Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1204 - 1210: An Old Friend Arrives (3)

Chapter 1204: Chapter 1210: An Old Friend Arrives (3)

So, the path of divorce was utterly unworkable, as long as the daughter was alive, she would have to continue living in that mansion.

Seeing her mother silent, Xiang Yun sniffled and muttered gloomily, "Actually, I had thought about fighting for it, but my great aunt came and told me that woman is already carrying his child, and is now nurturing the fetus in the mansion. Mother, my husband has a child with another woman, how do you expect me to face him, I can’t get over this hurdle in my heart!"

Madam Wu held her handkerchief, wiping away the tear beads that had emerged from her emotions, and sighed, "Silly girl, what can you do if you can’t get over it? You still have to get through it. We women are fated to suffer, bearing children for others, managing household affairs, serving in-laws, and also having to endure men taking concubines, with illegitimate sons and daughters flaunting themselves under your eyelids every day... Alas! In the end, we women are destined for this. You cannot escape or hide from it, so, Yun’er, just endure it. When you have your own children in the future, just focus on them, and life will be much better. I survived this way initially!"

Xiang Yun said, "Mother, why should we make ourselves live such a miserable life? Actually, we could live independently of men, relying on our own hands and wisdom, living the life we want, a life that belongs to us, wouldn’t that be better?"

Unknowingly, she thought of the words Cai Wei had said to her that day!

Madam Wu smiled bitterly and said, "What nonsense are you talking, child? If all women were alone, nine out of ten would not accept such a fate, but we are not alone. We have families behind us, parents, brothers and sisters. If everyone selfishly goes to live the life you mentioned, it’s not just their own reputations that will be ruined, but it will bring shame to the family, disrupt our brothers’ careers, and cause our sisters to be rejected in marriage. Even those who are married will be discriminated against by their in-laws. So, once a woman is married, in life she belongs to her husband’s family, and in death she becomes a ghost of her husband’s family..."

Hearing her mother’s words, Xiang Yun lowered her head sadly and said despondently, "Mother, I understand now. It’s all my fault for being too selfish. From now on, I won’t think about divorce anymore. I’ll contentedly be a young madam of the Mo family, and will not tarnish our family’s reputation!"

Madam Wu said, "Since you are destined to be Zili’s wife, take advantage of your youth and beauty to captivate his heart and try to bear a son soon. With a son, your latter half of life will have support..."

Xiang Yun was taken aback. Have a son with him?

But, there was another woman in the mansion carrying his child, and her heart was too conflicted to persuade herself to go along with him, to have a son with him. What was she to do?

...

Cai Wei slept for nearly two shi chen in the space and finally woke up, while outside it was not even one shi chen yet. Well-rested, she naturally felt spirited.

After coming out, she called Chun Liu and asked if Xiang Yun had come. Chun Liu said, "Miss Xiang Yun has not come, but Eunuch Chen from the Empress Dowager’s palace inside the palace has come and is waiting outside, saying that the Empress Dowager invites you to come to her palace for a sit, my lady, shall we go?"

Chun Liu, having been with the Empress Dowager for so long, had also become astute and knew that the Empress Dowager had offended the Empress. Thus, when Chen Shangxi came to invite the Empress, she did not immediately call for the Empress but let him wait outside until the lady woke up, also to diminish the Empress Dowager’s prestige!

Cai Wei was very satisfied with Chun Liu’s approach, smiling she said, "I have been away from my seat for half a day now, I should go, otherwise with both my and the Empress Dowager’s absence, people would gossip. Go tell Chen Shangxi that I will visit the Empress Dowager when I am free and send him back for now!"