Chapter 3 Daughter of Gold
Even after watching it many times, Xue Fangfei still wasn't used to it.

There was a crack on the embroidered bronze mirror, and there was also a crack on the face reflected in it. The face was distorted, and the girl in the mirror looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, but she was as thin as her maid Tong'er, which was shocking.

Xue Fangfei recalled that when she was fourteen or fifteen years old, she was definitely not this pale and skinny. She was said to be the daughter of the Prime Minister, but looking at her appearance, she was probably worse than a servant. This face was really incomparable to her original face that was the most beautiful woman in Yanjing.

However, that face did not have a good ending in the end. It was still a beauty with a tragic fate, and ended up as a handful of dust.

Xue Fangfei's thoughts couldn't help but fly far away. She never expected that she was not dead. Or rather, she died but came back to life and became Jiang Li, the daughter of the current Prime Minister of the Jiang family in Yanjing.

As the chief academician and the emperor's mentor, all civil officials must follow Jiang Yuanbai's lead. Jiang Yuanbai was not arrogant in the court, but rather moderate and like a peacemaker. But because of this, there were many people in the court who were openly on good terms with him, and even less people knew about them secretly.

Jiang Yuanbai has connections all over the court, and Emperor Hong Xiao also trusts him, but Jiang Yuanbai does not show off. Xue Huaiyuan said that this seems to be moderate, but it is actually a way of being an official. However, there is no doubt that Jiang Yuanbai is a high-ranking official, and Jiang Li is a daughter of a wealthy family.

But the life of this daughter of the Prime Minister was not very good. Jiang Li's mother was from the famous wealthy family of the Yan Dynasty, the Ye family of Xiangyang. The Ye family was very wealthy, and they had 56 jewelry stores, Hongxianglou, in the Yan Dynasty. At the beginning, Jiang Yuanbai was not yet a cabinet minister, but was favored by Master Ye, who married Ye Zhenzhen, the youngest daughter of the Ye family, to Jiang Yuanbai.

Who knew that Ye Zhenzhen got pregnant with Jiang Li three years after she got married, and Jiang Li died of illness when she was one year old. Jiang Yuanbai married Ji Shuran, the daughter of the deputy governor. Ji Shuran gave birth to Jiang Youyao in the first year after she got married. When Ji Shuran got pregnant with her second child, Jiang Li was seven years old. During a banquet, she was pushed down the stairs in front of all the ladies. Ji Shuran had a miscarriage and gave birth to a son. This damaged her foundation and she could never get pregnant again.

Jiang Yuanbo was furious, but thanks to Ji Shuran's plea for Jiang Li, even so, Jiang Li was sent to the family temple to meditate.

However, Jiang Li could not escape the charge of poisoning her stepmother and murdering her stepbrother. When the people of Yanjing mentioned the Second Miss Jiang, they would only remember her vicious name.

In fact, after Ye Zhenzhen died, the Ye family sent someone to take Jiang Li away for fear that her stepmother would abuse her. If Jiang Li was willing, she could go to live in the Ye family in Xiangyang. But regardless of what the Jiang family said, Jiang Li herself refused, and as time went on, the Ye family stopped coming.

Xue Fangfei also knew about the gossips in the capital, but she never expected that the so-called vicious and cruel daughter of the prime minister would live in such a miserable state. Jiang Yuanbai, who had a very good reputation in the court, and Ji Shuran, who had a kind heart, turned a blind eye to the dying Jiang Li.

Perhaps, this is what they arranged.

Jiang Li committed suicide on her own.

The reason was that when Ye Zhenzhen was still alive, the Jiang family had a good relationship with Ningyuan Hou. Ningyuan Hou's son was born first and happened to be one year older than Jiang Li. Ye Zhenzhen and the Hou's wife thought it would be better to arrange a baby marriage, so that the two families would be well matched, know each other well, and take care of each other in the future.

It was originally a verbal agreement, but Ningyuan Hou found out about it and soon asked his wife to sign a marriage certificate with the Jiang family. Although Ye Zhenzhen was a little hesitant, she was also happy to think about becoming a relative with the wife of the marquis. The wife of the marquis was kind-hearted, and with such a mother-in-law, she would definitely live a stable life.

Although Ye Zhenzhen died later, the marriage between Ningyuan Hou Shizi and Jiang Li still counted. Although it was not publicized in Yanjing City, both families had the marriage certificate as evidence.

But a few days ago, the servants who came to the nunnery to deliver rice and grain said that the Ningyuan Marquis's son had gotten engaged, and his wife was Jiang Youyao, the third daughter of the Jiang family.

Jiang Li was stunned at that time.

The one who was betrothed to the son of Ningyuan Marquis was obviously Jiang Li, how could it become Jiang Youyao? Jiang Li was hot-tempered and wanted to go back to Yanjing to seek an explanation, but was ridiculed by the old woman who came.

Nowadays, people in Yanjing only know Miss Jiang San, but who knows who Miss Jiang Er is. Even if they know, she is just a vicious woman who poisoned her stepmother's younger brother. How can such a person match with the Ningyuan Marquis's son? I think the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion doesn't take Jiang Li seriously, otherwise they wouldn't agree to the marriage replacement. The old woman also mocked that if Miss Jiang Er went back to make trouble, it would just be a joke. Even if the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion really had to marry Jiang Li, they would not treat Jiang Li seriously, but would hate her instead.

Miss Jiang turned around and jumped into the lake.

After being rescued, she fell seriously ill and became increasingly thin. She was already very thin, and now she would collapse at the slightest gust of wind. However, even though she was so ill, no one in Yanjing came to see her.

Perhaps only when she dies will someone come to collect her body.

Maybe they just wanted Jiang Li to die in the nunnery, let her die of illness naturally, and then they would have the final say on everything.

Just like how Princess Ningyuan and Shen Yurong wanted to outlast Xue Fangfei.

Tong'er was chopping wood angrily. The mountain was not hot, but cold and damp. The master and servant had to do everything themselves, including food, clothing, shelter and transportation, under the pretext of "tempering the mind and cultivating the body and character". They were tortured silently by the Taoist nuns in the nunnery who took money.

"If I had known this would happen, I would have returned to the Ye family in Xiangyang." Tong'er said, "What kind of life is our girl living now?"

Xiangyang...

Xue Fangfei was slightly moved.

Jiang Li's maternal grandparents, the Ye family, live in Xiangyang, and she wants to return to Tongxiang, Xiangyang.

She wanted to go back to worship her father and kowtow to him. She was unfilial and married a heartless man, which brought her misfortune upon herself. She caused her father to die of anger and her younger brother to die.

If she wanted to go back to Xiangyang, she had to go back to Yanjing first, but now she couldn't even leave this nunnery.

There is a god within three feet of your hand. On a rainy day, when you look up, there is only the horrifying darkness and you cannot see the god.

No problem, she takes one step at a time and always gets to where she wants to go.

Princess Yongning gave her advice before she died, asking her to be reborn in a wealthy family in her next life. Now she is in a wealthy family, and although she is a poor girl, she will never be at the mercy of others again. I wonder if they are ready this time?
Xue Fangfei is dead. From now on, she is no longer Xue Fangfei.

"I am Jiang Li," she said to herself.

The one who came back to life is Jiang Li, the second daughter of the Jiang family.

(End of this chapter)