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Chapter 163 Secret Connection

When the Cui family learned that Cui Baozhu had been ordained, they were both anxious and furious, and they stormed into Wuqiu Nunnery and caused a great disturbance.

At this time, Cui Baozhu's Buddhist name was Huixin. She had shaved her head, wore a gray nun's hat, and had prayer beads hanging around her neck.

Facing her furious father and the tearful Leng Shi, she simply said with a blank face and empty eyes, "Becoming a nun was my own free will, and no one could persuade me. I threatened to kill myself, just to find liberation."

You can pretend you never had a daughter like me. What's done is done, and no matter how much you protest, it's useless; you've only lost face.

"You unfilial wretch!" Father Cui clutched his chest in anger. "I'll beat you to death today, so you won't embarrass me anymore!"

Madam Leng quickly stopped her, saying, "You mustn't, sir. She's still a child; she's just been misled and has lost her mind for a moment."

One sentence reminded Cui's father, who cursed, "That vixen Wen Mingqian! She divorced herself and moved to a nunnery, then tricked other people's daughters into becoming nuns. What a sin!"

"It has nothing to do with Madam Wen. She saved my life and is my benefactor," Huixin said. "You all know better than anyone why I want to become a nun, so why throw mud at others!"

"You shameless wretch!" Mr. Cui stepped forward and slapped Huixin across the face. "Come home with me right now! Start growing your hair back to normal."

He then ordered his servants to tie Huixin up and take her away.

However, they were stopped by Jingxu and the others.

“This is a sacred Buddhist place. Even if I am not the best, I am still a nun. How can you be so presumptuous?” Jingxu stood in front of Huixin. “If Master Cui is not satisfied, we can settle this in court.”

Mr. Cui was still filled with resentment, but Madam Leng had already seen the situation clearly, and Cui Baozhu was ready to go all out.

In truth, the Cui family was guilty. The root cause of Cui Baozhu's decision to become a nun was their forced marriage.

If this goes to court, it will completely expose our family scandals.

So he pretended to be a good person and said, "Why are you being so aggressive, nun? We are just worried about our daughter. Who wouldn't be alarmed if their child suddenly became a nun after being raised this long? You are all people who are detached from worldly affairs and can see things clearly. But how can we easily give up?"

After leaving Wuqiu Nunnery, Leng said to her husband, "This was all because of Wen Mingqian's seduction, but now she's hiding and not showing herself."

"That bitch!" Father Cui hated Wen Mingqian to the core. "She's a born scourge! She deserves to be struck by lightning!"

“She is indeed despicable, but Master should still think about important matters,” said Madam Leng. “Now that the marriage with the Marquis’s family has fallen through, we should find a way to stay in the capital!”

Her reminder brought Cui's father back to the important matter, and his anger turned to sorrow: "Alas! Not only did we fail to get married, but we also offended the Marquis's mansion."

"Now we can only let everyone know that it was Wen Mingqian who tricked our daughter into entering the nunnery. Maybe the Marquis and the others will be less angry with us," said Madam Leng. "I'll have to go and cry to Madam. It will do some good."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Cui said, "Thanks to you for sharing my burdens, I'm really at my wit's end now."

Leng comforted her, saying, "It's all up to us; we'll just have to do our best."

Mr. Cui said, “If you go to the Marquis’s residence, I will go to pay a visit to Lord Wang’s residence. It’s always good to find more connections.”

The couple were listless. They ate a meager meal after returning home and then went out together. When Madam Leng arrived at the Marquis of Fengxian's residence and met Madam Lu, she tearfully recounted her grievances.

Madam Lu was naturally disappointed at this moment, and said with a sigh, "It can only be said that the fate of the two of them was not right, and this is not something that can be forced. When you first mentioned it to me, I repeatedly told you that it must be the girl's own willingness. Our family would never do anything to force someone to do something against their will. Now that things have turned out like this, if outsiders hear about it, they will think that we forced your girl to shave her head and become a nun."

Madam Leng hurriedly said, "How can you blame yourself? The child had already agreed. Who knew that someone would come along and ruin such a good match?"

Lady Fengxian and Wen Mingqian had only met a few times and were not close. Upon hearing her words, she frowned and said, "This Wen fellow is really a troublemaker. It's one thing for her to abandon her husband and go to a nunnery, but how could she also coax a young girl out of the nunnery? Isn't this a sin?"

"Who says otherwise? If she hadn't instigated my second daughter, how could a girl who rarely leaves her home have dared to disobey her parents and become a nun? She didn't even say goodbye. Is that acceptable? From now on, we must tell all the daughters and wives in the family to stay away from her, otherwise she will lead them astray."

"In my opinion, that woman surnamed Wen is quite demonic. Think about it, she was inexplicably banished back to Shuangxi, and stayed there for seven years. Not long after she returned, Consort Song miscarried and died, and before that, a son of a concubine had also died. Who else could it be but her? Then, there was the inexplicable divorce. Who would act so strangely?"

Leng fabricated a long list of bad things about them.

She was deliberately trying to ruin Wen Mingqian's reputation, so she made baseless accusations and fabricated stories.

Lady Fengxian was naturally dissatisfied with Wen Mingqian, but she didn't want to listen to her keep saying these things, so she became somewhat disinterested.

"Ultimately, whether the second daughter becomes a nun or not is your family matter, and as an outsider, I can't say anything. I can only say that every family has its own difficulties and its own troubles! As for our family, a wise person has already predicted that if Shenzhi cannot get married by next September, there will be bloodshed." Madam Lu said worriedly, "If you know someone suitable, you might as well mention it to us again, just as an act of charity."

"What are you saying, Madam? I value the affairs of your household more than my own family's affairs." Madam Leng hurriedly tried to ingratiate herself. "Please don't blame me. It's not that I intended to ruin things."

Her main purpose in coming here today is to dispel Madam Lu's prejudice against her family and shift the blame onto Wen Mingqian.

After exchanging a few more words, Leng took her leave.

Once in the car, she wasn't in a hurry to go home; instead, she asked the driver to take her somewhere else.

Upon arriving at a house, Leng got out of the carriage and sneaked inside alone.

Inside the room, a man in his fifties was carving a Tianhuang seal. Madam Leng tiptoed closer and called out in a high-pitched voice, "My Lord."

It turned out that this person was none other than Marquis Fengxian, Lu Gu.

"What, the marriage proposal fell through?" Marquis Fengxian chuckled and put down his carving knife.

"My lord, my mind is in turmoil, and you're still joking with me." Lady Leng leaned back and sat in the arms of the Marquis of Fengxian. She was in her early thirties and still had a charming appearance.

She and the Marquis of Fengxian had been secretly meeting for two years, and this house was where they would meet in secret.

Even though she managed to get into the bed of the Marquis of Fengxian, she still couldn't keep her husband in the capital.

Firstly, Marquis Fengxian was quite afraid of his wife, and all important matters required her approval. Secondly, Marquis Fengxian only treated Lady Leng as a plaything and did not truly do anything for her.

She was probably just a married woman with some looks who had offered herself to him, and he had never refused anyone who came to him.

(End of this chapter)