Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1066 - 1068: Never Taking a Consort in the Six Palaces (1)

Chapter 1066: Chapter 1068: Never Taking a Consort in the Six Palaces (1)

As the day of the grand wedding approached, Empress Mo sent an old palace maid to teach Cai Wei the numerous etiquettes required for the enthronement ceremony and to familiarize her with the rules and affairs of the palace. Cai Wei was also busy preparing a generous dowry for herself, bustling about every day in high spirits. Consequently, the trip to Lingbei had to be temporarily shelved.

She did not know that at this very moment, in Lingbei, a wolf on the grassland was lying in wait with a greedy eye, ready to capture her!

To make amends for his faults, the housekeeper Daru had thoroughly investigated Cai Wei’s divine methods and not only learned of her development plans in Lingbei but also her regular visitation schedule. This information was relayed to Saknu who made a decisive move, travelling directly from Shengjing to Lingbei, waiting for his prey to fall into the trap!

When General Li’s messenger arrived in Shengjing, Saknu had already left for Lingbei, and the messenger found no one to deliver the letter, unable to hand over General Li’s letter to anyone else. He had no choice but to personally chase after him to Lingbei...

Li Ruizhu was unaware of the messenger’s failed attempt and eagerly awaited news daily, hoping that Saknu would quickly arrive and get rid of that dead woman who stole her man and status. However, as the wedding date inexorably drew closer, there was no word from Saknu, making her anxious like an ant on a hot pan, unable to eat or sleep well, with a trail of burn blisters forming at the corner of her mouth...

Just as anxious was Mu Caiwei, who was about to become the Empress of Great Jin!

Perhaps pre-wedding jitters were a real thing after all, because as the wedding day drew near, Cai Wei grew more anxious. She was better off a few days ago when an old palace maid was strict with her learning the ceremonial rules, but in these last few days with nothing to do, as she settled down, her heart was like being fried in a pot, never still for a moment.

At one moment, looking at herself in the mirror and sighing, she felt that although she was merely a young girl who had just started junior high and had not yet reached the age of ceremonial hairpinning, she was about to get married. It felt like wasting the nation’s flower. Why hadn’t she been firm-hearted enough to enjoy a few more years of boudoir life?

At another moment, she thought that while falling in love was easy, staying in love was hard. Mutual affection was easy to find, but just before truly entering the marriage hall, probably everyone’s heart would skip a beat, fear gaining and losing. Although she deeply trusted Nangong Yi, now she couldn’t help feeling uneasy, thinking about the ’what if.’

With so many years ahead, what if when she grew old and lost her beauty, Nangong Yi fell out of love? Empress Mo despised her so much, what if they did not get along well after the wedding? What if she could not bear children, or only bore daughters? What would she do if the ministers insisted Nangong Yi take concubines?

She used to think that premarital fear was a sign of lacking psychological resilience or confidence, and she with wealth, looks, and "space" was virtually a superwoman. How could she ever suffer from it?

But now she realized that deep down, she felt insecure about marriage, troubled and anxious, hurried and irritable.

Her family also noticed the change in her, each of them walking on eggshells. Even Wu’er, whom she loved the most, was timid around her, appearing as if he feared crossing her and upsetting his sister.

That day, as Cai Wei sat on the babu bed resting with her eyes closed, Female Doctor Dou was carefully massaging her shoulders and forehead when she suddenly heard a series of soft laughter outside the window, followed by Cai Lian’s voice.

"Is Cai Wei younger sister in the room?"

Hearing Cai Lian’s voice, Cai Wei became even more agitated and irritable.

Ever since Sixth Aunt Mu left, Cai Lian, instead of being discreet, came to the mansion from time to time to talk to Fei’er and herself. Previously, Cai Wei treated her with the unaffected nature of childhood, but ever since she found out about Cai Lian’s intentions, she always felt that Cai Lian’s visits had impure motives. Most likely, having heard that both she and Fei’er had good fortune because they were favored by The Prince and Young Master Mo, Cai Lian frequented the mansion, hoping to try her luck and perhaps meet some prestigious family’s children.