Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 472: Break Your Leg, Second Watch(2)_1

Chapter 472: Chapter 472: Break Your Leg, Second Watch(2)_1

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, Consort Huo’s sorrow momentarily subsided as she looked up with reddened eyes and asked.

The old palace maid replied, "I cannot say for certain whether it’s true or not, but someone did overhear this outside the Empress’ Bedchamber when Princess Zhao Yang’s nanny was urging the princess not to be angry with Miss Mu. She said, ’The Empress Dowager has already made up her mind to send that slut to Liaodan for a marriage alliance. The princess needn’t be irritated with her anymore. The prince of Liaodan is as savage as a bull, I’m afraid that the slut may not even make it to Liaodan but instead be killed by him on the journey.’ Therefore, I infer that the Empress Dowager must have such an intention, otherwise, the nanny of Princess Zhao Yang wouldn’t have spoken carelessly of this."

Upon hearing this, Consort Huo let out a sigh of relief, but then said somewhat sympathetically, "Poor girl who is as delicate as Hua Zhi’er, she truly possesses an exquisite appearance. It’s truly a case of a beauty with a short life, to face such a disaster!"

The old palace maid responded, "That is her destiny calling, no one can be blamed for it. Once she leaves, the duke’s eldest son will naturally give up, so Your Highness should stop mourning over this."

After listening to the old palace maid, Consort Huo indeed stopped being upset. She merely sighed for a while over the impending misfortune that Cai Wei was about to face, before setting it aside.

Lady Du, along with Cai Wei, nervously arrived at the Osmanthus Pavilion and, unexpectedly, found a short and plump eunuch who had a clean complexion. He was sitting in a chair, having tea with Duke An. Upon seeing Cai Wei, the eunuch unabashedly looked her up and down with his pair of slit eyes before standing up and saying in a soft voice, "The Duke is very lucky to have such a promising granddaughter. In the future, the whole mansion will benefit from Young Miss Biao."

Du Ruohai was unsure of the eunuch’s purpose for this visit, but seeing his amicable and cheerful expression, assumed that good news was at hand. Thus he replied, smiling, "Your grace is too kind, if my granddaughter truly has such a fortunate fate, I will certainly not forget your generous assistance."

The eunuch laughed dryly a few times and said, "Since Miss Mu has already arrived, please receive the edict. I am in a hurry to go back and report."

"Yes, yes, Eunuch, please proceed——"

In the Flower Hall, the incense table had been prepared. Duke An, along with the younger generation of the mansion and Miss Mu, knelt in the hall and respectfully accepted the edict.

The eunuch unfolded the bright yellow Imperial edict and began to read it aloud in a high-pitched voice.

"Under the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees, there is a beautiful person, Lady Du, who is virtuous and of good character, beautiful and intelligent, possessing both talent and virtue. Considering that she has been childless in the palace for many years, and without any support, I have chosen her niece, Mu Caiwei, to be her adopted daughter, and have bestowed upon her the title of ’Princess An Le’. Given this——"

Once it was finished, the eunuch said with a smiling face, "Congratulations to Princess An Le, kudos to Princess An Le. Your Highness, please accept the edict."

Cai Wei clenched her mouth and forced back the cold smile that was about to surface.

It seemed that the Empress still hadn’t given up on controlling her life. However, the news from Brother Parrot initially was that the Empress wanted to adopt her as her adopted daughter. But perhaps after the Shangsi Festival banquet today, the Empress probably thought she wasn’t worthy of being her adopted daughter, so she brought out Du Meiren, who had almost become petrified in the Inner Palace, as her control.

Being granted the title of Princess was fine, with the title of a princess, many things became easier to handle. However, if they thought they could manipulate her life through this, they were sorely mistaken!

"Long live the Emperor for thousands of years——"

Cai Wei suppressed a cold smile and respectfully bowed down.

Father and son Du Ruohai were unaware of the circumstances, and they thought that this was really a favor from the palace to Cai Wei, which reached Lady Du and Duke An’s mansion. They were overjoyed for a while. They repeatedly instructed their housekeeper to reward the eunuch, personally invited the eunuch to sit down and have tea, and were busy ordering to prepare the meal. They were so busy that they were unable to attend to all matters.

The eunuch readily accepted the purse handed over by Duke An, weighed it, and laughed, "Thank you, Old Duke, for your generous hospitality. But I am in a hurry to go back and report my mission, so I must take my leave now."