Chapter 388 - 133: Night Exploration
Maternal Aunt Hu sat for a while longer before she left.
When she left, Jiang Li had Tonger send some charcoal to Maternal Aunt Hu’s courtyard, otherwise, they might freeze to death before Jiang Li could expose Ji Shuran’s true colors.
Maternal Aunt Hu expressed that no matter what Jiang Li asked her to do, as long as it could avenge the Jiang Family’s Second Miss, she was willing to do anything.
After Maternal Aunt Hu left, Tonger closed the doors of the room and made sure there was no one else inside before saying, "Miss, although the words of Maternal Aunt Hu might not be entirely true, this matter is of great importance. You must investigate thoroughly."
"Indeed," Bai Xue also said, "If what Maternal Aunt Hu said is true, then Lady Ji is now bearing the accusation of murder. Having caused someone’s death before marrying into the family, if taken to Jingzhao Prefecture, even relatives of officials must pay with their lives."
Jiang Li waved her hand dismissively and said, "The words of Maternal Aunt Hu are but one side of the story. Before the truth of this matter comes to light, it must not be disclosed."
Tonger and Bai Xue, recognizing the gravity of the situation, immediately promised not to breathe a word of it to anyone else.
Jiang Li’s gaze grew deeper.
Initially, she had merely suspected that the death of the Jiang Family’s Second Miss wasn’t accidental. With bolder speculation, she thought the miscarriage incident of Ji Shuran might not be as simple as it seemed on the surface, and there might be more to it. But from the words of Maternal Aunt Hu, she learned of another astonishing fact: Ye Zhenzhen’s death was also not unrelated to Ji Shuran.
Although Jiang Li dismissed the matter as mere hearsay from Maternal Aunt Hu, her intuition told her that, perhaps, Maternal Aunt Hu’s words indeed held truth. However, what Jiang Li couldn’t understand was why Lady Ji, before her marriage and while Ye Zhenzhen was still alive, would be plotting to become Jiang Yuanbai’s second wife and even go as far as causing Ye Zhenzhen’s death.