In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Chapter 937 is shameless, bullying 7 little moons.

"But what if..."

She paused, her eyes turning incredibly sharp.

"If you can't provide the serial number, or if the item in your possession doesn't have a serial number at all, then it can only prove that—"

"You are openly framing and maliciously slandering me!"

Liu San was completely dumbfounded!

serial number?

What number?

Mr. Sun only gave him a lipstick and didn't mention anything about the serial number!

Cold sweat instantly broke out on Liu San's forehead.

His wailing stopped abruptly, and his eyes began to dart around and evade.

The surrounding crowd reacted instantly, their gazes towards Liu San shifting from sympathy to suspicion.

"That's right! Having a serial number makes things much easier! Quickly check the bottom of the box!"

"Report it quickly! If it's true, didn't Miss Bai say she would take responsibility?"

"He seemed a little guilty."

Under the spotlight, Liu San felt like he was being roasted over a fire.

He frantically examined the lipstick; it was a bare tube with no packaging or serial number.

His face looked grim.

Seeing his embarrassed state, what else is there to not understand?

In January, I felt much more at ease.

"What? You can't give me the details? Or do you not even have that so-called packaging box?"

Liu San panicked completely. He stammered and couldn't say a word.

A chorus of boos erupted from the crowd, a sound of sudden realization mingling with undisguised laughter.

"So they were just trying to scam me!"

"How shameless! They actually bullied a few children!"

"Arrest him and hand him over to the authorities! This kind of scoundrel deserves a good beating!"

Seeing the situation take a sharp turn for the worse, and that he had gone from being the plaintiff to the defendant, Liu San was terrified.

He dared not linger any longer. He leaped to his feet, pushed through the crowd, and scrambled away into the distance.

"Don't run!"

"Catch that liar!"

The crowd stirred, but Liu San ran faster than a rabbit and disappeared around the street corner in the blink of an eye.

The surrounding discussions had completely shifted, turning from criticism to praise.

"Like father, like daughter! The eldest daughter of the Bai family is so young, yet she remains calm in the face of danger, just like her mother!"

"Yes, he's articulate and sharp-tongued; I think he's destined for great things!"

"Luckily we had the numbering system, otherwise we would have been unable to defend ourselves and this scoundrel would have stuck with us!"

The seven sisters had no interest in hearing the praise; all they wanted was to get home as quickly as possible.

Inside the Bai residence, Bai Lu was sitting by the window, reading a medical book.

She kept feeling her eyelids twitching, as if something was about to happen.

When she saw her seven daughters walking into the yard hand in hand, all with droopy eyebrows and downcast eyes, she was taken aback.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Bai Lu immediately put down her book, stood up, and went to greet her.

"mother!"

When the seven little moons saw the White Dew, they buried themselves in their mother's warm embrace, whimpering pitifully.

Bai Lu hugged her daughters with heartache.

"Oh dear, my darling daughters, what's wrong?"

Yi took a deep breath and recounted to Bailu everything that had happened at the academy gate that afternoon.

Bai Lu's expression gradually darkened.

Her most cherished daughters, the treasures she held in her hands for fear of dropping them, the babies she kept in her mouth for fear of melting them, were actually subjected to such a vicious frame-up in broad daylight!

The White Dew solar term is associated with the exercise of seven small moons, but unexpectedly... someone actually threw mud at them.

If the seven little moons weren't so clever, they probably would have been led astray, and how would they have fared at the academy afterwards?

“You did a great job, January.”

Bai Lu first affirmed her eldest daughter's performance, then reached out and patted January's head, her tone filled with satisfaction.

"Remain calm in the face of danger and persuade people with reason."

"The ledgers and numbering system for February also played a crucial role."

"You are all great."

Only after receiving their mother's praise did the girls truly relax.

"But Mother, that bad man has run away."

"April said angrily."

"Are we just going to let him go like that?"

"If he dares to do this today, he might use other methods to harm us tomorrow!"

"Yes, mother."

March also frowned.

"We were able to expose him today because he had a number."

"What if he uses a different lie next time?"

Bai Lu's gaze swept over her daughters' faces, her voice calm.

"Don't worry, Mother won't let this go."

She gently comforted her daughters, telling them to have some snacks to calm their nerves, and then turned and went into her study.

"Someone is coming."

Bai Lu called softly to the empty corner.

