They wanted to drug Princess Cuiwei or create some minor ailment, yet Princess Cuiwei seemed to have a pair of eyes that saw through everything, easily deflecting any such tricks.
After the sixteenth time the drugged mung bean soup was sent into the palace, Princess Cuiwei finally spoke bluntly.
"You just want to prevent me from marrying far away to Xiliang, don't you? Fine, you can go ahead and drug or poison me all you want. As long as I, Cui Wei, am not dead, as long as I still have breath, I will certainly ride the wedding sedan chair to Xiliang!"
Seeing her daughter's resolute expression, the Empress felt heartache as though being cut with a knife. She always knew her daughter was stubborn, but she never imagined she'd be this stubborn, that she'd rather die to be far away from Dayong, far away from her!
The Empress, enraged, returned to her palace, refusing to come out, not knowing that within her own hall, Princess Cuiwei was also enduring great suffering.
