"I am Wei Suxin, the daughter of the Wei family, a merchant family in Kyoto, and the owner of Ruyifang. Today I am suing this mother for slandering the rouge of our Ruyifang, saying that there was something wrong with our rouge and caused her disfigurement." After Wei Suxin bowed, she said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"My name is Zhang Dajiao, the wife of Liu Er from Xicheng. I was disfigured by using her rouge. Your Excellency, these two boxes of rouge are exactly the same. Who knows what kind of magic she used to insist that the ones I bought were not from her store. She must be trying to shirk her debt!" The woman with pus-filled face shouted loudly.

"You said she was framing me. Do you have any evidence?" The prefect took the two boxes of rouge handed over by Wei Suxin.

"Sir, the box on the left in your hand is from our Ruyifang rouge. You can see that there are two tiny miniature characters of "Ruyi" on the stamens of the rouge. But the box that Mama Zhang gave me doesn't have them."

The prefect took a closer look, nodded, and stroked his beard, "Indeed."

"Then why did she just say something about magic? What does that mean?" the prefect asked.

"Your Excellency, this is an anti-counterfeiting technology of our Wei family. We have demonstrated it on the street before. Could you please bring a basin of water to me?" Wei Suxin continued.

"Bring a basin of water." The prefect ordered the bailiff.

Soon a basin of water was brought to the prefect's desk. "Please," said the prefect.

Wei Suxin walked forward and took out alum powder from her arms. The powder dissolved in water.

Wei Suxin threw two boxes of rouge in, and soon the box on the left had two large blue characters "Wei Shi" on it. The box on the right had no characters on it.

"Sir Prefect, did you see it? It's just a basin of water, but why is there one box with words and the other without? The two boxes are exactly the same. This is witchcraft! This person is a witch, she should be caught! She should be burned to death." Zhang Dajiao, with pus-filled face, jumped up and shouted excitedly.

The prefect picked up the gavel and banged it, and the surrounding yamen runners shouted in unison, "Mighty... Silence..."

"How can this be called magic? This is Wei's anti-counterfeiting technology. Stop talking nonsense!"

Then, the prefect threw a few black sticks from the stick tube and said, "Ms. Zhang maliciously framed others, and she shall be fined thirty strokes of the cane!"

The bailiffs quickly dragged over a long bench and Zhang Dajiao lay face down on it. Another bailiff took a long black board and beat Zhang Dajiao again and again. His miserable screams were heard continuously. After thirty beatings, Zhang Dajiao's buttocks were already torn and exposed.

She looked at Wei Suxin with eyes full of resentment.

After the execution, the prefect left the court.

Wei Suxin and his group returned to Ruyifang.

In the lobby of Ruyifang, Uncle Jiang came up to them and said, "Boss, are you just going to let this matter go? I'm afraid someone is behind this mother."

Uncle Jiang finished speaking and lowered his head. "Look?"

Wei Suxin pondered for a moment, "Uncle Jiang, I have the same guess. But we don't have any evidence, so it's not good to alert the authorities. I will find a way to investigate."

On the other side, the private room of Shunyi Casino.

The house was extremely luxurious, with carved wood carvings and Suzhou embroidery mixed with gold thread hanging on all four walls.

Inside there was a tea table with exquisite carvings of lotus and floating water patterns, and Yuan Da was sitting in front of the tea table.

"You're a waste! You treated your own woman like that, and yet you still lost." Yuan Da said as he patted the face of Liu Er who was standing with his back hunched.

"Now it's good. You made your wife's face full of pus and her buttocks covered in blood, and you still lost. You are really capable." Yuan Da glanced at Liu Er.

"How do you want me to explain to Madam Kang and Lord Li now?!" Yuan Da slammed the table and said angrily.

Liu Er lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "I'm sorry, boss."

Yuan Da kicked him and said, "Go away. Keep quiet for now."

Liu Er lowered his head and replied, "Yes, yes, yes." Then he turned around and prepared to leave.

Yuan Da kicked it again, "Here, take this."

Yuan Da took out a celadon bottle from his arms and said, "Give this medicine to your wife. Look at how you waste it. A wife is meant to be loved, not made. A man who knows how to love his wife will get rich, don't you know? Take it and get out of here."

