Southern Song During the Shaoxing period, there was a young man named Liu Jinwen in Pingjiang Prefecture. He has been doing business for generations and has a good family background.
Liu Jinwen inherited his ancestral business and bought silk from south to north. His business was booming. He already had three wives and concubines at home.
It is said that life is good, but Liu Jinwen has always had a regret in his heart, that although his wife and concubines in the three-bedroom house are somewhat beautiful, they lack a pair of three-inch golden lotus. Liu Jinwen longs for a beautiful woman with three-inch golden lotus, walking swaying and willow waist.
Over the years, he traveled around the world and brought back the second and third ladies one after another. Although they were both small feet, they were still a little bit short of the three-inch golden lotus, and Liu Jinwen still felt regretful.
So I asked someone to inquire from multiple sources, hoping to find such a woman and fulfill her wish.
Hard work pays off. On this day, Liu Jinwen's friend Li Shijie came to him with a graceful woman. Before Li Shijie could speak, Liu Jinwen glanced at the woman from top to bottom, especially when she was walking just now, she was so charming.
Seeing that he was distracted, Li Shijie joked, "Brother Liu, this is the three-inch golden lotus I found for you for a lot of money. Her name is Xiuqin. It seems that you are still satisfied?"
Liu Jinwen shone brightly on his face and laughed: "Satisfied, quite satisfied, brother is troubled." Then he called the butler to pay Li Shijie a hundred taels of silver.
Li Shijie weighed the heavy silver and left with a smile.
And Liu Jinwen couldn't wait to lead Xiuqin to the west courtyard and measured her feet with her own hands. When he was sure that it was not big or small, he was so happy that his mouth couldn't close.
He took out the embroidered shoes he had collected for many years, picked a pair of big red shoes from various colors and sent them to Xiuqin and said, "Come on, put them on and walk a few times, so that I can open my eyes."
Xiuqin obediently changed it, then walked around the room with a few circles, staring at Xiuqin's graceful back, which made him feel rippled.
Since then, Liu Jinwen has spent most of his time sleeping in the west courtyard of the fourth wife, devoted herself to her.
And Xiuqin seemed to be good at understanding men's thoughts, and used various tricks to deceive Liu Jinwen. Knowing that he liked the three-inch golden lotus, he wore different shoes every day and swayed in front of him, making Liu Jinwen fascinated. It would be impossible not to see Xiuqin for a day.
What rare items have you got outside, and only the precious jewelry is thought of Xiuqin. Over time, Xiuqin's style is even more than that of the eldest lady.
Over time, the wives of the other three houses began to be dissatisfied, thinking that Xiuqin was a fairy who specifically confuses the head of the family, especially the eldest wife Wu Yuner, who was born into a noble family and a genuine wife who was married to the Ming media.
Ke Xiuqin didn't take her seriously at all. She dominated the head of the family alone, enjoying wealth and glory, and there was no concubine who should have looked like.
Another half year later, Xiuqin was in full swing. Wu Yuner couldn't bear it anymore, so she took her second wife Cuiping and third wife Xunxiang to the west courtyard.
At this time, Liu Jinwen was chasing Xiuqin and feeding him the pomegranate seeds. Xiuqin took a bite and twisted and walked in front of Liu Jinwen. Then Liu Jinwen chased after him. When he chased Xiuqin, he fell into Liu Jinwen's arms, smiling so hard that his branches trembled.
Before the three ladies entered the door, they heard the jokes of their two people, and their faces turned pale. Thinking about it, they all need to be talented and have good looks, but their feet are a little bigger than Xiuqin, so why should they always sit on the bench?
Wu Yuner pushed open the door, and the laughter in the yard stopped abruptly. Liu Jinwen said with a calm face: "What are you here for? Why don't you go back to your own yard quickly."
Wu Yuner has lost the demeanor of being the mistress at this time and said a little angry: "My husband, you can't be too biased. Since she entered the door, when will there be a few of us in your eyes? No matter what, we are all your wives, you have to serve a bowl of water equally."
At this time, Xiuqin said in a coquettish voice: "Dear sisters, it's your sister who is ignorant, which makes you neglected."
Wu Yun'er was too lazy to pay attention to her, so she took Liu Jinwen's hand and walked out. Liu Jinwen seemed to have noticed that they had neglected them during this period, so she agreed to go to their yard once a week before sending the second and third wife back.
Although Liu Jinwen likes Xiuqin, she dared not take Wu Yun'er too seriously. After all, the Wu family is also a prominent family and has many cooperation in business. He obediently returned to the main house with Wu Yun'er.
Ke San The opportunity that the lady finally won was not yet lasting for half a month. On that day, Liu Jinwen was in Wu Yun's ward. The maid from the West Courtyard hurried over and reported that Xiuqin was uncomfortable.
