Chapter 76 Secret

Someone immediately became curious: "What secret?"

Marquis Guangcheng also pricked up his ears.

I only heard the man say, "There is a lady who is of very high status. I won't tell you who she is, lest she get the news to the real owner and cause trouble for me."

"This lady is a Buddhist and lives a very Buddhist life. She never gets jealous. Her husband can take as many concubines as he wants, and she doesn't care at all. Everyone says she is generous. Do you know why she is so generous?"

"It turns out she has a lover. Every six days she goes to the temple to worship Buddha, but in fact she goes to meet her lover."

When Marquis Guangcheng heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

Why does this lady’s temperament resemble that of his wife, Mrs. Mo?

"It's truly more interesting than the princess and her husband," someone next door said. "Who is this lady's lover? Could it be some actor from this big band?"

"Actor? You really look down on this lady."

The humanity of leaking secrets.

"This lady's lover is a prominent figure. He is not only qualified to stand in the Qinzheng Hall during the morning court session, but can even stand in the front rows."

"Is this true? A high-ranking official like that must have a ton of concubines. Why would they need to commit adultery?"

"You don't understand this. As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover, and a secret lover is not as good as not being able to steal. It's just that sleeping with someone else's wife is fun."

"Okay. But they're a high-ranking official and a noblewoman, so their affair must be kept secret. How did you know?"

The person who leaked the information smiled triumphantly.

"You may not believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes."

"On the eighth day of the lunar month last month, I went to the temple to burn incense. While wandering around, I stumbled into a quiet room and discovered a large Buddha statue inside. The Buddha statue itself was hollow, and one could enter through a small door behind it."

"Out of curiosity, I climbed inside the giant Buddha."

"Just as I was about to leave, someone came into the quiet room. I heard the maid calling Madam, and I didn't want to offend them, so I didn't go out. I wanted to wait until they left before leaving."

"Who knew that not long after that lady came in, someone else came and closed the door of the quiet room."

"They made love in a quiet room. I learned their identities from their conversation and was so frightened that I broke out in a cold sweat and dared not even breathe."

"I didn't dare come out until they left one after another, and it took another half an hour. My legs were swollen from squatting inside the Buddha statue."

The others were in an uproar.

"It sounds so convincing, could it really be true?"

"Why would I lie to you?" the leaker said angrily. "If you don't believe me, go to Baiyun Temple on the sixth day of the lunar month, find the quiet room with the old osmanthus tree in front of the corridor, hide in the Buddha's belly and listen."

"But I'm warning you in advance, if you get caught by those two, don't betray me!"

The others laughed.

"You don't value your life, but we do. Who would dare to catch them committing adultery? If you have the time, you might as well listen to a few more plays."

Those people left after listening to the second half of the play.

Marquis Guangcheng sat in the box for a long time before returning home with a heavy heart.

In the main courtyard, Mrs. Mo was chatting with her two children.

He stopped and observed the mother and her two children. The daughter looked like Mrs. Mo, and the son also looked a bit like Mrs. Mo, but there was still some difference, and he didn't know who they looked like.

He has big ears and a broad forehead; his son has small ears and a narrow forehead.

He had not paid much attention to these features before, but the more he looked at them, the heavier his mood became.

Which officials in the court have small ears and narrow foreheads?

"My Lord, what are you doing standing at the door?"

Mo's voice rang out.

He came to his senses, walked over, and his children all greeted him.

He nodded, asked each of them a few questions, and then let them go back to the courtyard.

"Are you going to Baiyun Temple to worship Buddha in two days?" He looked into Mo's eyes and asked.

Mrs. Mo nodded.

"I always go to the temple on the six fasting days."

He frowned and said, "You have been worshipping Buddha for so many years, but Buddha has not blessed you in any way. It is better not to go."

As long as Mrs. Mo doesn't go to worship Buddha, those secrets will have nothing to do with her, so he won't be suspicious.

Madam Mo glared at him. "I don't worship Buddha to ask for his blessing. Everyone asks for things from him, and he must be very tired. I'm just asking him to take care of himself. I don't have any other hobbies besides worshiping Buddha, so why do you care about me?"

Marquis Guangcheng's face became long and he felt annoyed.

Two days later, he did not go out, but stayed in the main courtyard to watch Mo go out.

She put on a lighter and prettier makeup than usual, and wore new clothes that she had made a few days ago. There was a hint of spring in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, and she seemed to be a few years younger.

His heart sank.

After hesitating for a moment, he returned to his room to change his clothes, picked out a fast horse from the stable, took a shortcut to the city gate, and arrived at Baiyun Temple before Mrs. Mo.

When he arrived at the temple, he found a quiet room with an old osmanthus tree in front of the corridor. When he went in, he saw that there was indeed a hollow giant Buddha inside.

You can really crawl into the Buddha statue.

He hid in the Buddha's belly and waited patiently.

The quiet room was empty. After waiting for about half an hour, someone came in.

After that person came in, he sat on the cushion for a while before other people came.

The door of the quiet room is closed.

A female voice sounded: "Why are you so late today?"

His mind exploded with a "boom".

This is Mo's voice!

Then a male voice rang out, "It's a little late for court. Have you been waiting for a long time? Your outfit blends in perfectly with the spring scenery. It reminds me of when I first met you."

He felt the voice was extremely familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment.

"It happened twenty years ago, you still remember it."

Mrs. Mo said coquettishly.

"I am now an old cucumber painted green, just pretending to be young."

"In my heart, you will always be the most beautiful," the man said. "I'm sorry for the trouble you and Ying'er have put in this time. I brought a few pieces of jade that Ying'er likes. I hope she won't be angry with me."

"No, she won't. She's always wanted to see you more often. So has Zhen'er."

The two chatted for a few minutes and then got down to business.

Marquis Guangcheng was in the Buddha's belly and was about to explode.

The son and daughter born to Madam Mo were not his children? Did both children know their own origins? He actually raised someone else's children for so many years?

How dare this adulterous couple bully him like this!

With a heart full of rage, he broke out of the Buddha's belly and punched the man who was moving.

"Go to hell!"

The man was caught off guard and punched, falling to the side.

He instantly recognized who the man was.

Minister Wei!

It turned out to be this sanctimonious hypocrite!

He pounced on the man and punched him wildly in the head and face, left and right.

Mrs. Mo shouted from the side: "Stop! Stop it now!"

He never paused.

"Bang!" A dull pain suddenly came from the back of the head.

He paused, turned around, and looked at the woman in front of him with uncontrollable anger: "You whore, you actually want to kill your husband?"

Mrs. Mo raised the incense burner in her hand and was about to hit him again.

He stood up and kicked Mo to the ground.

When he turned around again, he saw Minister Wei taking the opportunity to get up and stumble towards the door.

"Dare to run?"

He chased after him and bumped into him hard, causing Minister Wei to fall suddenly on the threshold.

Suddenly, a piece of broken porcelain appeared on the threshold, hitting Minister Wei right between his eyebrows. He fell to the ground and remained motionless.