Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

190. Frightened Prince Ning

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Armoured vehicle, sharp blades, cross bows… …

Xiao Yuqi liked to think himself as one battle-hardened soldier, but never had seen such a troop, everyone was full of vigour and each one was trying to take the lead.

Once again Xiao Yuqi had regarded Cao Mo with special esteem.

These soldiers all looked like starving tigers who had seen their preys, they were out for blood! Xiao Yuqi didn’t understand what Cao Mo had told them, how come these soldiers were all willing to venture their lives on the battlefield.

There were only five hundred of them, but Xiao Yuqi felt like the martial spirit they were oozing was even more imposing than thousands upon thousands of horses and soldiers.

It didn’t take Xiao Yuqi long to understand why Cao Mo was so confident just now, the vehicles had brought doom for the Southerners, it was a landslide victory for them!

Neither swords nor spears can penetrate the vehicles, let alone the soldiers who were inside the vehicles. The Southerners fled in dejection.

The five hundred soldiers inside the vehicles gnashed their teeth in indignation, “This is just warm up, I need to fight for my glory! Come back, you useless Southerners!”

Madam Modest became more famous after this win, who could expect Cao Mo could win a battle like five hundred VS twenty thousand with splendid results being achieved. Zero casualties VS two thousand and three hundred deaths and six hundred injured! Like Madam Modest said herself, he was indeed the most auspicious mascot in the entire country.

The emperor read the report about the battle, he found it too good to be true and he kept asking the messager whether it was true for several times.

Xiao Yi downplayed this for he didn’t want to attract more attention to Cao Mo, “This is all thanks to Your Majesty’s blessing, Yao Wenyuan has borrowed the inscription you have rewarded Prince Xing and carried it to the South with him, our soldiers has this win thanks to the inscription in our military camp now.”

The emperor smiled, how he wished he could say Cao Mo had done a great job in the South and now it was time to send him to the Northwest to fight the Quan Rong people! But he didn’t mention anything for he knew Xiao Yi would resign from his position in the Ministry of Revenue. Xiao Yi had been doing a great job as well, he was great at making budgets and proposals.

… …

Cao Mo had been away for about three months now, Xiao Yi missed him more and more.

Qiushuang gave birth to a baby boy while Cao Mo was gone, Dowager Xiao cherished this boy like the apple of her eye, the ‘old apple’ Xiao Qian was no longer the center of her attention.

Concubine Fang had given birth to a baby boy as well, and Lady Lu felt so threatened, so she played a dirty trick to make the baby fall ill, and she was caught in the action when she cursed the baby with a talisman.

No one had spoken one good word for her, not even Dowager Xiao. Xiao Yugui had grounded Lady Lu and asked her to chant sutras all day for the baby, Lady Lu felt so humiliated and committed suicide.

Everyone in Xiao Manor was clad in whit when Cao Mo came back, but Xiao Yugui didn’t hold a big funeral for Lady Lu, Lady Lu had left the world just like that.

Prince Ning came to give condolence in person, he walked to Cao Mo after he bowed to the coffin, “Madam Modest, please forgive me if I have ever done anything stupid.”

Hearing that, Cao Mo knelt down and said, “Your Highness, I don’t understand what you are talking about!”

Xiao Yi also frowned, “Your Highness, please educate Mo if he has done something wrong, you are a prince and he is just a madam!”

“No, hear me out, people who are on his side are doing better and better, and people who tried to hurt him now are all suffering! I’m worried for myself!” Prince Ning forced a smile.

Xiao Yuzhen weighed the situation and changed the subject, “Your Highness, I’m sure Lady Lu would be so happy to see you are here to say goodbye to her.”

Prince Ning was still murmuring, “Probably I’m the next… … I didn’t mean to hurt you, it’s not me, it’s all Auntie Lu, don’t hurt me please, it’s not me… …”

Cao Mo found Prince Ning’s behavior quite strange, he asked Xiao Yi what had happened to Prince Ning.

“Imperial Concubine Fair has poisoned Auntie Lu to death, and she tried to impute it to the empress, but the eunuch in Imperial Concubine Fair has confessed everything in front of the emperor. Imperial Concubine Fair had a premature labour after she was interrogated, unfortunately the baby died right after he was born. The empress had found a cursed talisman in his palace, and it turned out to be Imperial Concubine Fair’s doing as well. The emperor has deprived her of her titles and threw her in the Cold Palace. Prince Ning has lost all his power and influence, to make it worse, he is in great debt, probably that’s why he is acting so strange.”

“Isn’t he a prince? Why is he in debt?”

Xiao Yi took hold of Cao Mo’s hand, “Do you remember he took those merchants’ bribe when he was in charge of goods purchasing and he promised them high positions in the palace, but that has never happened. The merchants has been pestering him to recover debts since Imperial Concubine Fair was punished.”

“That’s so sad!”

“Don’t feel sorry for him, he asked for it. And he has sold me all his shared in Lu Jianzhong’s factory, we are the sole owner in that business now.” Xiao Yi sounded to proud, “And the big ships you have been talking so much have arrived at port as well, let’s take one for a test drive one day?”

Cao Mo showed a sweet smile, “I would love that!”

“I’m afraid the emperor won’t let you go though, you mascot!” Xiao Yi squeezed Cao Mo’s hand gently.