Zhao Mei wasn't scared one bit when Sun Mingyuan accused and questioned her; she started yelling loudly.
"Yeah, that's right, I'm cheating, I have another man!"
"Not just any man, he's a hundred times, a thousand times, even ten thousand times better than you!"
"And he's upstairs, staying in my room, lying in my bed, are you satisfied now?"
Sun Mingyuan's face turned ashen, he was furiously upset, and he rushed towards the stairs, ready to catch the adulterer.
He wanted to see who it was.
As he got to the stairway, Sun Mingyuan stopped again, turned back with a sheepish smile, and said, "Wife, I know you're angry, mad that I've neglected you all these years. I was wrong, can't I admit my mistake and you forgive me just this once? Please, I need your help no matter what."
After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, the composure he'd cultivated finally played a role, allowing him to calm down.
