Marriage of the Di Daughter

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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 141 Part 1: Conclusion

Jiang Li walked inside.

Ji Shuran looked at her in a daze. Since two days ago, aside from the unpleasant abusive matrons, she wasn’t able to see any other person. No need to talk about Jiang Yuan Bai and old madam Jiang, she couldn’t even see Jiang You Yao and Jiang Bing Ji. Her personal servant girl was probably also locked up. Ji Shuran could not find out the situation outside, she had been thinking of many things, thinking of finding a way out by herself, also thinking of Jiang Li’s circumstances.

How Jiang Li looked at that time clearly indicated that she had been possessed by a ghost. Although she brought this plight upon herself, Ji Shuran still calculated, if Jiang Li continued to be possessed by ghosts, perhaps she would be killed by those ghosts. Jiang Li appearing now made Ji Shuran momentarily think that the one she was seeing was not a living person.

However, when she saw Jiang Li softly instruct the servant girl by her side, she accepted the fact with disappointment. Jiang Li did not die, on the contrary, looking at her current appearance, she was not affected at all.

Jiang Li entered the room alone, the servant girls stayed outside and the doors were closed. Jiang Li did not light any lamp, therefore, aside from the flame from the candle inside the room, there was only the light coming from the portable light lantern Jiang Li carried.

Ji Shuran felt even colder, but a sneer emerged on her face, “What are you doing here?”

“I’m here to see you.” Jiang Li sat on the chair in front of the table and carelessly put the lantern on the ground. She looked at Ji Shuran, looking gentle and serene, but the words she spoke made Ji Shuran agitated. She said, “In any case, you have been in the Jiang residence for many years, before leaving, I should come to see you.”

“Leaving?” Ji Shuran frowned, “who’s leaving?”

Jiang Li looked quietly at her for a while before speaking, “After doing so many things, Madam will not think that you can retreat safely, right?”

A chill ran through Ji-shi’s body, the clothes on her only gave a bit of warmth. She said, “Jiang Li, no need to threaten me! I took the wrong step this time and fell into your trap!”

“Madam is still the same as on that day ten years ago, making other people bear false accusations. Isn’t it Madam’s retribution ending up like this? You did not fall into my trap, you just came to the door of the person you wanted to harm.”

These words captured the panic in Ji Shuran’s heart these days. But the more panicked she was, the more she wanted to deny Jiang Li’s statement, as if by doing so would give her courage. She said, “Ridiculous, there is no retribution in the world. If there’s really retribution, why did it wait until now and didn’t come earlier? Making ghosts came to find me, would I be afraid? It’s nothing but a superfluous act!” She said coldly, “My position is firm in the Jiang residence, and I have given birth to a pair of children. My older sister is His Majesty’s pampered concubine, even if it has finally reached this point, it’s not as if there is totally no chance to live. For the sake of my father’s face, will the Jiang family do anything to me?”

She looked at Jiang Li provocatively, “Ye Zhen Zhen is dead, Jiang Yue is also dead! They are all dead, while my son and daughter have a bright future. So what if there’s retribution in this world? Retribution comes too late, I will still win!”

After saying this, she laughed almost maniacally.

Jiang Li merely looked at her. She was originally not born in a noble family. In the Xue family, there was no need to fight and scheme against each other. As a result, when she learned of Ji Shuran’s crimes, besides astonishment, there was only incomprehension. Now, it seemed she could understand a little bit.

The Ji family raised a selfish and malicious woman. Her nature was absolutely evil, which had nothing to do with her environment. Even if Ji Shuran was born in an ordinary family, for her own benefit, she would not hesitate to turn others into her stepping stones.

The two faces of good and evil in human nature, on Ji Shuran’s body, Jiang Li only saw evil.

She smiled faintly.

Under the dim light, the girl’s white dress made her face purer and colder. A warm smiling expression always hung on her face, but when her face turned cold, she seemed to change into a different person.

Jiang Li said, “Really? Do you really think that Jiang You Yao and Jiang Bing Ji will have a good life in the future? Or…. you think Li-pin will come out unscathed? Forgive me for speaking bluntly, Li-pin is now powerless to defend herself. You made Li-pin assist you, which made Li-pin land in trouble. It’s not enough for the Ji family to complain about you, why would they exert effort to protect your safety? You are a member of the Ji family, you wouldn’t not understand what the Ji family would do, right? Or do you actually know, but insist on deceiving yourself?”

Ji Shuran’s expression changed and she said, “You are lying!”

“Taoist priest Chong Xu is a swindler,” Jiang Li smiled, “carrying the debt of two lives on his body, a fugitive fleeing from his hometown. Supposed he didn’t come to the Jiang residence to perform, no one would have discovered him. However, now that he was exposed, how would Li-pin in the palace explain? After all, many years ago, the concubine His Majesty doted on perished under the guidance of this Taoist priest. Li-pin has no more rival fighting for favor then, and thus able to reach the current status.”

“Say, if His Majesty was aware that he was deceived, and the concubine he loved at that time was wrongly accused and harmed, with the Taoist priest being swindler, would he think that this was something specially set up by Li-pin to eliminate her rival? Would he feel regret? A monarch would not admit their own mistake, he would only double the responsibility of punishing the wrong person on other people.”

Ji Shuran listened distractedly and said, “How do you know?”

The matter of Li-pin setting up that noble person many years ago was not known to many. Ji Shuran knew because Li-pin was born from the same mother as her. Even Jiang You Yao did not know about this, much less Jiang Li who was not close to her at all. Moreover, these kinds of palace secrets were not so easy to inquire. But Jiang Li knew, and based on her appearance, she knew quite a lot, as if it was a matter of course.

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