Chapter 1114 - 1119 Wealth Can Fight Against Country (5)
She lowered her head and said, "Yi, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault..."
Nangong Yi looked at his little wife, who was admitting her mistake, reached out his arms to hold her, buried his face in the nape of her neck, and whispered, "Between us, there is never a question of dragging each other down. Everything I do is willingly, you need not feel guilty..."
Cai Wei just hummed, her heart still heavy, her little face twisted in distress.
Seeing her so sullen, Nangong Yi tried to cheer her up and laughed, "Tomorrow is the day you return to your natal home, your first return after our wedding. Have you prepared the gifts for the return yet?"
Cai Wei muttered, "Returning to one’s natal home is a custom among the common people. Can an empress from the Palace go back to her natal home just like that?"
Nangong Yi said, "Someone always has to be the first to start things in this world. Let us be the first emperor and empress to do so!"
Cai Wei knew Nangong Yi was trying to coax her, and she felt a sweet warmth in her heart. She punched him playfully and said coquettishly, "Just go crazy then. If the Empress Dowager finds out you went with me, she’ll be unhappy and start causing trouble for me again."
Nangong Yi laughed, "The Imperial Mother wouldn’t dare. If I’m not mistaken, at this very moment, she must be scheming about how to get her hands on that pot of Vermilion Pearl Grass of yours; she wouldn’t dare to offend you!"
Cai Wei sighed, "Ah, if giving her a pot of flowers could stop her from targeting me, I would give her several more if it were that easy. But it’s never that simple. This time, with the pardon of guilty officials, the Empress Dowager will certainly blame it on me again. Tomorrow, when you accompany me back to my natal home, who knows how she will stir up trouble!"
Nangong Yi assuredly laughed, "What’s there to fear? Just don’t let her know..."
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Nangong Yu was surprised that Empress Dowager Mo had come to her senses so quickly. After being summoned to discuss the matter of witchcraft, she was nonetheless taken aback and asked apprehensively, "Is what Imperial Mother says true? Do you really agree to use the Cloud-rain Gu on Tuotuo?"