Part 1 - The Double / Marriage of the Di Daughter

☆ Chapter 139 Meeting

Early in the morning of the second day, before Jiang Li had time to go to Wanfeng Hall to pay respects to Old Madam Jiang, Fangfei Garden welcomed an unexpected guest.

Jiang Yuanbai came.

Qingfeng and Mingyue were sweeping the yard. When they saw Jiang Yuanbai, they were shocked. Just as they were about to report, Jiang Yuanbai stopped them. Jiang Li got up a little later, so he didn't bother her. He just sat at the stone table in the yard outside Fangfei Garden, staring at the branches covered with frost and snow.

After Jiang Li got up and washed, she saw Jiang Yuanbai sitting alone.

Tong'er and Bai Xue saluted first. Jiang Yuanbai looked at Jiang Li, and the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he wanted to smile, but he didn't know how to smile naturally, and said: "Little Li."

Jiang Li nodded: "Father."

Her attitude was polite and distant. She didn't treat her father like a father, but as if she treated an adult from another family. A trace of disappointment flashed in Jiang Yuanbai's eyes, and then he laughed at himself.

At this point, he couldn't ask too much of Jiang Li. When Jiang Li was framed by Ji Shuran and sent to Qingcheng Mountain, he, as a father, didn't realize the truth, helped the tyrant, and pushed his daughter away from him. Now he wants to make up for it, but it's useless.

Jiang Li has grown up, and her strangeness is entirely caused by him. Jiang Yuanbai didn't even have the qualifications to doubt.

But he still wanted to do something. He said, "You haven't eaten yet, let's go together?"

Jiang Li glanced at him, and Jiang Yuanbai's eyes actually revealed a hint of nervous hope. Jiang Li's heart softened a little, and she said, "Okay."

Jiang Yuanbai was overjoyed.

The maids serving around looked at the scene in front of them, all incredible. Jiang Li was once a young lady abandoned by the Jiang family. She had been ignored for many years, but now Jiang Yuanbai valued her so much.

Jiang Li felt that it was just karma. In the end, fate would secretly mark the price for what she had done. Now it was time for Jiang Yuanbai to pay back his debt.

While eating, Jiang Yuanbai looked at Jiang Li's preferences. Jiang Li was indeed different from before. Her eating and lodging habits were completely different from Jiang Li when she was a child. 

Jiang Yuanbai thought of what Jiang Li said in front of Taoist Chongxu, and how she spent eight years in Qingcheng Mountain, and he felt that this sumptuous dish was hard for her to swallow.

"What happened the day before yesterday..." Jiang Yuanbai said, "You..."

"After the Taoist priest exorcised the evil spirit, I lost consciousness. I heard someone talking in a daze, but I didn't know anything. When I woke up, Bai Xue told me what happened afterwards." 

Jiang Li's voice was still calm and gentle, "I was surprised. It turned out that what Taoist Chongxu said was true. I was really haunted by evil spirits."

"What Taoist priest?" Jiang Yuanbai sneered, "He is just a liar who pretends to be a ghost. Once something goes wrong, he will be scared and exposed!"

Jiang Li looked at Jiang Yuanbai in surprise: "Liar? Father, this is recognized by His Majesty himself."

"Your Majesty may also be wrong."

Jiang Li hesitated and said, "Will father tell His Majesty about this?"

"Of course." Jiang Yuanbai said, "It is impossible for me to be involved in the crime of deceiving the emperor with a liar."

"But this is also a private matter of the royal family after all. If father participates in it... Aren't you afraid that the emperor will be unhappy?" Jiang Li asked.