Liu Mei had to steal the recipe before she came back from buying a box of peanuts.

It's already evening, peanuts are going to buy now, and the shop will be closed, so Liu Mei has a lot of time, and she just heard Shen Yue say that she was going to the front hall to eat with Muyang.

After Shen Yue and the others walked away, Liu Mei said to Zhang Cuihua and the others: "Now is a good opportunity, I want to sneak out and steal the recipe, you stay here." ”

Zhang Cuihua and Liu honestly nodded, Liu Mei glanced at Liu Hui and said, "Xiaohui, my sister is thinking about our family, and when my sister gets the money, I will send you to study." ”

Liu Hui hung his head and did not speak.

After Liu Mei saw that the guards at the door had left, she opened the door and slipped out quietly, the money had already lost her, so she didn't think about why the door that had been locked before was easily opened now.

When Liu Mei passed by the front hall, she could vaguely hear Shen Yue and Mu Yang talking and laughing, which made her jealous, thinking that if she got the money, she would definitely impress Mu Yang.

She followed the route in her memory, all the way to Shen Yue's room, the room was not lit, it was pitch black, she touched the side of the bed, and then reached out and touched it under the mattress, and sure enough, she touched something in an envelope.

She didn't have time to take a closer look, so she carried it in her arms and walked out.

There was no one in the Shen Mansion today, Liu Mei was unusually relaxed, and there was great excitement in her heart.

She sneaked out of the Shen Mansion and walked towards Julongzhai, and at the same time, the prefect also came to the Shen Mansion with people.

"Hey, it's a secret recipe of mine, about hot pot, but I didn't expect it to be stolen." Shen Yue was talking to the prefect.

The prefect has also been to Xinyue Pavilion, naturally he knows how much value a hot pot secret recipe can bring, and he can do these things under his nose, and the prefect is very angry.

"Sister, it's not good, Liu Mei is gone." Lingxiu trotted all the way over.

Shen Yue was surprised, and at this time, the meaning was already obvious.

"Hey, it's all my fault, my sister and aunt wanted my shop and my house, I should have been generous to them, I didn't expect it to cause such a situation." Shen Yue sighed.

The prefect frowned, these requests can be said to be unreasonable, whose relatives will ask for a house and a shop as soon as they come, from Shen Yue's words, the prefect can also guess what kind of character this family is.

"You guys, go after Liu Mei, you, follow me to interrogate Miss Shen's relatives." The prefect immediately said.

Soon, Zhang Cuihua and Liu Laoshi, who were paralyzed by fright, said all of them, and said that they were looking for them in Julongzhai, and the prefect immediately took people to Julongzhai, and sure enough, they caught Liu Mei, Li Wen and Ouyang Da, who were regarded as guests.

Julongzhai was seized and never reopened, and the three were imprisoned for conspiracy to steal other people's property.

Zhang Cuihua and Liu honestly knew that Liu Mei was frightened after being imprisoned, and they were originally going to plead with Shen Yue, but Liu Hui said lightly on the side: "You want to harm your sister, will she still listen to your plea?" ”

The two immediately fell silent.

After the Ouyang family knew that Ouyang Da was imprisoned, they hurriedly went directly to Lin Taishou.

"Why are you trying to provoke this little girl? Don't you know that behind her is General Mu? It's hard for me to do that. Lin Tai guarded.

The head of the Ouyang family broke his heart for his son, and took out a wooden box: "Lord Taishou, this is a dim sum made by the cheap, please smile." ”

Lin Taishou took the dim sum box and opened it to see that it was neatly packed with silver.

"Okay, I'm going to walk around, but I don't know the effect." Lin Tai guarded the road.

"Thank you, Lord Taishou." The head of the Ouyang family was grateful to Dade, but the moment he lowered his head, there was a trace of disgust in his eyes.

"Daddy, what's going on?" Lin Meijuan walked out from behind and asked.

"What else, the people of the Ouyang family didn't do their best to move Shen Yue, but they planted it themselves, and now they come to beg me to protect people." Lin Taishou said irritably.

Lin Meijuan showed a thoughtful expression when she heard this.

"Meijuan, this Shen Yue is amazing, are you sure?" Lin Taishou asked.

"Daddy also underestimates his daughter too much, since she was a child, her daughter is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and in terms of appearance and figure, is her daughter not as good as a village girl?" Lin Meijuan said with a smile.

Lin Taishou nodded, but began to think in his heart about whether to let his other daughter seduce other high-ranking officials and nobles.

Lin Meijuan knew Lin Taishou too well, so when he showed this expression, Lin Meijuan knew what he was thinking, her lips pursed slightly, even if she was a chess piece, she hoped that the initiative would be in her own hands.

And Shen Yue heard three days later that Liu Mei and Li Wen were sentenced, but Ouyang Da came out unscathed, and it seemed that all the blame was put on Li Wen's head, Li Wen may not know until now, with his own ingenuity, why he was betrayed by his master.

"The Ouyang family must have gone to find Lin Taishou." Mu Yang said firmly.

Shen Yue raised his eyebrows, he had already heard Muyang say that the Ouyang family had a good relationship with the Taishou Mansion, but there were no in-laws, and there were no interests, how did they maintain their relationship?

As if seeing Shen Yue's doubts, Mu Yang said: "Lin Taishou has taken bribes of hundreds of millions of taels of silver, I have collected most of the evidence, and now there is still a small part left, and when I finish collecting, I will hand it over to the emperor." ”

Shen Yue nodded, this is the best, otherwise, there is a knife hanging over her head all the time, even if she is on guard, she will still feel diaphragm.

This matter was solved so satisfactorily, Shen Yue went to see Liu Mei in prison, her dream was shattered, and she fell into this fate, I don't know if I regret it.

