The Flourishing Era of Female Merchants

How could this happen?

The noisy footsteps and voices behind her made An Xinlian suddenly realize that she should close the door so that the people outside could not see this scene. No matter what happened, she had to suppress the matter first. However, she was too late. When she turned around, she saw the governor and her father coming towards her.

An Xinlian felt a sense of foreboding. Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of the prefectural governor and the people behind him, she knew things had gone wrong. Now, even if they wanted to cover it up, they couldn't.

Upon seeing the scene before him, An Yuefeng's expression instantly changed, and he shouted sharply, "What's going on here?"

Isn't that woman on the bed Xinhe? And where is that man?

The fact that their bodies were exposed outside the blankets clearly showed what was going on. This shameless woman, having been divorced yesterday and already losing face for him, was now lying with a man like this. She was furious, and the veins on her forehead were throbbing with rage.

The others also began to whisper among themselves. Weren't they supposed to be capturing the Second Miss Anmi? How come they saw the Fifth Miss with a man...?

The commotion naturally woke the two people in bed. An Xinhe opened her eyes groggily and immediately remembered the passionate night before. Unaware that she was naked, she saw her mother and immediately sat up, saying happily, "Mother, my husband said that the letter of divorce was fake. He won't divorce Xinhe. Mother, last night... last night was our wedding night. We're husband and wife now. Are you happy for your daughter?"

Happy? How could Yu Fangfei be happy? Her face was deathly pale. She immediately rushed forward, pulled the blanket over An Xinhe's body, and whispered, "Xinhe, you... how could you..."

"Mother, are you unhappy? Last night... last night my husband treated Xinhe very well." As she spoke, a blush appeared on her face, and she turned to look at the man inside the bed, who was already awake and looked fearful. "Mother, my husband came here to take Xinhe back to the Liu residence."

Yu Fangfei and the others were stunned, and even An Mi raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Liu Zhan? An Xinhe was clearly looking at the man, and the man was clearly not Liu Zhan, so why was An Xinhe calling him "husband" repeatedly, as if the man was supposed to be her husband, without any sign of anything amiss?

"Xinhe, what's wrong? This...this man isn't Liu Zhan!" Yu Fangfei whispered, her unease growing stronger.

But An Xinhe smiled gently, "Mother, what are you joking about? Don't I know whether he is Liu Zhan or not? We are husband and wife, we have a wedding ceremony and we have consummated our marriage. I know him better than anyone. He is Liu Zhan, and that's all there is to him!"

The worry in Yu Fangfei's eyes even turned into fear. She realized that something was wrong with Xinhe. Without thinking, Yu Fangfei suddenly grabbed An Xinhe's shoulders and said, word by word, "Wake up! That's not Liu Zhan, not your husband!"

An Xinhe paused, seemingly startled by Yu Fangfei. With a sudden burst of strength, she pushed Yu Fangfei away and nestled into the man's arms on the bed. She clutched his arm pitifully, her eyes filled with wariness as she looked at Yu Fangfei. "Husband..."

Yu Fangfei staggered, nearly falling to the ground. She barely managed to regain her balance. Thinking about the situation before her, a complex mix of emotions—worry, anger, unease, and even fear—swirled within her. She glared fiercely at the man on the bed, and seeing his face, she trembled with rage. "You…you…"

Who else could it be but Fu Laoliu? What is he doing here? How dare he do such a thing to Xinhe…

An Mi glanced at An Xinhe and was now certain of her guess: she'd gone mad! An Xinhe had probably completely lost her mind, even to the point of mistaking someone else for Liu Zhan!

Ha! A hint of sarcasm rose in her heart. She glanced at Yu Fangfei, who was trembling with anger, and her brows furrowed slightly. She was looking forward to this good show even more!

Just as she was thinking this, she heard Fu Lao Liu's firm voice ring out from the bed, "It was her...it was her who seduced me!"

As they were talking, Fu Laoliu pushed An Xinhe away in disgust. An Xinhe's expression changed slightly as she looked at Fu Laoliu, but she frowned. "Husband, what's wrong with you? What seduction?"

Inside the room, not only Yu Fangfei, but also An Yuefeng and An Xinlian looked extremely grim.

The governor never expected that he would come here to follow the second young lady of the An family, only to see such a scene. An Xinhe kept calling a man her husband, convinced that the man was Liu Zhan, but every pair of eyes here was watching, and the man was not Liu Zhan at all.

Hearing the man's words, the prefectural magistrate's brows furrowed tightly. Recalling his confident promises to the King of Bohai, the prefectural magistrate could no longer contain himself. He looked at An Yuefeng, the head of the An family, and said with obvious displeasure, "Master An, tell me, what exactly is going on?"

An Yuefeng's heart skipped a beat; he had no idea what was going on.

He was completely unprepared to see this!

But the governor's hidden anger made him realize something was wrong. In his anxiety, he could only turn to look at the two people on the bed. Seeing the woman's still exposed body, his face flushed red and then turned ashen. Even prostitutes would feel ashamed to be naked in front of so many people, but Xinhe...

"You shameless wretch! Put your clothes on right now! How long are you going to embarrass yourself like this?" An Yuefeng shouted angrily. His face had once again been completely disgraced in front of the prefectural magistrate by this unfilial daughter.

Today, he only learned about An Mi's situation after the prefectural magistrate arrived. Seeing the positive attitude of Yu Fangfei and An Xinlian towards the matter, he understood that it must have been these two who reported the matter to the prefectural magistrate.

As for An Mi... since Yu Fangfei and Xinlian were so certain, he had no doubt about the accuracy of the matter. In addition, given the rumors that had already spread like wildfire, he was angry, but the experienced man quickly realized that he only had one choice: to push An Mi forward.

However, it was one thing for rumors to circulate that his concubine's daughter had committed adultery, but it was quite another for him to witness these outsiders making a fool of themselves. Now, he even had the urge to kill An Xinhe. This was the good daughter born to Yu Fangfei. It was one thing for her to be arrogant and domineering, but after being divorced, she still did such a shameless thing. If this got out, it would undoubtedly make things even worse for the An family.

An Xinhe only had eyes for the man beside her; she couldn't possibly listen to anything else.

Looking at the man in front of her, she continued to shamelessly lean against Fu Laoliu, thinking that her husband seemed to be angry. He was fine last night, so why was he angry now?