Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 590 Lady He’s Roast Duck(6)_1

Chapter 590: Chapter 590 Lady He’s Roast Duck(6)_1

Dun Zhu and Dan Zhu were surprised and flattered, and tried to decline, but Cai Wei insisted on letting them choose. Thus, Dun Zhu chose braised duck intestines, and Dan Zhu opted for baked duck liver.

While waiting for the dishes, Cai Wei chatted with Dun Zhu and Dan Zhu, eventually discussing their backgrounds. Dun Zhu and Dan Zhu were both straightforward girls who had developed a strong attachment to Cai Wei over these two days of companionship, so they revealed their own stories without any hesitation.

As it turned out, the two sisters were exactly as Nangong Yi guessed, they ran away to avoid the ’Daughter’s Rites’.

Their father was a minor official under the Khan of the Meng Slaves, responsible for horse care. Although their family was not wealthy, it was much better off than ordinary people. At least they had servants from childhood, never starved, and often wore brocade clothes that only the aristocratic girls of the Great Jin Nation could wear.

Unfortunately, even though they had enough food and clothing, they were not happy with their lives because they had an older sister who underwent the ’Daughter’s Rites’ at the age of eight. The brutal rites required all the women in the family to attend as a proof of the girl’s purity and chastity.

The cruelty of the ’Daughter’s Rites’ was unbearable. Their sister completed her own ’Daughter’s Rites’ in their terrifying shock, was carried back to her tent barely conscious. The three sisters shared a tent and were very close. Their sister was also good to them, but they could do nothing to prevent or help her from the cruel harm.

After their sister was carried back, she fell into a coma. By night, she developed a high fever, lasting until daybreak. When the grand sorcerer of the royal court came to see her, he claimed that the God Kalun of the prairie had chosen her, and asked her parents to dedicate her to the God Kalun.

So, they carried the sister to Kalun Mountain and left her on the mountain top as an offering to God Kalun.

Dun Zhu was curious about how the God Kalun took her sister away, so she sneaked back to check at nightfall. However, all she saw was a skeleton that had been picked clean by sky eagles, with its arms raised high and her terrible pain still visible on her bloody, mutilated face. Clearly, her sister had woken up while the old eagles were feeding on her, experiencing unimaginable pain and torture in her last moments....

Because they had already lost a daughter, their parents couldn’t bear to hold the ’Daughter’s Rites’ for a second daughter. Therefore, Dun Zhu was able to grow up timidly to fifteen years old as a complete body.

However, if a girl on the prairie hadn’t undergone the ’Daughter’s Rites’, she would be deemed promiscuous and shameless, and called a prostitute. No one wanted to marry that kind of girl, and even if they did marry, the husband would force her to undergo the rites because Mongol men had to go out for grazing and hunting frequently. A wife who hadn’t undergone the ’Daughter’s Rites’ staying at home could cheat without leaving any obvious signs on her body while a wife who had undergone the rites would leave an obvious trace if she cheated.

In the end, the pressure was too much for Dun Zhu’s parents, and they finally decided to hold the ’Daughter’s Rites’ for their two girls. Once Dun Zhu and Dan Zhu knew their parents’ decision, they immediately made the choice.

Despite the risk of being eaten by wild wolves, they escaped from the Meng Slaves to the Great Jin Nation at night, and decided to stay in the Great Jin and leave the evil Meng Slaves behind.

When they left, they originally carried some jewelries as transaction, but they didn’t understand anything when they arrived in the Great Jin, and as a result were duped by swindlers. They could only live by doing odd jobs. However, a few days ago, rumors started to spread that the Great Jin was about to wage a war against the Meng Slaves. Therefore, no one dared to employ them anymore for fear of being suspected of having too close contacts with spies.