Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

130. Xiao Yi’s Scheme

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Han Qi gave Imperial Concubine Fair a hostile glare and said to the emperor, “Your Majesty, I’m feeling unwell, please excuse me.”

The emperor grabbed Han Qi’s hand, “This is her fault, she shouldn’t bring it up. You go take some rest, I will have dinner with you.”

“No need, I don’t have any appetite now.” Han Qi stormed out.

The Imperial Concubine Fair thumped her head on the ground begging for mercy.

“Imperial Concubine Fair, you are grounded for three months and your allowance will be halved due to your misconduct in the hall.”

The Imperial Concubine Fair threw herself at the emperor, “Your Majesty, I’m prepared to take any punishment, but please save our son, he’s been in a fever for days, please have mercy on him before the fever does any brain damage to him!”

The emperor cast a glimpse at Cao Mo, Cao Mo replied promptly, “There’s a way to bring down a fever, just rub white spirit on his forehead, palms and feet… … Your Highness, trust me, I’m no use to Prince Ning.”

Prince Xing chimed in, “Your Majesty, please give Shizi Madam the opportunity to suppress the rebellion now that he has a profound knowledge about the pandemics.”

(T/N: Shizi Madam refers to Cao Mo, the emperor has conferred the title of Shizi on Xiao Yi, which means Xiao Yi will inherit Xiao Yugui’s title in the future.)

The emperor thought for a while and said, “I will entrust this task to Marquis Valour Xiao Yugui, and Cao Mo will follow to help, you may leave the hall.”

Hearing that, Cao Mo broke out in a cold sweat with relief and he walked out of the hall with his legs trembling.

Prince Xing walked in front of Cao Mo, “You got lucky this time thanks to the riot, otherwise I have no idea how to save you.”

“Your Highness, thank you so much, I’m of service at your disposal.” Cao Mo turned around, somehow he felt he was stalked.

Prince Xing said, “This is all Yi’s endeavour. He has risked his career for you.”

… …

In Marquis Valour Mansion.

“I need to see you, secret guard.” killing intent filled Xiao Yi’s eyes, he was determined to protect his wife regardless of the cost.

The secret guard jumped from the roof, “At your service.”

“Send this letter to Offcier Qin of Dali the Highest Judiciary.”

“Consider it done!” with that the secret guard disappeared in the dark.

Xiao Yi had collected the evidence of Lu Jianzhong dominating the herbal medicine market, hoarding the critical medicine and abusing the preventive prescription thus the pandemic went out of control. Xiao Yi had also added the testimony from the herbal medicine shopkeepers and the locations where Lu Jianzhong hid the medicine. Xiao Yi was sure Dali the Highest Judiciary would find it very useful.

Soon Lu Jianzhong was arrested as expected, and he was transferred to Dali the Highest Judiciary for conviction. Upon valid evidence, Dali the Highest Judiciary considered dismissing him from his post and putting him in prison.

The Imperial Concubine Fair was rubbing spirit on Prince Ning when she heard the news, she fumed, “Damn that Prince Xing, I’m sure this is his doing. Lu Jianzhong is my brother, my son now is still sick, Prince Xing hits me when I’m down.”

Eunuch Gao suggested promptly in case Imperial Concubine Fair transferred her anger on him, “Your Highness, the priority is to save Prince Ning. We can still catch Cao Mo now that he is going to Dingzhou, his whereabouts won’t be a secret!”

The Imperial Concubine Fair nodded, “That makes sense, catch him for me! At all costs!”

“How about Officer Lu then?”

The woman sighed, “Over seventy percent of victims have died, surely His Majesty will declare someone guilty. I care about my son more than my brother, all we can do at this point is to send some money to Dali the Highest Judiciary and hopefully they won’t abuse my brother.”

… …

Cao Mo was thrilled to see Xiao Yi at the gate of the manor.

“Yi!” Cao Mo threw himself at Xiao Yi and hugged him tightly.

Xiao Yi stroked Cao Mo’s back gently, “You are back! You are finally back! Everything will be okay!”

“I almost became a monk, I was so worried what if I can’t see you any more.” Cao Mo was choked.

“Aww, there there, I know you have had a hard time. But don’t worry, I will make them pay!” Xiao Yi said maliciously.

The two walked back to Magnolia House hand in hand and they were stopped by Xiao Yugui’s page, “Shizi, Shizi Madam, the master asks you to meet him in his study.”

“I see, go tell father we will be there after Shizi Madam freshen up.” Xiao Yi replied with indifference, ‘No one can stop me and my wife from spending some time alone first!’

… …

The two showed up at Xiao Yugui’s study after an hour, both in casual ware.

Xiao Yugui was waiting impatiently in his study, he got infuriated when he saw the two walked in slowly, “What have you done, Mo? Why not just go to the temple and pray for the country? I’m implicated by you now, the emperor orders us to suppress the riot! You just keep making trouble for me!”

Xiao Yi knelt down and said, “Father, it’s the Lus who keeps making trouble for you! Please have a look at this.” with that Xiao Yi handed an account book to Xiao Yugui.

“Isn’t this the records of us buying grains from Lu’s shops?”

“That’s correct.”

Xiao Yugui kept reading and he exclaimed, “Twelve million kilos! How come they have such a great number of grains! No way can they transport such a large number within a short time!”

Xiao Yugui took a deep breath and asked in shock, “Is… is this the grains the emperor allocates for Dingzhou?”

“That’s why the Lus and Prince Ning tried so hard to get Mo, they know no longer can they hide the fact they have embezzled the grains, so they are looking for a scapegoat!” Xiao Yi took a look at Cao Mo and continued, “Prince Ning’s fever is more like fear. And they know I will beg Prince Xing once they successfully shift the blame on Cao Mo, plus in the whole capital city only we have enough grains to feed the rebels and stop them from marching into the capital city!”

What Xiao Yi said sent chills down Xiao Yugui’s spine, he had no idea how scheming his son was until now.