Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

194. Give Me My Heart Back

Translator: Sissy That Walk

“Cao Mo, stop acting as if nobody on earth could beat you, I’m doing this for Xiao Yi’s good. Xiao Yi will get hurt if you refuse to come to your senses!” Prince Xing rebuked Cao Mo.

Cao Mo sneered, “Your Highness, you want to spend the rest of your life with someone you love, so do I! I can understand Yi and forgive Yi when he is doing things against his will, but there are certain principles that cannot be violated.”

It wasn’t until now did Prince Xing understand what Yao Wenyuan once said, “Cao Mo is different from us!”

Cao Mo was different, he was indeed different.

Prince Xing loved Yao Wenyuan, but no way would he value Yao Wenyuan like he were his own life, but Cao Mo loved Xiao Yi like he were his life.

Cao Mo would yield to no one when it came to Xiao Yi, not a prince, not the emperor.

“I know what you mean now, and I will report this to father, but I cannot guarantee you anything.” Prince Xing said in earnest.

… …

In Cold Palace.

Eunuch Gao walked to Imperial Concubine Fair who was pounding rice with a lunch hamper, Imperial Concubine Fair looked so haggard now, she put down the tools in hand and put on airs when she saw Eunuch Gao.

“Your Highness, your lunch is here.” Eunuch Gao opened the hamper and served her some dishes.

Imperial Concubine Fair flared up on seeing the dishes, “That’s all, just cabbages and tofu? Those snobs, I will punish them one day!”

Eunuch Gao replied, “Your Highness, this is the best we can get. Prince Ning is having a hard time as well, he doesn’t have any income now and it’s just a matter of time before we dismiss the troops.”

“How is everything going with the Yang girl?” asked Imperial Concubine Fair coldly.

“Prince Ning has successfully coaxed Lady Yang to get intimate with him, but Shizi ran into them one night and rescued the lady. And somehow she just claimed she and Xiao Yi has got intimate, not Prince Ning!”

“What an idiot! She must have heard how loving Xiao Yi is and she wants to steal Xiao Yi’s heart and hog all the affection, but it’s not that easy! She is so unreasonable, she is no match for Cao Mo!” Imperial Concubine Fair got so upset that things didn’t work out as she wished.

“Your Highness, the thins is Shizi refuses to marry Lady Yang, Madam Modest went to confront Prince Xing this day. I’m afraid not only has Prince Xing offended the empress, but also the most capable assistants in his camp are going to leave him.” Eunuch Gao showed a cunning smile.

“That’s accurate, Prince Xing will suffer a crushing defeat without the empress and those two!”

In the prison.

Xiao Yi who was shackled raised his head on hearing some familiar footsteps.

It was Cao Mo who had bribed the warden and disguised as a prison guard, Xiao Yi shouted to Cao Mo, “Mo, just trust me, I haven’t and I will never so anything that might hurt you.”

Xiao Yi looked like a drowned mouse, his hair messy, his clothes ragged and his face so stained.

Cao Mo’s heart sank on seeing Xiao Yi like this, “Why are you so silly? Why did you confess something you haven’t done?”

Xiao Yi reached out his hands through the bars to touch Cao Mo, “Do you believe I have done something to hurt you?”

Cao Mo didn’t reach out his hand, he said, “I’m here to let you tell me what exactly you have done, I will believe anything you say, anything.”

Xiao Yi withdrew his hands and said, “This is hard to explain, I will take her as a concubine even though I know you won’t be happy about it.”

Cao Mo raised his head abruptly, “Xiao Yi, do you have any idea what you are talking about? You have grown into my heart, and now you want to dig a whole in my heart to get your heart back and give it to someone else? Why! Why are you hurting me like this?”

Xiao Yi felt as if a knife were piercing his heart, but he couldn’t tell Cao Mo what had happened.

“Mo, trust me!” Xiao Yi said that in dead earnest.

“No, I don’t! I will wipe you out from my heart if you marry that woman!” Cao Moaverted his face.

With that Xiao Yi spat a mouthful of blood, “Mo, trust me! I won’t hurt you!”

“How can I trust you when you say you are marrying someone else?” Cao Mo became become hysterical, he was sure there was some misunderstanding before he actually had met Xiao Yi in person, but now no way could keep his cool.

“We were kissing and cuddling last second, and you just threw yourself at someone else the next second!I can’t believe you have done this to me!” tears streamed down from Cao Mo’s cheeks, he wiped the tears and said, “You keep your entire motherland in mind, you always want to bring glory to your father, to your clan, and you are loyal to Prince Xing! But I have nothing but you in my mind, no way will I share you with some woman! I simply can’t do that! I will take my heart back and protect it, I am hurt, this is the last time you are going to see me, take care!”

Xiao Yi shouted, “Mo, come back, wait for me, I will be home soon!”

Cao Mo left the prison without turning back, he knew that must be some inside information that Xiao Yi couldn’t tell him, but that didn’t justified what Xiao Yi has done.

The shadow guard followed Cao Mo in silence, he felt so sorry for what happened between Cao Mo and Xiao Yi, but he couldn’t say anything.

Xiao Yi turned around and asked the shadow guard, “Can I ask you a favor?”

The shadow guard looked at Cao Mo in the eye and didn’t say anything.

“Never mind, I won’t ask favors from anyone any more, I will only trust myself!” Cao Mo looked so resolute and steadfast.

The shadow guard couldn’t help but reply, “Madam, this is Shizi’s fault.”

“I know, but that doesn’t justify what he has done to me. He is my everything, I’m literally here just for him! But he is going to marry someone else, and he means nothing to me.” with that Cao Mo raised his head and sighed on seeing the sky, “Time to go back!”

… …

In Prince Xing’s manor.

Prince Xing was writing a letter to Yao Wenyuan asking him to spend some time with Cao Mo and comfort him.

Prince Xing’s heart sank on hearing what the shadow guard told him what happened in the prison, “I have no idea how Cao Mo is!”

“Madam kept mumbling, time to to back, time to go back, but he didn’t went back to Cao Manor.”

“Where did he go?”

“He went to the wharf.”

“Wharf? Why?”

“There are eight big ships there, probably Madam wants to go to sea!”

Prince Xing spring to his feet, “Why didn’t you stop him!”

“I haven’t received any order from you, Your Highness.”

“You idiot, he is leaving us!” Prince Xing clenched his fists, “Yi is going to hate my guts!”