Chapter 618 - 181 Visit to the Prison_2
"Think it over again," Jiang Li said, "I’m going to Yaoguang Mansion first, I have something to say to Father."
Ever since the trial by the three divisions of the Ministry of Punishment concluded, Jiang Yuanbai stopped attending court and spent all his days at home with Jiang Youyao. He was filled with extreme guilt, always feeling that if he hadn’t been so cold to Jiang Youyao in the first place, she wouldn’t have left the house in a huff and encountered such a disaster. Now that she had lost her sanity, Jiang Yuanbai often stayed by her side, as if trying to make up for something.
Upon arriving at Yaoguang Mansion, she saw Jiang Yuanbai in the courtyard as expected.
Jiang Yuanbai sat on the edge of the courtyard, staring blankly at Jiang Youyao. Surrounded by her maids, Jiang Youyao sat on a soft stool, gazing vacantly at the sky. The eye from which her eyeball had been gouged was wrapped in thick white cloth, leaving only her other eye visible, its gaze also dull and confused, unaware of the passing days and no longer recognizing anyone.
Jiang Li’s steps halted at the edge of the courtyard, saying, "Father."
Upon hearing her voice, Jiang Yuanbai looked over. After seeing it was Jiang Li, he said, "Ah Li, why are you here?"
"I came to see Third Sister and also to visit Father," said Jiang Li as she approached. Jiang Youyao showed no awareness of Jiang Li’s arrival. Lost in her own world, no one could disturb her, and she no longer displayed her former willfulness and capriciousness.
Jiang Yuanbai heaved a long sigh. The Jiang Family had been smooth-sailing for many years, but within just a short year, everything had fallen apart. Ji Shuran had died, leaving behind two daughters; Jiang Li became a stranger, polite and distant, and Jiang Youyao had gone mad. All of a sudden, he also felt a sense of powerlessness, and even his official career seemed bleak.