Chapter 9 Personal Affair
The ladies and masters standing behind Madam Liu were first shocked by Madam Liu's inexplicable words. Miss Jiang Er was a young lady who had poisoned her stepmother. Although she looked very pitiful, if they openly helped her, they would be standing against Ji Shuran. The Ji family, the deputy imperial envoy, was now a favorite in front of Emperor Hong Xiao. Not everyone could manage the family affairs of the Prime Minister's family, so everyone planned to stand aside and watch.

Who would have thought that after Miss Jiang Er only said a few words to Madam Liu, Madam Liu immediately offered to take her back to Yanjing, and she was even willing to offend the Ji family for a strange lady whom she had only met a few times.

What was even more unexpected was that Miss Jiang II refused.

Everyone was extremely surprised by Jiang Li's answer, and Tong'er was also secretly anxious. Madam Liu looked at her inquiringly and asked, "Why is Miss Jiang Er?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "My father sent me to the family temple so that I could cultivate my character. Although it is hard, it can bring peace and health to my family. If I give up halfway, it would be blaspheming the Buddha. Besides, my father hasn't sent anyone to take me back yet, so how can I act on my own?"

In her words, she did not mention the punishment for poisoning her stepmother, but only said that she was sent here to cultivate herself and seek blessings for the family. To others, it seemed that Miss Jiang was evading the main issue, but to Madam Liu, it had a deeper meaning.

Madam Liu and Ye Zhenzhen have been friends for many years. Knowing that Ye Zhenzhen is kind and honest, she naturally doesn't believe that Ye Zhenzhen's daughter is such a vicious person. However, when Jiang Li got into trouble, Madam Liu and the Jiang family had not had any contact for many years, and Jiang Li pushed Ji Shuran to miscarriage in front of many other ladies. The evidence is irrefutable. Although Madam Liu doesn't believe it, she can do nothing about it.

Now seeing the daughter of her old friend being bullied here, and she was so gentle and kind, Madam Liu was immediately filled with doubts. Jiang Li did not mention the fact that she had made a mistake, perhaps she had not made any mistake at all, and poisoning her stepmother was just a pretext, an excuse for someone to send her away and torture her at will.

Listen to the last words Jiang Li said: she had to obey Jiang Yuanbai in everything. But Jiang Yuanbai probably never thought of this daughter!

Madam Liu was furious. Jiang Li looked up at her and asked in confusion, "Come to think of it, I don't know why Madam is here? And these..." She looked at the people behind Madam Liu and asked, "Are you here to burn incense as well? Not many people come here to burn incense on weekdays. Most of them go to the Helin Temple next door. Besides, it's too late now. Madams, you are not here to burn incense, right?"

After these words were spoken, everyone present had different expressions. Madam Liu suddenly thought of something, and after thinking for a while, she suddenly said to Jiang Li: "This family temple is not a good one. Since your father sent you here, you should find a proper family temple. Well, since you don't want to leave with me, I will set off to return to Yanjing tomorrow, but I think your father should take you back soon."

The implication in the words is quite obvious.

Jiang Li seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand, she just smiled and said: "Thank you very much, Madam."

Madam Liu continued, "You don't have to be so pious. Kneeling in the Buddhist temple in the middle of the night, justice is in the hearts of the people. If you are pious, the Buddha will see it. Yuxiang," she said to the maid beside her, "You stay here for the next few days to take good care of the second young lady Jiang. I'm afraid she won't be able to take good care of her with only one maid." She looked at Jiang Li and said, "The second young lady Jiang doesn't have to refuse. Your mother and I are old friends. Yuxiang is my personal maid, and she has some martial arts skills. I feel more at ease when she is with you. When you return to Yanjing, let Yuxiang come back to me."

Even a personal maid was given to Jiang Li, which shows how much Madam Liu values ​​Jiang Li. It also shows that perhaps it won't be long before Jiang Li can return to the Jiang family in Yanjing and become the Miss Jiang.

Jiang Li thanked Madam Liu, and Madam Liu and all the ladies stayed in the nunnery. Yuxiang really followed Jiang Li, and Jiang Li and Tong'er also moved to a comfortable room where other nuns usually lived. And none of those nuns were seen.

While Yuxiang was out pouring water, Tong'er asked Jiang Li in a low voice: "Miss, what's going on? Why are all those nuns gone? Why are there so many more people here?"

Tong'er could probably guess that this matter was related to Jiang Li, but she didn't know what Jiang Li had done. These days, Jiang Li only asked her to feed the monkeys, but feeding the monkeys couldn't cause so many problems! "Didn't I ask you to feed the monkeys?" Jiang Li said indifferently: "Master Tongming, the abbot of Helin Temple, has a senior disciple named Liaowu, who has an affair with Master Jing'an in our nunnery. They have a tryst in the back forest of Helin Temple on the 19th of every month. You have been feeding the monkeys on this mountain with cakes for most of the month, and they have been guarding there every night. Tonight on the 19th, the monkeys went to wait for you to feed them as usual. When they saw Jing'an and Liaowu, they thought they were the ones who fed them and came forward to ask for food. The two of them were guilty of being thieves, and they were afraid that they would make a noise and alarm the ladies. The ladies here are either rich or noble. How can they tolerate the dirty things in the pure land of Buddhism? They must come to ask for an explanation. Arrest all the nuns in the nunnery."

Tong'er was shocked and murmured, "How could it be..." She became nervous again, "Such a secret matter, how did the girl know?"

"I heard it." Jiang Li picked up the tea on the table and took a sip. "I heard the two little nuns gossiping."

Tong'er was still incredulous: "This is horrible."

Jiang Li smiled. She knew it of course. When she was still Xue Fangfei, Princess Yongning had people use decoctions every day to make her die. She was under house arrest and could not go out. The maids spoke to her without reservation, treating her as if she was dead. She also knew that the place where Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong had a secret meeting was a temple not far from Yanjing.

The maids then told another secret story: Liaowu of Helin Temple was actually a lecherous monk. He had raped many women, including nuns from a nearby nunnery. Princess Yongning got the idea from Liaowu and had a tryst with Shen Yurong in the temple.

When she woke up and became the second Miss Jiang, and knew that Helin Temple was not far away, the first thing she thought of was this secret. When she saw Master Jing'an for the first time, Jiang Li knew that Master Jing'an must have a lover. If a nun was born young and beautiful without a lover, why would she use makeup and make herself look fragrant?

After all, it is to please oneself.

A complete plan emerged in Jiang Li's mind. Of course, this plan was not certain to succeed. Perhaps the maids were not telling the truth, perhaps Master Jing'an's lover was not enlightened, or perhaps they did not scream during their tryst. All these things would be invalid and would not come true.

By then, Jiang Li had no choice but to find other ways.

However, her luck would not always be so bad. It was just a coincidence that she succeeded.

Tong'er clasped her hands together and said, "Thanks to you for hearing their gossip and for coming up with this idea. Otherwise, how could you have met Madam Liu? Maybe this is the flower fairy we saw tonight... No, the flower fairy showed her spirit and made those evil people pay for their crimes!"

Flower fairy? The face of the young man on the roof immediately appeared in front of Jiang Li's eyes.

"He is not a flower fairy." Jiang Li smiled.

"He is the Duke of Su."

　Hey, happy Valentine's Day to everyone! I can sleep with my man every day~\（≧▽≦）/~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)