smell of incense candles remained in the house for many years. There are still some children's toys on the table, such as rattles and so on. It can be seen that Aunt Hu still can't let it go.

After so many years, she should let it go. She is so brooding and can't let it go. She feels sad and can't let go. Is it because her daughter's death has something inside and she is really wronged. She was not reconciled, and had no choice but to live with resentment and hatred in this way.

But dare not forget for a moment.

Jiang Li looked at her, and said with a gentle forehead: "Aunt Hu, if the eldest sister is still alive, she should get married this year. She is older than me, and she should be beautiful."

Aunt Hu closed her eyes slightly, Jiang Li saw her hand on the table, slowly clenched it, then let it go again. She looked at Jiang Li and said, "Second Miss, I don't know anything about myself."

Jiang Li looked at her quietly for a while, and then said: "Really? That's a pity." She stood up, patted her clothes unintentionally, and said, "I thought, if there is something hidden in it, maybe I can still Help me a little bit. It's not that I want to help Aunt Hu, I just feel sorry for the big sister."

Aunt Hu moved her lips, but did not speak. Jiang Li called Tong'er and Bai Xue to go out, and said as she walked, "I have something to do today, so I won't stay here for a long time. Aunt Hu has no charcoal fire here, it's too cold , if my aunt has anything to say to me, you can come to Fangfeiyuan to find me. There is enough charcoal fire in Fangfeiyuan, and it is not cold. I think my aunt should come to Fangfeiyuan more often. After all... once my mother and you, It's also very good."

After saying this, she didn't look back, and walked out the door.

Aunt Hu didn't look at her anymore, she just focused on the tea in her cup. The tea was rough and low-quality tea, and the servant girl carefully stored it, only waiting to drink it when there were guests, but there were no guests in this yard all year round. The tea has been left for a long time, and the room is damp, and the smell has changed.

The servant girl said: "Auntie..."

Aunt Hu sighed softly, and said, "Second Miss has grown up."

The maid did not speak.

"If my daughter is still here..." she murmured, "It's time for her to grow up."

"Auntie, what should I do now?" The servant girl asked in a low voice: "Second Miss came to the door, it is inevitable that Madam will find out."

"The relationship between the second young lady and the madam is inevitable." Aunt Hu calmly lowered her eyes and said, "Now is the time."

After walking out of Aunt Hu's yard, Bai Xue and Tong'er seemed to have recovered.

"Unexpectedly, Aunt Hu looks good, and she doesn't have any hysteria." Tong'er said: "At first, I heard from people in the mansion that Aunt Hu didn't know anyone, but when I saw her today, it was very clear. "

"The servant also finds it strange," Bai Xue interjected, "Aunt Hu and the servant have completely different thoughts."

"What's different?" Jiang Li asked with a smile.

"I can't really tell. I always feel that the Aunt Hu that others are talking about is not the same as this Aunt Hu." Seeing that there was no one around, Bai Xue approached Jiang Li and asked in a low voice: "At first, the girl said that the death of the eldest lady has other secrets. , what do you mean? Missy must have been murdered, right?"

Tong'er also looked at Jiangli nervously.

They have heard about these things in the big family, but the Jiang family has a relatively simple population. This kind of thing, everyone has never thought of it for a while. It's just that when Jiang Li talked to Aunt Hu just now, the meaning revealed in it, in retrospect, is creepy.

"Not sure yet, don't talk nonsense." Jiang Li said: "Don't let other people know about this, let's take a look at the rest."

Bai Xue and Tong'er quickly fell silent.

Jiang Li already had a rough guess in her heart, and since Aunt Hu didn't deny it, then Miss Jiang's death was indeed not an accident. And Aunt Hu's reminder seemed to prove that the reason why she didn't say it was because she was worried about someone.

Leaving aside the fact that the third wife of the Jiang family is a concubine, the second wife of the Jiang family doesn't need to deal with a big family's concubine. Only the big family... Miss Jiang's accident happened after Ji Shuran came in. With Jiang Li's understanding of Ji Shuran now, she is not surprised by anything Ji Shuran does.

But if Ji Shuran is really related to Miss Jiang's death, then Jiang Li will have a new look at Aunt Hu. To be able to bear the blood feud of life and death, but not to be attached to Ji Shu but to live in despair, this is by no means lingering, but waiting for an opportunity. Once given the chance, she would come out for revenge, just like herself.

Now, it's just a matter of asking.

After leaving Jiang Mansion, Jiang Li went to Ye Mansion to visit Xue Huaiyuan as usual. But because she was thinking about Aunt Hu's matter, Jiang Li was also a little absent-minded when she was in Ye's house.

