As the saying goes, no coincidence makes a book, when Yan Bing was thinking about contacting Lu Jiuniang to inquire about Jin Hai, she suddenly received an invitation post from her cousin Li Wan, asking her to go to the Beijing suburb courtyard to enjoy the red plum five days later.

Yan Bing used to be in the boudoir because of the filial piety rarely went out to socialize, so she didn't make any close friends, every time she enjoyed the flowers and scenery, she often followed her cousin to rub her social circle, Lu Jiuniang and Li Wan were the best, if there was no accident, there must be her when appreciating the plum.

However, for the sake of insurance, Yan Bing still went to the small study in the West Chamber, summoned Yaxiang and said, "Help me study ink." ”

After that, she took out the peach blossom paper she had made in the past, wrote a reply letter to Li Wan who was willing to go to the appointment, and at the same time knocked on the side to ask the rest of the guests if they knew each other, if they were all familiar people, she wanted to make some pastries and bring them with her own hands.

The next day, Li Wan ordered someone to send a reply, and when Yan Bing opened the letter, she happened to meet Wen Yuan going home for a lunch break after eating at noon, and she looked up at him and said, "Well, it's done!" My cousin said that they were all sisters I knew in the boudoir before, and she mentioned several names, including Princess Dingyue County. ”

"It's really effortless, then you ask Jin Hai and I'll continue to check the person who jumped into the river pretending to be Lin Kai early in the morning, such a cold winter will never be the pampered Zheng Gongxu in person." Wen Yuan said it and asked his wife with a smile why Cousin Wan would suddenly post to her.

"I don't know, they haven't invited me to a few handkerchief parties." Yan Bing shook her head with a puzzled face. I accidentally learned that Li Wan put aside herself to have fun with others, and she was a little disappointed.

"Could it be that because I have already married you, she thinks that you can finally participate in the conversation between women, so she angrily asks you to go out with you?" Wen Yuan guessed so, and said with a smile, "My adoptive mother came to ask for your clothes size yesterday, didn't she say that she wanted to make you a few shirts and dresses that are more suitable for women to wear?" ”

"I have it, I did a lot of idle work when I was filial piety," Yan Bing said that she knew that her opposition was invalid, and the things would definitely be delivered in a few days, so she had to sigh and say, "The more you owe this favor, the more you owe it." ”

Wen Yuan shook his head and said indifferently: "It's already the relationship between parents and daughter-in-law, it's not a human favor, of course, it would be better if we could stand on our own." ”

"That's why I said that there must be a profitable industry," Yan Bing said as she continued to read the letter, and then suddenly said happily: "Sure enough, you said it." Sister Wan asked me not to take Yanqing, and she didn't invite Li Manman, saying that all the people who went were married women. ”

Wen Yuan didn't have a good impression of Yanqing, who was looking for trouble, and Li Manman, who was self-pitying, and said bluntly: "It's good not to bring it, save trouble." ”

But some people don't think so.

The day before departure, just as Yan Bing was slowly packing up and matching the clothes and jewelry at home, Xingyi, who happened not to go to the imperial city on duty, suddenly came to visit and asked his sister to help take Li Manman with him, saying that his cousin also wanted to see the world.

Seeing that Yan Bing's head was shaking like a rattle, Xingyi was a little incomprehensible, and couldn't help asking, "Really?"

"It's really not good, Cousin Wan specially proposed not to take her and Yanqing," Yan Bing said, and suddenly a stirring spirit remembered the situation on the day he returned to the door, and suddenly raised his head and glared at Xingyi and asked loudly, "Your red plum jacket is long embroidered?" You, you have a personal affair?! ”

"No, no, I just received the clothes twice." Xingyi hurriedly waved his hand, but at the same time he had to tell his sister that he felt that Li Manman seemed to want to cling to himself, so he hoped that she would go out to meet people more often, and not throw her true feelings to her cousin inexplicably.

"Marry back to your aunt's house from your uncle's house? How can there be such a reason! Yan Bing heard that her brother was almost dug into the wall, and she was a little anxious.

"How dare she want to be a wife?" Xingyi shook his head again and again.

Li Manman is the son of a maidservant, and his uncle Li Mao has always refused to mention his identity for his biological mother, and he is still a concubine. Even if such a little lady has the rest of her looks and female popularity, she can't marry into a good family just by virtue of her background, and being the concubine of a powerful person or the wife of a poor scholar is the best way out.

"Neither can a concubine!" Yan Bing frowned, but she didn't slap the table and roar.

The cousin of a childhood sweetheart with good looks and outstanding talent in singing and dancing, isn't this the standard for house fighting women? It will definitely stir up Xingyi's small family.

Yan Bing suddenly felt that she had shouldered an extremely important task, and in addition to discussing the peony hairpin with Lu Jiuniang tomorrow, she also had to knock on the side to find out whose sister, sister-in-law and brother were matching.

You have to hurry up and tell him about the family, lest the dove occupy the magpie's nest.

In addition, it is necessary to prevent the two from getting closer and closer.

