Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

110. To Blockade Banyan House

Translator: Sissy That Walk

In Marquis Valour Manor.

Xiao Yugui walked directly to Banyan House after he got back. This was the first time that he had set foot in this place after his Second Brother Xiao Yuqi married Auntie Lu.

Auntie Lu seemed not surprised when Qingxue reported her about Xiao Yugui’s visit, she just nodded and kept chanting scriptures in the hall.

“Your cold-blooded monster, no amount of scriptures erase your karma!” Xiao Yugui stood by the door and said that to Auntie Lu.

“Your Lordship, you seem to have forgotten about something, I don’t have any children so I’m not worried about my karma, but you have children, I’m afraid you are the one who should be afraid of karma instead of me. Worst case scenario, I die a horrible death, but what about you? Aren’t you afraid you children will have your karma?” Auntie Lu showed a cold smile.

“You don’t have any children, is that why you want the whole family to die with you?” Xiao Yugui walked into the wall, “But you married my second brother at your won will!”

Auntie Lu glared at Xiao Yugui, “I hate you and your wife! I could have become an imperial concubine, but you and my sister had set me up with your second brother against my will! Look at me now, my husband has been garrisoning the frontiers for years to get away from me, and I don’t have any child who keeps me company! How can I not hate you! Yes, I want all of your family to suffer with me, to die with me!”

“And you think you can keep your maiden family out of this?” Xiao Yugui walked closer to Auntie Lu, “Do you know that Prince Ning has gone to Dingzhou to appease the victims? No one can protect you any more, not Prince Ning, not your maiden family, not my brother Xiao Yuqi.”

Auntie Lu sneered, “I’m not counting on anyone to protect me. My good sister has an account book that records about the expense about your private troops, hahaha, the whole Xiao family will be doomed eternally once this is disclosed, hahaha, I’m counting on that, you know?”

Xiao Yugui’s lips twitched, ‘How come she knows about this? Mo just got the account books yesterday, no way could Mo tell this secret to this crazy woman! She is bluffing!’

With that in mind, Xiao Yugui withdrew the hall and asked his servants to blockade Banyan House.

… …

Xiao Yugui left Banyan House after he watched the servants locked every door there, he walked back to his house absentmindedly and he had ran into Cao Mo who was running away from Magnolia House.

“Mo, why are you walking so fast? How many times have I told you that you need to be poised all the time now that you are the Young Madam of our manor.” Xiao Yugui rebuked Cao Mo.

Cao Mo sensed Xiao Yugui’s vibe, he halted and made a bow with hands folded in front, “Greetings, father. Yi reminded me that this year might be a lean year, so I figured I better go bulk-buy some grains in case there will be a shortage soon.”

Xiao Yugui was mollified by Cao Mo’s reason, “Very thoughtful, very thoughtful indeed. Just remember to not hoard, it might ruin our good name.”

“Don’t worry, father, Yi has warned me that I shouldn’t hoard and hurt people’s interest.” Cao Mo raised his head and continued, “We have been purchasing grains from the Lus’ shops, I figured we better still follow the tradition this year too.”

“Have you kept the account books in a safe place?” Xiao Yugui asked.

“I’ve burned them.”

“You’ve… burned them?”

Cao Mo looked around and whispered at Xiao Yugui’s ear, “Father, trust me, destroying them is the only way to keep us safe. As for the properties, Yi has changed them under his late mother’s name as sacrifice properties, they all become perfectly justifiable even though people try to find fault with us using those properties.”

Xiao Yugui nodded and asked, “Why the bulk-buy though?”

“Father, the majority of our troops are in the drought-stricken areas, we need to make hay while the sun shines.”

Xiao Yugui pondered a while and said the same thing that Xiao Yi had said, “You stay out of this, Lady Lu will take care of it.”

Cao Mo smiled and he was grateful that Xiao Yugui cared about him, Xiao Yugui didn’t want Cao Mo to be involved in any dirty business.

Cao Mo ran away to the country estate and stayed there till Dowager Xiao’s birthday because he didn’t want to deal with Lady Lu.

Cao Mo didn’t know Xiao Yugui had killed Qin while he was gone.

Cao Mo went back to Xiao Manor for Dowager Xiao’s birthday in high spirits, he compared notes with Xiao Yi happily, “Yi, I did a couple of things when I was in the country estate, I taught the peasants to make compressed biscuits so we can transport them easily; I also asked the peasants to raise pigs, haha, we will see profits in a couple of months. And you know what, the grains have already risen in price, we are lucky that we bulk-bought them in advance.”

Xiao Yi looked absent-minded for he didn’t know how he should tell Cao Mo the bad news.

Cao Mo nudged Xiao Yi, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I was just thinking about grandmother’s presents.”

“Don’t worry, I’ve made a mirror with jade decorations, soaps with new fragrances and a bottle of perfume as well, you have painted her a nice bamboo painting, a volume of scriptures, I’m sure she will be happy.” Cao Mo comforted Xiao Yi.

The two went to Cunxi Hall after Cao Mo showered and got changed.

Cao Mo found he and Xiao Yi were the last ones who showed up, he cast a grateful glimpse at Xiao Yi for waiting for him.

Xiao Yi just hoped no one bring up Qin.