Chapter 1619: Chapter 1626: Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Turn Against Each Other – Second Watch (2)
Cai Wei heard that Empress Dowager Mo’s words did not sound right and knew she would soon start complaining like Sister Xiang Lin. But considering her grief of losing her daughter, Cai Wei decided not to argue with her. She adjusted her hem and said, “Empress Dowager, please say what you want to say. I will listen.”
Empress Dowager Mo pursed her lips and said, “Do you know what day it is today?”
Cai Wei thought carefully for a mont but couldn’t recall, and said, “I do not know. Please enlighten , Empress Dowager!”
“Ha!”
Empress Dowager Mo laughed sarcastically, “Of course, you wouldn’t know because you haven’t cared about your younger sister-in-law—your husband’s biological sister, my biological daughter!”
Here we go again. Cai Wei, troubled, rubbed the center of her brow and said, “Empress Dowager, I am too dull to understand what you truly an. Please clarify.”
Empress Dowager Mo turned her head, gazing at the white clouds outside the window, and said softly, “I suppose there’s no harm in telling you. Today is my Yu’er’s seventeenth birthday. If she were still alive, she would surely be happily celebrating her birthday today. But, she is dead, killed by soone, yet you, as her brother and sister-in-law, have not even caught her murderer.”
As she spoke, her tone grew sharper, “While your whole family enjoys family happiness together, did it ever occur to you that Yu’er is still lying in the cold below, waiting for you to seek justice and revenge for her? And what about you? You can’t even solve a murder case. Do you truly think you have a clear conscience and are worthy of Yu’er’s spirit in heaven?”
Upon hearing Empress Dowager Mo’s resentnt, Cai Wei nearly laughed with anger. No wonder Nangong Yi was unwilling to co and pay respects. Having such a mother is truly troubleso.
She turned around and sat down on the first pear wood chair to the right of the Empress Dowager, looking at Empress Dowager Mo, and calmly said, “Today is Zhao Yue’s birthday. The Empress Dowager is saddened by the sight, and I understand your sorrow for Zhao Yue. But it is unjustifiable to say that we have not wholeheartedly tried for Zhao Yue. The Empress Dowager does not watch over us daily, so how would you know that we have not been diligent for Zhao Yue? How much effort have we put into this case? How would the Empress Dowager know?”
Empress Dowager Mo stubbornly said, “I won’t listen to your useless excuses. I only look at the results. Since you say you have tried your best, why hasn’t the case been solved in almost a year?”
Cai Wei said, “In this world, there are things within one’s power and things beyond it. Zhao Yue’s case happens to be the latter. The Emperor and I have already put a lot of effort into investigating this matter, but the murderer is too cunning, hiding too thoroughly, and we simply cannot find them. The Empress Dowager can bla us for being useless, but not for not trying our best.”
“We are also very saddened by Zhao Yue’s death, but the deceased have already passed, and the living must continue living. There is no reason for everyone to remain in mourning for a lifeti due to losing a one. Our family is happily enjoying family happiness, but we are worthy of our conscience, and we do not need to bla ourselves for so unnecessary reasons!”
“Such grand and righteous argunts! Very well said!” Empress Dowager Mo coldly laughed, “Empress, if our hearts were exchanged, if the sa were to happen to little Ming Zhu, would you still say these words?”
Comparing Nangong Yu’s murder to that of Little Ming Zhu, Cai Wei imdiately beca furious. She stood up with a start and glared, loudly saying, “Is the Empress Dowager saddened to the point of confusion? How could you even utter such words? Ming Zhu is your biological granddaughter. Even if you resent us, you should not curse an innocent child so venomously. If you have any dissatisfaction, aim it at us!”
The eunuchs and palace maids in the room saw Cai Wei’s anger and quickly knelt down, prostrating on the ground, and said in unison, “Please, Your Majesty, calm your anger!”
At this mont, how could Cai Wei’s anger be cald by a re “calm your anger”? Just thinking about her cute little bun being cursed by Empress Dowager Mo like that, Cai Wei felt a fire rising from her feet to her head, making her eyes burn red!
“Whether you believe it or not, we have indeed tried our best regarding Zhao Yue’s case. If the Empress Dowager still does not believe it, then maybe manage the case yourself or appoint soone else to do so. I would like to see who can solve this case?”
Empress Dowager Mo was already grief-stricken over Zhao Yue, and her mood was terribly bad. After being unabashedly rebuked by her daughter-in-law, she was utterly undone. She slamd the table in anger and shouted, “Empress, what do you an by this? Are you giving the cold shoulder?”
Cai Wei coldly said, “I would not dare, but it seems the Empress Dowager is in good health and has not fainted, so there is no need for to attend to sickness. I have important matters to attend to, so I will take my leave!”
“Don’t you go… stop right there, I haven’t finished speaking yet…”
Empress Dowager Mo, having been rebuked by Cai Wei, was trembling with anger, unwilling to let her go so easily, yet Cai Wei pretended not to hear and resolutely walked towards the door.
“Outrageous, stop her for … Empress Dowager’s hand trembled, pointing at Cai Wei.”
The palace maids in the Jade Palace, upon receiving Empress Dowager’s orders, imdiately moved to encircle Cai Wei. Cai Wei sneered, coldly glancing around, and said, “Who dares to stop ?”
Under her gloomy and icy gaze, the palace maids and eunuchs couldn’t help but shudder, and indeed, no one dared to step forward to stop her.
Cai Wei walked out of Empress Dowager Mo’s sleeping chamber, and when she reached the door, she stopped, saying without turning around, “I respect the Empress Dowager and ask the Empress Dowager not to lose the face of an elder.”
After speaking, she walked away, and these words, though they sounded like a light breeze, were actually very heavy, enough to leave Empress Dowager Mo speechless for quite so ti!
Cai Wei quickly walked outside, checked her inner vision and saw the Little Buns playing happily in space. Jin’er was supporting herself on the white tiger’s leg, unsteadily trying to walk forward; Yu’er was lazily lying on the Old Turtle’s back, slowly being carried around; Ming Zhu was the most lively, lying by the Lingxi River, stretching her white little hand, trying to catch the Phoenix Golden-scaled Fish in the Lingxi River, with Chang i by her side to stop her from falling into the creek!
Seeing that the children were all well, Cai Wei felt relieved. She rode the phoenix palanquin to the Palace gate, got off the phoenix chariot, sat in the horse carriage she usually takes when leaving the Palace, quickly left the Palace and headed to the Grand Hongyun Theater where Liu Xi was!
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