Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

126. I’m Here to See Some Fun

Translator: Sissy That Walk

In the imperial palace.

The emperor just read the reports from Prince Xing and Prince Ning, the former had investigated and controlled the pandemic in the greater capital city area without asking for help from the Imperial Academy of Medicine, while the latter almost lost his own life after the recourse to the whole Imperial Academy of Medicine, and he had done nothing helpful for the affected area.

The more the emperor thought about this, the more splitting his headache had become. There was simply no comparison between his two sons.

“Here comes His Highness the empress!” the eunuch announced.

The emperor put down the reports in hand and walked out of the hall with a big smile on the face, what met his eyes was a slim man around thirty years old, that was the empress.

“Qi, to what do I owe the pleasure today?”

Han Qi, the empress, smiled faintly, that smile made his features even more arresting, “I heard Prince Ning has brought trouble on himself again, I’m just here to see some fun.”

The emperor’s face darkened, “You are joking, Qi. Prince Ning has ventured into the disaster area and tried his best to bring benefit to people, I don’t have one bad word for him.”

“No need to talk him up, I haven’t started yet!” Han Qi took a seat and an eunuch handed him a cup of tea promptly, Han Qi took the cup and played with the lid.

The emperor was at a loss for words while the eunuch outside announced, “Here comes Her Highness the Imperial Concubine Fair!”

The emperor cast a glimpse at Han Qi tentatively only to see Han Qi’s eyebrow raised with disdain, “Feel free to see her, as I said, I’m just here to see some fun, and here comes the fun. Or do you want me to leave the hall so you can have some privacy?”

“No! You will see some fun if you want to see some fun.” the emperor shook his head resignedly, “Invite her in!”

Hardly had the emperor’s voice faded away when the Imperial Concubine Fair walked in weeping, “Your Majesty, please save our son Prince Ning!”

Han Qi’s lips twitched, he raised his eyes and shot a glimpse at Imperial Concubine Fair, “Why not ask His Majesty to give up his own life for your son, what can he do when the whole Imperial Academy of Medicine doesn’t know what to do!”

The Imperial Concubine Fair gritted her teeth and replied, “The Master in Mercy Temple told me that the only way out is to arrange him a good wife to drive away his disease and bring him good luck!”

Han Qi sneered and took a sip of the tea, “How brilliant! Dragging someone else into the mire, that’s no difference than committing a crime!”

The Imperial Concubine Fair retorted, “Your Highness, you don’t have any child, so I don’t expect you will understand the length I will go for my son, I don’t care how people see me as long as my son can get better.”

The emperor found that made sense, plus Prince Ning now was at marriageable age, so he said with a smile, “That’s not a bad idea, I have my eyes on several good ones for Prince Ning already, hmm, why not marry them all.”

‘Surely one of them will make a good wife”, thought the emperor.

However, the Imperial Concubine Fair replied with a scowl, “No need to select, Cao Mo will do.”

Han Qi spat the tea in his mouth, “Are you out of your mind? How can you say such a thing! Cao Mo is married! No way will His Majesty allow such a thing to happen!”

The emperor looked livid, “That’s ridiculous! Prince Ning is sick, what we need is to find him the cure! Not stealing someone’s wife! Plus, that’s the Young Madam of Marquis Valour’s Manor you are talking about! Forget it, let’s just say you were raving due to excessive sorrow.”

The emperor turned around with a huff, ‘I will never allow this to happen!’

The Imperial Concubine Fair pulled a hairpin from her hair and pointed it at her throat, “Your Majesty, I just have one son, Prince Ning, please allow me to die with him!”

“My beloved concubine, don’t act on impulse!” the emperor strode to her trying to grab the hairpin.

“Humph! Not this again, how many times has she used the same old hairpin trick! I was expecting something new, this is boring, I need to excuse myself now.”

With that Han Qi rose to his feet and walked outside, he turned around and said, “Your Majesty, just do it, you know you always do what Imperial Concubine Fair says. A male wife, what’s the big deal, this isn’t the first time you steal other people’s male wife. Haha… …”

The emperor reached his hand trying to stop Han Qi, but he just stared at Han Qi’s retiring figure without saying a word.

The Imperial Concubine Fair gave way to a storm of weeping, “Your Majesty, please save our son, he grew up in your arms, you used to teach him to write and ride horses! You used to steal the empress from someone else, why are you stop me from doing this for our son!”

The emperor fumed, “That’s completely different! I couldn’t just see him marry a dead man! Prince Ning is just sick now, he needs a cure, that’s all!”

The Imperial Concubine Fair sat up straight and said, “I know the empress wants to have a son under his name, he can have Prince Ning. I swear I will go to Mercy Temple to worship Buddha and never see Prince Ning for the rest of my life as long as our son will be cured!”

The emperor’s eyes sparkled, “You mean it?”

“I meant every word of it.”

The emperor had been hesitant on the issue of Crown Prince, he fixed his mind on Prince Ning but the empress didn’t approve because of Prince Ning’s mother the Imperial Concubine Fair. But now everything seemed to be working out, the empress could have Prince Ning as his son now that the Imperial Concubine Fair was willing to compromise.

However, Xiao Yi was still a problem. The emperor squinted his eyes, ‘I can’t just take his wife away from him, I need to figure out a way to make Cao Mo suggest it himself… …’

“Go invite the Young Madam of Marquis Valour’s Manor!”

… …

Cao Mo was still sleeping when Mohua came rushing in and stammered, “Palace… madam… imperial palace.”

Cao Mo opened his eyes in alarm and sat up, “Take a deep breath and say it slowly.”

“The emperor invites you to the imperial palace!”

“Why? Why does he want to see me at such an early hour?” Cao Mo put on his clothes with a big frown, “Where’s my husband?”

Cao Mo could seldom see Xiao Yi home these days.

“Young Master has gone to Prince Xing’s manor”, replied Mohua nervously, “the eunuch says the emperor needs to see you now.”

“But I need to say goodbye to my husband.” Cao Mo had no idea what the rush was about.

The eunuch rushed Cao Mo outside when Mohua served Cao Mo to put on the proper attire, “Young Madam, please hurry, you don’t want to keep His Majesty waiting.”