Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1150 - 1155: Mo Zili’s Heartfelt Thoughts (5)

Chapter 1150: Chapter 1155: Mo Zili’s Heartfelt Thoughts (5)

However, he could never say this out loud, otherwise that little girl would certainly kill him. As he was reviewing the accounts, he nonchalantly said, "Perhaps she has slept too much and is thirsty, she’ll feel better after drinking some water!"

"Oh..."

Cai Wei obediently sat up, about to call for water, only to discover that her body, having just risen, felt as though it had been run over by a carriage, with aches all over, especially below, a sour and swollen discomfort was quite unbearable.

She had experienced this feeling before and remembered it vividly, and naturally understood what had happened. Thinking back, they had been drinking together last night, and after that, she had drunk all the liquor, and then knew nothing...

Could it be that the man had taken advantage of her while she was drunk?

Thinking about this, Cai Wei’s expression turned grim, and she began to undo her undergarments to check. When she saw her recently healed skin was again mottled with purple and green, she immediately understood everything and gritted her teeth as she exclaimed, "Nangong Yi, you actually dared to take liberties with me while I was drunk!"

The man looked up, his expression casual, and said, "When did I ever violate you? If anything, it was you who violated me, more accurately. Speaking of which, Madam was quite fierce last night."

As he said this, he unfastened the front of his dragon robe, revealing his firm chest.

There, on that jade-like, lustrously pale chest were bite marks and scratches all over, stark against his pale skin—they were shockingly evident!

"Is this... what I did?"

Cai Wei widened her eyes, somewhat hard to believe.

The man leisurely retied his sash and sighed, "They say liquor can lead to debauchery, I never believed it before, but after seeing you last night, I have become utterly convinced of it!"

"Ah? What... what did I do?"

Cai Wei asked the man in a frightened tone, dreading to hear from his mouth what she did not want to know.

However, what the man told her was exactly that kind of thing.

"Alas, last night Madam was overly passionate, you couldn’t wait and insisted on being affectionate with your husband in the Dragon Carriage, no matter how much I pleaded with you, you wouldn’t listen, and so Your Majesty had no choice but to indulge you in the carriage to satisfy your demands..."

"What? You... you’re not lying to me, are you?"

Cai Wei clutched her head, her eyes wide in a near state of collapse.

The thought of having done that very thing with the man in the Dragon Carriage, and having the eunuchs carrying it, as well as the palace maidens following it overhearing, gave her an impulse to throw herself against a wall!

My God, there goes her dignity as the mother of the nation! Her imperial composure!

The man looked up at her again and said earnestly, "Do I look like someone who lies? Besides, there was more than one person guarding the Dragon Carriage last night, should I call one in to confirm?"

"No need, really no need—"

Cai Wei cried out, lying down on the kang and covering her face, rolling back and forth, completely falling apart: "Nangong Yi, why didn’t you stop me? Why didn’t you reject me? It’s not like a man can’t refuse a woman, if you were unwilling, how could I have succeeded?"

After shouting, she suddenly remembered something, removed her hands from her face and scrambled up to question the man, "Wait, is it possible that you are reversing the truth, deliberately blackening my name? Could it be that you took advantage when I was drunk, and now are falsely accusing me? Tell me, is it so?"

Nangong Yi put down the vermilion pen, and in an unhurried manner, said to Yang Yong who was standing by the ground, "Yang Yong, come tell the Empress what exactly happened last night."

"Yes!"

Yang Yong stepped forward, flicking his duster, and began gently, "If your Majesty the Empress permits, the thing is, last night you had too much to drink and insisted on..."

"Stop—Enough—Don’t say anymore!"

Cai Wei shouted loudly, cutting off Yang Yong’s flowing explanation, as she simply couldn’t bear to have such a private issue laid out on the table, even if she knew there was something fishy about the matter, she had no desire to hear someone recount the exploits of what they did.

So, regarding the question of who slept with whom, she decided not to pursue it any further!

However, she couldn’t let the matter go that easily, she thought darkly, grinding her teeth, determined to make the man pay a price for this...

After lunch, the Manager of the Internal Affairs Bureau came to consult about the Empress Dowager’s Birthday Feast. Since Cai Wei had learned that Empress Dowager Ji had been unkind to Nangong Yi, she had abandoned the idea of showing her filial piety. After considering it, she said, "Let Princess Zhao Gui handle the Birthday Feast. She’s also nearing the age to marry, learning to manage such affairs will be beneficial for when she gets married and presides over Central Distributions!"

Handing over Empress Dowager Ji’s Birthday Feast to Princess Zhao Gui served two purposes: it allowed all those who were used to flattering and snubbing to see that Princess Zhao Gui was not dragged down by Jin Guifei and Nangong Shi, and remained a favored princess, thus repaying her for passing on the warning; on the other hand, entrusting the grand celebration of Empress Dowager Ji’s 72nd birthday to an inexperienced girl was a lesson for Empress Dowager Ji to ponder over why Nangong Yi would do such a thing.

Steward Zheng, upon hearing that Cai Wei intended to hand Empress Dowager Ji’s grand 72nd birthday banquet over to the inexperienced Princess Zhao Gui, was a bit surprised, but his years in the palace life did not betray a single trace of emotion on his face, and he obediently replied "Yes," before leaving.

When Princess Zhao Gui heard that the Empress had asked her to organize the Birthday Feast for the Empress Dowager, she was overjoyed and took up her duties with the utmost enthusiasm.

Her wet nurse whispered to her, "The Empress is on bad terms with both the Empress Dowager and Princess Zhao Yue, to the point of being inveterate enemies. The princess could take advantage of this occasion to curry favor with Her Majesty the Empress. If you can win her over, your future son-in-law and your future wealth and honor all lie with her."

"Wet Nurse, even if you hadn’t mentioned it, I know what to do. Rest assured," Princess Zhao Gui promised seriously.

She had already experienced falling from heaven into hell, that desperate state of being unable to live nor die, when anyone could step on her; she had suffered it and had enough. Now that she had finally gotten an opportunity to turn her fortunes around, she was determined to firmly grasp this chance, never again to let herself fall back into hell!