The Flourishing Era of Female Merchants

Even though Master Yu was unwilling to accept the reality before him, he had no choice but to continue sitting on the bed. Ignoring his still unhealed wounds, he pushed away the servant who was supporting him, quickly stepped off the bed, and knelt heavily on the ground. "Your Highness, I was unaware of your arrival and failed to greet you properly. Please forgive me!"

Master Yu dared not mention An Mi's matter. Although he vaguely knew that the appearance of the King of Bohai here must be related to An Mi's matter, at this time, he could pretend to be stupid as much as possible. But how long could he pretend to be stupid?

Master Yu tried his best to think of a solution, but suddenly he felt the King of Bohai's gaze become even more piercing, as if he had been stabbed with a knife, and cold sweat immediately broke out on his body.

"You didn't know I was here? What a fine way of saying you didn't know I was here! Didn't you already send someone to pick you up?" Bai Yi suddenly raised his voice, and as he spoke, he was already in front of Master Yu, kicking him in the chest without any hesitation.

With a soft thud, the unexpected kick caused Master Yu to cough up a mouthful of blood. He was filled with rage. He was, after all, an official in the court and the head of the Yu family. Normally, everyone treated him with utmost respect and flattery. Even the Emperor would give him some face. However, despite his resentment at the kick from the Prince of Bohai, he dared not show it.

Ling'er is still in the hands of the King of Bohai. Judging from the current situation, An Mi's plans have obviously been ruined. In the present situation, he is completely controlled by the King of Bohai. Even if the King of Bohai were to torture him with a knife, he would have no choice but to endure it. Let alone the kick he just received.

"Your Highness, there must be some misunderstanding. I only wish to invite Miss Anmi to my residence for a chat, and I have no intention of harming her whatsoever." Master Yu felt as if he could suffocate at any moment under the overbearing aura of the Prince of Bohai.

Bai Yi scoffed lightly, "Misunderstanding? Master Yu's method of inviting people to his residence for a chat is indeed quite unique. However, let me tell you, none of the people you sent to invite An Mi have been able to return to report to you, except for one who guided us."

Master Yu's face turned pale. How could he not understand Bai Yi's meaning?

Those were people he had secretly trained, but they all died in Bai Yi's hands?

The resentment in his heart continued to spread, but what could he do? He could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger.

The most important thing now is to figure out how to appease the King of Bohai's anger!

"Your Highness, those people must have disobeyed my orders, and they deserved to die!" At this point, Master Yu could only try his best to shift the blame onto the dead.

But how could Bai Yi believe his words? He chuckled and said, "Heh, he certainly deserved to die. But what about the one who didn't die?"

Master Yu's heart skipped a beat. Bai Yi shouted sternly, "Bring the person in!"

As Bai Yi finished speaking, the man in black who had just kidnapped An Mi was pushed in from outside the door. Besides him, An Mi and Sima Yan also entered at the same time.

Master Yu, Sima Yan, was stunned for a moment. Although he had countless questions in his mind, he had no energy to investigate them at this moment. Seeing An Mi completely unharmed and with a slight mocking smile on her lips, he felt a strange sense of frustration stuck in his heart, neither able to calm down nor let go.

"Master, I am incompetent..." The man in black looked flustered, and the blood on his neck was shocking. He seemed to have experienced something again, and there was even fear in his eyes.

Master Yu's face darkened, and he quickly interrupted, "Shut up! What trouble have you caused for me without my permission?"

“Master…” The man in black did not expect Master Yu to react this way, but he quickly realized that the master was going to completely push all the responsibility onto him.

"You bastard! My Yu family has treated you and your family well. How dare you disobey orders? What are you up to?" Master Yu didn't give the man in black any chance to speak. At this moment, the only thing he could do was to shirk responsibility. He even wished that the man in black was dead, so that there would be no evidence against him!

However, in Bai Yi and An Mi's eyes, his attempt to shirk responsibility was nothing short of a ridiculous clown's act. Even Sima Yan, watching from the side, thought that Master Yu was incredibly foolish.

The King of Bohai had already determined that Master Yu was guilty, so how could he allow him to make excuses?

An Mi's lips curled into a more sarcastic smile as she deliberately exposed Master Yu's tricks, "I never thought that the tricks of the dignified Master Yu were limited to nothing more than using his family as a threat!"

When has Master Yu ever been ridiculed like this by a mere young woman?

Caught red-handed, he was furious and embarrassed, but he had to suppress it as much as possible. Instead, he gave An Mi a fawning smile and said, "Miss An Mi, you can do whatever you want with this scoundrel!"

An Mi raised an eyebrow, her beautiful face radiant. "So, you're free to do whatever you want with me?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Master Yu said "yes" three times in a row. Perhaps as long as An Mi vented her anger, things would be easier with the King of Bohai. However, when An Mi said the next sentence, all his expectations vanished.

An Mi sighed regretfully, "Unfortunately, I have no interest in how to deal with him. There's a saying that goes, 'Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor.' He's just a scapegoat. If Master Yu were in my position, I doubt he would have any interest in him either!"

Master Yu's heart skipped a beat. What did Anmi mean?

Does she mean she's going to hold him accountable?

"She's just a little girl from a small town," Master Yu took a deep breath. "This old man doesn't understand what Miss Anmi means."

Anmi chuckled softly. Still playing dumb? Or do you really think everyone's a fool?

"Don't you understand what she means? There's no need to understand, I understand!" Bai Yi said loudly, and the atmosphere in the room immediately became much more oppressive as soon as he spoke.

Upon hearing his words, Master Yu felt a sudden surge of unease. He looked up and met the deep, dark eyes of the King of Bohai, which seemed to draw people in. A chill ran from his feet to his head.

Just then, Yifei came in from outside the door and whispered something in Bai Yi's ear. Immediately, a meaningful smile appeared on Bai Yi's lips, and his deep gaze fell on Master Yu, making him shiver.

"Bring them in," Bai Yi said calmly.

Yifei accepted the order and left. Master Yu's throat tightened suddenly. Bring someone in? Who? He wasn't stupid; he could almost guess who it was.

He didn't want to believe it, but when Yifei pushed a woman in, even if Master Yu didn't want to believe it, he had no choice but to believe it.

"Father..." The person brought in by Yifei was none other than Yu Ling'er. However, after staying at the Bohai Prince's Mansion for a few days, Yu Ling'er was no longer the exquisitely dressed young lady she usually appeared in front of everyone. Not to mention her dirty and messy clothes, her disheveled hair alone made this once glamorous young lady look extremely disheveled.