The Old Madam thought, since most of the words have been said, even without saying the rest, the clever Celestial Master Zhang would figure it out, so she recounted everything truthfully.
Just as she finished speaking, Situ Yongjie walked in from outside.
He had been waiting at Peacock Court, but seeing that the Old Madam and Celestial Master Zhang had not returned, he brought the servants to search for them. As he reached the doorway, he overheard the Old Madam speaking to Celestial Master Zhang about the affair between Auntie Tang and Doctor Wang, and he panicked instantly.
This was a scandal; the matter of him being cuckolded could not be known to others. It was doing him no good to let others know, and his mother actually started telling everything to someone as soon as she was out of sight.
Did she really think Celestial Master Zhang was on good terms with him?
How foolish, in the officialdom, what friends are there to speak of? There are only interests and enemies.
