Chapter 537 Wearing a Green Hat
Just as the matchmaker seemed to have cast a love spell on the swordsman, the pretty boy also seemed to have been bewitched by the matchmaker.
Even after learning that the young man was married, the matchmaker still did not regret having an affair with him.
Not only did she not regret it, the matchmaker also pretended to be nice to the man with the big knife, and after getting real money, she gave it all to the gigolo.
One thing after another, it's truly hard to know what to say.
If it were just a matter of love between men and women, that would be fine, but the big-knife man is a retainer of the Prince Xiang's mansion, and last year during the Emperor's birthday celebration, the Prince Xiang participated in the assassination attempt on Emperor Wu by the Western Regions Holy Temple, didn't he?
(Chapter 217 plot)
Du Qinghui, who was serving as the governor of Jiangnan East Circuit and already had some disagreements with Emperor Wu, devised a plan to dismantle or eliminate the power of Prince Xiang from within. He even planned to bring the deep-seated hatred between Prince Xiang and Emperor Wu into the open, causing the mother and son to fight each other, so that Du Qinghui could reap the benefits.
Therefore, Du Qinghui arranged for spies to approach the pretty boy.
Using the young man's only son as leverage, and promising him a high-ranking official position if he succeeded, how could someone like the young man refuse such a carrot?
Therefore, through the pretty boy, who then went through the matchmaker, who then went through the man with the big knife, and who then inquired within the Prince Xiang's residence, Du Qinghui indeed obtained a considerable amount of information about the Prince Xiang, the Emperor Wu, and the Tang Dynasty.
But things can't always go smoothly, can they?
For the matchmaker, the extramarital affair that had lasted for more than six months was both exciting and pleasurable.
A pretty, refined young man who can speak sweet words, knows how to read, and is reasonably good-looking is naturally more favored by matchmakers than a burly man who is illiterate, spits when he speaks, and eats rudely.
Therefore, it was only natural that the matchmaker became pregnant.
How could love between a man and a woman not have a happy ending?
People at that time believed that having many children meant many blessings, so this pregnancy should have been a great thing for other respectable couples.
But for those who are having affairs and already have spouses, having a child out of wedlock is definitely not a good thing.
When the matchmaker's period still hadn't come in her second month, she had some suspicions in her mind.
Because of her looks and figure, Hongniang was trained to be a top courtesan after being sold into a brothel. The plan was for her to sell her virginity so that the people behind the brothel could get a greater return for their previous efforts.
Therefore, the matchmaker had never taken any sterilization drugs; she was healthy and capable of getting pregnant.
Therefore, after realizing that she might be pregnant, the matchmaker took advantage of an outing, covered her face, and went to a clinic to have her pulse checked by a doctor, thus confirming that she was indeed more than two months pregnant.
The matchmaker excitedly told the young man that she was pregnant when she met him.
But the pretty boy was so frightened that he was sweating profusely and his face turned pale; it didn't mean he was happy.
"What's wrong?"
You don't want our child?
This is my child, and your child's child!
The pretty boy, true to his reputation as a gigolo, changed his expression in a few breaths and hugged Hongniang again, coaxing her: "Of course I cherish our child, but, but if your husband finds out about what happened between you and me, how can we possibly survive?"
The matchmaker, however, happily grasped the young man's hand and said confidently, "Don't be afraid. I've calculated the dates. This child can be disguised as his. He'll be overjoyed if he finds out I'm pregnant."
I won't think about it from another angle.
Upon hearing this, the pretty boy's face darkened.
The matchmaker quickly explained, "Don't worry, this is definitely your child!"
Every time I finish with him, I have to clean myself up and get all that stuff out. This baby in my belly is definitely yours!
Regardless of what the young man was thinking, he was comforting the matchmaker with kind words at this moment.
But when the matchmaker leaned against the pretty boy's chest and couldn't see his expression, the ruthlessness in his eyes was truly frightening.
Even among couples who have gone through the proper marriage ceremony, the men often go out to drink and philander.
He's an adulterer, and a gigolo who lives off the money he squeezes from his respectable husband by eating women. What kind of good person could he be?
The matchmaker was like a woman caught up in love, blinded by her own desires. How could she possibly see through the insincerity in the young man's words?
Just as the matchmaker said, after she got home and told the man with the big knife that she was pregnant, he happily picked her up and spun her around twice, exclaiming with surprise, "Matchmaker, that's great, that's great, I'm going to be a father!"
We have a baby!
Our child will surely be as beautiful as you!
I'm going to be a father!
I'm going to be a father!
Seeing the man with the big knife radiating joy from within, the matchmaker couldn't help but feel a little uneasy and guilty.
But when the matchmaker thought of the pretty boy, she put aside her guilt and instead coaxed the man with the big knife to take out the silver.
If everything proceeded smoothly, there would be no saying that "unexpected events can happen at any time."
When Hongniang was in her fifth month of pregnancy, Da Dao Nan returned home early one day, carrying a famous meat-filled sesame seed cake that people lined up to buy on the street, thinking of bringing it home for Hongniang to try.
The man with the big sword, who had returned home early, stopped the maid standing at the door from announcing his arrival and, wanting to surprise the matchmaker, quietly stood outside the door.
But inside the door, she was chatting with her sweetheart about a pretty boy and a matchmaker, little did she know that her lover, the big-knife man, was standing by the pillar outside the door.
"Sigh, it's been a while since I've seen him, and I really miss him."
Do you think this child will look more like me when he/she is born?
Or is she more like him?
Before the maid could answer, the matchmaker continued to mutter to herself, "I hope to be more like him. If he were a boy, with his sturdy build and handsome appearance, and to become a scholar like his father, how wonderful that would be."
The man with the big knife who was eavesdropping outside was dumbfounded. "A scholar? A scholar like his father?"
The man with the big knife has been a江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the martial arts world) since he was a child. How could he be a literate scholar?
He only learned to write his own name after arriving at the Prince Xiang's residence and being taught by the steward.
At this moment, how could the man with the big knife not understand that he had been cuckolded!
In the past, the man with the big knife would have pushed open the door, yelled at the matchmaker, and then found that pretty boy and beat the two of them to a pulp.
But the man with the big knife who has been a retainer in the Prince Xiang's mansion for a year is no longer the same man with the big knife. He has grown a bit smarter and has become more intelligent.
So, the man with the hot meat sandwich in his arms left quietly without making a sound, so that the matchmaker wouldn't know he had been there.
What could the little girl guarding the gate, only seven or eight years old, possibly understand? Naturally, she didn't tell the matchmaker.
So the man with the big knife sought out his old gangster brothers who had always followed him to investigate who the man who had cheated on him with was, and when and where the two had gotten together.
How long has it been since it got better?
Whose child is the one in the matchmaker's womb?
But what does all this have to do with bad people?
It was all because of Du Qinghui. The Bad People had been secretly monitoring Du Qinghui all along, and naturally, there were also spies who had infiltrated Du Qinghui's side.
Not to mention, the Prince Xiang's residence has always been an important location for the Bad People to monitor.
Therefore, it can be said that the Bad Guys have always been on the sidelines, knowing the relationship between the matchmaker, the big swordsman, and the pretty boy, as well as the various power struggles behind them.
Then, the Bad Guys wanted to be the mantis stalking the cicada, waiting for the two sides to fight to the death before stepping in to clean up the mess.
However, things didn't go as planned, and something went wrong.
Everyone underestimated the vengeful nature of a man after being cuckolded!
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