The Flourishing Era of Female Merchants

His gaze swept over Madam Liu and Liu Zhan's expressions, only to find that their faces had become even more unpleasant.

She twitched the corner of her mouth, a thoughtful look in her eyes. Such a commotion should be enough to alert the constables waiting outside.

Did Yu Fangfei and her mother want to use her to hurt someone and then send her to prison?

Hmph, today, she'll show them what it means to lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot!

Meanwhile, chaos reigned in the hall. The constables, who had been waiting impatiently at the back door, were delighted to hear the commotion. The head constable spoke first, "Cheer up, something's happened. Come on, let's go in."

As soon as the group entered the hall, they shouted sternly, "What happened?"

The cries of pain, which were already quite loud amidst the chaos in the hall, became even more piercing after the constables arrived and the hall quieted down.

Following the sound, the constable saw Feng Xianglan lying on the ground, her head resting in Jin Qiaoyu's arms. He immediately gasped. The woman, groaning in pain, had two-thirds of the skin on her hands corroded, revealing the bright red flesh beneath, which was even oozing yellow fluid. Her hands trembled uncontrollably, perhaps due to the pain. Looking up, the constable saw the woman's face and was stunned again. Not only were her hands severely corroded, but even her left cheek near her ear was ruined.

Although not as serious as the one on her hand, this kind of injury is enough to affect a woman's entire life.

The constable couldn't help but shake his head, thinking to himself, "What a pity! Such a beautiful woman!"

"It's her! Catch her! It was An Xinhe who did it! She tried to kill my daughter! Hurry, catch her!" Jin Qiaoyu snapped out of her panic, tears streaming down her face. Her hand trembled as she pointed at An Xinhe, sternly accusing her of her crimes.

The constable was slightly taken aback. An Xinhe? This… He thought that it was the eldest daughter of the An family who had paid money for them to come here, so why would the person they wanted to arrest be An Xinhe?

"Jin Qiaoyu, stop talking nonsense! It was all an accident." Yu Fangfei reacted and quickly stepped forward to protect An Xinhe behind her. Although she hadn't figured out what had happened yet, the most important thing now was to suppress the matter.

The constable frowned. The An family had now climbed up to the Liu family, and today the Liu family was proposing marriage to An Xinhe, who was now practically a member of the Liu family. He could disregard the An family, but he didn't dare to disregard the Liu family.

For a moment, the head constable was at a loss. Suddenly seeing the prefectural magistrate, he felt as if he had found a savior and hurriedly knelt down to pay his respects, "Sir, you're here too, look at this..."

The head constable simply passed this hot potato to the prefectural governor.

The state government is also in a dilemma. Everyone saw what just happened. An Xinhe shouted that she wanted to kill Feng Xianglan. If it was intentional injury, it would be understandable. However, the An family... the Liu family... Although Feng Xianglan is a member of the An family, she is ultimately a burden. But An Xinhe is different.

"This..." The governor had already made up his mind. He couldn't afford to offend Rong Jincheng's richest man for the sake of Feng Xianglan and the so-called "seeing is believing".

But he had barely uttered a single word when he heard a surprised voice whisper in his ear, "Oh, isn't that the King of Bohai?"

Upon hearing those three words, the governor swallowed the words he was about to utter and quickly searched the room. Sure enough, he spotted the figure among the guests outside the door. Although the figure was wearing a cloak, he could not mistake the face that was vaguely visible. It was undoubtedly the King of Bohai.

What is the Prince of Bohai doing at An's residence? And why is he dressed so discreetly? Is he trying to avoid being recognized? But even if he doesn't want to be recognized, his presence cannot be ignored.

Suddenly, the governor felt a sharp gaze shoot out from under his cloak, and he involuntarily trembled, a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"Everyone here is a witness, and I have seen everything clearly. With witnesses and evidence, you must immediately arrest An Xinhe and await further instructions," the prefectural governor said sternly. Upon hearing this, many people's expressions changed slightly.

An Mi's lips curled up slightly without being noticed. In the chaos just now, she had already taken a position near the prefectural capital. Indeed, the voice that had just whispered that the King of Bohai was present was An Mi.

How could An Mi not understand what the governor was thinking?

Even with so many people watching, he could still try to confuse the issue or find some excuse to cover it up. How could An Mi let the state government ruin her plans?

Sure enough, this prefectural governor was somewhat afraid of Bai Yi. Now, she was actually glad that Bai Yi had come to watch this good show, which inadvertently reduced a lot of her troubles.

A glance at certain people brought a sense of joy to Anmi's heart.

Madam Liu and Liu Zhan frowned even more deeply. If An Xinhe didn't have the embroidery skills they had found, they wouldn't care what she did. But... they had just witnessed An Xinhe shouting that she wanted to kill Yu Fangfei, which led to all of this. Since that was the case, what should they do?

Are they just going to stand by and watch An Xinhe go to jail? What about what they're looking for...?

No, absolutely impossible!

"Your Excellency, this old woman feels there's something fishy about this matter. It was this maid who served the tea that was problematic, or perhaps she had ill intentions. Your Excellency, today is a joyous occasion for the Liu and An families. We cannot wrong innocent people so easily." Madam Liu spoke in a deep voice, the threat in her tone clear to anyone with common sense. She was telling the governor not to make an enemy of the Liu family.

The governor is well aware of this, but with the King of Bohai present, if he makes any inappropriate decisions, he might suffer even greater consequences.

"Ha! In that case, both of them should be taken away!"

Just as everyone was waiting to see how the prefect would react, a deep and clear voice came from outside the door. Everyone was stunned and looked in the direction from which the voice came. They were all surprised when they saw it.

The King of Bohai? Many people present had attended yesterday's embroidery appreciation event and immediately recognized this handsome, noble-looking man.

At this moment, Bai Yi had already removed his cloak and stepped into the hall.

"Bo...Bohai King, why...why are you here?" Madam Liu's lips twitched involuntarily. Thinking of Bai Yi's words just now, she exclaimed in her heart that things were in trouble. With the Bohai King here, things were likely to become even more complicated.

"What? Can't I come? You don't welcome me?" Bai Yi smiled faintly, the danger in his eyes showing no attempt to hide it.

Even Madam Liu was taken aback, but An Yuefeng spoke first, "No, how could that be? The presence of the Prince of Bohai is an honor to our humble abode."