Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

80. An Unforeseen Disaster

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Big Second Madam put on a serious face and said to a page standing next to Mammy Shao, “What is this all about? We are here today for the reunion of homefolks, I don’t want to see this chaos on such a festive occasion, you go tell your Master, just tell him the Big Second Madam says she would like Mo’s company while she is here, if he insists on taking Mo away and punish him, I will leave your manor.”

The page dared not oppose, he made a bow with hands folded in front and was ready to leave. Mammy Shao chimed in, “Big Second Madam, I’m sure there’s some misunderstanding here, no need to disturb His Lordship on such a festive occasion.”

Hearing that, Big Second Madam nodded and stopped the page. Mammy Shao heaved a sigh of relief and signaled to the pages she had brought with her that they were good to go.

Cao Mo threw himself at the Big Second Madam, “Aiya, how can I ever repay you, my dear dear grandmommy! I dread to imagine what would become of me if not you.”

“Stop buttering me up, you little monkey, isn’t it strange no one comes here when Mammy Shao made such a scene? You go, go have a look.” Big Second Madam’s face grew solemn.

… …

Cao Mo rushed back to Magnolia House only to find Xiao Yi lying in bed motionlessly.

‘There must be a lot of people have toasted him.’ thought Cao Mo.

“Have you made trouble?” a cold voice came.

“No, I don’t think so.” Cao Mo felt so confused.

“Oh, is that so? How come Moqi just told me that you asked Pan’er to go to Pear Fragrance Hall with you… and you… and you have performed conjuring tricks for her?” Xiao Yi stammered.

“That’s not true, I performed conjuring tricks for the madams and all of our guests, who has played just for Pan’er!” Cao Mo explained, “Moqi has betrayed me, he tricked me to go to Pear Fragrance Hall with him so he and Mammy Shao can set me up! But I was lucky that I met Mammy Xia and Big Second Madam, they can prove my innocence!”

“Moqi, bring Moqi to see me!” Cao Mo shouted.

“Moqi works for father now, starting from today.” Xiao Yi replied, then he shouted, “Spittoon! I need to vomit!”

Cao Mo fought back the nausea rumbling in his stomach after he had served Xiao Yi, “Yi, come on now, have some warm water, you will feel better. You are such an honest drinker, why not make some excuse when people toast you?”

“I need to make a point, Third Uncle always think he can handle alcohol better than me, I need to let him know that’s not true.” Xiao Yi gnashed his teeth.

Cao Mo shook his head resignedly, ‘how come I never knew Xiao Yi can be such a boy sometimes.’

Xiao Yi grabbed Cao Mo’s hand and said, “They all like you so much.”

“Who?” Cao Mo teased.

“The big madams.” Xiao Yi smiled contently.

“Hahaha, why didn’t you say your cousins?” Cao Mo continued teasing.

“No, I don’t allow them to like you.” Xiao Yi squeezed Cao Mo’s hand even harder, “You haven’t performed conjuring tricks for me before, I want to… I want to see some tricks right here right now.”

Cao Mo chuckled, he hadn’t seen this boyish side of his husband before and he found that so cute. Cao Mo had to sing a few lullabies to coax Xiao Yi to sleep.

Cao Mo couldn’t help but think why Moqi would collude with Mammy Shao and set him up, then he recalled what Xiao Yi just said, Moqi started to work in Osmanthus House from now on.

‘Ah, it starts to make sense now. Moqi now is working for Lady Lu now, he has to please his new master and his new madam to survive.’ thought Cao Mo.

But Cao Mo was worried because Moqi knew a lot of Cao Mo’s secrets, he wished there were a way to erase Moqi’s memory.

What worried Cao Mo most was the production process of soaps, Moqi was in charge of ingredients purchasing and he knew all the processes! Cao Mo was sure what Lady Lu and Xiao Yugui really wanted wasn’t Moqi, it was what Moqi knew about soap making!

Mohua now came rushing in, pouring with sweat, “Young Madam, Lady Lu is charging into our house!”

“What’s wrong?” Cao Mo was so confused and walked to the gate.

And there came Lady Lu’s voice, “Servants! Bind that bastard!”

“Again? Madam, please tell me what I have done this time.” Cao Mo found this ridiculous.

The servants grabbed Cao Mo’s arms, “Please forgive us, Young Madam.”

“Madam, you can’t punish without prior warning.” Cao Mo shouted.

Lady Lu sneered, “My mother is ill in bed because of you! Is that good enough for you?”

Cao Mo argued, “I’m sorry to hear Big Madam Lu is ill, but how can you just say the madam got sick because of me? Hmm, you can just say you want the power to manage the household back, you can just say it. Why make such lame excuse?”

“Stop your nonsense! You know what, His Majesty has heard about this when my brother went to the palace to invite an Imperial Physician, His Majesty is mad now. I need to bind you up and send you to Lu Manor.”

“What? This is kidnapping! Help, help, Yi, Lady Lu is kidnapping me!” Cao Mo shouted, this was such an unforeseen disaster.

Mohua cried out and that had attracted Mammy Shao, Mammy Shao grabbed Mohua and said, “You think you can run away, that’s impossible!”

“Great, I happen to need a witness, Mohua, you know what to do now?” Lady Lu glared at Mohua.

Mohua nodded in fear.

… …

His Majesty had accidentally smashed a piece of mirror in the empress’s palace, he ordered the Imperial Household Department to present the empress a new one as soon as possible. But no one was able to do the silver plating procedure.

Lu Jianzhong lied to His Majesty that he was able to do it in three days, that was why Big Madam Lu ‘was ill in bed’. She was just looking for an excuse to arrest Cao Mo to Lu Manor.

This day served as a perfect opportunity, Xiao Yi and Xiao Yugui were both drunk, all the guests were having a good time watching the opera shows.

No one knew Cao Mo was abducted by Lady Lu.