Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 1954 - 1961: Childhood Betrothal (2)
The hundreds of people present here are all figures at the tip of the pyramid of the Great Jin Nation. The Emperor and Empress are watching, so how could they be stingy? Therefore, when Nangong Yi proposed that everyone donate, they all generously opened their wallets.
The men donated silver bills and gold, while the women contributed head jewelry, with each person’s donation worth several thousand taels, and some giving tens of thousands.
The wealth collected from these donations, combined with the congratulatory gifts received during the Longevity Festival, amounted to over a million, enough to build reservoirs in several places...
Nangong Yi felt very satisfied, believing that this Longevity Festival was not in vain, and Cai Wei did not worry in vain either.
In the evening, after counting today’s gains, Nangong Yi lay on the couch and said with deep contentment, "With these funds, plus the silver from Cao Jinpeng’s sale of space treasures in various nations, we should be able to weather this disaster. Wei’er, you truly are the noble of my destiny."
The children were uninterested in what their Imperial Father meant by ’the noble of destiny’. After their Imperial Father and Imperial Mother finished speaking, they eagerly clung to her, humming for her to continue telling them the story of "Journey to the West."
The children were gradually growing up, and the stories Cai Wei told them had upgraded from childish tales such as "Little Tadpoles Look for Their Mother" and "The Three Little Pigs" to one of the Four Great Classical Novels, "Journey to the West." The children were fascinated by the lengthy mythological story, going to bed early every night, eagerly waiting for their Imperial Mother to continue narrating.
They showed great interest in the monkey in their mother’s stories, asking questions like how the monkey could talk, how it leaped out of a stone, and whether they could go overseas to learn arts like Sun Wukong and perform transformations and somersault clouds like him.
Cai Wei had to explain to them the differences between mythology and reality, but the children were unwilling to accept their mother’s reality. To them, since their mother possessed a magical omnipotent space with extraordinary powers, it proved that immortals must exist, even though they hadn’t encountered them.
Initially, Nangong Yi wasn’t concerned when he heard Cai Wei tell stories to the three little ones, thinking she was just entertaining them. Unexpectedly, after a few days, he found himself hooked on listening too, waiting eagerly like the children for Cai Wei to tell stories. He consequently completed court politics early every day to lie down with the children and wait for Cai Wei.
This sometimes made Cai Wei feel like she wasn’t raising triplets, but quadruplets...
After the Longevity Festival, Liu Xi came to Shouxian Palace to bid farewell to Cai Wei. After months of relentless effort, he finally dealt with all his enterprises and planned to find a place where no one knew him to start a new life.
Liu Xi’s departure brought some sadness to Cai Wei’s heart, but for Liu Xi’s future, leaving here was the best choice for him.
Cai Wei gave him many words of advice and gifted him her sword that could slice through iron as if it were mud for his protection. Just before parting, Liu Xi hesitated and asked, "Cai Wei, do you know where Shen Juhua and their family moved? As far as I know, they didn’t return to their old home in Qing County. I’m good friends with Lord Shen, so I’d really like to know where they ended up."
Shen Luming resigned at the end of the Lunar Month, intending to leave the Capital after quitting his position, but they couldn’t leave because Juhua fell ill. It wasn’t until a few days ago, when Juhua had recovered, that they quietly left.
Since Liu Xi had been involved with Juhua, he had always wanted to propose to her, but he couldn’t reveal his identity. He kept waiting until he finished dealing with his enterprises and avenging Huo Qi and Jing Shizi to leave with them.
