Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

2. An Annoying Maid

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Cao Mo didn’t see that coming, he felt a bit awkward especially Bailu was slightly older than him, he wasn’t sure whether he should talk back to someone who was senior. He was about to say “forget it” when Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and retorted, “Just go, I will take the blame if anything shall happen.”

Bailu nodded, sulking. She saw the mirror on the dressing table and a scheme came to her mind, “It would take some time to prepare food anyways, let me serve the madam to wash up and get ready for bed while they prepare the food, how about that?”

Cao Mo rose and said, “I can get ready for bed by myself.”

Xiao Yi pressed his forehead and said, “It’s not proper to do that by yourself, you need maids to serve you.”

Bailu shot a glare at Cao Mo, ‘what a bumpkin!’

Cao Mo felt it a little bit overwhelming he had been living improperly for over twenty years, but now he needed t make a change.

Bailu brought a bunch of younger maids to serve Cao Mo with her together, she washed Cao Mo’s hands and face while other maids prepared water and powder.

Cao Mo felt like a little boy being taken care of by adults.

Bailu asked Cao Mo to sit by the dressing table after the washing, Cao Mo looked at the mirror, geez, he still had a bridal hairdo with ornaments made with pearls and jade all over the hair. He gasped and reached his hand to get rid of the ornaments subconsciously.

Bailu suddenly shouted, “Madam, please stop.”

Cao Mo found that bizarre, “I didn’t do anything.”

With that Bailu pulled Cao Mo’s hair, Cao Mo ouched and tried to stop Bailu by grabbing her hand, his ornaments fell off from his hair and landed on the table, knocking over the mirror.

Bailu pretended she fell down on the floor and knocked the table over, with that the mirror shattered into pieces on the ground.

“Madam, please spare me.” Bailu cried.

Cao Mo was confused, “I wasn’t blaming you, just be careful next time, don’t pull my hair that hard.”

Xiao Yi sighed in his heart, “Oh my! Why does it have to be the mirror? Why the mirror!”

A touch of sinister smile flashed across Bailu’s face and soon she put on a sad face, “Your Lordship, the madam just molested me, please help me!”

“I just molested you?” Cao Mo was dumbfounded, how brazen this girl was! He didn’t blame her for pulling his hair, and she now was swearing white was black, ridiculous!

Cao Mo glared at Bailu, “How did I molest you? I’d very much like to hear it.”

“Madam… Madam you caught hold of my hand, and… and… …” Bailu faltered and looked at Xiao Yi with tears in her eyes.

“You were pulling my hair, what else were you expecting me to do?” Cao Mo blurted that out, and he realized Xiao Yi was looking at him with indifference.

Cao Mo was anxious now, no one else was there, if Xiao Yi chose to believe this girl, there was literally nothing he could do to clear his name.

“Anyway!” Cao Mo said to Xiao Yi, “I did not molest her, why would I do that?”

Xiao Yi saw the frustration and helplessness in Cao Mo’s eyes, his heart ached for Cao Mo.

Xiao Yi knew Cao Mo would not do such an indecent thing, but he didn’t know why Cao Mo looked so smart and quick witted yet he didn’t know how to protect himself!

Xiao Yi raised his eyelids, “Madam, this time I will just let it go, if if happens again, you will be punished. Committing adultery would incur severe punishments from being drowned in wicker basket to putting to death by dismembering the body.”

“I said I did not molest her!” Cao Mo fumed.

He glared at Bailu, “Why are you defaming me, woman?”

Bailu took a step back and defended herself, “Madam, please behave yourself, I’m with the Lady.”

“Well, I’m with His Lordship the young master! Tell me, why are you defaming me?” Cao Mo complained to Xiao Yi, “Look, I didn’t mean to make a scene, but here is the thing, I was just protecting myself subconsciously, and she is accusing me of molesting her, let’s be honest here, you have so many maids in your room, imagine someone else accuses me of the same thing, I demand my innocency!”

Xiao Yi’s eyes travelled on Cao Mo and Bailu back and forth, “The maid shall receive punishments from being sold to being beaten to death, how would you like to punish her?”

“Beating someone to death sounds a bit extreme, doesn’t it? How about getting rid of the maids in your room? I can serve you well, and you can pay me, how does that sound?” Cao Mo suggested that in high spirits, he thought his suggestion made great sense, and he would live a cushy life if no one was around to “supervise” him.

“I need to report to the Lady first.” Xiao Yi took a glimpse at Cao Mo and closed his eyes.

Cao Mo was not excited by the answer, “What if she defames me again?”

“Ask Mammy Wang to take her out.” ordered Xiao Yi with indifference.

Bailu was shaking, things didn’t look well for her, but she refused to accept her fate, she cried out loud, “Amida Buddha, Madam has broken the mirror bestowed by His Majesty!”

Xiao Yi frowned and opened his eyes, “How is the mirror now?”

Seeing Xiao Yi struggling to get up, Cao Mo supported him and said, “It’s just a mirror, what’s the fuss about it?”

Xiao Yi said hesitantly, “The mirror was an article of tribute from Xifan Country, His Majesty bestowed it to our family, it might bring us trouble if anyone else finds out.”
Cao Mo shrugged, “It’s not that hard to make a mirror, all you need is some glass and some silver nitrate, the craftsmanship may be a pain, but it shouldn’t be that hard.”

Xiao Yi looked at Cao Mo in an earnest manner, “You know how to make a mirror?”

Cao Mo shrugged again, “Technically yeah, even though I haven’t actually made one before, it shouldn’t be that complicated.”

Bailu sneered, “Madam surely talks big, if it’s not complicated, why would His Lordship the Young Master is the only one in the whole mansion has the honor to have this mirror?”

Cao Mo was taken aback, “Really?”

Xiao Yi shot Bailu a cold glare, “Get out.”

Bailu still was unwilling to give up, “Young Master, breaking such a rare item on your wedding night is ominous, Madam is cursing you!”

“Out! Out you go!” Xiao Yi ordered, and he had to rest on Cao Mo’s chest to catch his breath.

Bailu thumped on the ground, “Young Master! I have been serving you since I was a little girl, I have done hard work even if I have not performed meritorious deeds, how can I bear to live if I am driven out like this?”

Bailu was dragged out amid her crying and weeping.