The Double-Chapter 386 - 132 Truth_4

"Second Miss is a perceptive person," Lady Ji lowered her head and slowly said, "Yueer’s fall from the rockery was indeed not an accident."

"Yueer" was the milk name of Miss Jiang the Eldest; in fact, whether it was Miss Jiang the Eldest’s milk name or her formal name, it seemed that no one in the Jiang Family remembered anymore. She was just a daughter of a concubine; had it not been for Ye Zhenzhen’s compassion, she ought not to have existed in this world. Hence, everyone thought that Yueer’s eventual death was also her destiny, a life not meant to be born, struggling until the end, unable to break free from fate.

But whether it was fate or conspiracy, no one cared to find out, except for her birth mother.

"Please, take your time."

"After I gave birth to Yueer, the Main Wife also had the Second Miss. The Main Wife treated Yueer very well; whatever good things she had, she always shared a portion with Yueer. Even though Yueer was the daughter of a concubine, her treatment wasn’t much different from that of the Second Miss. Back then, I was very grateful to have met such a kind person as the Main Wife, only wishing for Yueer to grow up safe and sound, to marry into an honest family and live a simple life—that would’ve been wonderful."

"But I didn’t expect the Main Wife to leave us so soon, and then Shuran entered our doors." She looked at Jiang Li with a self-deprecating smile, "Though Shuran appeared to be very gentle and generous on the surface, and treated Yueer very well, a woman always has an intuition, there was always a hint of obstruction in her eyes when she looked at Yueer."

"I wanted Yueer to stay away from her, to not get close to her, but an accident still happened."

"They treated Yueer as a playmate for playing with Youyao, but an ordinary person, how would they treat their own playmate like this? That day..."

That day, Miss Jiang the Eldest was playing with Youyao in the mansion. Youyao was just barely two years old, a child that didn’t understand anything. Miss Jiang the Eldest did something, and it ended up affecting Youyao somehow; Shuran became furious and in a fit of anger, kicked Jiang Yueer. Miss Jiang the Eldest was only four years old, and that kick, without any mercy, made Jiang Yueer fall backward, hitting her head on the doorstep, and she died on the spot.

It was only for a moment that Shuran panicked before she immediately made a decision. She had the servants carry Jiang Yueer to the rockery, creating a scene as though Yueer had accidentally fallen from there and thus lost her life.

"They didn’t even think, how could Yueer, only four years old, climb such a rockery?" Maternal Aunt Hu tried to speak calmly about the past, yet her body couldn’t help but tremble slightly. She curled her fingers, grasping randomly, as if to catch hold of her daughter who had already vanished, and said, "My Yueer, she died at the hands of Shuran."

"How did you find out?" Jiang Li asked.

"My maid, her name is Baoqin." She raised her head, indicating the maid standing beside her, and said, "Her twin sister, Si Qi, was with Yueer that day. She was outside and happened to see Shuran instructing others to put on a show and immediately ran back to the courtyard unnoticed, telling me everything." fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

"Where is that maid now?" Jiang Li asked.

"Dead." Maternal Aunt Hu lowered her head, "That day, everyone in the courtyard became scapegoats. Si Qi was accused of not protecting the young miss and was beaten to death. I couldn’t save her."

"Knowing this, why didn’t you tell father?" Jiang Li asked.

"Second Miss, do you think I haven’t told the old master?" Maternal Aunt Hu said with a sneer, "But my words, not a single person believed. They all said I was suffering from hysteria due to the loss of Yueer, slandering and framing Lady Ji, and they even wanted to send me to a temple. If it hadn’t been for the old madam speaking up for me out of concern for our master-servant relationship, I’m afraid that on the way to which temple, I would’ve met with an ’accident’ and died an untimely death."

Jiang Li fell silent, and after a while, she said, "Does no one in the mansion believe what you’re saying?"

"How would they believe it?" Maternal Aunt Hu said, "She is the Ji family’s young lady, now the Main Wife, gentle and generous, virtuous and kind, no one would believe she would lay her hands on a daughter of a concubine who posed no threat to her. Perhaps, some might have sensed something unnatural, but at the time, the Ji family was on the rise. Who would offend this powerful ally of the Ji family for someone who’s already dead? Second Miss, you live in the Jiang Family, you should see more clearly than I the nature of human relations and interests. They also have affection, but even this affection must weigh pros and cons. In front of interests, it’s very fragile."

Her words were with a mix of laughter and tears, but Jiang Li seemed to see through the face of this once beautiful woman, all the pent-up rage and grief.

Maternal Aunt Hu calmed down for a moment before speaking softly, "There’s one person in this mansion who I think would have believed me, and that was the Main Wife. Unfortunately, she’s already gone. This might very well be my retribution."