The Flourishing Era of Female Merchants

An Mi was startled and looked up, only to meet Bai Yi's dark eyes. Her lips twitched involuntarily. This method... heh, it was truly ruthless.

An Mi didn't punish An Yuefeng just now simply because she wanted him to suffer more. She didn't believe that An Yuefeng would behave himself after surviving. Even if the greed in his heart was suppressed at the moment, it would resurface one day. She couldn't let the tiger return to the mountain.

She had only wanted to go out earlier to do something to make things less pleasant for An Yuefeng, but now, Bai Yi had already done it for her.

"That's what I suggested to the second-in-command, but I don't know where he'll hang An Yuefeng off the cliff," Bai Yi said meaningfully, his bright eyes gleaming with an unusually dazzling light.

The King of Bohai has always been a cunning and ruthless man.

"Your Highness is too kind." An Mi couldn't help but feel happy.

Bai Yi chuckled, "Isn't that right? I've gone to great lengths for you! But what can I do when I'm willing to do it?"

The unexpected remark brought a sense of tranquility to the atmosphere. Anmi blushed slightly and rose to ask the guest to leave, saying, "Your Highness, it's getting late, you should rest now."

These words made Bai Yi feel comfortable no matter how he listened to them. It sounded as if his wife was inviting him to bed. However, he couldn't push his luck. This Anmi was different from ordinary women!

After glancing at An Mi, Bai Yi didn't linger. He got up and left the room. As soon as he stepped out, the door closed behind him. Bai Yi couldn't help but shake his head and strode towards his own room.

The next morning, Yan Bing ordered a sumptuous meal to be prepared. Everyone gathered in the hall and were enjoying their meal when the men who had been sent out the night before to search for An Xinlian reported that they had found tattered clothes, some bones, and a lot of blood at the bottom of the cliff. It seemed that An Xinlian had fallen off the cliff and her remains were nowhere to be found.

No sooner had these words been spoken than the second-in-command rushed in, his face filled with panic, "Something terrible has happened!"

Yan Bing was somewhat displeased. "What's wrong? How could anything bad happen in my village?"

The second-in-command glanced at the King of Bohai, his expression somewhat complicated, "Then An Yuefeng is dead."

"Dead?" Yan Bing jumped up, startled, but her surprise was mixed with joy—good riddance! However…

"How did you die?" Yan Bing asked carefully.

"This..." The second-in-command hesitated. Last night, he listened to the words of the King of Bohai and hung An Yuefeng on the cliff, on one of the terraces, but he still couldn't prevent the evil creatures on the terrace from harming An Yuefeng.

However, when he went to check on him early this morning, An Yuefeng had already died, and his body was stiff and cold.

If this were to be said, wouldn't that mean shifting the blame onto the King of Bohai? This King of Bohai is not someone to be trifled with.

After much thought, the second-in-command finally downplayed the issue, saying, "Perhaps An Yuefeng was too timid and couldn't handle being scared. He was just tied to a cliff, yet he was scared to death in one night."

Last night, they all saw An Yuefeng get so scared that he wet his pants, didn't they?

He deliberately avoided the things on the terrace. Even though An Yuefeng was dead, he looked terrified. He could almost imagine how An Yuefeng had spent the rest of the night. Alas, he couldn't get through it after all.

"Haha... Good, that's great." Yan Bing put down her chopsticks and couldn't help but clap her hands and cheer. What a useless old fool, he was scared to death so easily.

Yan Bing glanced at An Mi and Bai Yi, but they didn't share her surprise and excitement; it was as if they had expected this news long ago.

Yan Bing was startled, as if she understood something, "You...you guys..."

Meeting An Mi and Bai Yi's eyes, Yan Bing confirmed her guess but did not expose it. Hehe, she thought, An Mi is not a soft-hearted person, and Bai Yi is even less so. They would not really have any pity for someone who wants to kill An Mi. It seems that they had planned this all along.

Ha! That old fool thought there was hope last night! Little did he know, his fate had already been decided.

The An family members plotted to ambush and kill An Mi and seize her assets, but they didn't expect that they would be the ones to die in the end. An Mi wrote a letter and had it sent back to Rongjin City to Cheng Ying. Soon, news spread in Rongjin City that the An family patriarch, along with the eldest daughter and her mother, went to the gate, but they encountered bandits and all of them died at the hands of the bandits.

Rong Jincheng's people only lamented the deaths of the three men, but didn't feel much sympathy for them.

After the matter was settled, An Mi and her group continued their journey to the capital. Before leaving, Bai Yi probed Yan Bing's willingness to return to the capital. Yan Bing declined, but Bai Yi could tell from her eyes that she did want to return, but the knot in her heart from what happened back then had not yet been untied.

The one who tied the knot must untie it. If Yan Bing doesn't return to the capital now, someone will naturally be able to bring her back.

But what kind of expression will the owner of that sword have when he finds her?

Seven days later, the group arrived in the capital. The capital of the Great Jin Dynasty was many times more prosperous than Rongjin City. The streets were lined with shops, the commerce was booming, the cries of vendors were endless, and pedestrians were shoulder to shoulder, creating a lively scene.

"Isn't that the carriage of the Prince of Bohai?" People automatically made way for them on the street, their tone seemingly tinged with fear.

An Mi listened and glanced at Bai Yi, only to see him smiling faintly. An Mi thought to herself that she had always heard that the King of Bohai was eccentric, bloodthirsty and cruel, but in front of her, he appeared cunning and refined.

However, judging from the fearful voices outside, the King of Bohai is probably not the same person in the hearts of the people of the capital as the man in front of her!

"Mother, we're home. This capital city has everything, especially Uncle's mansion. They have everything you could want. Mother, just tell Uncle what you want, and he'll give you whatever you ask. Uncle loves you just like he loves Liu'er." Liu'er had been tired and often dozed off in the carriage along the way. Perhaps because they were in a familiar place, she became unusually excited when she heard that the capital city was just around the corner when they were on the outskirts of the capital.

Bai Yi's smile deepened, but An Mi's awkwardness also increased considerably.

"Liu'er, once we get to the capital, you can no longer call me Mother." An Mi stroked Liu'er's hair and said softly. Liu'er was just a little girl, and her words were innocent.

Liu'er's face immediately fell. "Why?"