Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

32. To Demote Cao Mo

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Mammy Wang took the order happily, she marched down to Magnolia House leading a troop of pages.

Seeing that, Xiao Yi ordered Moqi, “Go to the guest hall and inform father about this, ask him to come help me out if he is available.”

Moqi nodded, and he asked Xiao Yi with concern, “Young Master, are you going to be okay before I come back?”

“Don’t worry, I am the Young Master of this family after all.” Xiao Yi stood by the door with a fur cloak, staring at Mammy Wang right in her eye.

“Mammy, to what honor do I owe this visit?”

Mammy Wang replied with an apologetic tone, but the sneer was plain on her face, “Please forgive me, Young Master. I’m here to invite Young Madam to see Lady Xiao, there’s something that Lady Xiao needs to interrogate the Young Madam.”

Xiao Yi smiled indifferently, “Oh? Is that so? Tell you what, only father is able to interrogate Mo.”

To everyone’s surprise, Lady Xiao walked into the yard and shouted, “How dare you to say that, but don’t bother, your grandmother will also join me to interrogate him. Servants, go smash the door and get me Cao Mo.”

Xiao Yi barred in the way, “Madam, do you want to see me die in front of you? You need to smash me before you smash the door, how people will laugh at me if I fail to protect my own wife. Cough cough… …”

Seeing Xiao Yi coughing heavily, Lady Xiao panicked, she looked at Mammy Wang and said, “Mammy, go take Young Master away and send for a doctor. Servants, go smash the door.”

Xiao Yi panted and glared at Mammy Wang, “Don’t you get close to me!”

Mammy Wang was at a loss, “Young Master, you have no idea what Young Madam has done, Lady Xiao is protecting your good name, my good master!”

Xiao Yi found that absurd, “Protecting my good name? Barging in my house like this? Trying to arrest my wife like this?”

With that Xiao Yi turned to look at the bedroom, he was glad he had asked a maid to burn a Tranquil Incense in the room, otherwise this bustle would have woken Cao Mo up.

Xiao Yugui followed Moqi back when he heard what was going on in Magnolia House.

What came to Xiao Yugui’s sight was Mammy Wang dragging Xiao Yi who was guarding his bedroom door, “What’s this fuss all about, Mammy Wang?”

Lady Xiao stepped towards Xiao Yugui, “To reply to Your Lordship, I was about to report this to you.”

Xiao Yugui pulled a long face, “To report to me? Why are you making such a scene in Yi’s house? Yi is a patient, don’t you ever forget about that!”

Lady Xiao took a deep breath and signaled everyone to step a few steps back.

“Your Lordship, I meant to take care of this scandal by myself, this is about Cao Mo, but I might as well leave this to you now that you are here. Mammy Wang, bring me that girl!”

Two mammies brought Qiushuang into the yard.

Qiushuang looked at Xiao Yugui in terror, she kowtowed to Xiao Yugui and kept thumping her head on the ground heavily.

Xiao Yugui looked at the girl and thought for a little while who this girl was, “Isn’t this Qiushuang? You have arranged this girl to wait on Yi, haven’t you?”

Lady Xiao nodded, “Your Lordship, I asked this maid to wait on Yi instead of his wife Cao Mo, this is quite a scandal, this girl is pregnant.”

Xiao Yugui laughed, “You are telling me the father is in Magnolia House? Tell me, is it Yi? Is it Mo? Look at Yi, do you really think Yi will covet your maid? And look at Mo, I think Mo’s mind isn’t on intimacy.”

Seeing how Xiao Yugui defend Cao Mo, Lady Xiao blurted out, “Mo and Yi are deeply attached to each other, ask their maids, everyone knows how intimate they are.”

Xiao Yi gave a faint smile and replied, “I have no idea Lady Xiao knows everything about me and Mo’s intimacy, you should also know neither of us would be interested in getting intimated with anyone else.”

It wasn’t until now did Lady Xiao realize she had put her foot in her mouth, “Qiushuang gets pregnant after she was sent to your house, you keep saying it’s not Cao Mo, I guess you are saying it’s you?”

“Nonsense!” Xiao Yugui fumed, he knew Lady Xiao was resorting to extremes to avoid marring Cao Le to her son.

Everyone knew whose baby is was, but Lady Xiao just thought everyone was dumb enough to believe the nonsense.

Xiao Yugui’s heart was sinking, he looked at Lady Xiao and asked, “You just want to make a scene for your son and drag everyone in, don’t you?”

Lady Xiao raised her head and replied, “Your Lordship, if you agree on not marrying Cao Le to Jin, this matter could be no matter. An aborticide would fix everything, but with one condition, Cao Mo has to go!”

Xiao Yi couldn’t believe what he just heard, “Father, Mo has done nothing wrong, Mo cannot leave me!”

Lady Xiao chimed in, “Your Lordship, me and mother have discussed this, we both thought now that Cao Mo’s name isn’t on the Clan Pedigree yet, we can just demote him as a concubine.”

Xiao Yi gnashed his teeth and replied, “I have marriage contract to prove Mo is my wife, if you want me to demote him, I might as well establish our own house with Mo.”

Slap!

Xiao Yugui slapped on Xiao Yi’s face, “Ridiculous! Establishing your own house and separating from your family! I’m not dead yet, imagine how my political opponents make a fuss about this and accusing me of failing at educating my kids!”

Xiao Yi covered his face and cried, “Father, do you have the heart to it and watch Lady Xiao marry a girl who is pregnant with his son’s baby to me? To watch Lady Xiao marry the man who was raped by her son to me? Am I really your son? Have you ever considered my feelings?”

Xiao Yi trembled, “My mother wouldn’t let this happen to me if she was still alive! Father, I’m begging you, please have mercy on me, please have mercy on Mo.”

Xiao Yugui’s heart was shattering into pieces when Xiao Yi mentioned his mother, “My son, you may rise. That does it, Yonghe, walk Lady Xiao back to Osmanthus House, as for the Young Master and Young Madam, they will be grounded to this house until I find a solution.”

Xie Yonghe, Xiao Yugui’s servant dragged Lady Xiao out while she screaming, “Xiao Yugui, how dare you do this to me! I swear if you dare to marry Cao Le to my son, I will hang myself in the yard, how people will judge you if that really happens!”

With that Lady Xiao broke off Xie Yonghe’s arms and threw herself at Xiao Yugui, “Xiao Yugui, come strangle me, I’m telling you I’ll never marry that Cao boy to my son!”