Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 393: Harassing the Trashy Relatives (6)_1

Chapter 393: Chapter 393: Harassing the Trashy Relatives (6)_1

Wen’er and Wu’er’s appearances have greatly changed; their skin has become fair and delicate, their previously yellow hair has turned shiny black, and their skinny bodies are gradually plumping up, forming a pair of extraordinarily good-looking young boys!

Even Mu Zhongqing has become much more confident and calm than before.

As Cai Wei marveled at her family’s transformation, she arranged the prepared cookies on the baking sheet and started baking them in the kitchen.

The large oven for baking cookies in the kitchen was custom-made for her by Cao Jin. He designed two ovens, one for the inn and one for her home.

Because the inn was too busy to spare anyone or find time to bake pastries, Cai Wei taught all her skills of making egg tarts, sandwiches, and sandwich biscuits to her mother and Fei’er. They would make them at home on regular days, with Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong assisting, then take them to their own inn for sale.

However, their pastries were so popular that what they baked yesterday was sold out by noon today. She felt that in a few days, when she develops a few more pastry recipes, she could open a separate pastry shop, hire some workers, and produce in large quantities to avoid not meeting demand!

After baking the cookies, Cai Wei tasted a few and found them delicious. Since it was night, she was afraid of overeating, so she only ate a few pieces before helping her mother make egg tarts...

At the end of the Xu Hour (7-9pm), Mu Zhongqing came back, his face red and his spirits high. As soon as he entered the house, he unfastened the heavy money pouch from his waist and handed it to Lady Du.

"Lady Mei, our inn did even better today than yesterday. We made more than sixty taels, count and see for yourself, and then put it away!"

When Lady Du opened the heavy pouch, she saw the large and small scattered pieces of silver inside, bright white, dazzlingly eye-catching!

She was so delighted that she couldn’t close her mouth. She stroked the bag and sighed, "I didn’t expect us to earn so much money in one day. If this was in the past, it would be unimaginable!"

Mu Zhongqing also said with emotion, "Exactly, in the past, it would have been fortunate to save one to two hundred copper coins a month; we wouldn’t dare dream of this much. It’s all thanks to our Wei’er that we have what we have today. We have food to eat, clothes to wear, a big house to live in, money to spend, and a life we could only have dreamed of in the past..."

Cai Wei interrupted them, laughing and said, "Dad, stop grieving. How did you arrange for Zhang Bo and the rest to stay tonight?"

Mu Zhongqing said, "I temporarily arranged for them to stay in the inn nearby for tonight. When I get some time tomorrow, I plan to rent a few rooms for them. When we move out and get our own house, we’ll move them back."

Cai Wei said, "That’s exactly what I was thinking. I didn’t expect us, father and daughter, to be on the same wavelength."

At night, as usual, Cai Wei rested in Lady Mei’s room. After Lady Mei and Cai Fei went to sleep, she scattered some sleeping powder, brought the old turtle out from the space, and gave Lady Mei acupuncture.

While the old turtle was giving Lady Mei acupuncture, Cai Wei went into the space to cultivate her martial arts skills.

During these days, even though the spiritual energy in the space was thin, Cai Wei persisted in training; every day she would practice until she was completely exhausted before she would stop.

As her cultivation deepened gradually, she felt her body constantly improving. Her body became lighter and her physical strength increased dramatically, encouraging her to train even harder.

Unfortunately, the hot spring in the space had become turbid. Otherwise, it would be such a joy to soak in the hot spring and eat a freshly picked fruit after her training.

Early next day,

Chaos reigned in the mansion of Duke An. Rumours were spreading about the strange condition that befell the eldest son of the principal wife. It was said that Young Master Yulang suddenly developed a strange disease last night which made his whole body incredibly itchy. No amount of scratching could relieve him. He had even scratched his skin raw, and it still itched. He was so bothered by it that he howled like a wolf and cried like a ghost, threatening to peel his skin off with a knife but was stopped by his mother, Lady Guo. Finally, they summoned Doctor Zhang, the top dermatologist at the Imperial Medical Institute, who applied a medicine to his skin, relieving him slightly.

However, the itching was gone but the pain from the wounds caused by the scratching started to exposed. Because the itchiness was unbearable last night, Du Yulang had unconsciously left scratches all over his body in an attempt to alleviate it. Once these wounds came in contact with Doctor Zhang’s ointment, they sent a sharp pain through his body, causing him to whimper and wail in agony. It was utterly pathetic!

Meanwhile,

Inside the Empress’s Yukun Palace, Li Ruizhu was meeting with the Empress Dowager and relayed the matter of Mu Caiwei declining the invitation.

Upon hearing this, Empress Mo chuckled coldly, "Well, she knows her place and that she doesn’t deserve to come to the palace, thus she doesn’t dare to come. However, if I want her to come, she will have no other choice!"

Princess Zhao Yang suggested, "Mother, I heard from the guards yesterday that this woman has opened up a restaurant specializing in roast meat. Why don’t we take this opportunity to summon her to the palace to cook for everyone? This could be a way to humiliate her and vent Rui Zhu’s anger."

Empress Mo looked at Rui Zhu and asked indifferently, "Do you agree with this?"

Li Ruizhu quickly replied, "To answer Your Highness, that is not what I had in mind. I believe that if we blatantly humiliate her in public, it will simply endear her more to His Highness King Qin. It would be better to invite her as a guest and let her embarrass herself in front of everyone so as to make King Qin lose interest in her."

Empress Mo cast a glance at her daughter and said, "Rui Zhu is indeed more composed and patient. Unlike you, who acts impulsively and without considering the consequences. If you continue like this, how would I be able to marry you off with a peace of mind?"

Zhao Yang pouted, expressing her dissatisfaction with a ’hmm’ sound.

"What’s so great about getting married? Worst come to worst, I’ll just stay single!"

Empress Mo sighed helplessly, "Here you go again. Which girl of your age doesn’t get married? Even if you don’t want to, could you stop others from wanting to marry you? Like Prince Saknu of Liaodan, for example. He’s been in our Capital for over a month. Your father has already clearly rejected his marriage proposal, yet he refuses to leave. I wonder what he is up to?"

Hearing her mother mention Saknu, an image of the boisterous and defiant man sprang into Zhao Yang’s mind.

He was different from the gentle and polite men of Great Jin. He was robust, muscular, handsome, and awe-inspiring, capable of giving women a strong sense of security.

What a pity, her elder brother did not like him. He did not even ask for her opinion, and directly reported to their father, excluding Saknu from her list of potential suitors.