Seeing her like this, Ye Shijie thought that Jiang Li was worried that Princess Yongning would be involved in the case of the Xue family, and that Jiang Li was worried about offending King Cheng, so he said, "King Cheng is busy with his own affairs recently, and His Majesty intends to cut down the burden on King Cheng." King Cheng has no time to take care of the case of the Xue family. You don’t have to worry about it.” After a pause, he continued: “I’m actually worried about Princess Yongning. Yes, there is no need to go to and from the Ye Mansion every day, my third uncle and I will take good care of Master Xue."

Jiang Li recovered and looked at Ye Shijie. Thinking about the first time I met Ye Shijie, the way Ye Shijie treated her with daggers at the sword, but now he is sincerely thinking about her. The fate between people is so wonderful, and thinking about it is also emotional. She smiled and said: "I have nothing to do, anyway, the Jiang family is behind me. But you, you are tied to me. If Yongning and King Cheng want to deal with me, maybe they will blame you. You are in the officialdom It is more difficult to go up, be careful in everything, if you can, temporarily put down your principles. If you are too different from your principles, you can ask my father for help. My father values ​​profit the most. Now you are a member of the household department Uiro. , to his advantage, he will help."

Ye Shijie felt a little weird. When Jiang Li talked about Jiang Yuanbai, it seemed that he was not evaluating his father, but a stranger. But Ye Shijie also knew in his heart that Jiang Li was right. Although Jiang Li is younger than him, in many cases, Jiang Li seems to be more experienced in the world than him.

I really don't know how to develop such a personality.

Ye Shijie didn't say any more, Jiang Li turned around to visit Xue Huaiyuan for a while, talked to Ye Mingyu for a while, and then returned to Jiang's residence.

Even she can't guess what Princess Yongning can do. It's better to be safe in everything. These days, she should not go to other places except the Ye family to avoid any accidents.

After returning to Jiang's mansion, at night, Jiang Li stood in front of the window and blew the whistle with the peony flower again.

This time, Zhao Ke appeared very quickly. Although he tried his best to appear calm, Jiang Li could still see the helplessness in his expression.

"What is Miss Jiang's order?" Zhao Ke asked.

Jiang Li said: "Zhao Ke, you came to Jiang's house seven years ago. At that time, I had already gone to Qingcheng Mountain. Although you were not at Jiang's house before that, I think your master should let you know what happened to Jiang's house before. checked."

Zhao Ke was a little puzzled: "This subordinate doesn't understand."

"I think, maybe you know some secrets in Jiang's mansion, things that others don't know, things I didn't know in the past. Since you know it, why don't you share it with me so that I can understand it too?"

She spoke lightly, but Zhao Ke was stunned when he heard it. After a while, his complexion seemed to be a little pale, almost a little indescribable to Jiang Li. He said: "Subordinates...subordinates are not people who pry into other people's secrets."

He is not one of those gossiping women who like to gossip in the streets and alleys. He likes to inquire about family gossip on weekdays. Jiang Li's words clearly used him as a servant girl, and she said it so righteously!

"Of course you don't need to pay attention to small things," Jiang Li said, "but you always know the big things that matter to human life. Among other things, Miss Jiang's family, my father's first eldest daughter, played in the garden many years ago. Time fell from the rockery and died. But today I heard some rumors that Miss Jiang's death was not entirely an accident. Zhao Ke, do you know any hidden secrets among them?"

...

In the Duke's Mansion, the study room is still brightly lit.

The guard Wenji stood in the study room, lowered his head and said to him humanely, "Second Miss Jiang blew the whistle again tonight."

The young man in red was sitting in front of the desk, his robe was softly spread on the floor, and in winter, the floor was also covered with thick carpets. The Chinese clothes are on top, and the carpet lining them seems to have a jewel-like bright luster.

"Oh?" Ji Heng asked, "Why?"

"Inquire about the reason why Miss Jiang died many years ago."

"Pfft", Lu Ji, who was drinking tea, almost spit out a sip of tea, he said, "Second Miss Jiang actually asked Zhao Ke about such a thing?"

That is Zhao Ke, Zhao Ke, who is one of the best in the Duke's mansion, is actually regarded as a spy who inquires about secret gossip, so he is used at will?

Ji Heng blew the whistle when he said something important, but Jiang Li blew the whistle too often, so it's not a big deal, right?

"She's quite rude," Ji Heng laughed, without any anger, and said, "I really don't treat myself as an outsider."