As soon as she finished speaking, a figure in plain clothes silently floated behind her, curtsied, and nodded.

"Lady White Snake".

The person who came was none other than Peony.

"Go investigate someone."

"Find out who paid Liu San, the scoundrel from the west of the city, and who he did things for today. I want to know who's behind him."

"Yes."

Peony responded decisively, her figure flashing as she blended into the shadows under the corridor, disappearing without a trace.

Bai Lu leaned against the window frame.

Peony is a system robot that she trained herself. It never makes a mistake in handling such dirty matters and is her most reliable trump card.

The efficiency is astonishing.

In less than an hour, as dusk settled, the peony had returned.

"Lady White Snake, we've found it."

She lowered her eyes and reported.

"Liu San is hiding in a dilapidated temple in the west of the city and has been apprehended by his subordinates."

According to his confession, Sun Demao of Jin Yu Ge gave him money to cause trouble at the entrance of the academy, intending to ruin the reputation of the young ladies.

"Jin Yu Ge... Sun Demao..."

Bai Lu softly murmured the name, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

She remembered this man, the biggest scalper in the city, who had been warned several times before for reselling cosmetics, yet he still dared to set his sights on her daughters!

"very good."

Bai Lu stood up and straightened her clothes.

"Take me to him."

Inside the dilapidated temple in the west of the city, Liu San was bound hand and foot and thrown onto the cold ground, his mouth stuffed with a rag, his face bruised and battered, clearly having suffered a lot.

Seeing Bailu enter surrounded by guards, with Peony following closely behind, he was terrified.

Peony stepped forward and swiftly ripped the rag out of Liu San's mouth with a flick of her finger.

"Lady White Snake, spare my life! It was all Sun Demao's doing! He gave me the money, and the fake lipstick was his too! It has nothing to do with me!"

Liu San kowtowed repeatedly, tears streaming down his face.

Bai Lu looked down at him from her high vantage point.

"You dare to slander my daughters for a little silver?"

"I've been blinded by greed! Please, madam, spare my life!"

Bai Lu slowly squatted down and looked directly into his eyes.

"Spare you? How about we settle the score for the horrific trauma my daughters suffered?"

Liu San felt his whole body stiffen and his soul leave his body under her gaze, and he immediately cried out.

"I am willing to testify against Sun Demao! I am willing to do anything to compensate the ladies!"

Bai Lu's lips curled into a cold smile.

"This is your only chance to atone."

She got up and gave instructions to Peony.

"Keep an eye on him."

"Tomorrow morning, take him and that fake lipstick to the entrance of Jin Yu Ge and wait for him."

Peony nodded.

"Yes, ma'am."

The following morning, Jin Yu Ge had just removed its doors and was preparing to open for business.

Sun Demao noticed that a large crowd had gathered at the shop entrance, pointing and gesturing at something.

"what happened?"

Sun Demao frowned, pushed through the crowd, and went inside.

With just one glance, the smug smile on his face froze instantly.

Liu San was found tied up and thrown on the steps of Jin Yu Ge like a dead dog, his mouth gagged so that he could only make muffled noises.

He wore a wooden plaque around his neck with several large, eye-catching characters written in ink: "I, Liu San, under the instructions of Sun Demao of Jin Yu Ge, framed Miss Bai!"

Beside him was a tray with the strangely colored fake lipstick from yesterday prominently displayed on it. Next to it was a note that read: "Fake cosmetics, frame-up, physical evidence here!"

With a loud bang, Sun Demao felt his brain explode.

The onlookers were in an uproar.

Many people witnessed or heard about the farce that took place at the academy gate yesterday. Seeing this scene now, the truth is self-evident.

"So it was this Mr. Sun who was behind all this!"

"That's outrageous! They can't compete with others in business, so they resort to such despicable tactics!"

"Jin Yu Ge? I think it's more like a black-hearted shop! Who would dare to buy anything from a shop run by someone like that?"

"Report this to the authorities! We must report this to the authorities! This kind of unscrupulous merchant should be thrown in jail!"

Sun Demao felt cold all over and his hands and feet were weak.

Looking at the angry and contemptuous eyes in the crowd, he knew he was finished.

At this moment, the reputation of Jin Yu Ge was completely ruined.

Just then, a group of constables pushed through the crowd and entered. The head constable looked at Sun Demao expressionlessly and brandished the chains in his hand.

"Sun Demao, come with us!"

