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> お姉ちゃんに何を **言われようが** 、まる子はウキウキ気分なのであった。  
>  What was said by her sister ???? but, Maruko felt cheerful.

I can't think of any way in which something which is passive can also be
volitional. How do I understand this construction?
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grammar particle-が passive-voice volitional-form
Meaning of volitional passive form
I found another example with this form:

> ここから出ていく何と言われようとも！
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> So I'm getting out of here, whatever anybody says!

So I guess the translation of your sentence is

> Whatever her sister said, Maruko felt cheerful.
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「何, どこ, だれ, いつ etc. + ～～(よ)うが」  
「何, どこ, だれ, いつ etc. + ～～(よ)うと(も)」  
「何, どこ, だれ, いつ etc. + ～～ても」  
mean "No matter what, where, who, etc. ~~". For example:

> 何を言お **うが** / 何を言お **うと** ( **も** ) / 何を言っ **ても**  
>  (No matter what ~~ say, ...)  
>  どこに行こ **うが** / どこに行こ **うと** ( **も** ) / どこに行っ **ても**  
>  (No matter where ~~ go, ...)  
>  何があろ **うが** / 何があろ **うと** ( **も** ) / 何があっ **ても**  
>  (No matter what happens, ...)  
>  何を頼まれ **ようが** / 何を頼まれ **ようと** ( **も** ) / 何を頼まれ **ても** ← passive + よう  
>  (No matter what ~~ is requested)

The auxiliary verb よう has other meanings than volitional. I think the よう here
is [#5 in デジタル大辞泉](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/226119/meaning/m0u/):
「仮定の意を表す。」(expresses a hypothetical/conditional meaning).

So your example:

> お姉ちゃんに何を言われようが、まる子はウキウキ気分なのであった。

is like 「お姉ちゃんに何を言われようと(も)～」, 「お姉ちゃんに何を言われても～」, (Lit.) "No matter what Maruko
was told by her sister, ~~" -> "No matter what her sister said to her, Maruko
was feeling just so excited / exhilarated."
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