When Liu Jinwen heard this, she didn't care about anything else and quickly ordered the servants to hire a doctor. She didn't even have to put on her clothes and ran to the West Courtyard.
After the doctor took the pulse, he bowed to Liu Jinwen with both hands and said, "Mr. Liu, congratulations, the fourth lady is happy. I will prescribe a few pairs of fetal protection pills now. Just take good care of him. "
When Liu Jinwen heard that Xiuqin was pregnant, he was so happy that he rewarded the doctor with a tael of silver. Although he had a wife in his fourth house, he had no children at all. Xiuqin was pregnant with his first child. He was so excited that he held Xiuqin's hand and was reluctant to let go.
No one's words were useful now. Liu Jinwen guarded Xiuqin every night, afraid that he would suffer any grievances when he was not there.
But Liu Jinwen had a business to negotiate, and it was a bit late to go home. When he got home, Xiuqin cried with the rain, and the child was not saved.
Liu Jinwen was stunned for a few seconds before asking, "What's going on? Wasn't I going out in the morning? "
The maid standing next to him quickly said, "In the afternoon, the fourth wife had a bad appetite, so she didn't eat anything, and only drank fetal care medicine, but in the evening, she turned red. We quickly hired a doctor, but the child was still late and couldn't be saved. "
Xiuqin was already crying and said stammeringly: "The doctor said... my fetal protection pill... was tampered with, and safflower was added to it, which caused the child to be unable to be saved. "
Liu Jinwen was furious when he heard this and said loudly: "Check it for me, the whole mansion will conduct a thorough investigation to see who has red flowers in the room, and see who has such a vicious mind and dares to harm my descendants of the Liu family. "
After hearing Liu Jinwen's words, the housekeeper brought a few people to turn the Liu Mansion upside down. Finally, he brought a pack of red flowers to hand it over to Liu Jinwen.
Liu Jinwen felt even more angry when he saw this thing and asked, "Where did you find it? "
The butler had to tell the truth: "I found it in the eldest lady's room. "
At this time, Xiuqin cried even more sadly, and said while crying: "It must be that she was jealous of me getting pregnant earlier than her, and was jealous of me being favored by her, but how could she do such a ruthless move? The child is also a life. "
Xiuqin's fanning and igniting fire played a role. Liu Jinwen rushed to Wu Yuner's room with Honghua, threw Honghua in front of her and said, "You vicious woman, how can you attack a child who has not been born yet? "
Wu Yuner was a little confused, but she was still trying her best to defend herself: "This red flower is mine. I am used to regulate my body, but the fourth wife's child is really not my move. You and I have been married for many years. You should know what kind of person I, Wu Yuner, are. I am not that despicable yet. "
" But there are only red flowers in your room in the whole mansion. The doctor said that there were red flowers in Xiuqin's medicine. Then, who else would you have? You are the only one in the whole mansion who has this motivation. "Liu Jinwen was already blinded by anger at this time.
Wu Yuner was also soft but not hard. When she heard that Liu Jinwen, who had been sleeping in the same bed for many years, misunderstood her, she also became angry, "Since you don't believe me so much, I have nothing to say. "
" You evil woman have committed seven crimes. I want to give up. You will go back to the Wu Mansion tomorrow. "After Liu Jinwen said that, she left Wu Yuner's room without looking back.
Wu Yuner has never suffered such grievances since she was a child. If Liu Jinwen really had sex, she would not have the face to go back to her parents' home. The more she thought about it, she became more angry, so she jumped into the well while it was late at night.
The next day, Liu Jinwen calmed down a lot and wanted to find Wu Yuner again to find out the situation. He didn't find her figure when he entered the door. He asked the servant to look for it, and then he found Wu Yuner's embroidered shoes by the well.
Although Liu Jinwen regrets it very much, everything is too late and Wu Yuner has no breathing. He had to go to the Wu family in person to tell the whole story, but Wu Yuner could not be resurrected by death, so this matter could not be explained clearly, and the Wu family was not easy to investigate.
The Liu family no longer has its mistress. Relying on Liu Jinwen's love and guilt towards her, Xiuqin quickly took over the power of the Liu family to be the master of the family.
After Xiuqin took over, Liu Jinwen's health was getting worse and worse. After half a year, Liu Jinwen was already thin and weak and had no strength. He had to lie in bed for most of the day.
At this time, rumors spread in the mansion that the eldest lady was too resentful and kept pestering Liu Jinwen. If this continues, Liu Jinwen should die.
On that day, the second wife Cuiping came to visit her and said in front of Liu Jinwen, crying: "Sister died so unfairly. Regardless of whether the rumors in the mansion are true or false, we will invite Taoist priest to recite scriptures for my sister. Maybe the head of the family's illness will be cured."
Liu Jinwen doesn't believe these things on weekdays, but now think about it carefully. Since Wu Yuner's death, her health has been getting worse and worse. Maybe she has really wronged Wu Yuner.
