Marriage of the Di Daughter
Chapter 142.1: Part 1: Spread

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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 142 Part 1: Spread

Ji-shi’s death should have been a major event, but in the Jiang residence, it was not regarded more important as the passing of Aunt Hu. No matter what, within a few days, two people died in succession in the Jiang residence. And with the bloody truth stripped open in front of everyone’s faces, the atmosphere in the Jiang residence was indeed lifeless. These winter days felt colder than in previous years.

Old madam Jiang and Jiang Yuan Bai looked as if they wanted to make up for the previous regret and were amicable towards Jiang Li, regardless of any matter. Several times, the servant girls beside old madam, Zhen Zhu and Fei Cui, came over to send silver and clothes. Jiang Li warmly accepted them one by one, appearing as if there were no estrangements. However, the old madam sighed deeply after knowing Jiang Li’s reaction.

Ji-shi was about to be buried, the news circulated outside was that she had a sudden illness and died overnight. No matter how the people outside pointed their fingers, whether they were suspicious or puzzled, the Ji family members, as the maternal family of Ji-shi, did not say a word. It was clear that they also agreed with this fact.

As a result, although there were people guessing if there was something hidden behind Ji Shuran’s death during idle chats, because there was no evidence, they quickly turned to other topics after saying a few words.

Ji Shuran’s coffin was buried seven days later. In these seven days, only Jiang You Yao kept watch beside Ji Shuran’s coffin. Jiang Bing Ji was too young, and while Jiang Li was Ji Shuran’s daughter in name, Ji Shuran caused the death of her birth mother, why would she keep watch beside the person who harmed her mother? As for the other people in the Jiang family, Ji Shuran carried many lives on her body, and she caused the death of the previous Madam, so who would keep watch beside a murderer? Just show their stance to old madam Jiang.

Jiang You Yao endured the humiliation and guarded Ji Shuran’s coffin alone. In the beginning, when she learned of Ji Shuran’s death, Jiang You Yao couldn’t help wanting to look for old madam Jiang and Jiang Yuan Bai to argue. However, these two people refused to see her. The servant girl beside her, Jin Hua, reminded her that this was the old madam’s intention. Only then did Jiang You Yao realize the truth of the matter, at the same time, a deep fear emerged in her heart.

The Jiang family could kill her mother without hesitation, so they could also kill her without hesitation! Fear prevailed over sadness, she even did not have the mind to cry out grievances for Ji Shuran. In the beginning, she truly wanted to place all her hope on the Ji family. She was waiting for the Ji family to come to the Jiang family and take her away. However, after Ji Shuran’s death, the Ji family simply did not show up.

There weren’t even any condolences.

At that moment, Jiang You Yao truly understood that her mother and her had been abandoned by the Ji family. From here onwards, she could only rely on herself in the Jiang family.

All these were passed to Jiang Li’s ears through Tong’er. Jiang Li was not surprised by Jiang You Yao’s action. Ji Shuran had thought comprehensively for Jiang You Yao, so naturally, Jiang You Yao was raised such that when something happened, she had a habit of depending on others for assistance. This time, afraid the Ji family would let her down. In order to maintain their appearance with the Jiang family, they would be unlikely to tear at each other on the surface, so the Ji family would not do anything that showed they were outraged by the injustice towards Ji Shuran.

Ji Shuran was buried and Jiang You Yao made no movement for the time being, the residence also did not have any incident. Jiang Li continued to go to the Ye mansion every day to watch Situ Jiu Yue giving needles to Xue Huai Yuan. Though his condition remained the same, at least she had something to think about.

However, the peace was shattered on this day.

Jiang Li had just woken up. Tong’er was combing her hair as she planned to stroll to the Ye mansion. Suddenly, Qing Feng ran into the room and said, “Miss, something happened!”

Tong’er’s hand shook, the hairpin in her hand had not yet been fastened on Jiang Li’s hair and the neatly combed hair separated once again, the black hair falling onto her back. Jiang Li did not pay attention and merely looked at Qing Feng to ask, “What’s the matter?”

“The slave went out to buy things and the main street was talking about Ji-shi’s death!”

“Just let them talk about it,” Tong’er said, feeling strange, “haven’t people talked about this since a while ago?”

“No,” Qing Feng’s hurried speech was a bit unclear, “they said that Ji-shi’s death was caused by her affair which also gave birth to a vile spawn. Now the ugly matter has been revealed, our Master has personally acted!”

“What?” Jiang Li frowned and stood up.

“Aren’t these the truth of the matter?” Bai Xue, who was carrying tea, was dumbfounded, “doesn’t the residence prohibit this matter to be spread outside? How did it get out?”

“Regardless of how it got out, it’s a good thing for us.” Tong’er was pleased. “Our young lady was grieved, although Ji-shi is dead, the groundless accusation on our young miss is still there. It’s good now, the whole truth is revealed, everybody will know that her reputation of harming the mother and killing the brother was just a set up. Our young lady’s innocence is returned.”

“Innocent, yes,” Bai Xue shook her head, “but in this way, the people in the residence will think that the young lady is the one spreading this outside.”

Tong’er was stunned, Qing Feng said, “It’s logical!”

“We are wronged!” Tong’er shouted, “We did not speak a single word of this outside!”

Jiang Li contemplated.

Although she really wanted to clear this charge for Jiang second miss, she knew that everything had to consider the overall situation. Family shames must not be spread outside. If this matter was truly spread everywhere, it wasn’t a good thing for Jiang second miss’s reputation and it would hinder Jiang Yuan Bai’s road in officialdom. If Jiang Yuan Bai collapsed, the Jiang family would certainly be seized by people. Thus she had never intended to speak of Ji Shuran’s affair outside.

It wasn’t her, then who talked about this? The servants’ deeds of sales were in the Master’s hands. Although the old madam was of advanced age, for this kind of thing, no matter whether it was to threaten or to lure, she would certainly sort the servants into submission. Moreover, for the servants, the most important thing was to preserve their lives. Who would know if they would lose their lives if they spread this thing outside.

In the end, who is it?

Before she could figure out the answer, she heard Ming Yue’s sudden cry out from outside, “Third Miss, you must not enter.”

Shortly after, Jiang You Yao’s irritated voice came through, “Go away!” She seemed to have pushed Ming Yue.

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