Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

27. A Jug of Special Wine

Translator: Sissy That Walk

“Mo, don’t fall for that, Lady Lu is poking you, she is setting you up by exasperating you. If you really talk back to an elder, you will be in big trouble.” Explained Xiao Yi anxiously.

Dowager Xiao seemed to be oblivious to what Cao Mo and Xiao Yi doing, she wiped her lips with her hankerchief and looked at Mrs. Lu, “Manners and etiquette could be learned and mastered through practice, thank you for reminding Mo, my good sister, I have faith in my kids.”

Mrs. Lu was a master in worldly wisdom, she soon changed her approach, “Yeah, they are all good kids, my daughter is just too frank and outspoken, please don’t blame her. Still water runs deep, Mo boy is actually very clever and good at playing dumb.”

Xiao Yi frowned, this Mrs. Lu was throwing some shade.

“You are flattering Mo, Mrs. Lu, I know him the best.” Xiao Yi defended his wife.

Awkward silence.

Mrs. Liu chimed in, “I heard Marquis Valour is soon getting promoted, that’s great news, can I ask His Lordship to share his wisdom with my sons?”

Dowager Xiao put on a meaningful smile, “I know nothing about the imperial court, that’s man’s business, as a woman, I just support my sons and my grandsons.”

Lady Lu became alerted after she heard what Mrs. Liu just said, she always deemed Cao Mo as an airhead, it was Xiao Yi who she had always been taking precautions against, she firmly believed Xiao Yi had been fawning Xiao Yugui behind her back for Xiao Yugui had been inquiring more about Magnolia House.

Lady Lu loathed Cao Mo even more thinking about this possibility, this Cao Mo seemed to be her invincible opponent ever since he married into this family, she had been losing every battle. Auntie Lu and Liu Heng seemed to have formed an ally with him, even His Lordship seemed to be partial to him and Xiao Yi.

Lady Lu’s facial expressions didn’t escape Dowager Xiao, Dowager Xiao looked at a young girl that Mrs. Liu had brought and said, “What a pretty girl, come let me have a closer look, good girl.”

Mrs. Lu smiled and replied, “This is my granddaughter, Lu Pan’er, she is a daughter of a concubine’s, nothing special.”

Hearing that, an idea struck Lady Lu, she waved at Xiao Yi and said, “Yi, come meet your cousin, Lu Pan’er.”

Xiao Yi and Cao Mo were playing with Xiao Qian at the other table when they heard Lady Lu, Cao Mo turned around and replied, “Lady Lu, this is a family gathering tonight, no need to be this formal, my husband is in poor health, I’m sure cousin Pan’er will understand him if he doesn’t come greet her.”

Lu Pan’er smiled as a response.

Cao Mo and Xiao Yi exchanged a look and smiled.

Lady Lu wouldn’t take no for an answer, she put on a friendly face and said to her mother, “Mom, I know this Pan’er girl, she is the best, can I ask mother to let her stay to keep me company for a few days, please mom?”

Mrs. Liu knew what her daughter was up to right away, her daughter hated Cao Mo’s guts, she wanted to marry Pan’er to Xiao Yi. Mrs. Liu did some calculation in her mind and figured it was not a bad idea, Pan’er would be the First Young Lady once she married Xiao Yi, it would be Pan’er who would be in charge of their house since she was the one who was going to have kids with Xiao Yi.

But they both knew Lu Pan’er had a very high opinion about herself, so Mrs. Lu replied, “You need to ask Pan’er herself.”

Lu Pan’er stood up and bowed to Lady Lu, “I’m so flattered that Aunt wants my company, but you will be so occupied in Spring Festival, I don’t have the heart to burden you even more in this festive season. How about I will pay another visit after the holiday?”

Lady Lu found that made perfect sense, so they agreed she would invite Lu Pan’er after the Spring Festival.

Cao Mo on the other hand, had no idea what had just taken place for he and Xiao Yi were having such a great time with Xiao Qian. Now Xiao Qian’s wet-nurse was about to feed Xiao Qian a duck bun, Cao Mo grabbed it and ate it himself, “Don’t feed him this, duck is hard to digest, there are veggie buns on the table.”

Seeing Cao Mo eating something he grabbed from the wet nurse, Xiao Yi frowned, “What are you eating?”

“It’s a duck… gee, my belly… my belly hurt!” Cao Mo couldn’t finish his sentence, “Wait got me, I gotta run.”

Xiao Yi shook his head, this was by no means a coincidence.

Neither Xiao Yi nor Cao Mo noticed that Cao Mo lost a hairpin… …

Mammy Wang now whispered at Lu Pan’er’s ear, “Lady, take this jug of wine, Young Master is getting more and more healthy, he is a perfect match for you, as long as you coax him to take a sip of this special wine, I guarantee you… … anyways, just go toast him.”

Lu Pan’er walked towards Xiao Yi with the wine, however, someone pushed her from behind and she was about to fall on Xiao Yi.

Seeing that, Xiao Yi pretended he was frightened and fainted on the ground.

The mammies and paged soon surrounded Xiao Yi, leaving Lu Pan’er no chance to get even close to Xiao Yi.

Cao Le who had been watching Mammy Wang now walked to Lu Pan’er, he grabbed the jug and said, “Thank you, Miss. Lu, do you mind giving the jug to me? Thank you so much.”

With that he grabbed the jug and left.

Lu Pan’er panicked, she knew that was a jug of special wine, she turned to Mammy Wang, “Mammy, what shoul I do?”

Mammy Wang frowned, “It’s okay, leave it to me.”

Mammy Wang was about to follow Cao Le when Xiao Li stopped her, Xiao Li also knew that was a jug of special wine, she figured she might as well just let Cao Mo’s brother make a big mistake as a revenge to Cao Mo.