Yutai Bi

Chapter 168
This group of beauties stood in the courtroom, bowed in unison, and said: "I have met Mr. Fuyin!"

The governor of Chang'an's government stared straight at his eyes, swallowed, and asked: "Are you a good friend of the first son of the Cui family, the founding marquis?"

Someone replied: "My lord, Yu Guan only said last month that he would hire slaves to watch the dance in January."

Then someone became unconvinced: "Back to your lord, the eldest son also said that he will redeem a slave and take him back to the Marquis Mansion."

"Look, Mr. Cui scratched his head with the jade he bought for others!"

"Tch! This is the golden step that the eldest son inserted into my bun with his own hands!"

The more you talk, the more coquettish you are, and the more you talk about Cui's father and son, the uglier they are.

Cen Sanniang said with a smile: "My lord, Mr. Cui has a romantic nature, so you don't need to be a concubine to talk about it?"

Cui Houye pointed at the beauties, and was so angry that he looked straight at the Fu Yin and said: "My lord, today is the trial of my Cui family's lawsuit against the Du family's refusal to return my daughter-in-law! It's not about whether my Dalang is romantic or not!"

Mr. Fu Yin came back to his senses, and slapped the gavel heavily, but his words were very gentle: "Girls, please step back. I have heard your testimony clearly."

The beauties looked at the Governor again and again, smiling coquettishly.

Cen Sanniang said coolly: "Since your lord has heard the testimony clearly, please settle the case. The Du family is going to divorce! What Cui's daughter-in-law, my sister-in-law is not yet married, Master Hou is careful."

Lord Cui sneered and said: "My family has a marriage certificate in hand, according to the law Miss Du is already my wife."

"Oh, Lord Cui, you can't say that. Since ancient times, when you get married, the three letters and six rituals are indispensable. According to what you said, both parties only need to sign the marriage certificate, and the three letters and six rituals only need to be in hand. Are you Do you think the etiquette that the sage taught us is too wordy? Or...the Mansion of the Founding Marquis does not need to talk about 'etiquette'?!" Cen Sanniang raised her eyebrows and asked back.

Outside the courtroom, there was another uproar: "The founding of the country will not go to court if you are reasonable!"

Lord Cui said loudly: "When did I say..."

"Since Lord Hou didn't mean that, my girl is not married to your family before the three letters and six ceremonies are completed. Since she hasn't married yet, where did your daughter-in-law come from?! How can the girl's family's boudoir reputation be your family's celebrity?" White teeth can be damaged as much as you want? Your son died before the wedding. It is only natural for my family to withdraw from the marriage! Everyone thinks this is the case!" Cen Sanniang quickly interrupted Lord Cui's words, and shouted outside the courtroom asked.

A voice suddenly came out from outside the court: "I understand, the Cui family wants the girl from the Duke's Mansion to marry her!"

"Girl from the Duke's Mansion! Dare to think!"

"What do you know, the founding marquis is the elder brother of the empress! There is no real duke in the Du family!"

"First Cai Guogong is one of the 24 heroes of Lingxiao Pavilion! I didn't expect my granddaughter to be snatched away!"

"Let's rely on the empress's power!"

There were ups and downs in the discussion, and Cui's father and son were so angry that their faces turned livid.Lord Cui pointed at Cen Sanniang and said, "What a eloquent Mrs. Du! Mr. Fu Yin, you have heard the words of the two families. This marriage is settled with my Cui family. If my family does not cancel the engagement, you can break it off!"

Mrs. Du also snorted heavily: "It hurts morality! My Du family will not agree. What do you think, Mr. Fu Yin?"

Chang'an Fuyin thought with a wry smile, he couldn't break it.Seeing the master winking, he said silently: "Du—"

Chang'an Mansion Yin slapped the gavel heavily: "I need to study the case carefully, and I will withdraw from the court if I don't pronounce a sentence for now!"

He bowed his hands to Mrs. Du and Lord Cui, then turned and entered the back hall of the yamen.His back was wet with sweat, and he let out a long sigh of relief: "Master, how long can it last?"

The master smiled and said: "Both families are rich and powerful. Let's drag them to the top to speak!" He pointed to the sky with his fingers.

Fu Yin understood.The emperor has the final say on this matter, he just obeys the will.

The two families left the Chang'an government office and went back to their respective homes.

Cui Houye's face was extremely ugly, and he said: "The Du family is messing around. Tomorrow, the ministers of the Yushitai will be invited to write a letter to sue the Du family for resisting the decree and destroying the marriage."

The old lady in this room is tired, but she is smiling: "Everyone in Chang'an knows about the trouble today. The Cui family will be drowned by spit stars if they want Yanwan Pengling to get married. Go back to the palace and invite the old Duke." Help each other. The emperor may not make the Cui family happy."

"Yes! You rest first." Cen Sanniang handed her a cup of tea and said softly, "Grandmother, Sanniang has to meet someone. I won't serve you back home."

Mrs. Du nodded: "Go."

Cen Sanniang got out of the canopy carriage, took Ah Qiu and Xia Chu into another carriage, and drove in another direction under the guard of the guards.

The carriage with Cen Sanniang stopped outside a restaurant.She got out of the car and put on a veil to cover her face, ordered the guards to wait outside, and led Ah Qiu and Xia Chu into the restaurant.

After giving his surname, the shopkeeper of the restaurant came to greet him in person, and led Cen Sanniang, master and servant, up the stairs.Pushing open the door of the private room, he said please.

