Chapter 44 Part 2 - Instigation
Chapter 44 Part 2: Instigation
As old madam Jiang was speaking, in the backyard, Jiang You Yao threw down a teapot.
Jiang Yu’e looked broken heartedly at the clay teapot. If bought outside, this teapot would cost 100 taels of silvers. But Jiang You Yao just broke it like that without the slightest care.
“Jiang Li!” Why did father agree to send Jiang Li to Ming Yi Hall? What did she actually say to father!” In front of Jiang Yu’e and Jiang Yu Yan, Jiang You Yao had never hidden her anger.
Jiang Yu Yan at once cowered in fear but Jiang Yu’e went along with her and spoke: “It must be Jiang Li saying something to eldest uncle. Jiang Li, this person, is really dishonest. She hasn’t been back for long, yet eldest uncle’s heart soon leaned towards her side. Oh, that’s right,” Jiang Yu’e still wanting to sting Jiang You Yao, continued with another sentence: “I heard grandmother also sent a set of purple wood stationery to Jiang Li. That was exactly the one that third sister wanted but grandmother refused to give. Jiang Li is really not simple, don’t talk about coaxing eldest uncle, she can even get the favor of grandmother.”
Hearing it, Jiang You Yao was stunned and immediately asked to clarify: “Is what you said true? Grandmother really sent a set of purple wood stationery to Jiang Li?”
“Of course it’s true.” Jiang Yu’e shrugged, “All the people in the entire Wan Feng Hall saw it.”
“This slut!” Jiang You Yao was angry. She liked that purple wood stationery very much and had asked for it from old madam Jiang several times but old madam Jiang refused to give it to her. Yet now old madam Jiang gave that set of stationery to Jiang Li. Wasn’t this the same as openly slapping her face and telling others that she couldn’t compare with Jiang Li!
“It won’t do, I’m going to look for my mother,” said Jiang You Yao: “Must not let Jiang Li enter Ming Yi Hall!”
“Third sister,” Jiang Yu’e pulled her: “Now both old madam and eldest uncle have spoken, the matter of Jiang Li attending Ming Yi Hall is final. It’s too late for third sister to speak of this matter now. My thinking is, Jiang Li entering Ming Yi Hall basically doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. She must not have thought, how many noble families’ young ladies are in Ming Yi Hall, which one dares to associate with her. Moreover, her talent and learning is shallow, who knows how much she’ll be made a joke of. At that time, won’t she be reduced to serve as third sister’s prop and be ridiculed by others?”
Jiang You Yao listened and only then slowy calmed down. What Jiang Yu’e said was reasonable and said: “Even so, she always sways before me, making people unable to endure!” Thinking that Jiang Li might go to the Imperial College across from Ming Yi Hall and do something with Zhou Yan Bang, Jiang You Yao felt extremely uncomfortable.
“Third sister, great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience.” Jiang Yu’e said with a smile.
They left after Jiang You Yao calmed down. Jiang Yu Yan then asked Jiang Yu’e: “Fifth sister, why do you want to instigate third sister to deal with second sister?”
Jiang Yu’e sneered: “Who made her overestimate her own ability!”
The third branch’s power was originally weak. After all it’s the branch from a commoner. Jiang Yu Yan and Jiang Yu’e were able to attend Ming Yi Hall to study due to Jiang Yuan Xing fawning over Jiang Yuan Bai all the time, thus he got the chance. Jiang Yu’e was both conceited and had a low self-esteem. Her heart was higher than the sky and she was determined not to be worse than anyone else. Her talent and learning was quite superior, in fact, in the entire Jiang residence, the most outstanding one was Jiang Yu’e.
Without gaining the name of a talented person, Jiang You Yao was the pearl in the palm of the Jiang family. But Jiang Yu’e needed this reputation to decorate her name. This was the only thing Jiang Yu’e was proud of. Rather than competing in talent, holding Jiang Li, this di daughter, under the foot gave Jiang Yu’e a sense of superiority.
However, now Jiang Yuan Bai let Jiang Li attend Ming Yi Hall. If this happened, then all four daughters of the Jiang residence were equal. A person who was formerly worse than her abruptly caught up with her. As a result, the sense of superiority Jiang Yu’e had was gone and Jiang Li was the main culprit who brought about all these.
Restoring her sense of superiority was possible if Jiang Li was more inferior than her. Jiang You Yao and Jiang Li were just like water and fire, just by lightly inciting disharmony, countless contradictions would inevitably occur.
Jiang Yu’e only needed to aggravate the situation from the side.