The mistress is reborn, no one who bullies me can escape

After a while, two guards came up with a man. His face was as pale as paper, his hair was messy like grass, and he looked terrified.

As soon as he saw Zhao Yuhao, he rushed over and said, "Sir... Sir, I am innocent!"

"Bai Er, stop crying out that you're innocent. If you don't behave yourself, you'll be in trouble!" Zhao Yuhao shouted, and Bai Er became a little more obedient.

"Hmph, do you think you can prove something by just finding an irrelevant person?" Wang didn't notice anything unusual. She just thought that Zhao Yuhao had grabbed someone from somewhere to scare her.

Zhao Yuhao said, "Aunt, you don't know that Bai Er is the loan shark in Shenghua Lane. The court has been cracking down on this kind of behavior recently, and I am the person in charge of this special operation."

Wang chuckled and said, "He is a loan shark, so just arrest him. What does this have to do with my sister?"

"Aunt, so do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?" Zhao Yuhao's eyes darkened. "Bai Er is just a commoner. How can he afford to lend money?"

Wang had guessed something when she heard him say that, and sweat began to form on her forehead, but she still tried to remain calm and said, "Then whose money did he use to lend money? What does it have to do with me?"

"Of course it's related!" Zhao Yuhao raised his voice, "Because part of Bai Er's money was lent out with Wang Zhou's money."

Wang felt a chill down her spine, but she still refused to believe it. "Nonsense! How could my sister do such a foolish thing? You must be framing her here. You are simply making up stories!"

"Aunt, this is the account of Bai Er's money. It records who paid the money. It is clearly remembered." Zhao Yuhao had a book in his hand and threw it in front of Wang. "Now that there are witnesses and evidence, do you still want to deny it?"

"I..." Wang felt like she was struck by lightning. Her body shook and she almost fainted. She never dreamed that her sister would do such a foolish thing.

Now that the evidence is irrefutable, she has no room for excuses.

"Mother, this loan sharking is a big deal. You should ask your aunt to come out. If the emperor blames us, our Zhao family will be doomed." Xue Jinhua knew Wang's hesitation and advised her earnestly, "Mother, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about my second brother's future."

Wang was naturally well aware of the fact that Zhao Yuhang had passed the examination for a scholar, and she also knew that Zhao Yuhang was now diligent and studious, and was already preparing for the examination for a scholar.

Although he himself lacks confidence, if he has the help of the Jiang family, he may really have a bright future.

The Zhao family may really have a chance to revive itself.

No matter how important Old Lady Zhou was, she was still her own sister. At this moment, the balance in her heart began to tilt.

Wang turned to look at her maid and ordered, "Go, quickly invite the old lady back."

Seeing Wang's reaction, Zhao Yuhao secretly felt lucky that she did not completely lose her mind.

Although he is now an official, when facing the Zhao family, he still thinks of their old friendship and cannot take extreme measures.

So, Zhao Yuhao cast a grateful look towards Xue Jinhua. However, Xue Jinhua did not look at him, but turned her eyes away, as if she had no intention of paying attention to him. This made Zhao Yuhao feel a little disappointed.

Just as he was about to speak, a burst of crying came from not far away. Old Mrs. Zhou rushed out, threw herself in front of Zhao Yuhao and cried, "My Lord! I am innocent! The money-releasing incident really has nothing to do with me. Please be discerning and clear my name!"

Old Mrs. Zhou cried and complained, crying her heart out, as if she was the biggest victim.

Wang was so surprised at what was happening in front of her that she couldn't close her mouth. She couldn't help but feel a little confused: Could it be that her sister was really wronged?

However, Xue Jinhua seemed unusually calm and composed, with a faint smile on her face as she said, "Aunt, please don't be so excited. Let's talk slowly and make things clear. It's written clearly in black and white on the paper, and you can't prove your innocence just by crying."

Zhao Yuhao, who was standing by, suddenly came to his senses and secretly thanked himself for waking up in time, otherwise he would have been fooled by the old lady Zhou's self-torture. He couldn't help but feel a little scared, how could he be distracted so easily!

