The Double

Yet when she thought of Maternal Aunt Hu, Jiang Li’s heart still felt somewhat uncomfortable. She sighed, and just at that moment, the door was pushed open, and Tonger walked in from outside.

Seeing Jiang Li sit up and talking with Bai Xue, Tonger almost jumped for joy, darting over to Jiang Li and said, "Miss, you’ve finally woken up, you scared your servant to death... From now on, whatever you plan to do, you must tell us servants, I didn’t sleep all night, worrying that something bad might happen to you..."

Jiang Li smiled and stroked her head: "It’s okay. Besides, I’m someone who has been possessed by a ghost, aren’t you afraid?"

"Not afraid." Tonger answered with conviction, "Even if there were ghosts, it’s the evildoers who harmed them that the ghosts would come to claim. You’re such a good person, Miss. If you are possessed, it’s because the ghosts want to use you to seek justice. What you did is a meritorious deed."

What was originally an ominous event was made to sound like something quite positive by this little girl. Jiang Li couldn’t help but laugh and said only, "How you’ve managed to put such a positive spin on it."

"It’s the truth," Tonger stated: "There’s an old saying that a debt unpaid is not forgotten, only deferred. Hasn’t the time come for Lady Ji to pay her debts? I heard the old madam is intending to severely punish Lady Ji. When the Ji family members came to fetch her, the old madam refused to release her and, in front of the Ji family members, revealed all the disgraceful things Lady Ji had done. The Ji family members were initially indignant, but once the lord said he would thoroughly investigate and even report it to the authorities if necessary, presenting himself as one prepared to put justice before family kinship, they stopped asking to take Lady Ji home and left dejectedly." Tonger patted her chest: "Miss, you missed it because you were asleep, but I saw it with my own eyes, it was really satisfying!"

"How could the Ji family members have the audacity to do such things." Bai Xue said disdainfully, "They’ve caused the death of so many people, and still want to take Lady Ji back home, pretending as if nothing ever happened? Even in our ordinary folk’s homes, such an incident would demand a life in return."

"Exactly." Tonger said: "Do they really think they can’t be touched just because they have someone in the palace?"