Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 43: The Clouds Are Cleared and the Sun Shines

"Grandma, I wasn't at home the day my mother passed away. Can you tell me in detail how Bai Shi said my mother promised me to her family?"

The old Duke's wife sighed, "That morning your mother was in better spirits, so she asked you to go and talk. After you left the house, Bai came, and I was busy sending someone to look for you. She stayed with your mother for a while, and when she came out she brought your engagement letter, saying that your mother had promised you to Bai Junzhe. When I went to see your mother again, she was already barely breathing and couldn't speak. After a while, she was gone."

"I was anxious to find you while preparing for the funeral. At this time, she sent Bai Junzhe's engagement letter. Since the funeral hadn't been held yet, it was not considered mourning, so Bai Junzhe's engagement letter had to be sent next. That's how you got engaged in a hurry."

"After your mother's funeral, you fell seriously ill. When you recovered, your father and your brother returned from the border, and everyone in the capital knew that you and Bai Junzhe were engaged."

The news spread so quickly, there's no guarantee that the Bai family didn't do anything.

It seems that her mother did not promise her to Bai Junzhe. As for the engagement letter, she most likely stole it while her mother was asleep, and then said that her mother's last words were to marry her to Bai Junzhe.

That doesn't make sense. How did she know that her engagement card was in the drawer? What was she looking for? She probably didn't find it, so she just took the engagement card and made up this lie.

But how did she know that her mother would not wake up and expose her? What did she do to her mother? She must have done something to her mother to cause her mother to pass away so suddenly. When she saw her mother in the morning, although she was not in good spirits, she would not die suddenly. She must have endured for a while.

If her mother was in a very bad condition at that time, how could she leave her and go up the mountain?

Qiao Lili thought that her engagement with Bai Junzhe was clear, but a new mystery arose. First, what was Bai looking for? Second, was her mother's death related to her? To figure it out one by one, she had to unravel the mystery step by step.

Qiao Lili felt it necessary to explain to her grandmother about her engagement with Bai Junzhe. Although her grandmother didn't say anything, she must be blaming her mother in her heart. It's just that she once loved her mother so much that she couldn't bear to blame her.

"Grandma, my birth certificate was in the drawer of my mother's bedroom that day."

"There was also a letter in the drawer."

"My mother asked me to give the letter and the engagement letter to her best friend because she has a son who is two years older than me."

"But I didn't understand what she said. I just took the letter and delivered it. The engagement letter is still in the drawer."

"It should be that Bai stole my engagement letter. Seeing that my mother was dying and there was no one to confront her, she lied that my mother was going to marry into his family." Qiao Lili did not say that Bai was suspected of murdering her mother. Before the truth comes out, it is better not to let her worry too much.

When the old Duke's wife heard this, her body could not help but tremble: "How dare she, how dare she tell such a big lie, and I, I actually believed it, how stupid I am, I always thought that it was your mother's last words, I was blinded by one thing, thinking that no matter how unreasonable it was, I had to obey it..."

"Now that you've said that, the clouds have suddenly cleared up. How could your mother marry you into the Bai family? It's absolutely impossible. She hates what the Bai family did in the past, and she never attends banquets in the capital. How could she let you enter that family?"

When she was imprisoned in a dark cell and tortured in her previous life, she once blamed her mother for choosing such a marriage for her. Little did she know that the truth was a lie from beginning to end.

"Lili, how did you find out the truth?"

"Because my granddaughter went to meet the son of my mother's best friend today. When we were young, we often met each other with our mothers, but we haven't seen each other since our mothers passed away. We met unexpectedly today." Qiao Lili told how her mother and Concubine Yun got to know each other, as well as the matter of Yu Jingyan.

"Lili, you said that Concubine Yun was your mother's good friend, and the Sixth Prince was the marriage your mother chose for you?" The old Duke's wife asked, grabbing Qiao Lili's hand. Everyone in Dayan knew that the emperor only favored Concubine Yun, but he often couldn't favor her. People in Dayan liked to spread rumors that the emperor was disliked by Concubine Yun, but they never said a bad word about Concubine Yun.

Logically speaking, the emperor is the people's heaven. If someone dislikes the emperor, shouldn't he be condemned by the whole country? But no, people just like to watch jokes and listen to gossip. They have no ill intentions and never blame others, because Concubine Yun has done so many things that benefit the country and the people.

Orphanages, nursing homes, clinics for the poor, girls' schools, refugee shelters, wherever there are refugees, there is Concubine Yun's soup kitchen.

The legendary Concubine Yun is beautiful, heroic, and good at martial arts. Just like she is in Qiao Lili's mind, she is a fairy. People think that Concubine Yun is a fairy who comes to save people from suffering. Yunxiao Palace is the residence of fairies, so of course you can't enter casually. Isn't it normal for fairies to give the emperor a few rejections?

Most people have never seen Concubine Yun, but many have seen Yu Jingyan. "Just look at the Sixth Prince and you will know. If he is not a fairy, how can he give birth to such a beautiful child? He looked exactly like the fairy boy when he was a child."

"Yes." Qiao Lili patted her grandmother's hand soothingly. Her grandmother was a little plump, but her hands were very thin, with blue veins exposed, and they were a little cold when held in her hands.

"With such wonderful examples like Concubine Yun and the Sixth Prince, how could your mother possibly fall for the pair of dead-eyed people like Bai and Bai Junzhe? Bai is such a good girl, she has played our Duke Dingguo's Mansion around in circles. Grandmother will never forgive her." The old Duke's wife gnashed her teeth in anger.

"Grandma, don't worry about this matter. Your granddaughter will not let her have an easy time." Qiao Lili didn't want her grandmother to worry about her at such an old age, so she quickly took over the matter.

"Lili, say sorry to your mother for me. I still blame her in my heart."

"I also want to apologize to my mother. I blamed her too."

When Qiao Lili thought about what to say next, she blushed a little and didn't know how to start. Her butt on the bed moved several times unconsciously.

"Lili, do you have anything else to say?" The old lady of the Duke noticed. Her granddaughter was always dignified, but she must have something difficult to say if she was fidgeting like this.

"Yes, that's right. The Sixth Prince said that he will be going on a long journey these few days, for about two or three months. When he comes back, I will come to propose marriage." The more Qiao Lili spoke, the lower her voice became. Although she had lived two lives, she was still a little shy when talking about the person she loved.

Although there is still some time, this needs to be discussed with my father and brothers at the border, and it will take quite a while to exchange letters.

"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver a letter to your father tomorrow."