Chapter 4

Chapter 4

I cleaned the room from top to bottom.

Then I hid him under my quilt again.

Weakly, I said to my maid, “I’m ill. Please invite the masters in to search.”

Those monks didn’t dare come in, so they left.

It seemed my title as the general’s wife was still somewhat useful.

For the next two days, I ate all my vegetarian meals in the meditation room.

Seven-Times Man was utterly humiliated and furious.

But he didn’t dare shout too loudly.

Aside from tying him up, I no longer stuffed my undergarments in his mouth.

Well… sometimes I did.

The two of us carried on shamelessly day after day.

I felt that this was Buddha manifesting his divine will.

He must have known I had been abstinent for far too long, so he sent me a beautiful man.

And this beautiful man was so capable, so vigorous. I was truly very satisfied.

To commit such lewd acts in the pure and tranquil grounds of a Buddhist temple was a different kind of thrill, one that made me exceptionally excited.

In the end, my personal maid Zhuangzhuang still found out about Seven-Times Man.

Zhuangzhuang advised me to show some restraint and not ruin my reputation.

Of course I knew that.

I had no desire to be known as a wanton woman. My son would still need to marry a wife in the future.

To the outside world, my image was that of a woman who, though cursed to bring misfortune to her husbands, had led a bitter life; and though beautiful, still knew her place and kept to propriety.

Zhuangzhuang and I discussed it for a while.

On the night before we left, Zhuangzhuang carried Seven-Times Man away.

Zhuangzhuang was a maid with martial arts skills whom my general husband had chosen for me.

She was strong and highly skilled. Her only flaw was that she slept like the dead. Otherwise, I never would have succeeded that night.

We hid Seven-Times Man in a small courtyard of mine.

The courtyard was not far from the General’s Mansion, about the time it took for two sticks of incense to burn by carriage.

I had an iron chain specially made for Seven-Times Man.

I also fed him Softbone Powder, which could temporarily take away his martial arts and strength.

I wrapped the chain in cotton cloth myself, so he could move freely around the room.

He really had reached the end of his patience.

The first time I went over, he stood coldly in the courtyard.

Cold rain beat down on him.

He looked at me coldly.

Then he said coldly, “I am the Crown Prince of this dynasty! Release me, and I will let bygones be bygones!”

I froze.

Then I dismissed the servants.

Taking his hand, I said, “How could you not tell me something this important sooner?”

Seeing that I believed him, he let out a sigh of relief and followed me inside. “This matter is highly confidential. We cannot alert the enemy, which is why I couldn’t tell you.”

I nodded. To the pleasant clinking of the chain around his ankle, I closed the door.

Then I chuckled wickedly. “You? The Crown Prince? If you’re the Crown Prince, then I’m the Crown Princess! Come on, husband! Time to pay your conjugal dues!”

I pounced on him and knocked him onto the bed, then skillfully climbed on top of him and reached to undo his clothes.

He snapped, “You don’t believe me?! Or do you even dare defile the Crown Prince?”

I scoffed. “Would the Crown Prince go around stealing things? At least come up with a decent story before you try lying to me.”

Then I started chuckling again. “Go on, scream. Scream until your throat gives out. No one is coming to save you!”