?104: Chapter 76 Regretting the Engagement_3 104: Chapter 76 Regretting the Engagement_3 Her gaze slightly sunk; perhaps it was back then that Princess Yongning had already taken a liking to Shen Yurong and began to scheme against her.

    She was used as a stumbling block, yet remained foolishly unaware.

    Now, returning to the palace again, she would inevitably meet Princess Yongning, and if it were a palace banquet, perhaps Shen Yurong would be there too. sea??h thё n?vel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Only this time, she was no longer a lady of the Shen family but a daughter of the Jiang family.

    Who could harm whom now?

    She had taken another step closer to those two people.

    …

    Not far from the Imperial College, in a courtyard house, the light from a lamp was lit at night.

    Ye Shijie sat at a desk, writing a letter.

    He had secured first place in the Imperial College’s examination and would be entering the palace in a few days to receive the emperor’s recognition.

    Before long, he would take up official post.

    He needed to share this good news with the relatives of the Ye family of Xiangyang.

    After a few short lines that spoke of his well-being, Ye Shijie held his pen, hesitating.

    Jiang Li had also received the first place in Mingyi Hall’s verification.

    Ye Shijie did not know whether he should include Jiang Li in the letter as well.

    Over the years, no one in the Ye family had ever mentioned Jiang Li’s name.

    Many years ago, Miss Jiang the Second’s words had thoroughly chilled the hearts of the members of the Ye family, and even resulted in Old Madam Ye falling seriously ill.

    Since then, the Ye family had acted as if they had no such niece, and by extension, no one dared mention Ye Zhenzhen either.

    In such circumstances, suddenly bringing up Jiang Li’s recent situation would seem abrupt, wouldn’t it?

    Ye Shijie really intended not to write it, but every time he thought to set the pen down, he would recall the words Jiang Li had said to him.

    “I was young at that time, and my grandmother was far away in Xiangyang.

    My mother passed away early and my father was busy with government affairs, mostly leaving my stepmother in charge.

    Whatever I said, it might not have been without the prompting or threatening of others.”

    Jiang Li said that since the Ye family was a merchant family, could it have been someone behind the scenes who instigated her to cut ties with the Ye family?

    Could their aim have been to isolate Jiang Li from the Ye family so they would no longer have dealings with each other?

    Ye Shijie found that he had involuntarily begun to believe Jiang Li.

    In fact, he had not met Jiang Li often, and they had only really spoken twice.

    Was it possible that after such brief encounters, he had come to trust her?

    Ye Shijie found it somewhat incredible.

    But he also thought Jiang Li was incredible.

    In spite of the Jiang family’s neglect, she had managed to make her name known to everyone in Yanjing City, and it wasn’t as a symbol of crime.

    When others spoke of Miss Jiang the Second, they only thought of her as quite talented.

    This was the girl who had dominated all six categories in Mingyi Hall.

    Picking up the pen and then setting it back down, setting down the pen and then picking it back up, after many such repetitions, just when Ye Shijie was growing impatient, his personal servant Yuan Bao came in.

    Yuan Bao took out a letter from within his clothes, excitedly saying, “Young Master, there’s a letter from Xiangyang.”

    “A letter?” Ye Shijie was stunned, “It’s not yet the time for their letter.” He corresponded with the Ye family every half month, and the round trip took one month.

    It was not supposed to be time to receive one yet.

    “Surely it must be because the old madam and the others are concerned about the Young Master’s examination,” Yuan Bao said proudly, “If Old Madam Ye knew that the Young Master had secured first place, she would surely arrange to feast in Xiangyang for three days and nights.”

    Ye Shijie ignored him, and opened the letter to read, scanning through it rapidly.

    Seeing Ye Shijie’s surprised expression, Yuan Bao asked, “Young Master, what’s wrong?”

    “Father and Uncle Ye the Second are coming to Yanjing City with goods,” Ye Shijie said, “They are already on the way and will arrive in about seven days.”

    “Ah?” Yuan Bao was taken aback and asked foolishly, “So, do we still write back?”

    “Write,” Ye Shijie said.

    However, it was only necessary to write about himself, he thought.

    Since father and Uncle Ye the Second were coming to Yanjing City, this meant there was a family member to discuss matters with.

    It would be much better to let them deliberate over the doubts about Jiang Li than to have a headache over it by himself.

    Thinking this, Ye Shijie suddenly felt relieved and quickly finished the earlier letter, folded it, and put it in an envelope, handing it to Yuan Bao, “Send it back.”

    Yuan Bao took it happily, responding, “Alrighty!”

    …

    After the verification at Mingyi Hall was over, there was no need to attend school for a while, so the students all rested at home for a few days.

    On the second day at the gates of the Imperial College, in accordance with what Jiang Li had said, her representative proclaimed that the bet with Meng Hongjin was null and void, and there was no need for hard feelings.

    Once this was announced, the people of Yanjing City held even higher regard for Jiang Li.

    She had taken the bet seriously and fought hard, but after winning, she did not cling to the bet, displaying great magnanimity and benevolence, which was quite exceptional.

    In this way, it made Meng Hongjin seem like a laughing stock.

    Moreover, because Jiang Li had shown such mildness, some began to doubt the previous allegations of her murdering her mother and brother.

    After all, how could such a gentle and lovely girl seem capable of committing such heinous acts?