Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 357 The plan begins

Because they received the invitation the day before, the next morning, Shi Siming's wife, Li Guangbi's wife, and Liu Yan's wife came to Guo's house. They were all wives of military generals, so they were relatively familiar with the family.

Mrs. Guo, on the other hand, had been waiting at the entrance of the Guo residence at the appointed time. Seeing the arrival of several people, she enthusiastically stepped forward to greet them, saying, "Hey, you're here!"

Madam Li joked, "You've been so busy lately that you haven't been able to see anyone. How come you suddenly thought of inviting us over?"

Mrs. Guo scolded, "You said it yourself. I was busy a while ago. I finally have some free time. I missed you guys, so I asked you to come watch a play together and play some Pai Gow to relieve my boredom."

Shi Siming's wife also laughed and said, "You really can't sit still, do you? You feel bored when you just have some free time?"

Mrs. Guo stepped forward and took Mrs. Shi's hand, saying, "Oh, not entirely. I just missed you. Come on, come on, let's go into the mansion. I've invited a famous opera troupe from Chang'an. I heard they're rehearsing a new play, so I invited them here. Don't waste my efforts!"

The few of them smiled at each other and entered the mansion one after another. After entering the mansion, they sat in front of the stage. Madam Guo called the maid next to her and said, "Go, let them perform their latest play first. For the rest, sisters, please see if there is anything you want to see and light it up!"

Mrs. Li was not a big fan of theatre, preferring Pai Gow. So Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Liu each ordered a play.

The singing has already started on the stage opposite.

The general content is: "The man relied on the influence of his wife's family to become an official, and through his own efforts, he rose step by step to a high position. This man was also very good to his wife, wholeheartedly devoted to her and never took a concubine. But since when, this man went out early and came back late every day, and even did not return home at night, saying that he was busy with official business, but he bought a house outside, kept a concubine, and was very affectionate with her..."

Halfway through the performance, Madam Li looked at Madam Shi with envy and said, "Madam Shi, isn't this similar to what Lord Shi and you are like? Oh, I'm so envious. Look at you, Lord Shi and you, they are so harmonious and loving, and then look at my man, he has several concubines in the backyard!"

Madam Liu said, "You're alright, after all, Lord Li still respects you the most. Look at my family. If I can't stand up, I'm afraid he will favor his concubine over his wife!"

Mrs. Shi blushed a little after hearing what the two of them said back and forth, and said angrily: "Oh, how can you say it so nicely? I'm alone at home, and the children are growing up. I'm a little bored staying at home alone..." She even sighed as she spoke.

Madam Guo asked suspiciously, "Don't be so ungrateful. Why don't you come to our mansions and try? Those concubines are so troublesome!"

After saying this, several people covered their lips and laughed. Mrs. Guo said again: "Alright, alright, let's continue watching the show!"

The play continued for a while, and then it came to the part where the man started to go out early and come back late, and even did not return home at night. It turned out that he was fooling around with his mistress outside. Mrs. Shi fell into deep thought and her face became much gloomier.

Madam Li tried to make amends: "Well, I was just talking nonsense. I definitely wasn't talking about Lord Shi..."

Madam Liu said, "That's right, it's just a coincidence, don't think too much about it!"

But the more they said this, the more Mrs. Shi felt that this was similar to Shi Siming's current situation. He had indeed been staying out all night sometimes recently...

Seeing that Mrs. Shi was still lost in thought, Mrs. Guo said, "Look, it's all my fault. I invited them here because I heard the troupe was rehearsing a new play. I didn't expect it to be this play. Forget it, why don't we go play mahjong?"

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Li also echoed: "Yes, yes, we have played Pai Gow together for a long time."

Mrs. Guo asked someone to stop the show, and then several people pulled Mrs. Shi to the backyard without waiting for her to react. They talked about various topics along the way, trying to distract Mrs. Shi's attention.

But who would have thought that when passing by the garden, I heard someone gossiping.

One maid said to another, "Xiao Ding told me the other day that when he was out shopping, he ran into Lord Shi riding out of the city on horseback. He looked very anxious."

Another maid sneered and said, "What kind of news is this? Lord Shi is a military general. Maybe he has left the city for the military camp for something." Then she was about to leave.

The maid who had spoken first continued, "What do you know? He's been seen leaving the city more than once, and once they ran into him when they were fishing by the lake. The direction he was heading wasn't the military camp at all!"

Upon hearing this, another maid became interested and asked, "Where did you go?"

The maid who spoke first said, "They followed quietly and looked. It seems there is a house in the suburbs. He even saw the words 'Shi Mansion' written on it!"

Another maid asked, "Then Madam Shi doesn't know?"

The maid who spoke first continued, "I don't know about that. Besides, this place might be used to keep a mistress. They bought it so far away because they were afraid that Madam Shi would find out!"

After listening for a while, Mrs. Guo suddenly said, "How dare you! Who allowed you to talk nonsense here?"

When the two maids heard Madam Guo's voice, they were so frightened that they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, "Madam, we know we were wrong and will never do it again!"

Mrs. Guo said without hesitation: "Take him away and give him 30 lashes!"

Soon, the two maids were dragged away amid crying and shouting.

Mrs. Guo said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm so sorry, everyone. It's all my fault for not being strict enough in disciplining my children. I'm sorry for making you laugh."

After listening to the two maids' convincing conversation, Mrs. Shi became even more convinced that Shi Siming had a mistress. How could she even have the heart to play mahjong?

So he left on the pretext of feeling unwell.

Seeing that their plan had succeeded, the remaining few people chatted for a few words before going their separate ways.