Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1124 - 1129: Return to Her Natal Home (5)

Chapter 1124: Chapter 1129: Return to Her Natal Home (5)

Princess Tuotuo was trampled under her son’s feet, half her wrist had already been cut off, her flesh turned inside out, and blood spread all over the ground. She had already passed out from the pain...

Although Luo Xue wasn’t injured, she leaned against the door frame like chaff, collapsed there in a state of utter disarray. She knew Nangong Yi well enough to understand that given her involvement in the plot against him, it was very unlikely that he would let her live...

Nangong Yi and Mu Caiwei, however, were unharmed, but both bore an extremely cold expression.

Especially Nangong Yi, when he looked at her, his pupils held not a trace of warmth, as if looking at a stranger, lacking the anger she had anticipated, and having no disappointment, no accusations—nothing at all, just the coldness of a thousand-year-old glacier...

"Yi’er, I..."

Empress Dowager Mo opened her mouth, unsure of how to explain this to her son.

Nangong Yi coldly cut her off, his voice laced with mockery, "Imperial Mother must be very surprised to see her son not passed out, hehe, who would have thought that one day, your son would even have to guard against you..."

Empress Dowager Mo’s face turned pale in an instant. Being a smart woman, she naturally understood the meaning behind her son’s words. But she only wished to find a suitable empress for her son; she harbored no ill intentions towards him!

"Yi’er, Your Mother had no ill intentions. She just wanted to find a good empress for you. Mu Caiwei... she’s unworthy of being your empress."

"Heh!"

Nangong Yi let out a derisive laugh, his laughter filled with unspeakable mockery, "She’s unworthy? Then who is worthy? These two women on the ground, or the one at the entrance? The empress is someone who will spend a lifetime with me, not a lifetime with the Empress Dowager. Who suits me, I am clearer than the Empress Dowager. Don’t you think you’re meddling too much?"

"..."

Cai Wei glanced at Empress Dowager Mo’s expressionless face and then at the man with a cold demeanor. She patted the man’s hand and said softly, "It’s getting late. I should return to my natal home, if it gets any later, Dad and Mom will worry..."

She intentionally avoided the place, to spare the Empress Dowager from losing face in front of her, should the man have an outburst against her later.

The Gu poisoning of Nangong Yi was a scheme orchestrated by the Empress Dowager herself. As for how to deal with it, the man had already made up his mind. She didn’t want to interfere, much less participate...

...

Mu Mansion

Mu Zhongqing, alongside Lady Du and the relatives, waited anxiously inside the home. This morning, the empress’s Luojia had arrived, but only an empty carriage was sent. According to Chun Liu, the empress’s personal palace maid, the Empress Dowager had gone to inspect several shops owned by the family and would return to the mansion after completing the inspections.

The return of the empress to her natal home was a significant event. Mu Zhongqing didn’t dare to neglect it, immediately sending servants to check each shop, but none had seen any trace of the Empress Dowager.

Where had the empress gone? How could she be so careless?

The Mu Zhongqing couple was so anxious they were practically spinning around, sometimes stretching their necks to look outside, sometimes sighing in distress. It wasn’t until the day had tilted west that they finally saw the return of the Empress Dowager of the Great Jin Nation.

The Empress Dowager was in simple attire, not wearing her phoenix robe, nor surrounded by a large group of eunuchs and maids. She arrived in a modest palanquin, accompanied only by her two maidservants, Huan Qiu and Xiao Zhi, quietly returning home.

Although she was in plain clothes, she was still the Empress, and Mu Zhongqing along with his wife and the relatives hurriedly prepared to kneel and pay their respects, causing Cai Wei to quickly pull her parents back up with a hand each, chiding them, "If Dad and Mom do this, your daughter won’t dare to come home again!"

Mu Zhongqing, however, said, "Mom and Dad know you’re filial, but the rituals cannot be abandoned. Now you’re the Empress of the Great Jin Nation, an exemplar for all women in the world. If it gets out that your parents don’t maintain the proper etiquette, it would reflect poorly upon you too!"