The Flourishing Era of Female Merchants

An Xinhe was truly frightened by him. She hurriedly took the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, looked at it carefully, but didn't know how to answer.

She didn't embroider that. How could she have embroidered it?

But what kind of answer did Liu Zhan want to hear? An Xinhe couldn't figure it out. How should she answer to satisfy Liu Zhan?

"Speak quickly!" Liu Zhan roared, veins bulging on his forehead.

"No, no, I didn't embroider it." An Xinhe blurted out in a panic, the answer slipping out. Only after she said it did she realize what her answer was. Perhaps she knew that she couldn't deceive Liu Zhan, or rather, she dared not deceive him. If she lied, Liu Zhan would definitely find out, wouldn't he?

An Xinhe carefully observed Liu Zhan's reaction, hoping that her answer might inadvertently satisfy him.

When An Xinhe saw the sharp, cold look on Liu Zhan's face, her heart skipped a beat. She knew something was wrong! This wasn't the answer Liu Zhan wanted!

Liu Zhan remained silent, glanced at the embroidery in front of An Xinhe, and then looked at An Xinhe with an exceptionally sinister gaze. Many things had become completely clear in his mind.

"You lied to me!" Liu Zhan gritted his teeth, his clenched fists cracking as if he wanted to crush An Xinhe.

"No, my husband, Xinhe didn't lie to you, how could Xinhe lie to you?" An Xinhe hurriedly explained, not knowing why Liu Zhan was angry, she simply thought that Liu Zhan was referring to her answer just now.

Liu Zhanli narrowed his eyes. How did An Xinhe manage to do that? There were so many people watching the embroidery event that day. How could she pull off such a trick right under everyone's noses? Liu Zhanli couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he racked his brains.

Husband? Hmph! Liu Zhan could marry An Xinhe for the sake of that lost embroidery technique, but An Xinhe is not the person he has been searching for!

He sacrificed his marriage, only to discover the truth was quite different! How ironic!

Husband...

Liu Zhan's chest heaved violently. Seeing the commotion, Madam Liu couldn't contain herself any longer. She stepped forward, tugged at Liu Zhan's sleeve, and whispered, "Zhan'er, what's going on?"

Liu Zhan glanced at Madam Liu, then at his father's gloomy face, and his heart skipped a beat. Suddenly realizing something, he didn't immediately answer Madam Liu's question, but urgently instructed the shopkeeper, "Where is she? Tell me quickly, where is she?"

The urgency in Liu Zhan's eyes was unusually intense. The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment. "Replying to the young master, I saw him come to collect the money with the voucher. Remembering the young master's instructions, I made an excuse to come out. The money has not yet been paid to her, so she will definitely not leave. This servant... this servant instructed the shop assistants to do their best to keep that girl here."

Liu Zhan's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly said, "Quickly, go back to Liu's Embroidery Shop right now. No matter what method you have to use, you must keep that girl here, do you hear me?"

"I...I heard it," the shopkeeper replied, not daring to delay for a moment, and hurriedly retreated.

An Mi saw everything, her eyes shimmering with a subtle light. Liu Zhan finally realized that he had chosen the wrong person and married the wrong person. What was he supposed to do now? Find the right person and marry that person?

Ah! But how could everything go as Liu Zhan wished?

In the banquet hall, the searching in everyone's eyes grew even stronger. Liu Xuan, who had been silent for a long time, was extremely shrewd, and even so, he had already guessed what was going on.

How could An Xinhe be the inheritor of that lost embroidery technique?

The Liu family cannot tolerate the existence of useless people!

With a sharp look in his eyes, Liu Xuan said in a deep voice, "Liu Zhan, you'd better explain yourself clearly today!"

Liu Zhan's heart trembled. How could he not know what his father meant? He was telling him to explain things clearly, which meant that he had to resolve this matter properly!

Liu Zhan pondered, how to resolve this matter? He naturally wanted to resolve it! And the method...

His gaze fell upon An Xinhe, his anger surging within him. After a moment's hesitation, he finally declared loudly, "Someone, prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!"

The resolute voice startled everyone present. Preparing writing materials? What was this young master of the Liu family up to?

An Yuefeng, Yu Fangfei, and the others had already changed their expressions.

Before long, a servant brought over writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, which a servant personally carried and presented to Liu Zhan.

"Heh! Does Young Master Liu intend to divorce his wife?" A voice, neither too loud nor too soft, rang out. It was Bai Yi who spoke, his usual smile now tinged with sarcasm. His words reached the ears of many, including An Yuefeng and Yu Fangfei.

Divorce my wife? This...how can I do this?

"No, you can't divorce her. Xinhe only married into your Liu family today. She hasn't done anything wrong. Why should we divorce her?" Upon hearing "divorce her," Yu Fangfei finally couldn't hold back any longer.

An Xinhe was also terrified by the words "divorce," her face turning pale. Looking at Liu Zhan's gloomy face, she forced a smile, "Husband, you don't want to divorce me, do you? Today is our wedding day, Xinhe didn't do anything, we still have our wedding night... Yes, our wedding night, husband, you won't divorce Xinhe, will you?"

Liu Zhan smiled coldly, ignoring An Xinhe, and picked up his pen, quickly scribbling on the paper.

An Xinhe stared at the paper. It wasn't far away, just enough for her to see what he was writing. When she saw the words "letter of divorce" gradually taking shape on the white paper, she felt a jolt in her head and was completely stunned.

Liu Zhan... Is Liu Zhan really going to divorce her?

No, how can this be?!

They just got married today, and haven't even had a chance to consummate their marriage yet!

No, it can't!

An Xinhe had always known how a divorced woman would be viewed with strange looks in the Great Jin Dynasty. She knew that being divorced like this meant she would never be able to hold her head high again. That was not what she wanted.

An Xinhe is the young mistress of Rongjincheng's richest man. Countless women in Rongjincheng would envy her good fortune. But... if that envy turned into contempt... into disdain, into the spittle of the crowd... An Xinhe could hardly continue thinking about it.

With a firmer resolve in his heart, he disregarded everything, pushed aside the maid beside him, and before anyone could react, quickly grabbed the paper Liu Zhan was writing on and tore it to shreds.

"You crazy woman!" Liu Zhan shouted angrily, his eyes filled with even more rage. He even pushed An Xinhe away without any pity.

The sudden force caused An Xinhe to stagger and fall hard to the ground, wincing in pain.

“Xinhe…” Yu Fangfei stepped forward with concern, “How could you treat her like this!”

An Xinhe shook her head, murmuring repeatedly, "You can't divorce me, my husband. I beg you, you can treat Xinhe any way you want, just don't divorce Xinhe, okay?"