Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1125 - 1130: Return to Her Natal Home (6)

Chapter 1125: Chapter 1130: Return to Her Natal Home (6)

Cai Wei pointed to the people in the courtyard, laughed, and said, "Dad, take a look, which of these people look like they can’t keep their mouth shut? I’ll speak to them first. There’s no reason for Dad and Mom to kowtow to their daughter in their own home. If outside, Dad and Mom wish to pay respects to their daughter, I will not stop them, but in our own home, I absolutely won’t accept such a grand gesture from you two elders."

In the courtyard, Lady Zhao, wife of Zhao, Lady Wu Xiangyun, wife of Mo Zili, Lady Qiao, the wife of the Steward Han from Hanlin Academy, and Sixth Aunt Mu, along with the wives of various shopkeepers from our family’s shops, all laughed, "What the Empress Dowager says is very true, Lord Mu, just honor the Empress Dowager’s order then!"

Mu Zhongqing had no choice but to drop the idea of kowtowing to his daughter and invited Cai Wei into the main hall.

By this time, it was already evening, just around dinner time, and the home had already prepared a lavish banquet to welcome the Empress Dowager.

When it was time to take their seats at the table, Lady Du insisted that Cai Wei sit in the seat of honor, while she sat beside her, and Xiang Yun sat on the other side to accompany her.

Apart from these three, there were also Lady Qiao, wife of Han, Lady Zhao, Cai Fei, Sixth Aunt Mu, Eldest Lady Mo, and eight others at this table.

Being a male relative, Mu Zhongqing, by custom, could not dine with the Empress, so a separate dining area was set up in the outer room, where he ate with Wen’er and Wu’er, along with a few colleagues from the Hanlin Academy.

During the meal, Cai Wei was extremely kind and approachable, chatting happily with everyone. Eldest Lady Mo, who held a lower status than the other ladies and wasn’t related to Cai Wei like Sixth Aunt Mu, felt somewhat inferior and just smiled humbly with her head down, not daring to speak freely.

Seeing her like this, Cai Wei smiled and said, "Seeing Eldest Lady Mo looking so healthy, it seems that you’ve been living comfortably lately!"

Eldest Lady Mo smiled with her head down and said, "Indeed, thanks to the Empress Dowager’s blessing, I’ve been doing very well lately. My ears have finally found some peace, and no one has been bothering me anymore."

Cai Wei, hearing this, raised an eyebrow and laughed, "Oh, so Boss Ma has quieted down. I just wonder how he managed to do that, hehe, seems I’ve missed quite a few exciting events!"

Eldest Lady Mo humbly said, "What exciting events? They are just trivial matters, not worth dirtying the ears of the Empress."

Cai Wei laughed and said, "No matter the size of the matter, as long as it’s an amusing tale, I love to hear it!"

Lady Zhao said, "Since the Empress Dowager loves to hear, why don’t you, Eldest Lady, be generous and tell the Empress Dowager about it, and relieve everyone’s boredom in passing?"

Eldest Lady Mo said, "If the Empress doesn’t mind, I don’t see why not!"

...

It turns out that ever since that day at the Nursing Homes when Boss Ma and his new madam, Lady Bai, had a falling out, they have been in constant squabble.

Lady Bai’s face, which had been scratched by Brother Ying, never healed completely. Despite taking medicines prescribed by famous doctors and applying various expensive ointments, there were no positive results; in fact, the wound became inflamed. Half of her once pretty face had rotted away, exposing bone, turning her into something out of a ghastly tale.

At first, Boss Ma bore with it and still shared a bed with her, but as the wound worsened and a putrid, rotting smell began to emit from it, he couldn’t stand it anymore and started to find all sorts of excuses not to go home. Even when he did go home, he refused to sleep with her.

Lady Bai was of a spiteful nature and always blamed Boss Ma for her disfigurement. Now that Boss Ma had started to disdain her, the resentment in her heart deepened, and she spent her days crying and screaming, causing havoc at home.

Boss Ma regretted his past actions bitterly and wished he could immediately divorce Lady Bai and take Eldest Lady Mo and her son back, yet since Lady Bai held the evidence of his embezzlement from Jufude’s wealth and grain, he didn’t dare to offend her. Instead, he had no choice but to swallow his anger, while secretly continuing to seek out Eldest Lady Mo, shamelessly pestering her relentlessly.

Eldest Lady Mo had no desire to entangle with him and angrily scolded him several times, yet he did not repent. Later on, he became even more persistent, often harassing her on the way to the Nursing Homes. With no other option, Eldest Lady Mo had to sneakily inform Lady Bai of his actions.

These days, Lady Bai was upset about Boss Ma not willing to share a bed with her. Upon hearing of this matter, she flew into a rage and immediately hired a horse carriage to track down Boss Ma’s whereabouts.

With little effort, she caught sight of her own man while surveilling Eldest Lady Mo on her way home.

At the time, the man was grabbing onto Eldest Lady Mo’s carriage, pleading miserably.

"Cui Hua, just be patient for a few more days. That she-devil’s face is rotting away. She might meet the King of Hell sooner rather than later. When that happens, I’ll welcome you back and even make you the mistress of the Ma family..."

Lady Bai, sitting inside the carriage, felt her lungs on the verge of exploding with anger. So this old dog disfigured her just to curry favor with his ex-wife!

Her qi and blood surged, and she suddenly jumped down from the carriage, charged up like a whirlwind, and grabbed hold of Boss Ma’s beard, screaming and rolling around on the ground.

"You black-hearted old dog, after you’ve had enough of this old lady, you start scheming against my life with your old slut. Have you forgotten how I served you in bed..."

Long tormented by her outbursts, Boss Ma reached his limit seeing her slap his face in front of his ex-wife and utter words not even a prostitute would dare say. He flared up and struck her down with a palm, followed by a barrage of old fists and kicks, beating Lady Bai until she was on the brink of death, unable to even cry out. Only then did Boss Ma throw her back into the carriage and pull her home...

Since then, Lady Bai and Boss Ma were completely at odds.

Relying on the fact that Lady Bai depended on him for clothing, food, and shelter, Boss Ma thought she wouldn’t dare to accuse him and took her more and more for granted; while Lady Bai completely lost heart in him, her resentment grew deeper and deeper.

One day, taking advantage of Boss Ma going to the restaurant, she sneaked out of the house and passed the evidence of Boss Ma’s previous embezzlement at Jufude into the hands of Young Master Huo Yuan of the Huo family.

Upon acquiring the evidence, Young Master Huo examined it and, realizing there was more to it, sent it over to Ying Tianfu.

Seeing the large amounts involved in Boss Ma’s case, the Prefect of Ying Tianfu immediately arrested him. After an interrogation confirmed Boss Ma indeed embezzled a substantial amount of wealth and grain from Jufude, it was also uncovered that the Second Old Master of the Huo family was complicit in the corruption, conspiring with him to embezzle the Huo family’s silver...

Lady Bai, having accused Boss Ma, knew that once the case came to light, the government office would surely confiscate their property. Therefore, she had already packed up the valuable possessions from the house and, without waiting for the officials to arrive, she fled with the goods.

As for whether a single, injured woman, carrying such a large amount of wealth on her escape, was safe, that remained unknown...

Cai Wei felt a surge of satisfaction upon learning of this incident. She thought that a petty man like Boss Ma, who betrayed and abandoned his wife for a bit of beauty, deserved to end up in this pitiful state of his house destroyed, family scattered, and himself imprisoned.

And Lady Bai was no better, having destroyed someone else’s family, she deserved her disfigurement, living a life neither human nor ghost...