Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 486 Bafu Dim Sum Shop (6)_1

Chapter 486: Chapter 486 Bafu Dim Sum Shop (6)_1

As Cai Wei returned to the Duke An’s mansion, just as she alighted from her horse carriage, she noticed another sky blue carved flower carriage stopped not far from the entrance. Cai Wei didn’t pay much attention to it and was just about to call at the door when she suddenly heard a low call from that carriage.

"Cai Wei, my younger sister!"

Cai Wei instinctively turned her head and saw that from the blue-curtained horse carriage, the carriage curtain was picked open, and Huo Yuan was sitting inside, smiling warmly at her.

"Big Brother Huo! Why are you here?"

Cai Wei walked over, standing in front of his horse carriage, looking up at him.

Huo Yuan smiled softly and said: "I am here especially to wait for my younger sister."

Cai Wei pointed at her own nose, surprised: "Waiting for me to do what?"

Huo Yuan’s expression darkened, he laughed bitterly: "It seems my sister has forgotten our appointment at Cai Yue Pavilion."

"The appointment at Cai Yue Pavilion?"

Cai Wei thought for a moment and suddenly remembered that day at Cai Yue Pavilion when they were surrounded by archers, she had comforted him saying, "If we escape this calamity, I’ll seriously consider him... "

It seemed that he had taken those words to heart!

"Big Brother Huo, I... "

Cai Wei really didn’t know how to tell him. Huo Yuan is an extremely good man. If it hadn’t been for Nangong Yi’s strong intervention, perhaps she really would have married him.

But now, everything is different. She has accepted Nangong Yi in her heart, making it difficult to make room for a second person.

"Come on and speak!"

Huo Yuan greeted her with a gentle smile, extending his hand towards her.

Cai Wei gave a forced smile, bypassing his hand, she held onto the carriage wall and climbed up the carriage herself.

Huo Yuan withdrew his hand, gave a bitter smile, and said to the coachman: "Let’s go!"

"Where are we going?"

Cai Wei looked at him, full of confusion.

Huo Yuan looked at her beautiful face, holding back the sourness in his heart, he said, "I’ll take you to see something."

Cai Wei closed her mouth, sitting silently there as the carriage rolled and travelled.

Huo Yuan looked a bit thinner than he did two days ago. He was wearing a water-blue round-necked robe with cloud patterns and a hook jade belt of ink-green around his waist. His hair tied up on top of his head, secured with a purple jade hairpin. He still looked handsome and refined, as elegant as jade.

Inside the carriage, a small table separated the two, each on one side. Although not far apart, it felt as if they were separated by great distances, making him feel out of reach.

"Big Brother Huo... "

Cai Wei broke the silence. Since she had made up her mind and chosen Nangong Yi, she ought to tell him her decision truthfully. So as not to raise his hopes and delay his prime time.

Cai Wei pursed her lips and softly started: "I’m sorry, I.... "

"Don’t say it!"

Huo Yuan interrupted her, a hint of desolation flashed in his eyes.

"You want to tell me, you have chosen him, right?"

"Yes!" Biting her lip, Cai Wei nodded lightly.

The fists on his knees clenched, the white knuckles cracking with the strain. Huo Yuan strived to suppress the disappointment in his heart and asked with a bitter smile: "Does Wei’er know his identity?"

"Yes, he’s the legitimate prince of our Great Jin Dynasty, the third prince, King Qin!"

"Heh."

Huo Yuan chuckled lightly, "Do you know what Empress Mo’s requirements are for choosing a daughter-in-law?"

Cai Wei said, "Big Brother Huo, are you saying that I’m not worthy of him? Not fit to marry him, right?"

Huo Yuan shook his head, "The king’s consort for King Qin is already internally chosen, if you were to marry him, you could only be a side consort or a common consort. At that time, with so many concubines around, how long could his feelings for you last? If you fall out of favor someday, how would you cope?"

Huo Yuan’s words had all been considered by Cai Wei before, and that’s why she had previously kept her feelings hidden and resisted him.

However, now, she has understood that in one’s life it is not easy to find someone whom one deeply loves and who also loves oneself. If she gave up first due to some objective factors without even trying, it would be unfair to both herself and him.

Therefore, she decided to give it a go and try as much as possible for this hard-earned love.

"He won’t take a concubine. He can only have me as his wife in this life." Cai Wei said assertively.

Huo Yuan turned his eyes away, laughing helplessly, as if mocking her naivety and ignorance.

"Do you think the Emperor and Empress would allow it? Or, do you think that with King Qin’s sole power, he could stand against the might of the Emperor and Empress?"

"Even if he could withstand the pressure from the Emperor and Empress, do you know, his identity is awkward. If one day, the Crown Prince ascends the throne, everyone in King Qin’s Palace would face catastrophe and you, following him, would only be left with a deadly path. And if his great cause succeeds, he will surely have to rely on the power of his subordinates. Those who are able to protect him will certainly send their daughters to the palace to consolidate their own power. At that time, how could he possibly dodge? He will inevitably have three palaces and six courtyards, and you, would just be one of them, are you willing to be trapped in such a situation for your whole life?"

"I am not willing." Cai Wei said firmly.

Huo Yuan’s face relaxed, "Then you still...."

Cai Wei turned her head, lifted the mosquito net on the carriage window, and looked at the ancient city under the moonlight and the blue stone-paved road extending far away, her voice ethereal.

"He wouldn’t do that."

The night wind blew in from the window, the dim yellow lamp in the carriage flickered, under the lamp light, a young maiden’s face was calm, but her eyes revealed a determined look.

"He promised that in this life, I will be his only wife, and we will spend a lifetime together as a pair."

Huo Yuan looked at her for a long time, and suddenly laughed. His laughter was filled with pain and mockery, "Do you think that’s possible?"

Cai Wei looked at him, her eyes clear, without any confusion, "I believe him."

"Cai Wei, wake up, if you apply the shrewdness from your business dealings to your feelings, you wouldn’t be so confused. From ancient times till now, there have been very few nobles, let alone emperors, who didn’t take concubines. Even if he can fulfill his promise and make you his only wife now, what about ten years later, twenty years later? How could the ministers of the court allow only one person in the emperor’s harem!"

What Huo Yuan said was all reality, Cai Wei understood and was concerned about it too. But ultimately, she couldn’t escape her feelings. From the moment she compromised, she was prepared for everything.