Prince Xiao quickly brought a reply to Ai Qiaoqiao.

That night, Prince Xiao sent someone to bring Ai Qiaoqiao a brown paper bag.

After Wang Xiao's people left, Ai Qiaoqiao returned to the house and opened the paper bag.

As soon as the paper bag was opened, a large pile of pages fell out of it, all scattered, scattered on the table, and a few pages fell to the floor.

Ye Liyu entered the house at some point, and bent down to pick up the pages that had fallen on the ground.

Ai Qiaoqiao stared intently at the pages.

That's right, that's her father's recipe.

There were blood stains on each page, and although the blood had turned black after a long time, it was still shocking to look at.

She carefully sorted out the recipe page by page, and finally picked up half of the fragment and stared at it for a moment.

Ye Liyan was always by her side, didn't ask anything, didn't say anything, just let her be there in a daze.

Ai Qiaoqiao untied the brocade bag around her neck, took out half of the recipe from it, and paired it with the other half.

Tight-fitting.

She let out a long sigh of relief.

"Now you got your wish?" Ye Lixian asked in a low voice.

"Hmm." I have to admit that reassembling her father's recipes has become her obsession.

It's just that when she actually found the recipe, it wasn't as happy as she imagined.

Nightshade picked up her brocade bag and opened it to remove what was left inside.

It was a purple jade ring, a token of Yicaotang.

Taking her hand, he placed the ring on her hand.

Ai Qiaoqiao was stunned.

"I'll always take it with me from now on." Ye Lixian said as she took away her brocade bag.

Ai Qiaoqiao said uneasily, "How can this work, this thing is too valuable, what if I bump it?" ”

Ye Liyan smiled, "The things you gave were given to you to bring with you, not for you to hide and look at by yourself." ”

"But......" She tried to convince him, but Nightfall changed the subject.

"Let's re-order the recipe."

The two of them sat at the table and worked for an hour before re-ordering the recipe.

Ai Qiaoqiao flipped through the recipe and kept looking at it, but her brows gradually knotted in one place.

"What's wrong?" The night is gone.

"Like...... One page is missing. ”

Ye Liyan raised his eyebrows, "How do you know?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao thought for a while, "I remember that there is also a record of how to make peach jam in the recipe, because I liked to eat those jams when I was a child, so every year when the season comes, my father will go into the mountains to pick fresh fruits, wild cherries or something, and then come back to make jam...... But now the recipe doesn't have a page for making jam......"

Ai Qiaoqiao said to herself, and suddenly she stood up as if she remembered something.

Ye Li looked at her in surprise, "Qiaoqiao? ”

"That's right!" Ai Qiaoqiao shouted, "I remembered! ”

"What do you remember?" The night is gone.

Ai Qiaoqiao turned a deaf ear, jumped out of bed, and ran out of the door.

Night Death also quickly followed.

When he came out, he saw Ai Qiaoqiao at the door and ordered to listen to the wind and rain to prepare the car.

Ye Liyan reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her into his arms.

"Where are you going?" Ye Liyan asked, his tone was tough.

Ai Qiaoqiao struggled twice and did not break away.

"I'm going back to Xiaofang Village."

"What are you going to do back to the village?" Nightfall had no intention of letting go of her.

Listening to the wind and rain, I avoided it with interest.

Ai Qiaoqiao's feet left the ground, and he was actually hugged by Ye Li.

"Tell me, what are you going back to the village for?" The night is gone.

"Do you remember the account book that I found in the secret cave of the old mansion that recorded the dishes in the palace?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked.

Ye Liyan nodded.

"I'm going to get it back."

Ye Liyan frowned, "What did you find?" ”

"I can't say it right now......" Ai Qiaoqiao hesitated.

Ye Liyan didn't ask any more questions, let people prepare a carriage, and he personally accompanied her to Xiaofang Village.

Really, as he had promised before, he would never let her go out alone again.

When he arrived at Xiaofang Village, Ai Qiaoqiao went straight to the old house.

Because they have always lived in the city, the things on this side of the old mansion are still stored in the cave.

Ye Liyu also deliberately asked Tingfeng Tingyu to take a thick coat and let Ai Qiaoqiao wear it, so he personally carried the lamp and entered the cave with her.

Ai Qiaoqiao found the account book in the box.

Turn to the last page by the light.

Ai Qiaoqiao suddenly held her breath.

"What did you find?" The night is gone.

She brought the account book to him.

When he saw the last page of the record, he hadn't recorded anything since that dish, and it was a blank.

The last course is a dessert with a snack with cherry sauce.

Ye Liyan looked at the last page of the account book, silent for a while.

"Doesn't it feel like a coincidence?" Ai Qiaoqiao looked up at him.

"It's a coincidence." "What did you think of?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao shook her head, "I can't say it either, I just feel it...... It seems that something is wrong, but I can't tell if I think about it. ”

Ye Liyan looked at the account book that recorded the dishes in the palace again, and put it in his sleeve.

"Let's go back first."

The two returned to Huai'an City, and before they could change their clothes when they arrived at Yicaotang, a guy from Yicaotang came outside and said, "Someone from Qiaoniang's groceries came to make trouble, saying that someone came to the store to make trouble, please ask Mrs. to come over." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao was surprised.

Her shop in Huai'an City is also very famous, plus she became a relative to Ye Li, and the merchants of all sizes in the city know that she has the support of the grass hall behind her, so no one dares to bully her, let alone make trouble.

She glanced back at Ye Liyan, "I'll go by myself, there are people you arranged in the shop, and it should be fine." ”

Ye Liyan thought about it and added, "You bring a few more people over." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao responded and went out with the guys from Yicaotang.

Yicaotang is not far from her shop, and you don't need a horse-drawn carriage to cross two streets.

Before she reached the door of the shop, she saw a ragged woman standing on the street, scolding at the shop, and on the ground beside her, there were two dirty men, one old and one young.

Ai Qiaoqiao stood still abruptly and did not walk over.

Those three people...... How could she admit that the woman was Ma's, and the two men, an old man and a young man, were Ma's brother and her cousin Ma Zhishen.

"What's going on?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked the guys in Yicaotang beside him in a low voice, "Why did they come here, did anyone bail them out?" ”

The guy was stunned, scratched his head and said, "I thought you know, madam, Huai'an City has now received the emperor's amnesty, and all the prisoners in the prison who are not guilty of death have been amnestied." ”