Liu Jinwen called the butler and asked him to go to Huqiu Temple to invite Taoist Master Qingxu to come to his house and help him save Wu Yuner.
Taoist Master Qingxu came to the door and found no abnormalities, but he also recited scriptures to save Wu Yuner and filled in the well in the yard. However, after all this, Liu Jinwen's health still did not improve.
Liu Jinwen was very puzzled. The doctor also read it and the Taoist priest invited him, but his health just didn't get better. Because he lay down too much during the day, Liu Jinwen couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so he remembered to go to the West Courtyard for a walk.
hasn't been to the West Hospital for a long time since she was sick. Although Xiuqin comes to visit her every day, she only stayed for a while. Liu Jinwen missed her a little, so she forced herself to walk towards the West Hospital.
But as soon as he stepped into the gate of the west courtyard, he found a black shadow that had entered the room before him. He was shocked and thought to himself: No, there is a bad person.
But before he could call someone, he heard Xiuqin's voice say, "Why did you come? I'm anxious."
Liu Jinwen didn't expect Xiuqin to call someone in the middle of the night. He had a bad premonition in his heart, so he lay under the window and listened carefully.
"I'm worried that someone in your mansion hasn't been sleeping, so I came a little late. How has Liu Jinwen been doing recently?" A man's voice came.
"What are you talking about that dead ghost at this time? Don't worry, your family property has been in my hands, and he can't live for a few days. I'm a colorless and tasteless slow poison." Xiuqin said.
"I'll be assured when you do things." After the man said that, the two of them were teasing in the room.
Liu Jinwen collapsed weakly on the ground. He did not expect that the woman who was so heartbroken that he actually worked with outsiders to find his property, and even gave him medicine.
He suddenly felt that he didn’t know Xiuqin at all. Where is she from? I didn't know anything about what I used to do. I couldn't help but think that Xiuqin might be a big conspiracy when she arrived at Liu Mansion, and Xiuqin was brought by Li Shijie, so who would this man be? Could it be Li Shijie?
If it is Li Shijie, it will prove that all of this is his plan. In the final analysis, it is to use his obsession with the three-inch golden lotus to kill money.
Liu Jinwen shuddered when he thought of this. If he didn't come tonight, even if he died, he would be an unknown ghost. But now I am not the opponent of them at all without the power to tie the chicken.
Liu Jinwen covered his ears with both hands and forced himself to calm down. He had to think of a comprehensive solution to bring them to justice.
After a long time, the room finally became quiet. After a uniform breathing sound came, he quietly left the west courtyard after he was sure they were asleep.
One hour later, Liu Jinwen and the housekeeper brought all the servants to the West Courtyard again. They lit all the lights, and the West Courtyard became brightly lit in an instant.
The people in the room felt something strange, but before they could get up, the door was kicked open by the butler in an instant.
Liu Jinwen saw clearly this time that the man in the bed was actually Li Shijie. He really didn't expect that he was plotted by the person he trusted the most, and he felt extremely distressed. With a wave of his hand, several thick men rushed forward and tied them up.
After dawn the next day, Liu Jinwen personally brought people to the government office. At first, the two of them only admitted adultery and did not admit to committing money. Under the coercion and temptation of the prefect, Xiuqin began to explain.
It turns out that Xiuqin is just an actor who has been traveling around the world all year round. She met Li Shijie by chance again, and soon the two got together.
Later, Li Shijie learned about Liu Jinwen's obsession with the three-inch golden lotus, and Xiuqin happened to have a pair of three-inch golden feet, and her appearance was also good, so she conspired with Xiuqin to this game.
Xiuqin first used some methods to charm Liu Jinwen, and then shed some harm to the fetus in her belly and blamed Wu Yuner. Unexpectedly, Liu Jinwen was easily fooled and really wronged Wu Yuner. Wu Yuner was so angry that she jumped into the well, which really made room for Xiuqin.
After Xiuqin took over the power of the Liu Mansion, she was fascinated by the wealth of the Liu Mansion, which accelerated their plan and gave Liu Jinwen a chronic poison she bought from the warlock.
But after Liu Jinwen fell ill, Xiuqin couldn't stand the loneliness. At night, she would send off the servants in the West Courtyard and let Li Shijie climb over the wall. Unexpectedly, Liu Jinwen would come to the West Courtyard in the middle of the night.
In the end, the prefect beat the two of them to 30 yards and sentenced them to five years in prison.
. According to Xiuqin's explanation, Liu Jinwen found the witchcraft warlock at that time and bought the medicine to relieve the poison on his body.
Although he was lucky enough to survive, the poison had already hurt his body and was no longer as strong as before.
Since then, Liu Jinwen has no longer been obsessed with the three-inch golden lotus and has lived his life with the remaining two wives.
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