Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 425: First Update on Shangsi Festival (3)_1

Chapter 425: Chapter 425: First Update on Shangsi Festival (3)_1

Empress Mo snorted and murmured resentfully, "What a shameless man, involving even the devout grandmother in the Buddhist Hall all for a woman. He’s not afraid it’ll drain her life!"

Li Zequan said, "His Highness King Qin must have already known that Your Majesty wants to harm that girl. That’s why he has to resort to such measures. It shows that his highness really fell for that woman this time. Your Majesty, His Highness King Qin is a man of honor and affection. Please don’t hurt your relationship with him because of a woman."

Empress Mo stared coldly at the servant on the ground and retorted, "Li Zequan, why do you speak on their behalf? Don’t tell me you’re also bought by them?"

On hearing this, Li Zequan hastily knelt down, kowtowing relentlessly.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged! I sincerely am considering your best interests. Just contemplate, His Highness King Qin is so devoted to that woman that he would even risk his life. If Your Majesty were to kill that lady, His Highness will undeniably resent you. Your Majesty, I pledge my loyalty to you..."

The loud whimpering of Li Zequan gave Empress Mo a headache. She waved him away, saying tiredly, "Enough, just go. Let me think..."

...

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. During these past few days, Cai Wei had been staying inside the house, practicing dancing skills with her mother from dawn till dusk. It was not until the morning of the Shangsi Festival that she finally stepped out of her room.

Since she was to enter the palace, her mother had meticulously dressed her up. As Cai Wei stepped out of the house, she saw that her father didn’t go to the restaurant today, and neither Wen’er and Wu’er went to school. They all stayed home to see her off.

"Older sister, you look really beautiful today!"

As Cai Wei stepped out, both Cai Fei and Wen’er and Wu’er gasped in awe at her grand appearance!

Though they saw their older sister every day, usually she was dressed in everyday clothes without any embellishments. But today, with her eyebrows drawn like distant mountains and her lips painted like flower petals, she looked as splendid as a celestial concubine. She looked so stunning that they could hardly recognize her.

Mu Zhongqing was also beaming with pride at the sight of his breathtakingly beautiful daughter.

Today, Cai Wei was wearing a dress of cloud-bordered embroidered Multicolor flowers and fluttering butterflies. Below, she wore a skirt with floral cloud and Ruyi patterns, and a coiffure like a lotus returning to clouds. On the side of her hair, she had a Gold-mounted red gemstone butterfly hairpin, which would flutter as she moved. In her porcelain-white and jade-like cheeks, hung a pair of droplets made from Chiki Gold Turns Cui, swaying gently every time she moved. Coupled with her delicate features and slender and graceful body just entering womanhood, it accentuated her charm even more. She looked like an exquisitely blossoming green calyx plum- tender, elegant, and invigorating.

"Let’s go, bid goodbye to them in the main courtyard before proceeding to the palace by carriage."

For some reason, Lady Du felt a pang of melancholy as she saw her daughter so grandly dressed, as though her daughter was about to be married off. She walked by her daughter’s side, urging her on.

"Mm!"

Cai Wei nodded in agreement, bid her goodbyes to everyone, and then followed her mother to the main courtyard.

Everyone from Duke An’s Mansion-- old and young, men and women-- had gathered in the Osmanthus Pavilion of the main court, conferring non-stop instructions to Du Wanqiu, Du Wanyue, and Du Wanru, the three sisters who were about to enter the palace.

The sisters of the Du family were all dressed in their best. Du Wanqiu wore an embroidered dress with the pattern of goose yellow and green persimmon pedicels and a Willow Green Skirt with Gold Plate and Multicolor Embroidery. Her high-bun hair was decorated with a few pieces of gold and jade jewelry, and a light purple palace made Silk flower was tucked beside her hair. She looked fresh and elegant, like a whiff of spring breeze– refreshing and pleasing to the eyes.

As for the Du sisters, they were serving maids and hence could not dress as flamboyantly as Cai Wei and Wanqiu. Instead, they wore plain clothes. However, upon closer inspection, one could see the exquisiteness of their attire.