Chapter 33 Yun Shuang
"It turns out that Xiangqiao was greedy for the treasure and put the blame on others!"

The guests immediately started to discuss the incident. They thought that the second young lady hated the third young lady, the sisters were at odds, and Jiang Li cursed Jiang Youyao's vicious behavior. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was the personal maid who was blinded by money and put the blame on others.

Now the matter was very simple. It turned out that Jiang Li's personal maid Xiang Qiao was dishonest and wanted to steal the gift that Jiang Li was giving to Jiang Youyao. However, she was afraid that the matter would be exposed and traced back to her, so she simply found a piece of head ornament of much inferior quality to switch it with.

Xiang Qiao shook her head desperately, hugged Jiang Li's calf and said, "No, no! Those jewelry were given to me by the Second Miss! I didn't steal them. Second Miss, please say something for me!"

Those jewelry and hairpins were indeed not stolen by Xiangqiao, but Jiang Li would not admit it.

Jiang Li just looked at her and said with great regret: "Xiangqiao, I treat you well, why do you treat me like this? Besides, I don't have much money myself. After spending all my money to buy a headdress for my third sister, the remaining jewelry is all I have. These jewelry are not cheap, I can give you one or two pieces, but I will give you all of them. I am afraid that there are not many people in Yanjing City who can be so generous!"

The guests around all nodded. It was true. The servant did a good job, so it was understandable to give him more rewards. But no one's money came from the wind. It would be crazy to give a whole box of jewelry to a servant. Besides, as Miss Jiang Er said just now, all the money was used to buy Miss Jiang San's coming-of-age gift. It was impossible to give the remaining jewelry to others casually. It was not confident enough.

Xiang Qiao stared at Jiang Li in a daze. Jiang Li's expression was so sincere and without any trace of pretense that Xiang Qiao was almost confused.

She was only jealous of Jiang Li's box of treasures. Jiang Li's generous reward made her happy to accept it, but she didn't expect that it was too abnormal for the master to give so many things to the servants. She just thought that Jiang Li was a country bumpkin who didn't understand the ways of the world, but she didn't expect that the things she accepted so readily would become a death warrant.

Ji Shuran asked her to tamper with the coming-of-age gift that Jiang Li had sent, but Xiangqiao had become more picky and bolder recently, and when she saw the headpiece, she also had her own ideas. She happened to hear the maids in the yard gossiping about a jeweler who specialized in making fakes. So she went to find him, spent some money, and made an identical headpiece with gems.

Except for the difference in quality, there was nothing wrong on the surface. Xiang Qiao thought that if Jiang Li was unable to defend herself, the Jiang family would punish her, and the headgear would naturally be dealt with as a bad omen, and the matter would be over.

In this way, he could not only complete Ji Shuran's mission and frame Jiang Li, but also get a good reputation.

Xiang Qiao didn't expect that Jiang Li could find out that the headdress was wrong at a glance even in such a panic. Jiang Li had only touched the real headdress once, so how could she tell it apart? What she didn't expect was that the ruby ​​headdress would appear in her room.

She clearly put the headpiece in a box and buried it in a safe place!
Who did it? Xiang Qiao looked up and met Jiang Li's gaze, and her heart shuddered.

Could it be that Jiang Li already knew what she was going to do? She had been watching silently. Now that she thought about it, those jewels that she had been given so generously without any care seemed to prove that she was a thief.

Jiang Li started plotting from then on!

She is not a know-nothing bumpkin at all, she knows everything, yet she pretends to know nothing!
Xiangqiao suddenly felt desperate. She had messed up Ji Shuran's business, so Ji Shuran would not let her off easily. Just then, Jiang Li spoke again. She said, "There is one thing I don't understand. Xiangqiao, you could have replaced my headgear and used a low-quality fake to deal with my third sister. She would have thought that I didn't have much money, but why did you risk being discovered and deliberately make more cuts on the gemstone to put the blame on me, almost causing my parents to dislike me?" Jiang Li persuaded her, "I think about it, and you have no reason to do this. Is there someone behind you directing you?"

As soon as the last sentence was uttered, the guests' expressions became subtle.

Who was behind this? The complicated relationship between the stepmother and stepdaughter of the Jiang family suddenly became clear. Ji Shuran's heart skipped a beat, and she wanted to tear Jiang Li to pieces. She slightly turned sideways and secretly gave Xiang Qiao a warning look.

Xiang Qiao was extremely frightened. She gritted her teeth, made up her mind, looked at Jiang Li and cried, "Second Miss, it was clearly you who asked me to do this. You said that Third Miss didn't deserve to wear that headpiece, and asked me to find a similar headpiece and carve the marks myself..."

"You are full of lies." Jiang Li sighed and shook her head, stood up straight, and looked down at her: "You just said something and now you regret it. You can't even lie like this. Besides, you didn't explain how you stole my box of jewelry."

Jiang Li looked at Ji Shuran again and said, "Mother gave me this maid, saying that she has good character and is hardworking. I dare not neglect her on weekdays. I didn't expect that this girl is so dishonest and dares to put the blame on her master. Mother, you are wrong this time."

Ji Shuran felt her face burning, as if she had been slapped in public. Just now, she had solemnly testified for Xiangqiao's character in front of all the guests, but now she had to take back her words.

Ji Shuran forced a smile and said, "It's all mother's fault. Mother... didn't know people well and caused you to suffer injustice."

How could a mistress of the house be so bad at judging people and let such a hateful person be around her stepdaughter? The ladies who had sympathized with Ji Shuran before were immediately startled.

Ji Shuran took in the expressions of the guests and was extremely angry. It was at this moment that she understood Jiang Li's intention. Jiang Li also wanted to use this incident to send Xiang Qiao back and remove a nail she had placed in Fangfei Garden.

Jiang Li smiled in her heart. Did Ji Shuran think she was just pulling out a nail from Xiang Qiao? No, she didn't have much time to waste on the trivial matters of the Jiang family. Some things, if done cleanly at once, would save a lot of trouble.

"Mother is not completely ignorant of people." Jiang Li said with a smile, "This time, it was thanks to another maid, Yunshuang, who was sent by mother. If it weren't for Yunshuang's reminder, I wouldn't have known that Xiangqiao was such a traitor." She looked at Yunshuang who was standing behind the crowd and said sincerely, "Thank you Yunshuang this time."

Xiangqiao on the ground was stunned, and in a flash she understood many things, but her mouth had been blocked by the old woman with a cloth, so she could not speak.

Yun Shuang, who was hiding behind the crowd, was stunned. The look Ji Shuran gave her made her feel a chill in her heart.

　Yunshuang, a professional who has been pitting teammates for a hundred years~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)