Jiang Wumei knew nothing of the farce playing out in the bedchamber.
Accompanied by Qingzhi and the others, she followed Zhao Qi into Xiao Tong's bedchamber. Upon stepping inside, Jiang Wumei immediately spotted an elderly man in a monk's robe standing near the bed curtains.
The old man had white eyebrows and a benevolent expression, his face like that of a Buddha. He held a string of Buddhist prayer beads, and in the sunlight, he seemed bathed in a divine aura. Merely standing there, he gave Jiang Wumei the illusion that she was looking straight into the eyes of a Buddha, making her heart flutter with awe.
Chapter 29