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Marriage of the Di Daughter
Chapter 44 Part 2: Instigation
As old madam Jiang was speaking, in the backyard, Jiang You Yao threw down a teapot.
Jiang Yu’e looked broken heartedly at the clay teapot. If bought outside, this teapot would cost 100 taels of silvers. But Jiang You Yao just broke it like that without the slightest care.
“Jiang Li! Why did father agree to send Jiang Li to Ming Yi Hall? What did she actually say to father!” In front of Jiang Yu’e and Jiang Yu Yan, Jiang You Yao had never hidden her anger.
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Jiang Yu Yan at once cowered in fear but Jiang Yu’e went along with her and said: “It must be Jiang Li saying something to eldest uncle. Jiang Li, this person, is really dishonest. She hasn’t been back for long, yet eldest uncle’s heart soon leaned towards her side. Oh, that’s right,” Jiang Yu’e, still wanting to sting Jiang You Yao, continued with another sentence: “I heard grandmother also sent a set of purple wood stationery to Jiang Li. That was exactly the one that third sister wanted but grandmother refused to give. Jiang Li is really not simple, don’t talk about coaxing eldest uncle, she can even get the favor of grandmother.”
Hearing it, Jiang You Yao was stunned and immediately asked to clarify: “Is what you said true? Grandmother really sent a set of purple wood stationery to Jiang Li?”
“Of course it’s true.” Jiang Yu’e shrugged, “All the people in the entire Wan Feng Hall saw it.”
“This slut!” Jiang You Yao was angry. She liked that purple wood stationery very much and had asked for it from old madam Jiang several times but old madam Jiang refused to give it to her. Yet now old madam Jiang gave that set of stationery to Jiang Li. Wasn’t this the same as openly slapping her face and telling others that she couldn’t compare with Jiang Li!
“It won’t do, I’m going to look for my mother,” said Jiang You Yao: “We must not let Jiang Li enter Ming Yi Hall!”
“Third sister,” Jiang Yu’e pulled her: “Now both old madam and eldest uncle have spoken, the matter of Jiang Li attending Ming Yi Hall is final. It’s too late for third sister to speak of this matter now. My thinking is, Jiang Li entering Ming Yi Hall basically shows she doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. She must not have thought, how many noble families’ young ladies are in Ming Yi Hall, which one dares to associate with her. Moreover, her talent and learning is shallow, who knows how much she’ll be made a joke of. At that time, won’t she be reduced to serve as third sister’s prop and be ridiculed by others?”
Jiang You Yao listened and only then slowy calmed down. What Jiang Yu’e said was reasonable and said: “Even so, she always sways before me, making people unable to endure!” Thinking that Jiang Li might go to the Imperial College across from Ming Yi Hall and do something with Zhou Yan Bang, Jiang You Yao felt extremely uncomfortable.
“Third sister, great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience.” Jiang Yu’e said with a smile.
They left after Jiang You Yao calmed down. Jiang Yu Yan then asked Jiang Yu’e: “Fifth sister, why do you want to instigate third sister to deal with second sister?”
Jiang Yu’e sneered: “Who made her overestimate her own ability!”
The third branch’s power was originally weak. After all it’s the branch from a commoner. Jiang Yu Yan and Jiang Yu’e were able to attend Ming Yi Hall to study due to Jiang Yuan Xing fawning over Jiang Yuan Bai all the time, thus he got the chance. Jiang Yu’e was both conceited and had a low self-esteem. Her heart was higher than the sky and she was determined not to be worse than anyone else. Her talent and learning was quite superior, in fact, in the entire Jiang residence, the most outstanding one was Jiang Yu’e.
Without gaining the name of a talented person, Jiang You Yao was the pearl in the palm of the Jiang family. But Jiang Yu’e needed this reputation to decorate her name. This was the only thing Jiang Yu’e was proud of. Rather than competing in talent, holding Jiang Li, this di daughter, under the foot gave Jiang Yu’e a sense of superiority.
However, now Jiang Yuan Bai let Jiang Li attend Ming Yi Hall. If this happened, then all four daughters of the Jiang residence were equal. A person who was formerly worse than her abruptly caught up with her. As a result, the sense of superiority Jiang Yu’e had was gone and Jiang Li was the main culprit who brought about all these.
Restoring her sense of superiority was possible if Jiang Li was more inferior than her. Jiang You Yao and Jiang Li were just like water and fire, just by lightly inciting disharmony, countless contradictions would inevitably occur.
Jiang Yu’e only needed to aggravate the situation from the side.

What is that saying, “to kick an iron plate”? I guess, Jiang Yu’e is about to do just that. It’s sad, really – she’s already accomplished, why does she need to denigrate others to appear better herself? A simple enough idea, but it’s almost like cannonfodders are not entitled to have a brain.
Thank you for the translation ❤
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🤣 I like that, “cannon fodder are not entitled to have a brain”.
Yeah, these people somehow are not satisfied with what they have and have to prove they are bigger and better. Weird why they hate peace so much
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Yeah. Really, what’s wrong with living a life of peace by leaning against your powerful family, and making sure you get married to an okay guy and then have your own household to rule over and don’t have to deal with everyone else overly much?? I don’t really get their enthusiasm to shoot themselves in the foot. I just want to see one envious cannonfodder who actually had the sense to just envy but not pull stupid crap because they know they can’t go against the more skilled and intelligent protagonist.
Must be something in the water.
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Thank you for the chapter!!!
Aii… JYu’e maybe evil, but at least she’s still willing to use her brain. JYY on the other hand however, is still on the head empty-no thoughts-zero braincell train…
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Thanks for the chapter. And now the long, long wait begins before we can see JL show her stuff lol
Stay safe!
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Why is the main Villain not acting like the cillian, but like a connon fodder being controlled by the villain?
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That’s what makes it interesting and different. More than one villain.
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Well, that was a surprise. I thought JYY was the villainess. Turns out she’s just a puppet. However that Jiang Yue’e doesn’t seem all that much either.
Thanks so much for the chapters!
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I always wonder about cannon fodder and how that name came about. Now i completely understand
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How do they know her talent is inférieur since they ignored her and then never investigated.
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