Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1217 - 1223: Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Face Off (4)

Chapter 1217: Chapter 1223: Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Face Off (4)

"Fortunately, Empress Dowager Mo didn’t blame him for talking too much, but just gave a cold laugh and said", "Even if I have something to say, it’s only worthwhile if the Empress Dowager has time to listen, isn’t it? Yesterday, when I sent someone to invite the Empress Dowager, didn’t she just not have the time to see me or listen to my ramblings?"

Upon hearing this, Cai Wei also gave a cold laugh, "Imperial Mother’s words are indeed quite amusing. Since you believe this concubine has no time to listen to you, why bother coming to the Royal study at all?"

Empress Dowager Mo said coldly, "I came to see when the Empress Dowager might have time to listen to a few words from this dispirited person. With this explanation, is the Empress Dowager satisfied?"

The atmosphere between the two was tense and confrontational. Chen Shangxi quickly plastered on a smile attempting to smooth things over, "Look, as Empress Dowager says, since you have come, how could the Empress Dowager not have time to listen to you? Hehe, you really are getting more and more humorous!"

The servant had laid out a way to deescalate, and seeing that Cai Wei was stubborn and unlikely to back down, Empress Dowager Mo had no choice but to go along with the exit the servant had offered to her. She shot a sideways glance at Cai Wei and said, "Empress, what do you say?"

Cai Wei’s response was with a smile but not a smile, "I was indeed planning to leave the palace, but since Imperial Mother has come, it would not be proper for this concubine to leave you here alone. So, it goes without saying that I must make some time to accompany you for a while. Imperial Mother, please feel free to speak your mind!"

Clearly, these words showed Cai Wei’s unwelcoming attitude toward her mother-in-law, yet for the sake of face, she had no choice but to entertain her. Empress Dowager Mo, choked up by Cai Wei’s sharp and barbed words, glared and coldly laughed several times, "Good, good, sharp-tongued and unyielding when in the right, feeling so elevated because of the favor you enjoy now, as if you see no one else. Don’t forget, no matter how much you are favored, I am the Emperor’s birth mother, and he will never forsake me for a woman. Even if he is momentarily enchanted by you and somewhat neglectful of me, he is ultimately flesh of my flesh and will surely return to a relationship of filial piety and maternal love with me. As for you, merely a woman of low birth, once his novelty in you fades, you’ll be the one crying!"

Her words were indeed vicious, yet upon hearing them, Cai Wei just laughed it off. Adjusting her dress, she sighed, "Ah, this concubine has indeed been worried night and day about losing favor in the future. Fortunately, thanks to Imperial Mother, the Emperor and I are both afflicted with the Cloud-rain Gu, and he will not favor any other woman for the rest of his life. Thinking about it, I owe this to Imperial Mother and Princess Zhao Yue’s planning and scheming. I haven’t even thanked you yet!"

Hearing Cai Wei’s sarcasm, Empress Dowager Mo clenched her fists, grinding her teeth, "Mu Caiwei, if it were not for your spoiled and arrogant behavior, defying me and acting as if no one else mattered, would I have had the heart to use Gu poison on my own son? It was all because you forced my hand!"

Cai Wei responded with a cold laugh, "Imperial Mother’s words are rather unreasonable. As a wife to the Emperor, I’ve neither caused chaos in the country nor encouraged the Emperor to commit acts harming the people; nor have I been indulgent and wasteful, bringing shame to the royal family. What grounds do you have for not tolerating me, insisting that the Emperor marry someone else? I’m the one living with the Emperor, not you. As long as the Emperor likes me as I am, why should you interfere unnecessarily? In fact, isn’t it just your thirst for power? You desire a compliant daughter-in-law who would cower before you every day, obedient to your every word, allowing you to continue reigning supreme over the Imperial Harem. It’s all the work of your covetous heart and selfish desires, so why blame others?"

With these unyielding words, she laid bare Empress Dowager Mo’s scheming, dissecting it openly on the table. Empress Mo’s face turned red in an instant, and in a fit of embarrassed anger, she said, "Yes, I want a daughter-in-law who obeys, and what is wrong with that? Not just in the royal family, even in commoner’s households, isn’t it expected for the daughter-in-law to listen to her mother-in-law? It is natural and proper for me to want to control you, to ensure you behave. You are the one defying heaven, opposing me time and again, stirring up strife between mother and son. With such a venomous nature, how are you fit to be our royal daughter-in-law? I am right to want to replace you!"