But when Shen Yue went to see her, except for the initial plea, after no result, it turned into abuse in the later stage, and Muyang took Shen Yue out of the cell.

After that, she released Zhang Cuihua and a few others, and Zhang Cuihua knelt directly at her feet, begging her to spare her life, saying that she wanted to go home.

Shen Yue took out fifty taels of silver and some dry food, handed them over, and asked them to leave.

Before leaving, she asked Liu Hui if he was still willing to stay, Liu Hui thought about it, and then looked at his parents who were ten years old overnight, but he still refused, he wanted to take care of his parents, and Shen Yue also expressed his understanding.

After they left, the Shen Mansion finally calmed down, and Shen Yue's birthday was ushered in.

On his birthday, Shen Yue originally wanted everyone to have a meal together, but Muyang insisted that he would do it, and Shen Yue left him alone, but there was no one in Muyang all day, and Shen Yue was also busy in Xinyue Pavilion for a day, and when he went home at night, Shen Yue was still complaining about this untrustworthy person.

Opening the door, Shen Yue smelled a fragrance, she opened her eyes and saw that there were flowers of various colors in front of her, leaving a road in the middle of the flowers, Shen Yue smiled slightly, and followed the road to the backyard.

"Happy Birthday!" The blessings in unison sounded after Shen Yue stepped into the backyard.

Shen Yue saw that there were many people standing in the courtyard, in addition to the people from Xinyue Pavilion, there were also Niu Dazhuang and Aunt Liu's family, they looked at Shen Yue with a smile and relief in their eyes.

And an unexpected figure also stood among them, Xu Yingying, Xu Yingying threw herself into Shen Yue's arms: "Stinky girl, you want to kill me." ”

Shen Yue had tears in his eyes, looking at the source of all this, Mu Yang, he hung lanterns in many places in the backyard, so it was not dark, but it could illuminate everything, including Shen Yue's heart.

The two looked at each other, and there were emotions in their eyes that could be understood without words.

Everyone gave blessings and gifts, and then dinner was eaten directly in the courtyard, the dishes were very rich, and the moon hung quietly in the sky, which became a contrast with the lively scene below.

"Yue girl, we're glad you've come this far." Niu Dazhuang took the woman next to him and said to Shen Yue, the woman's eyebrows and eyes are very gentle, and she is younger than Niu Dazhuang, Shen Yue searched in her memory and found that she seemed to be Ma Yan, the widow of the horse in the village, she treats people very gently, her husband died not long after she got married, and she has not been with Niu Dazhuang until now, Shen Yue can imagine how much courage it takes for a woman in this world to take this step, and she also has a better evaluation of Ma Yan in her heart.

Shen Yue looked at the two of them and joked with a smile: "Thank you, Uncle Zhuang, when can I drink your wedding wine." ”

Niu Dazhuang was not shy, but Ma Yan, her face was flushed with shame, and Niu Dazhuang laughed twice: "It's almost time, when the time comes, Yue Yatou will come back to arrange a wedding banquet for me." ”

"That's natural." Shen Yue said with a smile.

"How is Brother Zhang Yuan?" Shen Yue asked Aunt Liu.

"Your brother Zhang Yuan was admitted, and he was admitted to the capital not long ago, saying that there is still an exam." Aunt Liu is also in good spirits on happy occasions, smiling, Uncle Zhang is not so silent, with a smile on his face.

Shen Yue was happy for them.

"Stinky girl, you asked so many people, why didn't you ask me?" Xu Yingying pouted.

Shen Yue had carefully looked at Xu Yingying just now, it seemed that she had a good year this year, her spirit was much better than before, and she had more confidence in her eyes.

"What about you, how are you doing in the capital?" Shen Yue is as good as a stream.

"Naturally it's very good, you don't look at who I am, but it's really difficult at the beginning, and I'm squeezed out by other embroidery workshops, and there are people who come to dig my female workers, and finally I overcame them one by one, and then opened my Yingying embroidery workshop bigger and bigger, I won't leave for the time being, I'm going to open an embroidery workshop in Liucheng, by the way, I'm not happy?" Xu Yingying said.

"Happy, are Master Xu and Mrs. Xu okay?"

"Okay, you told me a lot of dietary prescriptions in the letter, and sent me health tea, and now my mother's body is not a problem at all, they said when they will come to thank you personally." Xu Yingying said.

"But don't thank me for it." Shen Yue said with a smile.

Unconsciously, she also has so many friends in this world, and she has gained so much warmth.

Muyang scooped a bowl of soup for her and put it in her hand: "Drink some soup, my mouth is dry when I keep talking." ”

Xu Yingying ambiguously bumped Shen Yue with her elbow: "Your relationship is going well." ”

Shen Yue glanced at her, and then drank the hot soup, and her heart was ironed.

"Brother Mu, thank you." Shen Yue said.

"If you like it." With a smile on the corner of Mu Yang's mouth, he could see that Shen Yue was very happy.

That night, Xu Yingying pestered and slept with Shen Yue, so Shen Yue asked her to take a bath first, while she and Muyang stayed in the backyard and sat hugging each other.

"Have you been doing these things all day today?" Shen Yue asked.

"Yes, Shu Yun said that women like flowers, so I went to collect a lot of flowers, your backyard is just relatively empty, and it will be planted when the time comes, it must be very beautiful." Muyang Road.

Shen Yue raised his face and dropped a kiss on Muyang's face: "Thank you, I really haven't been so happy for a long time." ”

Mu Yang's eyes were black and bright by this soft touch, and then he lowered his head and kissed Shen Yue's lips.

After a long time, the two separated.