Chapter 1687: Chapter 1694: Never Abandon, First Update (1)
When she returned ho, Cai Wei saw that Nangong Yi was still fuming with anger, fearing he might not have quashed his intent to kill and may harm Lady Li again. She advised, “No matter what, in the eyes of the villagers, she is still my elder. If she were to be killed, everyone would surely say I am not loyal or filial, neither benevolent nor righteous. So, even if it’s for my sake, please don’t harbor thoughts of killing her, okay?”
Nangong Yi’s eyes chilled as he said, “I won’t let anyone notice that her death is related to you, so you don’t need to bear any psychological burden.”
Cai Wei said, “Considering the things she’s done in the past, it would indeed be too lenient to let her simply die. Sotis, the best way to punish a person isn’t to let her die, but to make her life worse than death. For instance, Lady Li now. Both her sons are ruined, her daughter died tragically, and her husband is insane. To her, life has lost all hope, and living such a hopeless life must be more painful than death. This pain can continue without end. What could be a better punishnt than making your enemy’s life worse than death?”
She spoke at such length simply hoping Nangong Yi wouldn’t kill Lady Li. How could Nangong Yi not understand? However, there was so sense in her words: after how excessive Lady Li had been towards Cai Wei’s whole family, letting her die just like that would indeed be too rciful. So, Nangong Yi relented and said, “Very well, I shall spare this wicked woman, letting her linger wretchedly with a life worse than death!”
“The Emperor is wise!” Hearing that he agreed to spare Lady Li, Cai Wei flatteringly praised.
The bright pearls in her embrace mimicked with a childish voice, blurting out two words: “wise… wise…”
Their slurred pronunciation made them pause, then burst into laughter. The anger brought by Lady Li soon dissipated amidst the whole family’s warm interaction.
It was almost noon when Cai Wei brought the horses and carriage from Space to outside, planning for the whole family to take the horse carriage to Qingyun Town for a visit, a trip down mory lane while dropping by to see Aunt Zhou’s family.
Before departing, she took out over a dozen bags of corn from Space, along with so millet, sorghum, and such, stacking them all at ho. These were left for the villagers to use as seeds for the next year.
Once everything was arranged, she sat in the carriage prepared by the n, ready to set off. However, she saw the clan leader’s daughter-in-law and several won from the village approaching. Seeing Cai Wei in the carriage, they exclaid, “Wei’er, are you leaving?”
Cai Wei replied, “Yes, we still need to make a trip into Town. Do you need sothing?”
The clan leader’s daughter-in-law said, “It’s nothing urgent, just that since you’re here for a rare visit, our household wished to invite you for a al. Please don’t decline.”
Cai Wei laughed and said, “With the clan leader’s generous invitation, arguably we shouldn’t refuse, but we really are quite busy and don’t have ti to stay for a al. Please convey to the clan leader that when we return next ti, we’ll definitely treat everyone to a al.”
“It’s rare for you to visit, just stay for a al. We’ll start early, it won’t take much of your ti.”
“Yes, who knows when you’ll be back again next ti?”
“The chicken and duck at the ancestral hall are all prepared. Our child Chuanzi has been sent to the Town to buy fish, just stay… ”
A few won who ca along tried to persuade Cai Wei, trying to keep her and Nangong Yi there.
Privately, Cai Wei felt that Nangong Yi didn’t get much opportunity to relax, so she didn’t want to waste his precious ti on interactions with the villagers. They didn’t have much to talk about anyway, and sitting together for a al would be terribly awkward. So she apologetically said, “We really can’t, we’re on a tight schedule. After finishing our business in Town, we must rush to the County Town too!”
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