This volume links household trifles with a violent crime and corrupt justice. Dai'an (玳安) and Qintong (琴童) fetch a fur coat for Pan Jinlian (潘金莲). Qintong struggles with wrong keys. Yu Xiao (玉箫) and Xiao Yu (小玉) eventually find the coat in the outer kitchen and deliver it to Wu Yue-niang (吴月娘). At Wu Yue-niang's house the women distribute garments. Pan Jinlian refuses the shabby fur at first. Meng Yulou (孟玉楼) and others persuade her to wear it for warmth. They go out in snow to enjoy lanterns. Wu Yin'er (吴银儿) parts at an alley and goes home. Later Ximen Qing (西门庆) hosts a feast. Guests stealthily pocket dishes and Ximen Qing grows drunk. He is led to Li Jiaor's (李娇儿) room. The servants are alarmed and reprimanded. The maids' behavior provokes anger from the mistresses. A fortune teller is summoned. The divination promises prosperity for Wu Yue-niang. It gives a favorable sign for Meng Yulou. For Li Ping'er (李瓶儿) the oracle shows three men and a red-haired ghost. The reading suggests a third man in her life and danger. Li Ping'er dreams of the ghost and wakes in fear. Pan Jinlian ridicules the divination. Meanwhile a Yangzhou merchant, Miao Tianxiu (苗天秀), sails with silk and gold. He buys a concubine but has no heir. A monk warns him of danger. Miao travels to the capital with his steward Miao Qing (苗青) and the stable boy An Tong (安童). At Shanwan the pirate duo Chen San (陈三) and Weng Ba (翁八) attack. The vessel is seized. Miao and An Tong are struck down or cast into the river. Miao Qing colludes with the robbers and conceals the loot at Qinghe Dock (清河码头). An Tong survives and is rescued by a fisherman. He reports the crime. Xia Tixing (夏提刑) takes the case, seizes the proceeds, and pursues the suspects. Chen San and Weng Ba are arrested and under interrogation name Miao Qing as the chief beneficiary. Miao Qing flees to Le San (乐三) in Qinghe County. Le San's wife (乐三嫂) and Wang Liu (王六) arrange bribes to save him. Wang Liu first gathers fifty taels and cloth. Later the sum is raised to one thousand taels. Miao Qing sells silks and exchanges gold to raise cash. He bribes the gate servants and Ping'an (平安) to gain access to Ximen Qing's household. Miao kneels in the rear garden and begs Ximen Qing for mercy. Ximen Qing accepts payment and orders him to leave Qinghe that night. Ximen Qing gives five hundred taels to his colleague Xia Longxi (夏龙溪). Xia Longxi accepts the money and shifts blame to Chen San and Weng Ba. They are sent to Dongchang Prefecture (东昌府) for Hu Shiwen (胡师文) to examine. Hu Shiwen is bribed and rules in favor of influence. An Tong vows to travel to the capital to appeal. The episode closes with domestic trifles, maritime betrayal, and official corruption tangled together. Private greed subverts justice and the innocent resolve to seek redress. FREE transcripts of the audio files are available for download at: https://www.truelake.com/qrpages/pingshufreedownloads/

此卷描写西门庆府与邻里间的繁杂事端。玳安与琴童为潘金莲取旧皮袄奔波，钥匙失误折返多次，终由玉箫与小玉寻得并送至吴月娘处分衣。潘金莲嫌袄旧不肯穿，众人劝其御寒才肯着上。众妇冒雪赏灯，吴银儿在巷口回家，话题触及立春院被制止。西门庆筵席散尽，宾客暗中偷菜，醉后的西门庆被搀入李娇儿房，丫鬟惶恐受责。三女请卜筮，卦示吴月娘家道有余，孟玉楼安泰，李瓶儿卦象复杂并见赤发鬼，暗示将有第三者并可能多难，李瓶儿夜梦惊醒。与此同时苗员外远行遭劫，苗青与陈三翁八勾结劫船夺财，员外与安童被推入河中。安童被渔人救起，奔走寻访并指认凶徒。夏提刑接案扣押赃款并拘陈三翁八。苗青潜逃至清河投靠乐三，王六等为其筹款行贿，先后筹足重金花布以求保命。西门庆受牵连，出面调停并收取贿款，命苗青速离清河以避祸。夏龙溪与胡师文亦受利，案件审理偏私，陈三翁八被发往东昌受审。安童愤而誓上京申冤。全卷通过闺中琐事、海上夺财与官场贿腐，展现人情世态与权钱交易的相互纠缠与社会道德的沦丧。 音频文件的字幕稿可在以下网址免费下载： https://www.truelake.com/qrpages/pingshufreedownloads/