The Flourishing Era of Female Merchants

As for Mei Ningxiang and Yu Ling'er... they're probably targeting me!

His gaze lowered slightly, and then he heard Madam Liu speak up, "There's no need for all of you to do this. Since I'm the one seeing you off, why would I ask for your favors?"

Madam Liu was filled with hatred. This Miss Yan had truly ruined her grand plan. Today, she had sent these treasured jewels to curry favor with these ladies and young women, hoping that it would be easier for the Liu family to ask for help in the future. However, she had not expected that Miss Yan's words, with just one sentence, would thwart her plans. How could she not hate her?

That Flame Girl, she must have done it on purpose!

Earlier, she thought that Miss Yan was just a slightly different woman, but now she saw that this woman was as shrewd as a fox and showed no mercy to the Liu family. What was she up to?

"What exactly are you trying to do, woman?" Even the usually reserved and composed Madam Liu could not contain her anger at this moment. She stood up abruptly and shouted at An Mi.

In an instant, everyone present changed their expressions, looking at Madam Liu and the fiery maiden Shengshi Lieyan with varying degrees of disapproval.

The prefectural governor's wife frowned, stood up, and said, "Madam Liu, why are you so angry?"

"And you, have you forgotten what I said? Don't think that just because you're the lady of the prefecture, you'll always be a servant of the Yuan family!" Madam Liu suddenly lost her temper. If this lowly servant hadn't invited Miss Yan, how could she have ruined her plans?

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, as if they had heard earth-shattering news: the Prefectural Governor's wife had once been a servant of Madam Liu! The Yuan family? That must be Madam Liu's maternal family!

Not only these people, but even An Mi was shocked. Like everyone else, she knew that Madam Liu and the Prefectural Madam had a very good personal relationship, but she did not expect that the Prefectural Madam was Madam Liu's maid!

Judging from her appearance, Madam Liu doesn't treat the prefectural lady very well on a regular basis!

“Madam Liu…you…” A hint of embarrassment appeared on the face of the prefectural lady, but this embarrassment was all the more pitiful in the face of Madam Liu’s powerful roar.

"Don't you dare bully my lady again!" The lady of the prefecture's personal maid couldn't hold back any longer. Before the lady of the prefecture could stop her, she spoke up, "You have ordered my lady around time and time again. Even if she was your servant before, so what? Now that she is the lady of the prefecture, do you think you can bully her? Haven't you harmed my lady enough in the past?"

Everyone present knew that the Prefectural Lady was gentle and kind, and had never spoken harshly to anyone. Sometimes, she would even go shopping herself and had a good relationship with the people of Rongjin City. They all praised the Prefectural Lady highly.

So, this gentle lady of the prefecture is often bullied by this Lady Liu?

This discovery caused many people present to develop a dislike for Madam Liu. In the past, they were somewhat wary of the wife of the richest man, but now, given that it was uncertain whether the Liu family could weather the storm, and even if they did, they would likely be severely weakened and not what they used to be, their wariness had clearly diminished considerably.

Madam Liu realized something, her face stiffened, and she was about to say something when An Mi spoke first, "Yes, the prefectural governor is the parent official of Rongjin City, and the prefectural governor's wife should also be respected by everyone. So what if she was a servant in the past? Everyone should understand the principle that times have changed. It seems that Madam Liu does not understand!"

Madam Liu's face stiffened, turning pale and then flushed. Hearing the unanimous reproaches from those around her, she had regained some composure, but was overwhelmed by a sudden surge of anger. She glared fiercely at An Mi, "You woman, you have no right to speak here!"

An Mi raised an eyebrow, about to say something, when she heard the Prefectural Governor's wife whisper to dissuade her, "They are all my guests, Madam Liu..."

An Mi was secretly pleased. She always felt that the Prefectural Lady was helping her, so she naturally had to take advantage of the situation. Taking over the Prefectural Lady's words, An Mi showed no mercy, "Madam Liu, did you hear that? We are all guests, how can I not have the right to speak? On the contrary, Madam Liu, didn't you just ask me what I was trying to do?"

An Mi stepped forward, walking towards Madam Liu. She stopped just a step away from Madam Liu, paused, and spoke in a very low voice, so that only Madam Liu and she could hear her: "If you want to know, why don't you ask your son Liu Zhan what he did that day? Why don't you ask yourself what you were thinking?"

As soon as An Mi finished speaking, Madam Liu's face turned even paler. Her heart skipped a beat, and she clenched her teeth, glaring fiercely at An Mi, but she was powerless to defend herself.

How could she not know what Liu Zhan had done? And how could she not know what kind of feelings she harbored for him?

Thinking of her and Liu Zhan's schemes, she now understood one thing: it would be extremely difficult for her and Zhan'er to obtain the embroidery techniques from Miss Yan!

Not only that, she had a feeling that they had angered Miss Yan, and Miss Yan's targeting of them was too obvious!

Meeting Yan's eyes, she saw smugness and disdain, as well as coldness and hatred.

Smug? How could she let this woman be smug? Gritting her teeth, she disregarded her usual composure, raised her hand as if to slap away the smugness on her face. No one should dare to be smug in front of her!

Madam Liu raised her large hand, and everyone who saw this was stunned. They seemed not to have expected Madam Liu to resort to violence. The Prefectural Lady frowned; she wanted the Prefectural Lady to continue, but looking at Miss Yan, she felt a pang of reluctance and immediately stepped forward, "Stop..."

She had only uttered one word when she froze, then slapped him hard across the face with a loud crack.

The crowd stared at the two people before them, seemingly still reeling from what had just happened. They looked at Madam Liu's left cheek, which she was covering, and her right hand, which had been held back and hadn't been struck down...

Indeed, the person who received that slap was none other than Madam Liu, who had just been about to strike someone.

The girl, Yan, grabbed Madam Liu's right wrist with one hand, shook it with the other, and casually ordered, "Cheng Ying, bring me the embroidered handkerchief!"

Cheng Ying immediately realized what was going on, and everyone else was also puzzled. Why did Miss Yan want the embroidered handkerchief at this time? Everyone looked at Miss Yan and saw her forcefully shake off Madam Liu's hand. Madam Liu staggered back a few steps, and Cheng Ying handed over the embroidered handkerchief. Under everyone's gaze, An Mi took the handkerchief, wiped her right hand, and looked extremely disgusted. The meaning she was trying to convey was very clear, as if she had slapped Madam Liu's face and dirtied her hands.

Everyone stared at her actions for a moment, then came to their senses and covered their mouths to chuckle. That Madam Liu had probably never been treated like this before!