He calmed himself down, stared fiercely at Old Madam Zhou on the ground, and said sternly, "Ms. Zhou Wang, stop quibbling here. I have irrefutable evidence now, so how can I allow you to deny it?"

Mrs. Zhou thought that her self-torture plan was about to succeed, but she was awakened by Xue Jinhua's words at the critical moment, causing her plan to fail.

She was so angry that her face turned blue. She glared at Xue Jinhua fiercely, her eyes full of resentment and anger, as if blaming her for meddling in other people's business.

"It's unfair, sir. Although I was involved in lending the money, the money did not belong to me!"

"If it's not yours, then whose is it?"

Mrs. Zhou burst into tears and said, "Of course it was Xue Jinhua who painted it for me."

Zhao Yuhao frowned, and Wang opened her mouth in astonishment. However, the person involved was not in a hurry. If you look closely, you can find that the corners of her mouth are slightly raised, as if she is smiling.

"How dare you!" Zhao Yuhao came back to his senses and shouted angrily, "Zhou Wangshi, do you know what you are talking about? If this is a deliberate frame-up, it would be an even greater crime!"

Old Madam Zhou wiped away her tears, her face full of contempt, "Sir, everything I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can ask my sister if it was Xue Jinhua who gave us the ten thousand taels of silver."

Zhao Yuhao looked at Wang, "Aunt, is this true?"

Lest she not understand, he reminded her, “This matter concerns the reputation of the Zhao family, so I hope you will be careful with your words.”

Wang acted as if she didn't hear anything. She only wanted to seize this opportunity to bring down Xue Jinhua, so how could she care about anything else?

"This silver was indeed given by Xue Jinhua." Wang's voice was sonorous and powerful.

"Nonsense! Madam, my young lady is your daughter-in-law, how can you lie like that with your eyes open?" Sakura stood aside anxiously, and seeing that her young lady was still calm and composed, she was extremely worried.

If the old lady admitted all this, and if she blamed it on her own young lady, wouldn’t that be a huge injustice?

"My young lady did give you 10,000 taels of silver, but she didn't know that you would use the money to lend money at high interest rates! How can you blame my young lady for this? It's obviously you who are extremely greedy and want to do those things that hurt others..."

"Shut up!" Before Yinghua could finish her words, she was rudely interrupted by Old Madam Zhou: "When is it your turn, a lowly girl, to interrupt our master's conversation?"

Sakura pursed her lips tightly, her eyes full of unwillingness, but Old Lady Zhou acted as if the worst that could happen is that everyone would perish together.

"My Lord, even though this girl's words were unpleasant, she was implicitly admitting that the silver was painted by Xue Jin, wasn't she? No matter what, this matter concerns the reputation of the Zhao family, and it won't do you any good... Why don't you just forget about it?" Old Mrs. Zhou advised earnestly, as if she were really a grandmother who loved her grandson.

"Yes! Xue Jinhua did give me 12,000 taels of silver to let me do this business." Wang also echoed with a smug smile on her face, as if she felt that she could put Xue Jinhua to death in this way.

Old Madam Zhou curled her lips. This silly sister of hers was indeed cute in her silly way. Now that her sister said this, let's see how Xue Jinhua would argue.

"Yuhao, although you are an official now, you are still a member of the Zhao family. We know we were wrong this time. Please give us a chance and we will definitely make amends." Wang said, "You can't be an official now that you have done something wrong and you will kill all of our Zhao family members, right?"

Xue Jinhua looked coldly at the people in front of her who were pretending to be righteous, as if they were clowns, but she did not say a word. She just quietly watched their ugly appearance.

Zhao Yuhao's face flushed. Old Lady Zhou thought he was shy and began to exaggerate, "I know you've only been in office for a short time, but this kind of thing... you get used to it over time."

Are you getting used to it?

When everyone was still confused, a few silver bills appeared in Old Lady Zhou's hand and were stuffed directly into Zhao Yuhao's hand like magic.

Sakura was stunned. Was this old lady trying to bribe openly?

Xue Jinhua's eyes twitched, and she just watched her quietly as she sought her own death, and an indescribable pleasure welled up in her heart.

That feeling is like... your enemy can't wait to run into the edge of the knife before you even make a move. You are simply overestimating your own abilities!