Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1350 - 1357: Fight Fire with Fire (1)

Chapter 1350: Chapter 1357: Fight Fire with Fire (1)

Empress Dowager Mo, seeing the Old Madame make things difficult for Miss Ning, quickly smoothed things over by saying, "Mother, what you say isn’t right. Ancient people said: A man is like a pitcher and a woman like a cup, where is the reasoning that one pitcher should only be matched with one cup? Although The Emperor is now closely bonded with the Empress, as if they were stuck together like lacquer, that is merely because they are still newlyweds. Give it some days, and The Emperor will naturally grow weary, and moreover, if the Empress becomes pregnant in the future, one can’t expect The Emperor to sleep alone in a cold bed with no one to wait upon him!"

After the Empress Dowager put it that way, Miss Ning’s complexion eased a bit, but her face was still flushed, and she didn’t dare to lift her head.

"Empress Dowager arrives—"

Following Meng Huaian’s prolonged announcement, Cai Wei’s phoenix palanquin landed outside Empress Dowager Mo’s The Palace, and the Madams and the Misses of the Princesses and Duchesses all came out to greet her, bowing to Cai Wei.

"Greetings to Your Majesty the Empress Dowager!"

"Rise!"

Cai Wei, supported by Meng Huaian’s hand, stepped down from the phoenix palanquin. She was dressed in a bright yellow court dress, embroidered with five-colored nine-tailed phoenixes, paired with a plain gauze undergarment, with brushes of cinnabar red bordering the collar, edges of her clothing, and hem of her skirt, and a jade belt tied around her waist.

Atop her head was a coronet adorned with four golden phoenixes, the central large golden phoenix clutching a round and lustrous pearl, with a green canopy above and pearl tassels hanging below. The smaller golden phoenixes were also each holding a beaded drop.

This outfit was exceedingly stately, likely to make one look older, yet upon her, it only highlighted her beauty, her skin more radiant than jade carvings, adding a significant gravity and regal aura to her usual appearance.

Upon seeing her beauty like that of a celestial being, even though the Misses were engulfed with jealousy in their hearts, they could not help but inwardly admit defeat. Empress Dowager’s look was indeed beyond their reach, no wonder The Emperor favored her exclusively and seemed to have eyes for no one else!

With a pleasant expression, Cai Wei said, "I just had a talk with The Emperor and was delayed. I apologize for making everyone wait. I wonder if Imperial Mother has finished the selection and which Miss has been chosen to enter the palace to wait upon The Emperor?"

Zhao Gui stepped forward, bowed, and reported, "In response to Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, The Emperor decreed that the misses whose beauty does not match yours should withdraw voluntarily. All the Misses admitted to being less beautiful than Your Majesty and withdrew on their own accord, but only Miss Ning from Prime Minister Ning’s house believed her appearance surpassed Your Majesty and did not withdraw."

Upon hearing this, Miss Ning quickly knelt down and said anxiously, "Your Highness has misunderstood me. My beauty is like a willow, nowhere near bright enough to contend with Your Majesty’s bright moon. It’s just that... since my childhood, I have longed to wait upon The Emperor. Even serving as a palace maid would be my willing duty. Therefore, I did not withdraw, and I never dared to think that I am superior in beauty. I implore Your Majesty to see the truth!"

Cai Wei looked at the sincerely anxious Miss Ning and smiled radiantly, saying, "Miss Ning exaggerates. Please rise, let’s go inside and talk."

Saying this and supporting Meng Huaian’s arm, she calmly walked into the room. The Madams, according to their rank, followed Empress Mu into the house one after the other.

Madam Ning was also among these women, and at this time, she felt very uneasy. She felt that the Empress Dowager’s seemingly casual smile just now seemed to contain too much—ridicule, scorn, disgust, disdain...

All at once, she no longer wished for her daughter to enter the palace. Although her daughter had said that if she couldn’t marry The Emperor, she would remain unmarried for life, and she had agreed to let her daughter make one all-out effort, for some reason, seeing that smile from the Empress, a sinister premonition suddenly arose in her heart. Now, she would rather her daughter remain unmarried than to let her enter the palace!

After entering the room, Cai Wei paid her respects to the Empress Dowager and took her seat on her throne, saying, "I have heard that all the Misses voluntarily withdrew, leaving only Miss Ning. I wonder what Imperial Mother thinks?"

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