Sun Demao's legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

He stared at the gleaming chains and seemed to see his own dark and hopeless future unfold before him.

The Golden Jade Pavilion he built with his own hands, the wealth and glory he pursued throughout his life, all turned into a mirage in just one short hour.

The surrounding noise seemed to fade away from him, and the guests who had once flattered him now only showed contempt and disgust on their faces.

The crowd parted automatically to make way, and the officials walked forward expressionlessly, fastening cold iron chains around his wrists with a clang.

"Injustice! Your Honor, I've been wronged!"

Sun Demao let out a heart-wrenching wail.

"Fellow neighbors, I, Sun Demao, was blinded by greed, but I don't deserve this! Someone instructed me! I..."

The head constable frowned, not giving him a chance to continue speaking, and roughly stuffed a rag into his mouth.

"Uuuuuu——"

Sun Demao could only let out a desperate groan as he was dragged out like a dead dog.

"Serves him right! This kind of unscrupulous businessman who will do anything for money should be arrested!"

"It's a pity for those young ladies of the Bai family. They have to face such sordid things at such a young age."

"The Marquis of Anguo's family has such good upbringing. Look at that Miss Yiyue, she was clear-headed, neither humble nor arrogant, and she exposed the deception in just a few words. She's really amazing!"

Bai Zhuojun, Bai Qingyue, and the others stood with January and February, watching this dramatic scene come to an end, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.

January walked up to him and whispered.

"Brothers, let's go back."

"The Marquis has his own arrangements for things here."

Bai Zhuojun nodded, took a deep look at Sun Demao's retreating figure, and his expression became complicated.

He knew that this matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Qingzhou Prefecture Prison.

Sun Demao was thrown into a separate interrogation room.

His fine clothes had long been filthy from being torn and tattered. Now he knelt on the cold ground, trembling all over, his teeth chattering.

The person sitting upright in the hall was none other than the Prefect of Qingzhou.

"Snapped!"

The gavel slammed down, the sound echoing in the closed interrogation room, chilling Sun Demao to the bone.

"Sun Demao, prisoner, do you know your crime?!"

"My lord! My lord, spare my life!"

Sun Demao kowtowed repeatedly, crying out.

"I know my crime! I was blind and did not recognize your greatness. I was blinded by greed and offended the young master and young lady of the Marquis of Anguo's mansion. I am willing to compensate you, even if it means going bankrupt!"

"Please, Your Honor, spare my life, this is my first offense!"

He thought that if he admitted to the false accusation, the worst that would happen was that he would have to pay money and go to jail.

However, the prefect slowly shook his head, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

"Sun Demao, do you think I summoned you here to interrogate you about such a trivial matter as falsely accusing someone?"

Sun Demao suddenly raised his head, his face full of confusion.

The prefect of Qingzhou smiled.

"You chose to frame the Marquis of Anguo's family in the busiest street of Qingzhou, in front of hundreds of people, using such clumsy methods..."

"What is your intention in inciting public opinion and slandering the families of officials appointed by the imperial court?"

"Speak! Who's behind you?"

What exactly are you plotting?

Sun Maode was sweating profusely!

The warning from the person who had entrusted him with the task rang in his ears instantly.

"If it's done, Jin Yu Ge will be the best in Qingzhou."

"If you mess this up, or dare to leak even a single word, you and your entire family will disappear from this world without a trace."

On one hand, there's the death penalty that could wipe out nine generations of one's family; on the other, there's the threat of one's entire family being wiped out...

Sun Demao's mind was in complete chaos.

"No...no, sir!"

He was in tears.

"It's really just that this petty person is jealous of the Bai family's business!"

"This scoundrel is blinded by greed and wants to ruin their reputation; he has absolutely no other intentions! I beg Your Excellency to investigate thoroughly!"

"Tough mouth!"

A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the prefect of Qingzhou, and he slammed his hand on the table.

"It seems you won't tell the truth unless I let you experience the power of my Qingzhou Prefecture prison!"

"Guards! Bring me to the torture rack!"

"Yes!"

Two constables rushed up and pinned Sun Demao down on a long bench.

"I'll ask you one more time, who ordered you to do this?"

"It really is me..."

Sun Demao's voice was already trembling with sobs.

"Torture!"

At the order of the prefect of Qingzhou, the yamen runners tightened the ropes.

"what--!"