Marriage of the Di Daughter

Chapter 81: Future Prospects

After the hustle and bustle of the palace feast, the Empress Dowager proposed going outside Yu Ming Palace Hall to appreciate the lotus pond.

The palace's pond was created beautiful.

The sultry heat from the last several days was swept away, making people relaxed and full of vitality.

Appreciating flowers after a feast ended was perhaps something that the nobles always liked.

Jiang Li followed the Jiang family members and arrived at the area surrounding the lotus pond with Ji Shuran and Jiang You Yao following her closely. Jiang Li was fully aware that this naturally wasn't for Ji Shuran to show the intimacy between her and this stepdaughter. But she didn't care much about this.

The madams and young ladies sat down conveniently on the promenade and fruit and light refreshments were arranged well on tables. Jiang Li was about to head there when she felt something was suddenly stuffed in her palm. When she turned around, she saw an unfamiliar palace maid brushing past her.

She pinched the thing in her palm tightly, vaguely noticing that it was a slip of paper. She couldn't help glancing at Ji Shuran and Jiang You Yao, thinking that it was the arrangement made by Ji Shuran. However, she saw that Ji Shuran didn't seem to be abnormal, as if she didn't take notice of it in the slightest and for a time, Jiang Li felt puzzled.

When she finally walked into the pavilion in the middle of the lake, Jiang Li deliberately fell behind. Taking the opportunity when Ji Shuran and Jiang You Yao weren't around, she opened her palm and as expected, it was a brief note. Borrowing the faint ray from the lantern light, a line of small characters was visible.

See you at the East gate of the garden behind Yu Xiu Pavilion. The name written was: Zhou Yan Bang.

Jiang Li was stumped. Ji Shuran was already calling her, so she immediately crumpled the note into a ball and was about to throw it into the pond. Recalling something, she once again concealed the note and tucked it in her sleeve.

As she arrived by Ji Shuran's side, Ji Shuran smiled and said: "Li-er walked a bit slow."

Jiang Li put on a proper smile, on the contrary she was furious at the note given by Zhou Yan Bang. Zhou Yan Bang should not be the person Ji Shuran arranged. Since he was someone Jiang You Yao cared about, she absolutely would not let anything, no matter how small, to involve Zhou Yan Bang. This should be Zhou Yan Bang's own idea.

Jiang Li truly didn't expect Zhou Yan Bang to also stick his foot in. She didn't know how this Ningyuan Marquis's heir had so much confidence that she would comply with the note to have a rendezvous. Maybe Zhou Yan Bang believed that Jiang second miss has lingering feelings for him? But Jiang Li carefully thought back, since she returned to Yanjing, she had only met Zhou Yan Bang face to face a handful of times and in all those times, she didn't show even a tiny bit of interest in Zhou Yan Bang.

Generally speaking, passionate people, no matter how cold they were treated, could find proof that the other party admired them.

Jiang Li calculated in her heart, today she and Ye Shijie would not end up as Ji Shuran wishes. But just ending like that seems too cheap for Ji Shuran.

Ever since arriving in the Jiang residence, Jiang Li had looked at each member of the Jiang family as an outsider. She sympathized with the real Jiang second miss, but before her family's vengeance was repaid, she did not wish to be overly involved in the Jiang family's disputes to prevent many mishaps from occurring.

Thus, holding to the idea that "as long as people don't offend me, I will not offend people", when Ji Shuran harmed her and Jiang immediately struck back, she didn't think that it was a big deal. But this time, Ji Shuran had really provoked Jiang Li's anger.