Marriage of the Di Daughter
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Chapter 142.4: Part 4: Spread
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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 142 Part 4: Spread
In an instant, the facts became confusing and Jiang Li could not understand. She’s in the Jiang residence, and it’s difficult to find out about things in the palace. Jiang Li’s hand couldn’t help touching the whistle tucked in her sleeve. There’s actually a shortcut in front of her… but, would Ji Heng let Zhao Ke tell her?
After all, it wasn’t a trifle matter.
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As Jiang Li was thinking about Li-pin, Li-pin in the palace also was not calm in the past few days.
Ji Shuran died suddenly.
The last time Li-pin saw Ji Shuran, they were still discussing how to use Taoist priest Chong Xu to deal with Jiang Li. After that day, there had been no further news from Ji Shuran. Not only that, she had even lost news of Taoist priest Chong Xu. Li-pin felt somewhat restless, but the people she dispatched outside bore no result. The Jiang family’s guards were like an iron bucket, not a single news was transmitted.
After waiting for two days, she heard the news of Ji Shuran’s death due to sudden illness. Li-pin was alarmed, suspecting that something had occurred in the middle and wrote a letter to the Ji family. However, the reply letter from Ji Yan Lin did not disclose anything and he forbade Li-pin from going to the Jiang residence to offer condolences. Li-pin was sure that something must have happened, but what made her feel strange was the Ji family’s attitude. She heard that the Ji family also did not participate to offer condolences to the Jiang family which made Li-pin feel even more disturbed.
Because she had something on her mind, Li-pin claimed illness these few days and rarely came out from the side chamber, saying that her body was still unwell. Li-pin’s servant girl, Hong Zhu, entered from outside and trotted to Li-pin. She said, “Imperial concubine, something happened outside.”
“What happened?” Li-pin sat up.
“They are saying there’s an inside story to Madam Jiang’s death.” Hong Zhu narrated the news about Ji Shuran she heard from outside in full detail. After she was done, she said, “Now this matter is being discussed everywhere in the city, afraid….. Afraid His Majesty is also aware.”
When she first learned this piece of news, Li-pin was in a trance for a short while. It took her quite a while before she retrieved her train of thoughts.
On that certain matter of Ji Shuran, how could Li-pin not know. Every few days, when Chen Ji-shi came into the palace to sit, she always told her things. As far as Ji Shuran, this younger sister, Li-pin never put her in her eyes back then as Ji Shuran was not as powerful as Chen Ji-shi. However, with Ye Zhen Zhen and Liu Wen Cai’s matters made Li-pin sit up and take notice of her.Finally, there’s still a bit of ruthlessness in her bones.
It’s just when it implicated her, this appreciation turned into disgust.
“How did it spread out!” Li-pin said furiously.
Ji Shuran met with mishap and the reputation of the entire womenfolk of the Ji family would also suffer, including her. When they saw her, they would say, look, she’s Ji Shuran’s older sister, the same blood flows in her. In the future, would she also be as vicious as her, a fickle woman. Living in the palace, she had to constantly fight openly and maneuver covertly, afraid there would be many who borrowed this incident to pull her down
Hold on, how did Ji Shuran die? Was she put to death by Jiang Yuan Bai because her scandal was exposed? How did the scandal get exposed? Calculating the time, it’s not long after Taoist priest Chong Xu performed the exorcism?
Don’t tell her the fact that Taoist priest Chong Xu is a swindler was also discovered? Li-pin twisted her handkerchief, if this was discovered, the person to fall would be her! His Majesty will not let someone who has deceived him live!
As she was thinking, the palace maid outside reported that the emperor was coming.
Li-pin hurriedly went down from the couch and got up to welcome the emperor.
She lowered her head, the corner of her eyes caught sight of the corner of the emperor’s bright yellow dragon robe before it stopped in front of her. In the past, Li-pin’s courage was huge, unlike the other imperial concubines in the palace who were reverent and respectful towards the emperor. She could tease the emperor, thus she was not too afraid of the dragon robe. And this lack of fear made her most special in Emperor Hong Xiao’s eyes.
However, today, the bright yellow color was like a sign of death. This was also the first time she had a fear of imperial power. She was humble and weak. When she lowered her head, she only felt that outside, it took so long for the time to move. She did not know what kind of fate was waiting for her.
Time passed so so slowly.
When Li-pin’s forehead started to exude cold sweat, a familiar voice rang out, “Dispense with courtesy.” A pair of hands supported her up.
Emperor Hong Xiao smiled as he looked at her, handsome and with indulgence. Li-pin’s heart gradually relaxed. Based on Emperor Hong Xiao’s attitude towards her, he didn’t seem to be affected by the rumors outside.
He also shouldn’t have known about Taoist priest Chong Xu.
Emperor Hong Xiao reached out to tuck the scattered hair in front of her behind, touching her cold sweaty forehead in passing. He frowned, “Li-pin, why are you sweating so much? It’s such a cold day.”
Li-pin was all smiles as she said, “Maybe because the body is still weak and not well yet.”
Emperor Hong Xiao nodded and instructed a servant to let the imperial physician come over and take Li-pin’s pulse. Seeing how Emperor Hong Xiao behaved exactly like before, Li-pin felt completely assured.
In fact, as long as Emperor Hong Xiao did not know about Taoist priest Chong Xu, just Ji Shuran’s matter would not be enough to shake her position. Li-pin could use another method to show that she completely did not know about this. She could even use a bitter meat1 trick.
As long as she could totally separate herself from this matter and turn herself into someone who had been deceived, that would be fine.
Thank goodness. As if she had walked on the road of life and death, Li-pin showed a sincere smile and she leaned her head lightly on the monarch’s shoulder.
Emperor Hong Xiao patted her hand, appeasing her, but the look in his eyes was extremely cold.
Footnotes:
1: the trick of injuring oneself to gain the other people’s confidence.
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