Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 495 Princess of Marriage Alliance (1)_1

Chapter 495: Chapter 495 Princess of Marriage Alliance (1)_1

Steward Cao stepped forward and said, "Princess, the Old Madame has instructed to hand them their servitude contracts to you. From now on, they are your people."

Cai Wei received the stack of servitude contracts with a profound smile and said, "Please thank the Old Madame for me. She really is like a living Bodhisattva who grants every request!"

Steward Cao was unaware of the Old Madame being blackmailed by Cai Wei. He just kept laughing and said, "The Princess is right. In the entire capital city, who doesn’t praise our Old Madame as altruistic and kind-hearted?"

Cai Wei laughed heartily and said, "Yes, indeed, I will ’return’ her altruism and kindness in an appropriate manner..."

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There were seventeen slaves sent this time, thirteen males and four females, all of whom had participated in the abuse of Lady Mei over the years. Cai Wei asked Lady You to arrange them in the side rooms of the backyard, where they would all follow the orders of Zhang Biaotou.

These servants used to be trusted subordinates of Lady Wang, or the trusted subordinates of her trusted subordinates. They were once prestigious in the mansion because of currying favor with the Old Madame, but now they have been sent to the manor to do hard labor. They were disheartened and extremely regretful while being terrified because of what they had done. Therefore, Cai Wei didn’t need to deal with them directly, their own fears and losses were enough to torment them.

Those people had once cruelly abused Lady Mei, and although Cai Wei could not take revenge on them in the same way, she was determined to make them receive the punishment they deserved. Making them work was not only a saving of labor costs but also served as a means of revenge and discipline; it was a perfect plan of killing two birds with one stone.

In the evening, Lady Du, supporting Lady Mei, went outside for a walk. Cai Wei, fearing the emergence of wild beasts, asked Huan Qiu to accompany them and stopped Zhang Biaotou who wanted to protect them.

She took out a thousand tael silver note and gave it to Zhang Biaotou, instructing him to go to the city tomorrow to buy cattle, horses, sheep, chicken, ducks, geese, and other livestock with this money, along with all kinds of seeds needed for farming this year.

After a while, she planned to open a hot pot restaurant and a spicy hot pot restaurant, which would require a large amount of meat and vegetables. If these things were all to be purchased from outside, it’d cost a lot of money. It would be better to be self-sufficient, grow their own vegetables, and as for the mutton needed for a hot pot restaurant, there was a large meadow by the river here which was perfect for grazing; it could just be used to raise her sheep and dairy cows.

After she finished instructing Zhang Biaotou, the Old Turtle suddenly sent a message. The Old Turtle was always able to keep calm, speaking slowly like never being anxious, but this time it surprisingly quickened its pace, with an excited tone.

"Master, I felt spiritual energy in the mountain, though it’s not as rich as our original spiritual energy, it’s still very rare!" it said.

"Really?" Cai Wei was overjoyed!

No one could be happier than she was at this news. Every time she saw the gloomy space, she couldn’t help but feel guilty and self-blaming. Especially when she heard that several Divine Beasts have started to naturally grow due to the disappearance of spiritual energy, she was constantly worried, fearing that they might suddenly grow old and die, therefore eagerly hoping that the space would recover quickly.

"It’s true, this spiritual energy is gathered in the deepest part of the mountain. Master, when can you collect it?"

"Tonight, after everyone has gone to sleep, I will go over," Cai Wei told it through thought transfer.

In the evening, Mu Zhongqing brought Wen’er, Wu’er, and Fei’er back. These children saw the manor for the first time and were attracted by the beautiful scenery inside. Their faces were filled with joy as they excitedly explored the manor. Especially Wen’er and Wu’er, when they saw the two children in Wu Lang’s home who were around their age, were even happier. They quickly became good friends and started to play joyously together.