Liu Er was stunned for a moment, then quickly reached out to take it, "Thank you, boss, thank you. I'll get out of here right away, right away."

Liu Er said this as he walked out of the house quickly.

Yuan Da sat at the tea table, and he got a headache when he thought about reporting this matter to Kang Miaoqing.

How did this go wrong? And it involves an adult. It's hard to explain.

At this time, Kang Miaoqing and Liu Yuefu's family were leaving the city to burn incense at Jingyuan Temple.

Inside the temple, the three-meter-tall golden body of Buddha was shining with golden light. Liu Yuefu, Kang Miaoqing and Liu's mother knelt on the ground, kowtowed and made wishes.

Kang Miaoqing lowered her head slightly, closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and silently made a wish in her heart: I hope I can become the mistress of the Li family as I wish, and then I will donate one hundred taels of money for incense.

After reciting silently, Kang Miaoqing bowed his head and kowtowed three times, then stood up, lit three incense sticks, and donated some incense money.

At the same time, Liu Yuefu also lowered her head slightly, closed her eyes, clasped her hands together and made a silent wish, hoping that the Liu family would be well and that she could divorce smoothly.

Liu Yuefu looked at the Buddha deeply, kowtowed three times solemnly, lit three incense sticks and donated some incense money.

Liu Yuefu and Kang Miaoqing accompanied Liu's mother out of the Buddhist temple, one on each side.

"Miaoqing, why didn't you go and ask for a marriage fortune?" Mother Liu asked, holding Kang Miaoqing's hand warmly, "The marriage fortune here is very effective. It would be a pity if you don't ask for it."

"Aunt..., fate is predestined. Miaoqing believes that her fate is on the way." Kang Miaoqing said coquettishly.

Liu Yuefu glanced at Kang Miaoqing casually. She? Believes that fate is predestined? You are fooling around. Then why did you go to Li Jianzhang to offer yourself to him?

Liu Yuefu sneered in her heart, who is she showing this to?

Evil is not disgusting.

The two walked together, and Li Jianzhang was waiting outside the Buddhist temple.

As soon as he saw them coming out, Li Jianzhang stepped forward and said to Liu Yuefu affectionately, "Madam, you are out. I have arranged for someone to take the vegetarian meal to the room."

"Thank you, my dear. I'm sorry for your hard work." Liu Yuefu said with a gentle smile, "Li Jianzhang, you are really an actor. You love acting, right? I'll act with you."

Kang Miaoqing had a smile on her face, but her hands, hidden by her wide sleeves, were about to tear the handkerchief into pieces.

"Jianzhang is really efficient and considerate. He always considers Yuefu's best interests." Mother Liu became happier and happier as she looked at her husband, Li Jianzhang.

"Let's go and have lunch together. It's getting late." Mother Liu continued in a gentle voice.

Liu Yuefu and her group went to the room in the backyard of the temple.

After lunch, Liu Yuefu and her group went to listen to Master Liangran’s lecture at Jingyuan Temple.

Before Master Liaoran finished his lecture and left, he looked at Kang Miaoqing, twirled the Buddhist beads in his hand, said "Amitabha", and said, "Donor, please don't be obsessed with it. Remember this."

Kang Miaoqing snorted in his heart, "You stinky monk, don't advise others to be kind without experiencing their suffering. You don't even understand this principle, and you are still a master?! Kang Miaoqing looked down on him.

Liu Yuefu was thinking about it slowly in her heart. Obsessed? Who was she obsessed with? Li Jianzhang?

Upon hearing this, Mother Liu took Kang Miaoqing's hand affectionately, patted the back of her hand, and said, "Miaoqing, the master has said that you have already picked many people. I think you should choose from the three people from last time. They are all mistresses from clean families."

Kang Miaoqing just smiled and said nothing.

At night, everyone returned to their rooms. Liu Yuefu stayed in a room alone, claiming she was not feeling well.

Li Jianzhang came back from the toilet and lifted the quilt. Kang Miaoqing was lying in his bed with her snow-white shoulders exposed.

"Are you crazy? Liu Yuefu is right next door!" Li Jianzhang said in a low voice.

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