After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Yan Mu asked Dahei to interrogate the servants on Zhuangzi, but no one saw the sixth girl and her maid coming to Zhuangzi that night. The official searched Zhuangzi carefully but found no clues.

But why did the servant girl's body appear on Zhuangzi? Where did Miss Six go?

When we returned to the city, it was already dark. When we passed the long street, we saw the lights shining brightly, like a flaming dragon. There are various small stalls on both sides of the street, and pedestrians are in groups. The sounds of selling, bargaining, and laughter are endless.

Yan Mu asked Dahei to take the body back to the Ministry of Punishment with his official servants, and asked him to conduct an autopsy tonight, and they would go to Dingyuan Marquis Mansion to investigate again tomorrow morning.

Several officials had been running around all day, and they hadn't eaten since noon. She took out a piece of silver and gave it to Dahei.

"You bring back some food and wine, and you will have a hard time tonight."

Dahei caught the money and said with a smile: "With the princess's words, we won't have to work hard."

After sending them away, Liu Yunxiang pulled Yan Mu towards the market, "There is a wonton seller in front of you. They have thin skin and big fillings. They are delicious."

He said he was going to eat wontons. As soon as Liu Yunxiang walked inside, he became interested. When he saw the silk flower seller, he went over to pick one and put it on his head. He turned around and asked Yan Mu if it looked good.

"nice."

"What about this one?"

"It's also pretty."

"Which one looks better?"

Yan Mu directly took out the money and gave it to the vendor, "I want both."

Liu Yunxiang smiled and said: "Thank you for giving it to me. I like everything you give me."

After saying that, he plugged the two silk flowers, held Yan Mu's arm and continued walking forward.

Going forward, I saw another seller selling rouge gouache. Liu Yunxiang had a gouache shop himself, so he happily went forward to pick it up. There was an old woman selling tiger-head shoes next to her. Liu Yunxiang took a quick look. Coincidentally, Zhou Lihuai's wife, Pan, was shopping in front of the stall.

"Mrs. Zhou." Liu Yunxiang called.

Pan turned her head and saw Liu Yunxiang, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but Liu Yunxiang hurriedly held her back.

Pan smiled and said, "I didn't expect to meet you at this night market."

"My husband and I were wandering around." Liu Yunxiang looked back and saw that Yan Mu had already walked to the front and was waiting for her in a quiet corner. She turned back and smiled at Pan, "Most men don't like to go shopping with us. .”

"His Highness is here with you after all. My family would never agree."

"By the way, how is Dr. Zhou? I haven't seen him these days."

Mrs. Pan sighed, "He is in good health. He originally wanted to come to thank His Highness, but the hospital sent him out of town because of some urgent matter."

"Going to another place?"

"No, the letter came at night. I simply packed up two pieces of clothes and left."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, even if it was urgent, it wouldn't be so urgent.

Liu Yunxiang saw Pan picking out a pair of tiger-head shoes, took them over and looked at them, and said, "These shoes are really exquisitely embroidered."

"Yeah, I like it too."

Liu Yunxiang glanced at Pan's belly, "How many months have it been?"

"Almost six months." Pan smiled.

Liu Yunxiang returned the tiger-head shoes to Pan, "This night market is crowded with people. Madam is a month old, so it's better to come to places like this less often."

Mrs. Pan was a little embarrassed and said: "My husband is not at home, and my parents-in-law have also returned to their hometown. I live in such a big mansion. Apart from chatting with the maid next to me, I can only read in a daze at other times. It is really boring."

"Madam, if you feel bored, you can come to the palace as a guest. My house is lively."

"With the words of the princess, I am very thick-skinned."

"welcome any time."

Liu Yunxiang said a few words to Pan, and left first, fearing that Yan Mu would be impatient. When he came to the corner, he didn't see Yan Mu. Liu Yunxiang sighed and walked forward again. When he reached the end of the Baiyu Bridge, he saw Yan Mu standing there with a lantern in his hand.

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "Why didn't you wait for me?"

"A little boy just came over and told me that someone was waiting for me at Baiyu Bridge."

"Who's waiting for you?"

"I didn't see anyone, but a little girl came over and gave me this lantern."

Liu Yunxiang looked down and saw that the lantern had a unique shape, and there were begonias painted on it.

"Huh, Qiu Haitang represents lovesickness. Have you provoked another girl?"

The corner of Yan Mu's mouth twitched, "The little girl said the person who gave her the lantern was a man."

"Ah? Why do you even mess with men?"

"Nonsense."

Liu Yunxiang looked around and saw no one, so he took the lantern from Yan Mu's hand and said, "No matter who gave it to you, now that this lantern is in my hands, it is mine."

Yan Mu had no objection, "Let's go eat wontons."

The wonton seller is an old man. He is in the alley opposite Huajie. After a long day of exhaustion, the vendors like to eat a bowl of hot wontons here. There are also those who accompany the owner to Huajie. The boys guarding outside are hungry at night. Come and have a bowl.

When Liu Yunxiang and the others came, because it was still early, there were not many people at the stall.

Two bowls of wontons were served quickly. Liu Yunxiang saw that Yan Mu was not very interested, so he scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it to his mouth, "Try it."

Yan Mu blushed, "I'll do it myself."

"Hurry up, my hands are very tired."

Yan Mu looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he leaned over and took a sip of the soup.

Liu Yunxiang chuckled, "If you drink mine, you have to feed me a mouthful."

Yan Mu hummed, knowing that Liu Yunxiang liked to play tricks, so he cooperated and scooped up a spoonful and fed it to her.

There was a wind in the corridor, blowing over and blowing out the lantern.

Liu Yunxiang threw it aside casually and didn't care.

While the two were eating, two scholars dressed up came over and asked the old man for two bowls of wontons.

"Brother Li, I went to various inns today and asked. If it's not full, or if the room is too expensive, why don't we unite with a few fellow villagers to rent a courtyard? After all, there is still a month until Qiuwei, we We still have to wait for the results to be released, so it will take at least two months."

"Where land is at a premium in Shengjing, it's expensive to rent a courtyard. The rich have all gone to live outside. Those of us who are left behind are all from poor families. Everyone still thinks that living in the Jiangnan Guild Hall for one day is a good idea. Even though it was dilapidated everywhere and infested with snakes, scorpions, insects and ants, it was not a place for people to live at all.”

"It rained the past two days. My house leaked and there was no room to occupy it. Many books got wet."

"Same in my house."

The two scholars said, each letting out a long sigh, "There was a riot in Nanzhou, and the imperial court said it would demote talented people regardless of their qualifications, but in the end they looked down on our candidates from Nanzhou. The Jiangnan Guild Hall was in disrepair for a long time, and the imperial court should not have known about it, right? .”

"Hey, food and accommodation are a trivial matter. I'm just afraid... I'm afraid none of us will pass the exam."

"Shh, don't dare to say that nonsense."

"You and I know it well."

The two scholars ate very quickly, as if they were very hungry, not even the soup was left, so they hurried back to study after eating.

"The third prince is in charge of Qiu Wei. I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability." Liu Yunxiang said.

Yan Mu moved his chin towards Huajie and said, "He has the ability to mess up Qiu Wei."