Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

In Chengxinfang, Shopkeeper Niu was calculating with an abacus behind the counter when the door of the pawnshop was suddenly kicked open by someone from outside.

"Is Manager Niu here?" A man rushed in arrogantly, followed by several government runners.

Shopkeeper Niu immediately stood up and came out from behind the tall counter with a smile on his face, "Hey, isn't this Mr. Yu? What happened..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard Yu Sicong pointing at him and saying to the yamen runners behind him, "Come, come, come, it's him. He made up rumors about my Yu family's affairs and also made up other things. Arrest him for me."

After hearing this, the two yamen runners stepped forward, bowed to Shopkeeper Niu, and then said, "Shopkeeper Niu, please forgive me. Today, some news suddenly came out that implied that the Yu Mansion was involved. After Mr. Yu investigated, he found that it came from Chengxinfang. Please come with us, Shopkeeper Niu."

"Ah?" Manager Niu was shocked. These news were not referring to the Yu Mansion at all, and did not even have anything to do with the Yu Mansion. Yu Sicong was not so aware of the fact that he was being blamed.

He was so scared that he quickly explained, "Sir, Lord Yu, there may be some misunderstanding. It was just a storybook and it didn't mean to allude to the Yu Mansion."

"I heard it. He admitted it. Take him away. If you want to explain, go to the lobby." Yu Sicong ignored his explanation and waved to the two yamen runners.

The two runners looked at each other and said, "Manager Niu, Lord Yu has even beaten the drum for hearing the news today. Please come with us, Manager Niu. The prefect is waiting."

Shopkeeper Niu immediately felt that something was wrong. Such a mistake had happened. He winked at the clerk beside him and asked them to seek help. He had no choice but to follow them to the lobby.

After receiving the signal from Manager Niu, the clerk did not dare to delay any longer and went with others to notify Li Junze and Wang Zhuo. No matter what, everyone who needed to be notified had to be notified.

The crowd who were enjoying the show and the storytellers, after hearing about this, many of them followed Yu Sicong, and a group of people walked towards the government office in a mighty manner.

Along the way, Yu Sicong never stopped talking, and kept shouting over and over again, saying that what Manager Niu said was referring to their Yu Mansion, but most of it was lies, and asked everyone not to believe it. Their Yu Mansion was a century-old family, so how could it be like what he said?

The people who were helping Manager Niu spread the news immediately shut their mouths and dared not say another word.

In the Bachelor's Mansion, Wang Zhuo was sitting in the hall sighing. He had lost this round completely. Not only did he lose his official position, but he also lost the housekeeper he had trained for decades, and Jiang Muxue was also gone.

At this time, his son, Wang Yucheng, who was then the fourth-rank official at the Imperial College, also heard about his father's resignation and could not wait to return home.

He is Yupin's brother, five years older than her, but he is a hopeless person. No matter how his father advises him, he still can't figure out the way to handle official affairs.

Therefore, Wang Zhuo excluded Wang Yucheng from many of his tasks, fearing that Wang Yucheng would do more harm than good and mess things up again.

"Father, what happened? Why do you suddenly want to resign?" Wang Yucheng asked as soon as he entered the door.

Wang Zhuo frowned, "Why are you yelling so much? Can you please let me worry less and close the door before talking?"

Wang Yucheng then turned around and quickly closed the door of the hall, only to find that there was not a single maid or servant in the hall, only his father was there.

"Father, what happened? Is there a problem with Ze'er?" Wang Yucheng was really anxious, but his father just sat there with a gloomy face and didn't say anything.

"Oh, no, this time, it was because I was not thoughtful enough and something went wrong." Wang Zhuo finally spoke, but reluctantly admitted his negligence.

"Something went wrong? What? Was it something that happened at the Queen Mother's birthday party? Was it the incident where Sun Wanqing hit her head against the pillar?" Wang Yucheng was a little bit unbelievable. He asked doubtfully.

"But this matter is of no benefit to us. If Sun Wanqing disagrees with the marriage with Ze'er, it will also be bad for Ze'er's reputation, right?"

Wang Zhuo was really having a headache. Given his son's IQ, he could figure it out with his toes. Something must have gone wrong for this to happen.

But his son was completely unaware.

"Well, I have worked hard for my father all my life, and I have only been able to bring you to your current position. You will have to work hard on your own in the future."

He held his aching forehead and didn't want to say more. He didn't know where his eight hundred tricks had gone. He didn't see how smart Yu'er in the palace was. This Cheng'er, ah...

Fortunately, he still has Ze'er, and he tried his best to plan just to help Ze'er achieve his wish.

"How can you say that, father? I got this position entirely through my own efforts. How can you say that it was you who gave it to me?" Wang Yucheng disagreed and continued to refute his father straightforwardly.

"Get out, get out, and don't let me see you again within three days." Wang Zhuo was furious and yelled directly at his son.

If those people hadn't been doing this for their own sake, it would have been a blessing for his son to be able to get a seventh-rank official position just because of his son's offensive mouth. But he still hasn't realized it.

At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the door, "Master, someone from Chengxinfang is here to deliver a message."

Wang Zhuo frowned again and said, "Come in."

"Bachelor, please save Shopkeeper Niu. He was taken away by the officials. They said that he was sued by Lord Yu Sicong." As soon as the clerk came in, he knelt down in front of Wang Zhuo and said with a terrified look on his face.

"What? Did the officer tell us why?" Wang Zhuo was not too anxious. Even if he was taken to the government office, it would not be a big deal.

"They said that they were spreading rumors and making sarcastic comments about things happening in Lord Yu Sicong's mansion. Lord Yu then beat the drum to report the incident and demanded that the person who spread the rumors be severely punished."

"Spreading rumors?" Wang Zhuo was puzzled. Manager Niu was not a talkative person, so why was he arrested for something like this?

"What is it? Please tell me carefully."

"Yes, yes, last night, His Royal Highness Prince An went to Chengxinfang in the middle of the night and asked Manager Niu to help spread some news. Who would have known that Lord Yu thought it was about his own affairs..."

"What?" Wang Zhuo listened to the clerk's halfway words and found out that this matter was arranged by Li Junze. He felt a pain in his heart and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Didn't I specifically send someone to tell him to keep calm? How could he make such a big fuss without informing me in advance?

"Oh, father," Wang Yucheng was so frightened when he saw his father vomiting blood that he held up Wang Zhuo, who was about to faint, and shouted to the outside of the door, "Quickly call the imperial physician, quickly..."

Wang Zhuo took only two breaths, then grabbed Wang Yucheng's arm, "Quick, Cheng'er, take me to Prince An's Mansion, I want to see Ze'er."