Chapter 1595: Chapter 1602: Cai Wei Investigates (3)
Lady Du said, "Wei’er, speak well with the Empress Dowager, don’t damage the harmony between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It’s not that we are stingy; if the Empress Dowager wants other things, we can give anything, but we really cannot agree to give up Fei’er’s husband!"
"I understand, Dad, Mother, rest assured, this won’t happen again in the future!"
Cai Wei reluctantly agreed, her face looking a bit troubled. It seemed she needed to have a proper talk with the Empress Dowager...
The meals were prepared quickly. The Mu Family’s tradition was frugal, and this extended to their dining habits. As long as the food was enough, they never pursued extravagance or waste.
After running around all night and all morning, Cai Wei was already hungry. Smelling the aroma of the meals from the outer room, her stomach cooperated by letting out two ’grrr’ sounds. Reluctantly, she left the children and went to the outer room to wash her hands and eat...
The meals Mother prepared for her were simple: a plate of braised peanuts with pork feet, a plate of papaya stewed with snow frog, a plate of daylily stewed with lean meat, and a plate of plain trotters, plus a bowl of tasty loofah carp soup. Although these were ordinary meals, they were dishes known to increase milk supply, and within these ordinary meals, there was a deep affection from Mother.
Cai Wei ate this meal with gratitude, intending to cuddle up with the children for a nap, but then heard a maid on duty report from outside, "Empress Dowager, people from Duke Li Guo’s Mansion have come to see the Empress Dowager, saying there is a significant matter to discuss."
Cai Wei said, "Let them come in and speak."
At this point, Lady Du was also in the room, murmuring, "What urgent matter could drive them to speak here now?"
Cai Wei couldn’t think of what the matter could be. After a while, Mo Ziqi’s close aide was brought into the courtyard, kowtowed toward the room through the window, and said, "Empress Dowager, help us! Our Young Madam is in trouble. Princess Zhao Yue passed away yesterday, but somehow, the Empress Dowager insists it was our Young Madam who did it. Our Great General is holding the line now, but we don’t know how long he can protect our Young Madam. Please, Empress Dowager, go and see quickly..."
Upon hearing this, Lady Du was immediately terrified and, holding Cai Wei’s arm, cried, "Wei’er, Princess Zhao Yue has been killed, and they’re blaming it on our Fei’er. What should we do?"
Hearing that Nangong Yu was killed did surprise Cai Wei a bit, yet it didn’t raise any waves in her heart. However, the fact that the murder was being blamed on Cai Fei prompted Cai Wei’s thoughts.
Fei’er couldn’t possibly kill anyone; of this, she was certain. But why was Nangong Yu’s death pinned on her? Who killed her, and by what means was this pinned on Cai Fei?
When going to the Hunting Ground, Mu Zhongqing and Lady Du insisted on going along, unwilling to let Cai Wei and Fei’er face the big matter alone. They wanted to help in any way they could, but Cai Wei firmly refused.
Mu Zhongqing and Lady Du, left with no choice, had to stay at home, repeatedly advising, "If anything happens, remember to send a letter home, so we don’t worry..."
On the way to the Hunting Ground, the man recounted the previous night’s events in detail to Cai Wei, giving her a rough understanding of the entire case.
Last night, someone killed Ying Chun after drugging her, stripped off her clothes to impersonate her, then lured Nangong Yu out and subsequently killed Nangong Yu to frame Fei’er.
Fei’er is just a woman of the deep house and is generally very amiable to people. She could hardly offend anyone. Even if she did, since the person could kill a princess, they certainly had the means to kill her too. Yet the assassin did not kill Fei’er but instead killed Nangong Yu and then framed her. There must be some undisclosed motive behind this!