Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

10. A Bout Between the Lu Sisters

 

Translator: Sissy That Walk

 

Lady Lu found what her sister said quite annoying, but all she could do was to put on a fake smile and said, “I’m glad it worked out this well, Mo is such a good match for our Yi, isn’t he? Being the young master’s wife, one has to be open minded and always put the young master’s offspring as the first priority, I was just telling Mo that he shouldn’t get jealous over the maids in their house.”

Seeing the way Lady Lu talked to Auntie Lu, Cao Mo literally shuddered. The two ladies were both having a smile hanging on their faces, but Cao Mo had seen the killing intent in their eyes, it was intimidating!

Hmm, there must be some tea!

Xiao Yi took hold of Cao Mo’s hand and sat back to the seats, he whispered by Cao Mo’s ear, “Auntie Lu is Lady Lu’s elder sister, when they were young they both participated in the imperial concubine selection, Lady Lu tampered with Auntie Lu’s reputation by flirting with Second Uncle in the name of Auntie Lu at a gathering dinner, so Second Uncle asked the matchmaker to go to Lu Mansion and make a match between her and Auntie Lu, but soon she regretted because she actually loved Second Uncle!”

Xiao Yi paused with disgusted in his eyes, “When my mother died, she tricked father and got pregnant, hence father had to marry her. People who know about this had all been sent to other locations, the nice attitude you showed towards Auntie Lu was like a slap on Lady Lu’s face.”

“No wonder you just call her madam, not mother.” said Cao Mo with a cheeky smile, with that he fondled with the two gold ingots, “Meh, I don’t care, my only concern is us two. But look, Auntie Lu indeed won herself a good name, look at this, how generous is she!”

Xiao Yi’s lips curled, ‘look at my husband, beaming like this over two gold ingots, how adorable!’

Seeing how intimate Cao Mo and Xiao Yi was, Lady Lu regretted so much that she made this match, so she asked the two with an indifferent tone, “It’s getting late, shall we call it a day?”

Cao Mo took the hint, but he decided to pester Lady Lu even more, “Actually not so fast, I have a small matter that I’d like to hear your opinion, mother.”

Lady Lu slightly frowned, ‘what now?’

Auntie Lu took pleasure in this scene, she said, “Mo, just go ahead, I’m sure my sister will do her best to help you kids.”

Cao Mo nodded and said, “Lady Lu attends to numerous domestic affairs every day, me and Yi don’t want to bother you over trivial matters, so we are thinking about having a small kitchen in our house just in case we want have a snack from now and then and we have to bother you for the key to the main kitchen.”

Seeing how determined Cao Mo was, Xiao Yi was surprised that Cao Mo had seen through this so quickly.

Auntie Lu chuckled, “Yeah, I heard that Yi’s maid embezzled a big amount of money, how outrageous. Having their own small kitchen is not bad after all.”

Lady Lu’s lips twitched, she took another sip of tea and said, “Bailu is dead now, there’s no way to find out whether it’s true or not. Having your own kitchen is harder to manage, now is not the best timing for it.”

Cao Mo gave a cold smile, this Lady Lu, how could she brazenly lie about this!

“Thank you so much for the help all along, Lady Lu, but I’ve read the accounts, Mo doesn’t wear any makeup, so we can spare that expense. And expenses like study materials, medicines… … we can take care of that by ourselves. I did some math, it will take us several decades to work on the deficit in the accounts, how about we take care of our own account from this month?”

Xiao Yi smiled, what a good strategy! ‘How can you tamper with our account when we take care of our own account?’

Lady Lu pressed her forehead, trying to come up with a good retort.

Auntie Lu knew Lady Lu wouldn’t allow Xiao Yi to have his own kitchen, food was an important way to tamper with his recovery after all, so she goaded Lady Lu by saying, “I’m sure my sister won’t let this happen, she cares for you kids a lot after all, more than her own child I’m sure!”

Lady Lu was furious seeing how happy Auntie Lu was, and she knew it was Auntie Lu who gave Cao Mo the account book, she knew her sister was the one that should be held accountable for this!

Lady Lu put on a fake smile, “My good sister, the kids always yearn for independence, now that they have suggested that, I cannot turn them down, can I? Mingzhu, go tell the butler Magnolia House will be financially independent from this month, grant the young master his allowance to himself, and that’s it, no other allowance!”

Cao Mo took this with pleasure when Xiao Yi was about to say something.

Lady Lu frowned and thought for a while, ‘I’ve definitely tricked by that little bastard, they will be well off just with Yi’s allowance, but I just earned myself a bad name by depriving them any other allowance! Damn it!’

Lady Lu blamed herself for miscalculating on Cao Mo, little did she expect that Cao Mo turned out to be so hard to deal with! But she was glad she had arranged Qiushuang to their house, she would wait for another chance to find fault with them.

Xiao Yi also chimed in, “Madam, it’s not a bad idea to setting up our own kitchen, I need to take medicine all the time, having a kitchen in our house will save a lot of trouble.”

Lady Lu replied with indifference, “I will consult your father and get back to you.”

Auntie Lu had watched enough, she had a rough idea about the situation now, Cao Mo was not a push over, Lady Lu surely would have a headache! So she stood up and said goodbye, but she pestered her sister even more by saying this to Cao Mo, “you kids can always reach out to me, anytime.”

Cao Mo also stood up and said, “I’m sure I will need Auntie Lu’s help, please don’t avoid me if I’m too much.”

Auntie Lu put on her cloak and reminded Cao Mo, “You can visit your Third Uncle with your husband, his wife will teach you one thing or two about managing your own house.”

Xiao Yi rose and bowed to Auntie Lu, “Thank you so much for the valuable words, Second Auntie.”

The two also took leave after Auntie Lu left.

Lady Lu panicked, she felt it was urgent now to stop Cao Mo from growing, firstly the account book, then their own kitchen, soon his own ally! She needed to stop this, before it was too late!