Chapter 1507: Chapter 1514: Fei’er’s Bridal Gifts (3)

Arguably, being in such dire straits, the Ji family should have become more humble, but Ji Wanfu, a man accustomed to tyranny, looked down upon Third Uncle Mu and Third Aunt Mu for their street vendor origins. Even in Third Uncle Mu’s house, he still acted like a lord, bossing Third Uncle Mu and Third Aunt Mu around, issuing commands with an air of entitlement. He was either complaining that the house was not warm enough or that the meals were not exquisite enough, never truly regarding them as his parents-in-law.

Seeing him act so insufferably, Third Uncle Mu and Third Aunt Mu knew their daughter would suffer with him, so they secretly discussed with Cai Lian, hoping that Cai Wei would issue an order to let Cai Lian divorce Ji Wanfu.

However, Cai Lian repeated the same words she had said to Lady Du to them, refusing to divorce under any circumstances. Third Uncle Mu and Third Aunt Mu earnestly advised her several times, but she remained unmoved. With no other recourse, they sold the modest property they had managed to acquire in the Capital and, on the day they were exiled from the Capital, they left with them.

They had no choice, as they only had one child, Cai Lian, whom they cherished and doted on as the apple of their eye, never having even raised their voice at her. Knowing that Lian’er would suffer with Ji Wanfu, the husband and wife could not bear it and thus decided to follow them.

Since the Ji family had committed a crime against The Emperor, naturally no one dared to take them in. The Grand Empress Dowager Ji intended to secretly provide them with some funds, but, unfortunately, the Grandmother was completely shunned by The Emperor for her parents’ house’s collusion with the abolished prince and was under house arrest in her own palace, unable to contact the outside world.

Therefore, the Ji family truly left the Capital with nothing to their name and, having nowhere to go, Third Uncle Mu suggested returning to Qingyun Town. The Ji family had no place to settle down either and, since their in-laws had a house in Qingyun Town, they followed them there…

Mage Li Kaifeng finally resolved the chaos associated with the previous abolished prince, and those involved were punished as deserved. Only Nangong Yi, Jin Zhong, Mage Lei Da, and his two disciples remained, still locked in Cai Wei’s space.

Cai Wei did not wish to kill, yet feared they would reveal the secret of her space. For safety purposes, she ordered Brother Ying to find a secluded deserted island miles away, where Chang Mei tied them up and, along with the white-furred tiger, transported them to that location.

The deserted island was ten thousand miles away from Great Jin, located in a sweltering hot area to the South. The white-furred tiger carried the five of them over mountains and across waters, traveling non-stop for half a month, finally arriving at the deserted island that Brother Ying had mentioned, situated in the middle of the sea.

The island was overrun with wild grass and infested with snakes and rats. There were no residents, and from the island’s primal state, it appeared that no one had ever been there. The white-furred tiger and Chang Mei dropped them on the island, untied their ropes, and then left.

With them in the middle of the sea, without boats or tools to build one, they could only spend the rest of their lives on that island…

Brother Ying did not accompany the white-furred tiger, as its Master had given it a new mission: to find the lost Miss Du Yue.

Miss Du Yue was Du Yongqi’s sister and Aunt Liao’s daughter, making her effectively Lady Du’s younger sister and Cai Wei’s aunt. Therefore, out of consideration for their distant kinship, Cai Wei made a point of having Brother Ying thoroughly search for her, which was also a way of showing familial affection.

Brother Ying found Miss Du Yue quickly. When Brother Ying revealed her whereabouts, Cai Wei almost knocked her head against the table – Miss Du Yue was currently in the palace of Liaodan, and she was pregnant!

Cai Wei was not the kind of birth mother who would sacrifice herself for others. She had finally made a clear break with Saknu, and she would not get entangled with him again over a distant relative, nor would she venture to Liaodan while pregnant herself just for her.