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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 134 Part 1: Exorcism
This night, Jiang Li slept unsteadily.
Ji Heng’s words echoed in her ears like a curse. Since she became Jiang second miss, since she once again entered the Jiang family, she thought aside from the Jiang family having light relationships and having the characteristic of an official’s residence of stepping on those lower and praising those higher, there was nothing else. Now she saw that the dirty affairs in a n.o.ble family were more terrifying to listen to compared to ordinary families. Jiang second miss’s experience was even more complicated than what she had envisioned.
Moreover, the environment she was staying in now was even more dangerous. Supposed Jiang second miss really knew about Ji Shuran’s scandal, perhaps Ji Shuran thought Jiang second miss probably knew, then there’s a rational reason for Ji Shuran’s relentless pursuit and setback towards her over the years. Ji Shuran wanted to be at ease, cut the weeds and eliminate the roots.
This was a war, where I would live when you die. It was not just for Jiang Li alone, there’s Ye Zhen Zhen’s death and the real Jiang second miss whose soul had gone to an unknown place. In addition, there was also the dubious death of Jiang Yue’er.
The news brought by Ji Heng made her suddenly think of another way. With regard to Ji Shuran’s plan to lend someone’s knife to kill, perhaps she could take advantage of the situation to her benefit. As for who would laugh last, just wait and see whose trick was more powerful.
Due to pondering about things during the night and it was already very late when she finally fell asleep, the next day, Jiang Li woke up a bit later. Tong’er and Bai Xue knew that it was seldom that she slept until late and did not call her.
After Jiang Li had breakfast, Tong’er came over and said, “Miss, today Ji-shi went to the palace again.”
“Oh?” Jiang Li put away the papers on the table that were blown all over by the wind and said, “She is so diligent in going to the palace.”
“Heard that Concubine Li-pin was unwell, maybe she is sick. Ji-shi hurriedly entered the palace early in the morning and said that she was going to see her sister.” Tong’er said, then spoke with a rather disdainful look: “Who doesn’t know that she has a Li-pin as a sister, but I haven’t seen them having such a good relationship on weekdays, really making such a big deal.”
“You ah,” Jiang Li turned her body sideways and tapped Tong’er’s forehead, “really getting more and more outspoken. These words can only be said in front of me and cannot let others hear.”
“This servant knows, this slave has propriety.” Tong’er asked, “Ji-shi also brought Jiang You Yao to enter the palace, but did not inform miss. Isn’t it disgracing Miss’s face?”
“How can this be called disgracing my face, after all, we are not the same family and have no blood relations,” Jiang Li said without paying any heed, “If she really asked me to go as well, that would be making people disgusted.”
Tong’er nodded, “It makes sense, then we will not pay attention to them.” She happily helped Bai Xue to gather the morning dew.
Jiang Li stood in front of the table, her hand made circles on the papers that were put together just now, yet her sights were set outside. Ji-shi entered the palace first thing in the morning today, it was absolutely not random. On the surface, it was to see Li-pin as Li-pin fell ill. It seemed that the other side’s momentum was like a torrential rush, simply not giving her the chance to take a breather and deal with her immediately and without restrain.
However, if said that she was afraid, she was not Jiang Li. She wanted to see what reason Ji-shi and Li-pin were going to use to properly invite the Taoist master Chong Xu who was famous in Northern Yan to go to the Jiang residence. She guaranteed to give the other party an unforgettable-for-a-lifetime meeting gift.
“Tong’er, take the hand stove. Let’s go to Aunt Hu’s courtyard to sit.” She smiled slightly.
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In the palace, in the side hall, there was only the smell of medicine, carrying a bitter astringent taste.
On the sofa, a woman was leaning on a pillow, half sitting and half laying down. Her hair was not tied into a bun, the length of it scattered behind her head. Her complexion was pale against her garments and her lips had no color.
She seemed to have wasted away, becoming wan and sallow overnight. She felt there was no strength in her entire body as she was plagued by nightmares at night, woke up several times and almost did not sleep. Finally she just sat until dawn broke.
After Emperor Hong Xiao got the news, he rushed to see Li-pin after court. What he saw was the always full of smiles Li-pin looked like someone with a serious illness today, she did not even have the strength to get down from the bed. The imperial physicians had all come over and verified that there was no problem with Li-pin’s health, nor did she contract any disease. As for how the present situation came about, they were not clear on the cause.
At first, the palace maids suspected Li-pin to be poisoned, but after thorough examination of the entire palace up and down, Li-pin’s food and clothing were normal. However, Li-pin’s sudden illness was very aggressive, it even alarmed the Empress Dowager. She came personally for a visit, but Li-pin’s changes astonished people as she rapidly became weaker, soon about to die.
The Ji family hurried over when they got the news. Chen Ji–shi pulled Li-pin’s hand and said, “What is actually happening? For no cause and reason, why did something like this suddenly occurred?”
“Yes, I came to see the imperial concubine the day before yesterday and she was fine. In such a short period of time, why does she become like this?” Ji Shuran also wiped her tears away with a handkerchief.
At this time, Li-pin’s personal maid, Hong Zhu, knelt in front of Emperor Hong Xiao. She said, “This servant has something to say, dare to tell Your Majesty.”
Emperor Hong Xiao said, “You speak.”
“A few years ago, the imperial concubine also met with this kind of thing. At that time, the imperial concubine was on the brink of crisis, it was….. Taoist priest Chong Xu who found the cause and enabled the imperial concubine to avoid the calamity. Now, without any reason, the imperial concubine met with this misfortune again and no solution could be found. This servant see that there’s a resemblance to the matter in that year and thought of requesting earnestly to Your Majesty to please invite Taoist Master Chong Xu to the palace to take a look at the imperial concubine. Whether or not there is an evil spirit causing the imperial concubine to have nightmares in the palace!”
After saying this, Hong Zhu immediately kowtowed several times to Emperor Hong Xiao. Lu Wu at the side saw this and knelt down as well.
Many years ago, Li-pin was hated and envied by another imperial concubine. It’s not known where that imperial concubine found out Li-pin’s eight characters and used a loathsome technique to make Li-pin wither day by day until she nearly died. By lucky coincidence, for the Empress Dowager’s birthday, the Taoist priest Chong Xu was invited to the palace and saw something wrong. He found the place where the puppet was placed. The Empress Dowager was furious, someone actually dared to do this inside the palace. That imperial concubine was granted a poisonous cup of wine while outside, it was said that she died of an illness. Li-pin got her life back and gradually got better.
Now, Hong Zhu suddenly brought up the matter of that year.
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