The Double

""Miss, if it’s a reward from you, then I will take it." Tonger also advised, "In the future, just remember the kindness of the miss and be loyal to her."

Bai Xue thought about it and probably felt that if she declined again, it would seem like she didn’t recognize a good gesture, so she smiled embarrassedly and said, "This servant thanks the miss on behalf of my brother and sister-in-law for your kindness." Then she thought of something and said, "Right, miss, last time you asked if there was a girl named Hai Tang in this servant’s hometown, my family has been inquiring, and they wrote about it in the letter this time, there is news."

Jiang Li was startled and stood up abruptly, "What did you say?"

Tonger and Bai Xue were frightened by her reaction, not expecting Jiang Li to react so strongly. Bai Xue quickly realized that the news about a girl named Hai Tang must be very important to Jiang Li. Since the letter contained only family matters and there was nothing that couldn’t be shown to others, she handed the letter she was holding to Jiang Li, "It’s all written in the letter, miss, take a look."

Jiang Li couldn’t wait to unfold the letter and read it. Tonger stood by her side and noticed with a keen eye that Jiang Li’s hands were slightly trembling. Tonger wondered to herself, how could Jiang Li be unable to hold a light piece of paper steady?

But Jiang Li could barely contain the excitement in her heart. When she was Xue Fangfei, because she had been calculated by Princess Yongning and confined in the mansion, bearing a bad name, she faintly sensed that this might be a plot. Then her two personal maids were killed by Mother Shen under some pretext, and Jiang Li didn’t even have time to stop it; by the time she arrived, only a corpse was left. The remaining two were "sent" away from the mansion secretly by Jiang Li under the pretense of theft.

When Mother Shen heard the news and hurried back to question her, she refused to speak even in the face of death, saying only that the maids had taken her money and ran away on their own. With no other choice, Mother Shen had to report to the officers, but even after searching the surrounding area, they couldn’t find any trace of the two maids and had to drop the matter.