The Double

Madam Jiang the Elder did not receive an invitation, in fact, the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion really had no face to send an invitation to the Jiang Family. After all, it was Jiang Youyao who was initially engaged to Zhou Yanbang, had it not been for the disgrace Zhou Yanbang brought upon himself, the lady of the Zhou Family should have been Miss Jiang.

Although Madam Jiang the Elder did not receive an invitation, and had no intention of attending the ceremony, Jiang Yuanbai still secretly sent a few people to blend into the crowd of onlookers. It was probably to look for traces of Jiang Youyao, whose whereabouts were still unknown. If she was still in Yanjing City and a free woman, then Zhou Yanbang’s wedding day, an event Jiang Youyao had always dreamt of, was certainly something she would not miss.

Jiang Yuanbai thought, as long as Jiang Youyao showed up, he would be able to find her.

Upon hearing this news, Jiang Li just smiled faintly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. Even if Jiang Youyao really did go, it would just be humiliating herself.

Tonger was folding clothes and said, "Now that Miss Shen from the Shen family is to marry the Princely Heir of the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, the fifth young lady must be furious. The fifth young lady has always been proud, and now that someone else becomes the wife and she the concubine, she must feel very aggrieved."

"She has long known the difference between wife and concubine," laughed Jiang Li, "But she believes that being a concubine to Zhou Yanbang is still better than being a wife to a commoner, so this was her own choice."

When Jiang Li was setting up the trap for Zhou Yanbang, she had asked Jiang Yue about this. If Jiang Yue had shown the slightest hesitation at that time, today’s situation would not have arisen. But Jiang Yue was determined to enter the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, even if it meant being a concubine to Zhou Yanbang. Women like her, with a fair appearance, ordinary heritage, yet unsettlingly ambitious, striving to climb up the social ladder, were not unfamiliar to Jiang Li.

It was all one’s own karma.

"However, Third Master does look really frightening," Tonger thought for a moment and said, "Today when I went to the kitchen, I saw Third Master in the courtyard. Although Third Master and Old Master the Second weren’t very close to begin with, they were still on amicable terms. Usually, he would at least smile a little, but I don’t know since when, he has become distant. It couldn’t be that he was snubbed by Madam the Third, could it?"

Lady Yang had always been fierce, it was known to everyone in the mansion that each time Jiang Yuanxing was scolded by Lady Yang for being incompetent.

Hearing this, Jiang Li fell into deep thought.