Chapter 354 Plum Blossom Cake (1)

After returning to Jingyun Hou Mansion, Lin Fei bumped into his brother who was waiting for him to come back as soon as he entered.

He called out "brother", and when he was about to turn around and leave, his brother's voice rang out first.

"Afei."

Lin Fei stopped and looked up at his brother.

Under the moonlight, Prince Jingyun stood tall, tall and straight, with straight features. Although he was not an outstanding talent, he was more than capable of being an elder brother.

Lin Fei was looking at his brother, and Prince Jingyun was also looking at him: It was a cold winter, and no matter how much she cared about her appearance, it would be difficult for a woman to mess with her, not to mention that her family didn't pay much attention to this matter on weekdays.

He is the second younger brother. He is wearing a thick dark robe, with only a navy blue fox fur cape casually thrown over it.

The color of the robe is dark and not eye-catching, but when it is worn on A Fei, such an inconspicuous color brings out an indescribable sense of nobility.

The prince lowered his eyelids and smiled bitterly in his heart: It seems that people like them don't rely on their appearance to make a living, but... things like appearance are really the icing on the cake for A Fei, who has equally outstanding abilities and talents, even compared to appearance alone.

The person who eats can add more to the meal.

No matter how hard he didn't take the initiative to make grudges, he was born with political opinions that were not compatible with him, and he couldn't bear to see that the Jingyun Marquis Mansion was a piece of metal. He would always use A Fei as a raft, making sarcastic remarks and instigating him openly or secretly, hinting that his father should change the name of the heir apparent.

Of course, there are not many such people, and his father is by no means a person who listens to and believes in only one belief. A Fei and he have had a good relationship since childhood, and their relationship has not been affected. But he is not an absolute saint, so how can he not hear these voices at all?

?I still care about it in my heart, but I feel guilty at the same time.

Even though he knew that he had to join the Dali Temple Yamen despite dissuasion because he had liked these things since he was a child, he always felt that he had delayed A Fei's future. The Dali Temple Minister who was the head of the Dali Temple Yamen had a high position, and he was worthy of the sky.

That's it. With A Fei's talent, if he doesn't join this yamen and competes, he may not be able to earn a better future.

There was a lot of thought in my heart, and because I felt I was short-changed, I always thought of making up for it in other aspects. This marriage was a good opportunity. A Fei's appearance and character could definitely take this opportunity to find a supportive family.

But... the prince looked at Lin Fei who had returned from outside, smelled the faint smell of fireworks on his body, and wanted to know where he had gone.

"A Fei went to the public kitchen again?" The prince said, looked at Lin Fei and asked, "Have you met the Wen family's daughter?"

The fingers hidden in his sleeves moved. Lin Fei raised his eyes and looked at his brother who was kind in his heart but felt that he was indebted to him. He thought about it and said, "Let's go see Zhao You. See how delicious he is."

, I had a couple of bites by the way. I wasn’t going to see the Wen family’s daughter, so please be careful, brother.”

The word "be careful" made the prince speechless. He shook his head, pulled back his thoughts that were led away by Lin Fei, and said to him: "Afei, don't talk nonsense! You are like this every day.

Do you think it's reasonable for the public chef to go out and eat the food cooked by the Wen family's daughter without skipping a beat?"

"How can this matter be ignored?" Lin Fei asked his brother, "I am the young minister of Dali Temple. The Holy Father advocates frugality, and the food of the public kitchen is to my taste. I eat the food of the public kitchen and don't go out to restaurants to waste money.

Don’t care?”

"As for Master Wen, she is the chef of our public kitchen. It is extremely unusual for me to go to the public kitchen for dinner and have contact with her." Lin Fei said.

Prince Lin, who always felt that he would be led astray by Lin Fei every time he opened his mouth on such matters, quickly calmed down after hearing this and pulled his thoughts back again. He must ask clearly today, so he didn't talk nonsense and spoke directly.

He spoke out what was in his heart: "You are a man and she is a woman. Although it is not like before, have you two had too much contact?"

"People have three meals a day, what's wrong with having some contact with them?" Lin Fei asked Prince Lin.

There was some sweat on Prince Lin's forehead, and he was vaguely aware that he might be fooled again today like before. He thought about it, and then said: "Even if there is contact, you should know how to avoid suspicion."

"The two of us are upright and aboveboard. We deliberately avoided suspicion but ended up being criticized." Lin Fei said, glancing at Prince Lin, "Brother, you are worrying too much. This is actually better."

Is it really better? Prince Lin always felt that something was wrong, but for a moment he couldn't tell what was wrong. After thinking about it, he said: "Afei, I know that you will do what you say. Why don't you give me an accurate answer today?"

He said: You will not have anything to do with the Wen family daughter, and you will definitely find a woman of the right family background to get married to you in the future. In this way...I am completely relieved."

When his brother mentioned "the right family", Lin Fei's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything. He only waited for his brother to finish, and then said: "Brother, don't worry, Master Wen and I have never exchanged poems. What can we do?"

wrong?"

When the "poetry exchange" was mentioned, Prince Lin's face turned red as he was waiting for Lin Fei to give him the right words. After he and the princess looked at each other, both parties started to exchange poems and got to know each other. At that time...

Just as he was thinking about it, the cold wind blew, and with a jolt, Prince Lin suddenly came back to his senses, only to see that Lin Fei, who had been asking him questions in front of him just now, had already walked away.

Is A Fei's words accurate today? Prince Lin was a little unsure, so he had no choice but to face Lin Fei's walking figure and raised his voice: "A Fei, come back early next time! If not today,

My grandfather was thinking about his old friend and almost didn't fool him!"

In reply, Lin Fei raised his arm and waved it slightly, indicating that he understood.

…

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I will continue to come to the Yamen after the new year, and this case has not yet been resolved clearly.

The annual holidays stipulated by Dayong begin on the Little New Year's Eve, the eve of New Year's Eve. Of course, there are also officials who use their remaining annual leave this year and the holidays of the same year to take their leave in advance. There are many such officials.

Some record-keeping clerks whose work has little to do with the investigation itself have already started celebrating the New Year holiday in advance, but the officials responsible for the investigation cannot do so, even if they still have a lot of annual leave.

Looking at the case-handling lobby where there were fewer people, Liu Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "I still have a few days of annual leave left, but unfortunately I have a case and I have to stay until New Year's Eve..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Bai Zhu who came in from behind: "It's better to take advantage of these few days to investigate the case quickly and at least arrest all the suspects. Otherwise, if there are more deaths, maybe on New Year's Eve, or even

On New Year’s Day, I will be called back to investigate cases.”

When Liu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and said: "If that's the case, it's better to stay up late these days to check the direction."

Since Liu Sanqing's accident, they had had long nights and many dreams. In addition to Zhang Wulin, they also visited the remaining tea merchants Su Fuhai, antique merchant Lu Yuanlin, and flower and tree merchant Qian Chengli. Although there seemed to be no problem on the surface, there was no problem.

Upon closer inspection, it seems that everyone has some secrets hidden inside.

However, before investigating the case, the issue of the morning meal must be resolved first. Liu Yuan took the oil paper package of the morning meal from Bai Zhu and said: "The court meal in the public kitchen today is so small? What is it?"

"Plum blossom cake." Bai Zhu took a bite of the soft and glutinous rice cake in his hand and said, "You can get one each of the bean paste filling, the sesame filling, and the meat filling. I will help you get them."
Chapter completed!