Cen Sanniang's master and servant walked in.The private room is spacious and separated by a carved moon gate in the middle.A servant stood at the door.A person stood up on the couch in the inner room, dressed in a vermilion satin gown, with a smile on his face, he raised his hand and said, "Mrs. Du!"

"You two are waiting here." Cen Sanniang took off her veil and hat, and ordered her second maidservant to stand beside the moon cave gate, walked over with a smile, bowed and returned the gift, "Mr. Zou."

There were two couches inside, and the two sat at opposite ends.They looked at each other at the same time.

Cen Sanniang saw Zou Xiongjie's face clearly for the first time.

Just like that portrait.Just looking at Zou Xiongjie's facial features, it's really ugly.The face is thin, the eyebrows are like sharp knives, and the extremely small single eyelids.The straight bridge of the nose will not be ugly if you take it apart and look at it alone.It felt a little awkward on his face.The forehead is wide and the mouth is wide, no matter how you look at it, it feels uncoordinated.

Cen Sanniang saw clearly, but heaved a sigh of relief.Zou Xiongjie's appearance did not make her feel uncomfortable at first sight.His small eyes were particularly bright, and his pupils shone like mercury.When she smiled, her eyes narrowed even smaller, and her unattractive facial features were drowned by the smile.Looking at his smile, Cen Sanniang only thought of the word Qinglang.

Zou Xiongjie also looked at her curiously.When my father mentioned Cen Sanniang, he only said two words: profiteer!The Zou family is a businessman, and her father is really appreciative for giving her the word "profiteer".

He never expected Cen Sanniang to be so small, with a petite figure and a picturesque face.The smile was like the ripples in the spring water, shallow and without any scheming.

Profiteer?No matter how you look at it, it's inappropriate for father's comment to be placed on Mrs. Du Shao.

There is tea on the table, but no food has been served.Zou Xiongjie picked up the teacup and sipped lightly.

Cen Sanniang opened her mouth first: "Seeing the injustice in Zou's family, I act bravely in the face of righteousness. I am very grateful!"

Thank you to the Zou family who found dozens of beauties who knew Cui Mengdong, and a dozen idlers who were helping outside the court.Within a day, thanks to the efforts of the Zou family, rumors spread all over Chang'an that the Cui family insisted on forcing the girl from Du Guogong's mansion to marry.

Cen Sanniang felt that the public opinion campaign in later generations would play a decisive role.Because the ancients loved face too much.

From the outsiders' point of view, the Du family's door was closed and there was no movement.Nothing to do was left behind.

Cen Sanniang made an identical bouquet of peonies when she had nothing to do after returning to her residence with eighteen bachelors.They sent people to Zou's house.She believed that seeing this bouquet of peonies, Zou Yuanwai would think of his feat of boiling water to scald the flowers that day to express his opposition to the Cui family.

If the queen bestows the marriage, the Zou family will be out of business.Now that Cui Mengdong is dead, the Du family wants to withdraw their marriage and file a lawsuit with the Cui family.It depends on what Yuanwai Zou thinks.Standing up to help the Du family at this time is an opportunity and a gamble.Cen Sanniang felt that Zou Yuanwai spent 1 taels of silver, and he was reluctant to pay for this.Besides, he only used the contacts of the Zou family for publicity, and did not let the Zou family come forward. If Yuan Wai Zou can make up for the loss, and even get a reward in return, he will probably agree.

Sure enough, the Zou family agreed.

"When you see injustice...be brave when you see justice..." Zou Xiongjie repeated Cen Sanniang's words in a murmur, and burst out laughing.He put down the teacup, shook his head and laughed happily.

This Mrs. Du really smelled like a profiteer when she opened her mouth.

The Zou family spent money to find Meiji, hired idlers, and thousands of people from the business spread the news of the Cui family's forcing girls to marry.In the end, in her mouth, it became a righteous deed of the Zou family.

Cen Sanniang had a thick skin, looked at him with a smile and thought, I just don't say that your family is for marriage, what's the matter?
Went to the yamen early in the morning, it was almost noon, and Cen Sanniang was hungry.I thought, Zou Xiongjie wouldn't get two pieces of cake and send himself off, right?
"I heard that the master chef in this restaurant is best at fish sticks. Accompanied by fine wine from the Western Regions, it's a supreme enjoyment. Let's serve this main course at noon. I don't know what dish Mr. Zou would like to recommend?" Cen Sanniang said politely , eyes slightly squinted, gently shaking the round fan.

Zou Xiongjie immediately understood.If I really want to be close to the Du family, I have to please her, the elder sister-in-law, first.She was hungry, so she unceremoniously ordered the most expensive fish cake.Eat yourself up.

Dad spent 1 taels of silver.The Du family also helped if there was a request.Are you still stingy with a table of famous dishes and wine?
"Five taels! Go and call the master chef, and make the fish sticks now! And send a bottle of authentic wine from the Western Regions in the cellar! Let the shopkeeper arrange, and send it with the most famous dishes of the restaurant." Zou Xiongjie smiled and Mimi ordered.

The boy named Wuliang agreed to do it.Not long after, the kitchen asked two maids to serve the dishes.

The master came and bowed, took out a fat carp from the bucket next to it, wrapped the head of the carp in a cloth, turned the back of the knife and knocked it out quickly.Lift the fish brush to brush a few times, and the fish scales fall into the bucket.Then he put the fish on the plate on the desk and pulled out a thin-bladed kitchen knife.

(End of this chapter)