Chapter 1068 - 1070: Never Taking a Consort in the Six Palaces (3)
Cai Lian was intelligent and naturally understood the meaning behind Cai Wei’s words. She was still a maiden in the boudoir, unable to withstand such humiliation. She immediately had tears in her eyes, covered her mouth and ran out...
Cai Wei casually threw those purses on the ground and said coldly, "Throw them out; don’t let them clutter my sight!"
The moment Dou Momo heard this, she picked up the bundle and headed towards the door without a second word. It was naturally impossible to keep the news of Cai Lian crying while running out of the Mu Mansion a secret from Lady Du, and upon learning of it, Lady Du immediately came to find Cai Wei with her stomach protruding.
In these days, Cai Wei had been quite irritable, and no one in the family dared to provoke her. Lady Du had always been careful around her, afraid to offend her before her departure from the pavilion. But this time, her daughter had gone too far, treating her childhood companion like this—Lady Du felt she had to go and have a stern word with her!
Upon entering Cai Wei’s room and before even sitting down, Lady Du began, "Wei’er, Mother knows you are to become the Empress, and things are different now. However, Lian’er is a good sister who grew up with you since childhood. When our family was in trouble, your Aunt Mu Liu and Sixth Uncle Mu helped us a lot. Now that Lian’er has come with good intentions to bring a gift, even if her gift does not meet your expectations, you should not have humiliated her, making her, a maiden, run back home in tears!"
Lady Du was always gentle, the kindest person and hardly ever criticized the children, but this time she seemed truly angry, a layer of fury cloaking her strikingly beautiful face.
Cai Wei did not think she was in the wrong. She snorted lightly and said coldly, "Good intentions? I think she was harboring ulterior motives. I was just speaking the truth, kindly reminding her to avoid overreaching herself and inviting disgrace, lest she regrets it profoundly in the future!"