Part 1 - The Double / Marriage of the Di Daughter

Chapter 009 Private Affairs

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The ladies and gentlemen standing behind Madam Liu were first shocked by Madam Liu's inexplicable words. Miss Jiang Er was an erring young lady who hurt her aunt. Although she looked very pitiful, if she helped openly, she would be standing beside her opposing Ji Shuran. The Deputy Capital Imperial Envoy Ji's family is now a popular person in front of Emperor Hong Xiao, and not everyone can take care of the household affairs of the First Assistant's family, so everyone intends to sit back and watch.

Who would have thought that Second Miss Jiang only greet Madam Liu, and Madam Liu immediately offered to take her back to Yanjing with her, even going so far as to offend the Ji family for a strange young lady whom they had only met a few times.

What was even more unexpected was that Miss Jiang refused.

Everyone was extremely surprised by Jiang Li's answer, and Tong'er was also secretly anxious. Madam Liu looked at her inquiringly and asked, "Miss Jiang, why is this happening?"

Jiang Li smiled and said: "My father sent me to the family temple so that I can cultivate myself. Although I have to endure hardships, I can bring peace and health to my family. If I give up halfway, I will be blaspheming against the Bodhisattva. Besides, my father has not yet sent anyone to the temple. If you take me back, how can I make my own decisions?"

In her words, she did not mention at all that she had been punished for her mistake in hurting her aunt, but she only said that she was sent to cultivate her character and seek blessings for her family. In the ears of others, they just think that Miss Jiang Er is avoiding the important and taking the easy. But in the ears of Madam Liu, it has a deeper meaning.

Madam Liu has been friends with Ye Zhenzhen for many years. She knows that Ye Zhenzhen is an honest and kind-hearted person, so she naturally does not believe that Ye Zhenzhen's daughter is such a vicious person. It's just that when Jiang Li's accident happened, Madam Liu and the Jiang family had not had contact with each other for many years, and Jiang Li pushed Ji Shuran to have a miscarriage in front of many ladies. The evidence is conclusive. Although Madam Liu didn't believe it, she had nothing to do.

Now seeing her old friend's daughter being bullied here and being so gentle and kind, Madam Liu's heart suddenly became full of doubts. Jiang Li didn't mention that she made a mistake, maybe she was not wrong in the first place, and hurting her stepmother was just a pretext. It was just an excuse for someone who wanted to send her out and torture her at will.

Listen Jiang Li said the last words, everything must be obeyed by Jiang Yuanbai, but Jiang Yuanbai probably never thought of this daughter!

Madam Liu was furious. Jiang Li looked up at her and said with some confusion: "Speaking of which, I still don't know why madam appears here? And these..." She looked at the people behind Madam Liu and asked: "Could they also come here to offer incense? Not many people come here to offer incense usually. They go to Helin Temple next to it. Besides, it is too late now. Madams, you are not here to offer incense."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present had different expressions. Madam Liu suddenly thought of something. After thinking for a while, she suddenly said to Jiang Li: "This temple is not a good family temple. Since your father sent you here, you should find a serious family temple. That's all. Since you don't want to leave with me, I will leave for Yanjing tomorrow, but I think your father will take you back soon."

The implication in the words is quite obvious.

Jiang Li seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand. She just smiled and said, "Thank you madam."

Madam Liu added: "It's just that you don't have to be so pious. Kneeling in the Buddhist hall in the middle of the night, justice is at home in the heart, and if you are pious, the Buddha will naturally see it. Yuxiang," she said to the maid next to her: "These days, you just stay here and take good care of Miss Jiang. There is only one girl beside Miss Jiang, so she may not be able to take good care of her." Then she looked at Jiang Li and said, "You don't have to refuse, Miss Jiang. Your mother and I are old friends. She is my personal maid, and she has some martial arts skills. I feel more at ease when she is by your side. After you return to Yanjing, let Yuxiang come back to me."

Even the personal maid was given to Jiang Li, which shows how much Madam Liu values Jiang Li. It also shows that maybe it won't be long before Jiang Li can return to the Jiang family in Yanjing and be her young lady.

Jiang Li thanked Madam Liu, and Madam Liu took a rest at the nunnery with all the ladies. As expected, Yuxiang followed Jiang Li. Jiang Li and Tong'er also moved to a comfortable room where other nuns usually lived. And none of those nuns were seen.

While Yuxiang went out to pour water, Tong'er asked Jiang Li in a low voice: "Girl, what's going on? Why are those nuns missing? Why are there so many people here?"

Tong'er can probably guess that this matter is related to Jiang Li, but she doesn't know what Jiang Li did. These days, Jiang Li only asks her to feed the monkeys, but feeding the monkeys can't cause so many things!

"Didn't I ask you to feed the monkeys?" Jiang Li said calmly: "Master Tongming, the presiding officer of Helin Temple, has a disciple under him who is enlightened and has an affair with Master Jing'an in our nunnery. On the 19th of every month in Helin Temple, they had a tryst in the forest. You fed the monkeys on this mountain with cakes for most of the month, and they stayed there every night. Tonight, the monkeys went to wait for you to feed them as usual. When they saw Jing'an and the enlightenment, they regarded them as you, the person who gave the food, so they came forward to ask for it. The two of them were guilty of being thieves, and they were afraid that they would make some noise and disturb the ladies. The ladies here are rich and noble, how could they tolerate the abuse of the Buddhist Pure Land? They must come here to ask for an explanation. Arrest all the nuns in the nunnery.”

Tong'er was shocked and murmured: "How could it be..." She became nervous again, "How did the girl know about such a secret thing?"

"That's what I heard." Jiang Li picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, "I heard the two little nuns gossiping."

Tong'er was still in disbelief: "This is too scary."

Jiang Li smiled, of course she knew. When she was still Xue Fang Fei, Princess Yongning had people give her decoction every day to make her oil burn out. She was kept under house arrest and could not get out. The servants did not shy away from talking to her and treated her as a dead person. She also know, it turns out that the place where Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong had a tryst was a temple not far from Yanjing.

The servant women told another secret: the enlightenment of Helin Temple was actually a voluptuous monk. Many women were raped by him, including the nuns from the nearby nunnery. It was from this realization that Princess Yongning got the idea and met Shen Yurong in the temple.

When she woke up and became Miss Jiang Er, and found out that Helin Temple was not far away, the first thing she thought of was this secret. The first time she saw Master Jing'an, Jiang Li knew that Master Jing'an must have a lover. For a monk who is young and beautiful, if she does not have a husband, why should she use hair cream and make herself look fragrant?

In the end, it is to please someone.

A complete plan emerged in Jiang Li's mind. Of course, this plan was not guaranteed to come true. Maybe those maids were not telling the truth, maybe Master Jing'an's lover was not the enlightened, or maybe they didn't scream out in surprise during their tryst, then all these things are invalid and cannot come true.

By then, Jiang Li would have no choice but to find other ways.

However, her luck will not always be so bad. It is such a coincidence that she succeeded.

Tong'er clasped her hands together: "Thanks to the girl for hearing their gossip, thanks to the girl for thinking of this method. Speaking of which, how else could the girl have met that Madam Liu? Maybe it was the flower demon we saw tonight. ...No, the spirit of the flower fairy will bring evil to those evil people!"

Flower Fairy? The face of the young man on the roof immediately appeared in front of Jiang Li's eyes.

"He is not a flower fairy." Jiang Li smiled.

"He is Duke Su."

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