MARRIAGE OF THE DI DAUGHTER

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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 133 Part 1: Night Scout

Aunt Hu sat for a while before leaving.

As she left, Jiang Li asked Tong’er to send some charcoal blocks to Aunt Hu’s courtyard. Otherwise, she was afraid the two master and servant would first freeze to death before she could uncover Ji Shuran’s face.

Aunt Hu expressed that regardless of what Jiang Li wanted her to do, as long as it could avenge the Jiang family’s eldest miss, she would be willing to do anything.

After Aunt Hu walked out, Tong’er closed the doors. After making sure that there was no one else inside the room, she said, “Miss, although what Aunt Hu said may not be the truth, but….. It’s a big matter. Miss must investigate this carefully.”

“Yes,” Bai Xue also said, “if what Aunt Hu said is the truth, then Ji-shi will be charged with murder. Before she married into the family, she conspired to kill the mistress of the family. Even if she comes from an official’s family, when taken to Jingzhao Yin¹, she still has to pay with her life.”

Jiang Li waved her hands and said, “Aunt Hu’s words are just one side of the story. Don’t tell others about this before there’s a result.”

Tong’er and Bai Xue knew that the matter was important and at once stated that they would not say a word to anyone outside.

Jiang Li’s gaze deepened.

At the beginning, she merely guessed that the death of the eldest lady of the Jiang family was not accidental, and she made a bolder guess that Ji Shuran’s miscarriage was not really as it seemed on the surface. In her view, there was an inside story behind it. But from Aunt Hu’s mouth, she also learned such a surprising thing, that Ye Zhen zhen’s death was inseparable from Ji Shuran.

Although Jiang Li said that this matter was just a one sided statement from Aunt Hu, based on her intuition, Jiang Li felt that what Aunt Hu said was indeed true. However, there was one thing Jiang Li didn’t understand, that was, when Ye Zhen Zhen was still alive, Ji Shuran was not married. How could she be willing to come up with a strategy to marry Jiang Yuan Bai who had been married, and even went as far as to kill Ye Zhen Zhen?

Before this, Jiang Yuan Bai and Ji Shuran had no contact. From the information that Jiang Li heard, Ji Shuran was picked by Jiang Yuan Bai after Ye Zhen Zhen’s death. It was impossible for them to have any affair before this and caused the death of his wife.

If it’s true….. Jiang Li’s heart was cold. Ji Shuran and Jiang Yuan Bai, wouldn’t they be another Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong? Pitiful Ye Zhen Zhen, did she walk the same road as her?

Jiang Li was letting her imagination run wild but no matter what, she could not find any clues. To find out about what actually happened, she had to start from Ji Shuran. But she did not have the manpower to inquire in the Ji family. Besides, the things in that year had passed long ago. It was as difficult as ascending to heaven to find out the few years before Ji Shuran got married.

Because she had something on her mind, for the first time, Jiang Li did not go to the Ye residence and closed herself in her room, thinking hard for one night.

Tong’er and Bai Xue thought that Jiang Li was grieving upon receiving the abrupt information that her mother’s death might be caused by someone’s plot and was unable to control herself, thus shutting herself inside her room. The two people joined together to comfort her. Jiang Li smiled absent-mindedly and just let the two of them not to relax observing the movements of Ji Suran and Jiang You Yao.

When the sky turned dark and night came, Jiang Li chased Tong’er and Bai Xue out like before, and she stayed in the room by herself.

She did not know how the instructions she gave to Zhao Ke went. But Jiang Li thought from today onwards, a fourth thing had to be added, which was to investigate any matters before Ji Shuran got married, including any contacts with Jiang Yuan Bai. If there was any contact, whether or not there were any other entanglements in private.

Investigating her father and stepmother’s past was really a bit disgraceful. But Jiang Li’s heart didn’t have too many scruples. First, she was not really the Jiang’s second miss, and it was really difficult to have a feeling of dependence on Jiang Yuan Bai as her father. Second, there was now a possibility that Jiang Yuan Bai might also be a murderer at. She occupied Jiang second miss’s body, so she had to be responsible for Jiang second miss’s life. She could not do anything else, but at least in this matter, if Jiang second miss was still alive, she would also find a way to find out the real cause of her mother’s death.

Jiang Li clenched the whistle in her hand, hesitated for a moment before blowing the whistle softly as before.

It was extremely quiet in the Jiang residence. It was late at night, and everyone was asleep. There was the sound of wind and snow outside and her yard was very far from the main courtyard. Although it was called Fang Fei Courtyard, there was only the shadow of a single tree at night. Not only were there not the glittering jewels of fragrant flowers, it was instead very desolate. The night seemed lonely and cold, and there was not even the sound of an insect.

Zhao Ke did not come.

Jiang Li frowned and put the whistle in her mouth again, blowing it softly one more time. The sound produced by the whistle was crisp but not loud. Hearing it was like the sound of a bird’s chirping, and it did not draw anyone’s attention at night. She did not know how the people in the ducal residence could differentiate the sound.

Zhao Ke’s figure was still not seen.

Jiang Li was very puzzled. According to reason it shouldn’t. Every day, Zhao Ke would return to the Jiang residence at night. She had blown the whistle twice and Zhao Ke appeared quickly both times. Was he truly dissatisfied because she had ordered him around and asked Ji Heng to be replaced? But at least the person replacing him should have appeared. Or he had a task tonight and was not at the residence?

Jiang Li waited for a while, but there was no movement. Looking outside, the wind and snow were so great, almost captivating people’s eyes. Zhao Ke certainly would not come, after letting out a sigh, she reached her hands out to close the door and turned back.

This turning made Jiang Li almost scream.

Under the swaying light, before the small table, a person had been sitting there since an unknown time. He was using the folding fan in his hand to brush the snowflakes on his robe away. He should have just come in, there was a chill all over his body from the wind and snow. But again, he was wearing a deep red robe, as a result, the cold night seemed to have some color and there seemed to be a sweet atmosphere in the room.

He raised his head, showing a handsome face that could confuse all living beings, his smile was both pure and confusing, his eyes filled with the dim lights of the night, and said, “What is it?”

Jiang Li put the hand covering her mouth down, took one step forward and called, “Duke.”

Ji Heng supported his head with the fan and looked at her while smiling.

“Why are you here?”

“I saw you blowing the whistle twice,” Ji Heng said, “What business are you looking for Zhao Ke for?”

Footnotes:

^{1: name of the title of the official in charge of the capital and the surrounding area, aka governor.}

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