CHAPTER 1746: CHAPTER 1753 LIU XI PERFORMS SURGERY (3)

Juhua leaned weakly against the wall of the carriage, closed her eyes, and with a look of utter hopelessness said, "I feel the same!"

"Miss, it can’t go on like this. He keeps pestering you, which will damage your maiden’s reputation. Why don’t we ask the Empress Dowager for an order, so he won’t bother you anymore?"

"No way!"

Juhua rejected the idea without even thinking, saying, "He risked his life to save me, how could I bear to treat him like that? I’m already guilty enough for not being able to repay him, I really can’t bring myself to do such an ungrateful thing...."

Aunt Zhou said with a bitter face, "Then what should we do? We can’t keep hiding from him like this all the time, can we?"

Juhua sighed, "I don’t know what to do either. Hmm, let’s hear what Zhang Tiezui has to say about it..."

Outside

The rain continued to pour down. Mo Zili did not carry an umbrella or wear a raincoat. He went straight to the carriage beside Cai Wei and clasped his fists together.

"Empress Dowager, Zili has made many mistakes in the past. I thought Heaven would punish me with a lifetime of loneliness, but unexpectedly, Heaven showed mercy and allowed me to meet Juhua again. This time, I will cherish her properly and never lose her again. Please, Empress Dowager, make it happen."

Cai Wei asked through the window, "How do you want this palace to make it happen?"

Mo Zili replied, "Zili does not dare to ask the Empress Dowager to betroth Juhua to me, only that the Empress Dowager does not intervene in the matters between Zili and Juhua!"

In his heart, he believed that Cai Wei did not agree with his relationship with Juhua, because Xiang Yun, who was also the Empress Dowager’s close friend, managed to escape and marry into Qing Luo Kingdom, surely with the Empress Dowager’s significant involvement. So, to prevent the Empress Dowager from causing a counter-effect, he had to make his point clear in advance.

Cai Wei said, "You are Fei’er’s little uncle, so you’re considered a member of this palace’s extended family. Juhua is my close friend; I’ve always regarded her as my own sister. Therefore, no one hopes for you two to have a happy ending more than me. That’s why, even knowing the Shen Family doesn’t accept you, I have allowed you to pursue Juhua and never stopped you, and it will be the same in the future. As long as you pursue her properly, I won’t interfere. However, when it comes to marriage between men and women, it emphasizes mutual consent. After all, a forcibly twisted gourd isn’t sweet. If you take coercive means towards Juhua and Duke Li Guo’s Mansion intends to act righteously, I won’t sit idly by!"

Mo Zili listened and lightly said, "I understand, thank you, Empress Dowager!" After saying that, he turned around, mounted his horse, and quickly disappeared into the rain.

Because of the delay, the time set by Zhang Tiezui had already passed. Cai Wei and Juhua did not dally, urging the coachman to drive the carriage quickly to Zhang Tiezui’s fortune-telling shop on Sishui Street.

"Boom—Boom—"

The thunder and lightning in the sky continued to flash and strike, the rain became even more intense. After traveling for a while, just as they were about to arrive, they suddenly heard a "crack." A huge bolt of lightning tore through the sky, illuminating the heavens and earth. Immediately following, a thunderous clap shook the grounds, the sound startling the Shen Family’s two horses.

The horse Cai Wei was riding was a royal horse, with good psychological stamina, even hearing such loud thunder, it showed no reaction. The Shen Family’s horses were not as composed; after the thunder, the pair of horses pulling the carriage became visibly uneasy. One of them raised its head, released the reins, and dashed forward.

Not good! The horse is shocked!

At this moment, there was no one on the street. Though Cai Wei’s royal horse was good, it pulled the carriage and couldn’t catch up with Juhua’s two crazed horses. In her anxiety, Cai Wei connected with Brother Ying via thought, asking him to take Old Turtle’s Soul Calming Powder to pursue the Shen Family’s carriage and bewilder the two horses pulling it.