Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

9. Offspring is Your First Priority

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Cao Mo gave a cold smile, “Third sister, would you like to talk to father about this Bailu matter? Would you like to remind father that he is wrong about this?”

“You!” Xiao Li fumed, she wouldn’t dare to confront her father!

Lady Lu sipped some tea, “Enough, you shouldn’t start this with your younger sister after all, as an elder, you should always be the bigger person.”

Cao Mo nodded with a smile, “Yes, madam, I AM being the bigger person, Second Brother said some nonsense like soon I will be widowed, and I let him go. If I heard that again I will teach him a lesson!”

Lady Lu put her tea cup on the table heavily, “Teach him a lesson? No one is teaching my son a lesson but me!”

Cao Mo’s smile got brighter, “I know, it’s just I know how occupied madam is every day, so I’m trying to help madam.”

Xiao Yi tried so hard to suppress his laughter, his wife surely wouldn’t take shit.

Xiao Li fumed, “How dare you! How can you talk to mother like this!”

Cao Mo went sassy all the way, “Third Sister, calm down! I have some ornaments here, come, say something nice, and they are yours!”

Xiao Li pushed the tray away, “There ornaments are so last year! Go away!”

Hearing that, Lady Lu’s face darkened, “Concubine Wu! Look at your good daughter, take her back and teach her some manners!”

Xiao Li regretted so much for what she had blurted out, but what was said could not be unsaid, so she withdrew with her mother Concubine Wu, it was until now that Cao Mo found there was a younger girl tailed along them, the girl bowed to Cao Mo slightly and left with Concubine Wu too.

Xiao Li stamped her foot in anger as soon as she left, she would surely settle score with Cao Mo, she tried so hard to win trust from Lady Lu, but it all went down the drain because of him!

Xiao Li vented her anger on her maid Fang Cao, “What a useless bitxx! Can’t you see that my handwarmer needs more charcoal?”

Fang Cao smiled, “I’m so sorry my lady, but I have heard an important news.”

Xiao Li’s eyes sparkled, “What news?”

Fang Cao lowered her voice, “Not only had Madam Cao caught Bailu cooking the book, but also he had changed the rules in Magnolia House… …”

Xiao Li listened to Fang Cao attentively, “What a trouble maker? Everyone knows about the green bean except father, but that Cao Mo had to point it out! Wait, I need to report this to Lady Lu.”

With that Xiao Li turned around, and her younger sister Xiao Chi pulled her sleeve and said, “Sister, shall we stay out of this?”

Xiao Li retorted, “What the heck do you know? Go away!”

Xiao Li marched back into Lady Lu’s guest hall, seeing her, Lady Lu frowned, “I though you went back to learn some manners.”

Xiao Li kowtowed to Lady Lu and said, “Mother, I heard the First Brother has green bean porridge in his house, I also want green bean porridge, is that okay?”

Xiao Yi took a glimpse at Xiao Li and kept silent, Cao Mo found it rather odd, ‘does it worth the trip of returning back and reporting to Lady Lu, over some green bean porridge?’

Lady Lu nodded and knew there must be something going on, “Yes, you can. Just go tell the kitchen and ask for what you want.”

Xiao Li put on a bright smile, “Thank you, mother.”

Xiao Li took a glimpse at Cao Mo when she withdrew, Cao Mo found it more odd why Xiao Li looked at him like a proud rooster that had just win a battle.

Lady Lu continued her instructions, “Yi, you don’t have a personal maid to take care of you now, what do you think of Qiushuang? From today on, Qiushuang will replace Bailu, she is a considerate maid, I’m sure she will take good care of you.”

Xiao Yi kept a poker face, seeing that, Cao Mo knew his husband didn’t fancy the idea, he figured he probably should refuse this suggestion on his husband’s behalf. Little did he expect that Qiushuang thumped on the ground and begged, “Madam, please keep my by your side, please!”

Lady Lu lifted her hand with disgust in her eyes and ordered people to take Qiushuang away.

Xiao Yi’s face darkened, Cao Mo was so curious to find out why, but he figured now wasn’t a good timing so he simply replied, “Thank you so much, madam, we might give it a pass now that Qiushuang prefer to staying by your side, plus I’m not planning on adding any maid in our house.”

Lady Lu smiled, ‘I’m waiting for you to say this out loud! Gotcha!’

Lady Lu changed her tone, “Mo, that’s outrageously wrong! Being Yi’s wife, his offspring is the number one priority that you should consider all the time! By not having maid in your house is a sign of being a shrew, and that’s a taboo in a big family like ours! Don’t say that again… …”

Cao Mo chimed in, “Actually I don’t mind having maids in our house, but what I mind is the drama incurred by that, like Bailu, she accused me of molesting her, that was a blatant lie, I don’t want to go through that again, it might end up with someone losing her life.”

“Losing whose life? Why do you have to talk like this at the festive season? Especially thinking about Dowager Xiao is still residing in the temple paying respect to Buddha  now!”

A woman who looked so similar to Lady Lu just invited herself in the hall as Lady Lu was speaking, Lady Lu snorted subtly on the sight of that woman.

Xiao Yi pulled Cao Mo and said, “Greetings, Auntie Lu.”

Auntie Lu supported Xiao Yi on his arms and looked at Cao Mo, “What a good looking child, sister you surely had made a good match.”

Cao Mo greeted Auntie Lu and Auntie Lu presented him a nice gift, it was two gold ingots. Seeing that, Cao Mo beamed at Auntie Lu.

Xiao Yi coughed, then he thanked Auntie Lu, “Thank you so much for the generous gift! I will visit you in person when I get better!”

Auntie Lu’s lips curled, “I heard you were able to walk today, so I came here in a hurry to see you, with that being said, you still need to be cautious, all right?”

Then she looked at her younger sister with a meaningful smile, “Sister, look at Yi, he is able to walk today, this is all thanks to the great match you have made for him!”