The next morning, Chu Yue did not stay for long.
Once she took a bath, she went back.
This made Grandmaster Jingmian, who had been waiting for her at the foot of the mountain, to want to shout at her.
How could there be such a shameless woman in the world?
Yesterday, the people from her husband's family came to bring her back, but she refused to leave.
At that time, Grandmaster Jingmian was at the entrance and had heard everything. She guessed that she was definitely reluctant to leave the monk on the other mountain.
So Grandmaster Jingmian came over to wait early in the morning, and just as she expected, she saw the widow!
"Grandmaster, good morning. Please lend me a hand," Chu Yue said.
Grandmaster Jingmian did not want to help such a shameless person, so she said, "Female Patron, surely you jest. I am very busy. Please go up on your own."
Once she finished speaking, she turned around and immediately wrote a letter. Then, she went down the mountain and sent it to the capital.
The people the day before had not managed to return with the imperial consort. When they reported this to Secondary Consort Li, she was stunned.
The imperial consort was actually unwilling to come back?
"Could it be that she's reluctant to leave the monk?" Mrs. Feng asked.
Reluctant to leave the monk? Secondary Consort Li felt that this possibility was low. No matter how good the monk was, he could never compare to the elegant, handsome, and carefree prince.
How could she not want to come back because of a monk?
But when she received the letter from Grandmaster Jingmian, Secondary Consort Li had to believe that the imperial consort was reluctant to leave the monk.
"Did she really?"
Secondary Consort Li was a little puzzled. She read in the letter that the moment the people from the prince's mansion left, the imperial consort went to Longan Temple, and Grandmaster Jingmian had seen her when she came back the next morning. Secondary Consort Li felt that the imperial consort might have really fallen in love with the monk.
"Secondary Consort, you have to hurry and bring her back. Otherwise, if she stays there too long, something might really happen," Mrs. Feng said.
"But the prince is very angry. How are we supposed to persuade him?" Secondary Consort Li asked in a conflicted manner.
She knew that the imperial consort could not continue staying at Shangqing Temple, but when the people they sent traveled back overnight to give the report, the prince became incredibly angry, and he said that if she did not want to come back, she could just stay in the temple.
"We can't persuade him over the next few days. The prince is currently too angry. We'll see how things go after a few days," Mrs. Feng said.
"At that time, bring some people over and take her back politely. You can't give her excuses to refuse coming back," Secondary Consort Li said.
Secondary Consort Li regarded the thought of being on the same side with this imperial consort with distaste, but the imperial consort was someone really suited to remain in the position of Prince Qin's imperial consort.
In the future, Secondary Consort Li would be the one who made all the decisions in Prince Qin's mansion!
Hence, even if she was just a secondary consort, it was fine.
That was why that woman had to come back.
*****
Chu Yue was in Longan Temple.
"Master, I feel like I have no regrets now," she said.
She had finally managed to sleep with the monk she had been yearning for over such a long period of time, and it was now time for her to leave.
If she did not leave now, once he grew tired of her, how could she remain the apple of his eye and occupy a spot in his heart?
That was why Chu Yue started to spew loving words as if they were worth nothing.
"I feel really blessed right now. Even if I die now, I will die with no regrets.
"I have been living an aggrieved life my entire life, and I have only truly lived as myself when I met you.
"Master, if I disappear one day, don't look for me. You just have to remember that I will only ever have you in my heart.
"I don't want anything to happen to you. I just want you to live a good life."
The widow was exceptionally obedient and docile on that day.
But Qin Heng could not figure out what she meant and frowned. Why did the widow sound like she was saying her goodbyes?
And just as he thought, when he went to look for her again, she was no longer in Shangqing Temple.
"She has been brought back by her husband's family. What else could have happened? Was she supposed to stay her whole life in Shangqing Temple?" Grandmaster Jingmian answered reluctantly after receiving money from Yingda.
This news was immediately delivered to the master.