Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 989 - 991: Unfilial Son (2)

Chapter 989: Chapter 991: Unfilial Son (2)

Mo Ziqi felt Fei’er’s touched gaze, but he did not respond to her. Instead, he kept staring at Empress Mo, who was staring back at him. Aunt and nephew were locked in an eye contest, as if they were measuring and resisting each other with their expressions. After a while, Empress Mo shifted her eyes away, let out a cold laugh, and turned towards the Old Madame and Lady Wu.

"Mother, marriage is a matter of parents’ orders and matchmakers’ words. Are you going to let him make trouble like this?"

The Old Madame said with difficulty, "Your Majesty, you are not unaware of this child’s temperament, both stinky and tough, stubborn to the point where not even ten cows could pull him back. If it were possible for our family to make the decision for him, he would have gotten married four or five years ago. Could we have waited until today?"

Lady Wu added laughingly on the side, "Speaking of which, neither his father nor I are like that. I really don’t know who this boy takes after. He is even comparable to King Qin’s temperament!"

Having long resided in the Deep Palace, Empress Mu was an expert at scheming and could easily discern the subtext in Lady Wu’s words—that she was implying Empress Mo could not control her own son but wanted to meddle in his marriage affairs. Indeed, this angered Empress Mo greatly.

She said, "Marriage is not child’s play. The day I made the decision to propose to the Mu Family on behalf of that unfilial son, I was deceived by him and made a foolish decision in a moment of confusion. Now that I have seen the true colors of the Mu family’s daughter, how can I continue to make mistakes? Mother and sister-in-law, rest assured, I will definitely set things right and dissolve Yi’er’s marriage. I hope that Mother and sister-in-law will not be confused and blindly let the younger generation make trouble!"

"Yes!"

The Old Madame and Lady Wu stood up, answering respectfully. While replying, they also worriedly glanced at Lady Du and Fei’er.

Fei’er, having received Mo Ziqi’s promise, was indifferent to the Empress’s slanders. She was only worriedly looking at her mother, Lady Du, who was terrified, sitting there nervous and restless as if on pins and needles, not knowing whether to sit or stand.

Fei’er looked at her with heartache, and when the Old Madame and Lady Wu saw Fei’er’s sympathetic gaze, they naturally became even more convinced that Fei’er was not the kind of child described by Lady Mu Bai and Lady Li, who lacked respect and filial piety.

Unable to achieve her purpose of leaving the palace, Empress Mo felt very displeased and lost the mood to even exchange a few personal words with her mother and sister-in-law. After admonishing them, she stood up to bid farewell to the Old Madame and Lady Wu.

Lady Wu quickly tried to keep her stay, "It’s not easy for the Empress to leave the palace. Why not stay and have some of Grandmother’s longevity noodles before you go?"

Displeased that her sister-in-law had not taken her side, Empress Mo said coldly, "No need. The Imperial Harem has a pile of affairs waiting for me to handle. How fortunate sister-in-law is, having nothing to do with anything, not even getting involved in children’s marriage affairs."

Seeing that the Empress was about to leave, Lady Mu Bai hastily said, "Empress Dowager, I have exposed the crimes of the wicked daughter-in-law and grandson today. What if they mistreat me after you leave?"

Empress Mo paused, glanced at Lady Du and Fei’er with a cold look, and said, "If they dare to be disrespectful and unfilial, you just go to Ying Tianfu and file a complaint against them. When the time comes, I will also support you!"

Having said that, she left with her entourage of Palace Maids and Eunuchs, her face cold as she returned to the palace...

Duke Li Guo was toasting with colleagues who had come to offer birthday felicitations in the front yard when he heard that his daughter was returning to the palace so soon. Surprised, he said, "Why the rush? She didn’t even stay for the meal?"

The housekeeper said, "The old servant doesn’t know. Duke, you should quickly go to the entrance to send off the Phoenix Orchestra."

Duke Li Guo, not knowing what the Empress had said to his wife and daughter-in-law, noticed the Empress’s displeased expression as he bid her farewell and sent her back to the palace. After Empress Mo left, he called his eldest son and asked him to inquire with the Old Madame about what exactly had happened.