Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

95. Don’t Tell Anyone Else

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Prince Xing and Xiao Yi exchanged a look subtly, Prince Xing said with indifference, “Fifty-fifty, I will give you the manual.”

Lu Jianzhong fumed, he knew he was going to pay a hefty price for what he has done, but fifty-fifty was too much, the thing was he needed pay Prince Xing half of the future profits since that day and all Prince Xing needed to offer was a piece of paper, he was the one who needed to build the workshops and hired the employees and of course take all the risks.

Seeing Lu Jianzhong’s facial expression, Prince Xing continued, “Make a smart decision, Minister Lu, soon Imperial Censor Li confess the whole story, even Prince Ning won’t be able to help you at that point. So I suggest you make the right decision while you still can.”

“That sounds good, Your Highness.” Lu Jianzhong bit his lips.

Yao Wenyuan charged into the room and pointed at Lu Jianzhong’s nose, “What about me? I won’t just let you go after you and your people have abducted me, what have you taken me for?”

“Childe Yao, ten percent, I will give you ten percent!” Lu Jianzhong stamped on the floor in frustration.

The result was the Xiaos got twenty percent, Prince Xing thirty percent, Yao Manor ten percent and Lu Manor forty percent. However, Lu Jianzhong had promised Prince Ning that he would present thirty percent to him no matter what, therefore Lu Jianzhong ended up only getting ten percent and he had to do all the work.

Lu Jianzhong wished he hadn’t listened to Lady Lu and coveted the manual, but it was too late now, he had to reap the fruits of his own actions.

Xiao Yugui was so satisfied with how it turned out for Xiao Manor, finally he could heave a sigh of relief. Cao Mo’a case was settled, and he was innocent.

Cao Mo begged Prince Xing to transfer his father Magistrate Cao to a cushy position where he didn’t need to do much work.

It all turned out well.

In Marquis Valour Manor.

Big Second Madam from Qingzhi Alley sent her maid Mammy Liu to invite Cao Mo and Xiao Yi to her manor for some drinks.

Mammy Liu beamed with smiles when he saw Mammy Qian, “Mammy Qian, blessings to you, happy new year!”

“Thank you so much, Mammy Liu, may you good fortune in the following year!” Mammy Qian replied happily.

“Mammy, why are you so happy today, tell me the good news too please.” Mammy Liu asked curiously.

“Haha, Young Madam will be back soon, isn’t that the best news?” Mammy Qian laughed.

“What do you mean? Isn’t Young Madam in Magnolia House now? Big Second Madam sent me here to invite him over for a few drinks, I need to see him and bring him back home, otherwise my madam will punish me for sure.” Mammy Liu asked hastily.

“No, he isn’t home now.” with that Mammy Qian looked around cautiously and stepped towards Mammy Liu, she grabbed Mammy Liu’s hand and whispered, “Mammy, I know you are a good person, that’s why I’m willing to tell you the truth.”

Mammy Liu nodded with a serious face, meaning she wouldn’t tell anyone else that she was about to hear.

“I don’t think Young Madam will be back any time soon, the Third Lady has been waiting for him for a few days, apparently all his friends have ordered soap and hand cream and paid good price already, so Young Madam is trying to avoid the Third Lady.”

“Ah I see, no wonder your Young Madam doesn’t want to come back home.” Mammy Liu giggled.

“Tell you one more thing, go to Yao Manor to look for the Young Madam! And shhhh, don’t tell anyone you’ve heard that from me.” Mammy Qian made faces at Mammy Liu.

Mammy Liu nodded knowingly, “Don’t worry, I will just say I have a friend who is working in Yao Manor, and I’ve heard that from her.”

With that Mammy Liu stuffed a silver ingot into Mammy Qian’s hand.

Mammy Qian said goodbye to Mammy Liu happily.

Soon Big Third Madam’s maid Cuifen came knocking on Mammy Qian’s door with her hand full of presents, “Mammy, you look so good today, and happy new year!”

Mammy Qian put on a show of blaming Cuifen, “Look at you, no need to stand on ceremony with me, come have some tea with me and no need to bring so many presents!”

“Aiya, Mammy, you’ve been working hard all year round, you need to take care of yourself. See, I’ve brought you some Goqi Berry, some red dates and some cubilose.” Cuifen introduced the presents that she had brought.

Mammy Qian smiled politely and said, “Cuifen, I know you are looking for Young Madam, I’m sorry I can’t help you.”

“Mammy, even you look down upon our madam, you judged us because our lord is a businessman, you think we don’t deserve to invite your Young Madam to our manor?” Cuifen looked so hurt.

Mammy Qian shook her head and said, “Of course not! All right then, just promise me you won’t tell anyone else… …”

Cuifen withdrew the room happily.

And that wasn’t the end yet.

Big Fourth Madam’s daughter-in-law Young Madam Qi knocked on Mammy Qian’s door not long after Cuifen had left.

“Mammy, I really need to see your Young Madam, please do me this favor.” Young Madam Qi gave Mammy Qian a silver bracelet.

Mammy Qian sighed and said, “Madam, I need to be completely honest with you. The Young Madam says he is really busy and there are priorities in dealing with things, plus he isn’t even in the manor at the moment. How about this, write him a note and I will try my best to hand the note to him, all right?”

Mammy Qian put the bracelet back into Young Madam’s Qi’s palm and muttered to herself, “I just hope our Young Madam won’t be too occupied in Prince Xing’ manor.”

Hearing that, Young Madam Qi smiled and left Mammy Qian’s room.

In Bamboo Lodge, Yao Manor.

Cao Mo woke up in a blissful mood this morning, he found it very soothing to wake up in Xiao Yi’s morning reading sound.

He walked outside of the room after he had put on his clothes and washed his face.

“How is my sleepyhead doing?” Xiao Yi teased.

“Yi, I’m still young, and I need a lot of sleep to grow taller.” Cao Mo smiled shyly.