The Double-Chapter 415 - 138: Divine Doctor_3

Jiang Li glanced outside and saw that evening had already arrived. She said, "How long have I slept?"

"A day and a night," Bai Xue said worriedly. "I was so concerned that you were going to sleep on, miss. The master had several doctors come to look at you, and they all said there was nothing wrong. Thankfully, you’ve woken up now, miss. My heart can finally settle."

Bai Xue, who was always honest, saying so much was rare, which showed that she was truly scared. Jiang Li smiled, "I’m fine." She had already hidden a wax pill in her teeth before, containing a drug that could induce sleep. Although she could pretend to faint, she always felt that acting such a play was too tiring, and being a little lazy was more real.

She looked around and asked, "Where’s Tonger?"

"She went to the old madam’s to fetch some things. While you were asleep, the old madam and the master sent over lots of things, fabrics, tonics, and food, and the master also sent a case of silver notes," Bai Xue explained, "I was astonished."

After Ji Shuran’s past crimes were exposed, Madam Jiang the Elder and Jiang Yuanbai must have felt that they owed her in their hearts. These items were no doubt meant to compensate her. Jiang Li thought of this with some regret, for if the real Miss Jiang the Second could see this scene, she would probably be very pleased. Unfortunately, Miss Jiang the Second died without ever clarifying her grievances to the Jiang family members.

Perhaps she had spoken, but no one believed her after all.

The truth came too late, sometimes missing out for a lifetime. Jiang Yuanbai wanted to compensate, but for the rest of his life, he would no longer have the chance. This was the punishment from heaven for him.

Jiang Li was about to ask what else had happened over these days when she suddenly noticed a white flower pinned on Bai Xue’s head. She was startled and touched it, saying, "Why are you wearing this?"

When Bai Xue saw Jiang Li look over, she lowered her head, hesitated, and seemed about to say something but didn’t. Jiang Li’s eyebrows gradually furrowed, and she said, "What happened?"

"Maternal Aunt Hu..." Bai Xue said, "Maternal Aunt Hu is gone."

Jiang Li’s eyes widened. Before she had fainted, Maternal Aunt Hu had been perfectly fine. Now that the truth about what Ji Shuran did to Jiang Yueer all those years ago had come out, how could she be gone?

"Maternal Aunt Hu returned to her yard that night, and the next morning, Baoqin got up and found that Maternal Aunt Hu had hung herself from the beam. Before she left, she left a letter for the master. After reading it, he said nothing, locked himself in his room, and wouldn’t let anyone in," Bai Xue explained, heaving a sigh, "It was so hard to get through this, and we even found the real killer for Miss the Second. Why couldn’t she think it through?"

"She wasn’t confused," Jiang Li said, "She wanted to cut off all of Ji Shuran’s paths of retreat."

Maternal Aunt Hu must have been waiting out of fear. Ever since Jiang Yueer’s death, she had been waiting for a chance to seek revenge. Over the years, she became regarded as a hysterical lunatic, doing nothing successfully, while Ji Shuran was blessed with both sons and daughters, securing the position of matriarch of the major house. Continuing like this would make people think that good people do not last, while the evil remains for a thousand years.

Ji Shuran was cunning, and with Ji Yanlin and Consort Li possibly coming to her rescue, it wasn’t definite that Ji Shuran couldn’t find a sliver of a chance of survival. Therefore, Maternal Aunt Hu decided to let her own death be the final straw that crushed Ji Shuran. Her death, along with that of Jiang Yueer, would make it impossible for Jiang Yuanbai to ever recover. The last letter she wrote to Jiang Yuanbai was just to hasten Ji Shuran’s death.

This woman, who lived as a concubine without any harem schemes and instead sacrificed her daughter, perhaps used her life’s first and last wit and strategy, to perform this final aria in the harem.

Jiang Li couldn’t describe her feelings. Maternal Aunt Hu clearly knew early on that Ye Zhenzhen had been harmed by Ji Shuran, but in the end, chose to protect herself and said nothing. If she had spoken up earlier and revealed Ji Shuran’s true character, Jiang Yueer wouldn’t have been put in such danger.

But then, is there such a thing as a pill for regret in this world?

"The servant Baoqin by Maternal Aunt Hu’s side said that on the night before she left, she still mentioned that she wanted Baoqin to thank you properly. She said that she must repay your great kindness in the next life," Bai Xue said.

"People push the impossible to the next life," Jiang Li said with a bitter smile, "To bear the debts of this life in the next, how burdensome."

She thought of what she had said to Jih Heng, also promising to repay in the next life. How similar was it to what Maternal Aunt Hu had done?