Yan Bing thought for a moment, immediately took it into account, and didn't ask Li Manman about it again, but suddenly asked Xingyi a question that couldn't be beaten by eight poles: "Do you know that there is a Zhimeiju restaurant in Xishi?" ”

Although Xingyi didn't know what to say, he still nodded and said: "I know, it's quite famous, and it's like a market every day." ”

"That's Yuanlang's adoptive mother's property, she said that she could open a small piece of land on the first floor for me to open a 'Zhiwei Zhai' dim sum shop," Yan Bing looked at Xingyi and arranged an errand for him with a smile, "Look at it, now that the shop and recipe are available, the shopkeeper can borrow it from Meiju for the time being." It's just the cook and the guy, so hurry up and find it. ”

"Huh? Are you really planning to open a dim sum shop? "Xingyi used to be a sister in a joke, but I didn't expect her to quietly even find the storefront.

"That's right, I'll give you a prescription to run it, four or six open!" Yan Bing nodded decisively, and said in her heart: Let's move, Sao Nian, there is no time for early love when the day is full and busy!

After sending Xingyi, who had a bitter face, away, Yan Bing suddenly felt that she was done, and she had no dreams until early in the morning.

Yan Bing combed her double snail bun, wore a begonia red brocade dress and went to the plum garden as promised, and sat in the octagonal pavilion where the screen and smoke cage were shelved, only to find out that there were only five people invited by Li Wan, including herself, and it was really just a "small gathering of friends".

"Sisters, come and try these eight treasures cake, which is made of grinding powder from poria cocos, seeds, lotus seeds, yam, yam and other things, which is the most appetizing and spleen-invigorating." As she spoke, Yan Bing took out the pastries with a plain white background and decorated with red plum paintings from the food box.

"This is in line with today's theme of plum blossom appreciation, I'll try it." Li Wan took the lead in taking a piece to eat, and immediately praised it again and again for being sweet but not greasy, and it was very delicious.

"It's good if Cousin Wan likes it." Yan Bing looked at Li Wan with a smile, only to see that she was full of loving smiles, combing lazy buns, wearing emerald green dresses and red plums, which looked unique.

Li Wan only gave birth to a baby boy half a year ago, and now her body is still slightly plump, which is in stark contrast to Lu Jiuniang, who is thin and vine-thin, and although she wears a red shirt and combs her hair in a towering bun, she can no longer hold it at all.

No wonder some people say that this woman's marriage is like a second reincarnation.

Li Wan is married to Gu Yanru, the youngest son of the Ministry of Industry, who is a living house from the sixth grade, although the official position is not obvious and has no real power, but he is a close minister who often accompanies the Son of Heaven, and this person has no dirty and messy things at home, as his wife, life is very good.

"It's really delicious, but it's a pity that I'm weak and afraid of restraint, so I don't dare to eat more." Nineteen Niang tasted a few bites, and also smiled and said that Yan Bing was skillful.

Even, Lu Jiuniang seemed to know that Yan Bing wanted to talk to her in private, and under the pretext of asking Fang Zi, she pulled her to talk beside her.

Yan Bing took the opportunity to vaguely talk about the accident on the wedding night, and told her about the theft of the peony golden hairpin, and she could identify the murderer by naming and finding the golden hairpin.

"I know, I'll give you an explanation." Lu Jiuniang has hardly had a good life since she married Zheng Gongxi, and she has lost several children in a row, and she has no love at this time, and she knows that time is running out, and she wants to do something good with her conscience before leaving.

"Thank you, Sister Nineteen, Gao Yi." Yan Bing immediately smiled happily when she got the right words, and hurriedly thanked her.

"It should be." Nineteen Niang didn't say much at this time, but secretly decided to go back and take care of the inner courtyard and try to handle the matter.

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Ten days later, just when everyone in Chang'an County was anxious that the case could not be solved within the time limit and would be punished, suddenly a fugitive slave from the Dingyue County Mansion went straight to Jing Zhaoyin to beat the drum and voice the grievances.

She carries a peony golden hairpin, claiming to be Zheng Gongxu's concubine, even if she fights for dozens of boards, she has to sue her master for several crimes such as robbers, Tongjian, murder, and planting.

The criminal slaves and maids of the clan told each other about this strange thing that was rare in several years, and it spread all over the capital in an instant, and then the whole country was shocked.

Feng Xian'er originally didn't dare to confess the truth because her parents were detained, but after Wen Yuan tried to rescue her, she immediately changed her mind and identified Zheng Gongxu, and because she found a fisherman who pretended to be Lin Kai, all the human and physical evidence was gathered.

The emperor violated the law, and Jing Zhaoyin immediately reported to the Temple and the Criminal Department, and then immediately pressed Zheng Gongxu into the prison of the Criminal Department pending trial.

"What will be the verdict?" Yeon Bing looked at her husband expectantly, wanting to hear him talk about Zheng Gongxu's fate first.

"The amount of money obtained by robbers is huge, and it is also hanged to resist arrest and stab people; Even if he said that Feng Xian'er was the first offender, he would have to travel three thousand miles as an accomplice. The clan status may reduce the sentence, but the combined punishment for several crimes should be hanging. Wen Yuan replied.

The above should be a normal situation without accidents, but Zheng Gongxu belongs to the list of relatives in the Eight Discussions because of his status as a royal family, and the Criminal Department reported to the saint after preliminarily formulating the crime.

Today, the decree was to convene the officials of the seventh rank and above in Shangshu Province three days later to discuss how to convict him.

At this critical juncture, Wen Yuan suddenly got a bad news, someone asked Zheng Gongxu to retract his confession!

He intended to deny the sin of the robbers, presumably that he had an affair with the bride and had received a gold hairpin, not a forcible theft.

Wen Yuan's face turned green with anger: This case has already made a fuss, if Yanbing is involved in fornication, can it be repaid?!