Marriage of the Di Daughter

Chapter 2 Part 1: Jiang Li

The wind blew through the window and slammed it open, making a loud noise. A servant girl reached out to close the window. Inside the room, a greenish cow statue made of copper was filled with a huge ice block, which was contained in its belly.

In summer, days were always hot in Yanjing. Ice blocks could only be obtained from cellars located hundreds of li away. A small block of ice already cost twelve silver taels , not to mention this kind of huge compact block of ice. Moreover, there were four of these green copper cow statues, one in each corner of the room.

The inside of the room gave out a cool and refreshing feeling. A beautiful lady was sitting before a small table while supporting her chin, lazily looking through the account book in front of her. Beside her was a 13-14 years-old dainty young girl, who was eating frozen fruit yoghurt sprinkled with rock sugar on top. At the same time, she was flipping through a small mountain of invitations with the other hand. Two servant girls quietly stood behind, gently fanning her.

"Such a downpour ...," the dainty girl was lost in thought while watching the rain outside of the window.

The beautiful woman glanced at her and said, "Don't eat so much, later in the evening when your father comes back, you won't be able to eat anymore." She then ordered the servant girl on her right, "Ruyi, take the fruit yoghurt away. Also, this cup of tea has cooled down, bring me some warm fragrant tea."

Although the girl was somewhat unhappy, she couldn't retort. Ruyi set the fan down and took the yoghurt away. As she was about to leave the room, a mama entered from outside, wearing plain cotton clothes. Although seeing Ruyi, she didn't greet her as she hurried straight towards the madam. It was evident that there was a pressing matter to report.

After pausing for a moment Ruyi left the room, carrying the frozen fruit yoghurt and cold tea. The sound of conversation could be faintly heard behind her.

".... it said, it's not a light illness... after learning of third miss's marriage from Head Nun Jing An, she was really unruly and caused a ruckus."

"Her health is definitely not good, sick to the point where she can't even get out of bed..."

"The doctor said, she wouldn't be able to endure past this summer. Why don't we inform the master...?"

In a moment, the room became silent. The madam's mild voice started: "The master is recently busy handling official business. He doesn't need to be disturbed with these trivial matters. As soon as he has a bit of free time, I will personally tell him."

Immediately after, a young girl's tender and charming voice sounded: "Who cares about her, she herself didn't take a proper look at her own identity. Trying to obtain what's beyond her standing, how dare she?

"Don't mention this," the madam switched the topic, "I heard the top scorer's wife died of illness a few days ago, tomorrow we have to go and offer our condolences." Her voice was filled with sympathy, "Her age was still young, how could she suddenly die of illness? Truly a pitiful person ah."

Truly a pitiful person ah! Ruyi's heart felt the same as she advanced without stopping towards the kitchen while carrying the silver tray.

The madam inside the room was the current Chief Assistant Jiang Yuanbai's second wife, Ji Shuran. The young girl was the Chief Assistant's official daughter, Ji Shuran's biological daughter. Jiang family's third young miss, Jiang Youyao.

Regarding who they were talking about, the one who "wouldn't be able to endure past this summer" should be the Jiang family's second young miss, Jiang Lî.