"No, no! Ah! What are you guys doing? Let go, I want to see my daddy, let go, you bastards! Let go..."
Su Yue’er was in panic and struggled desperately.
But she was forcefully carried by a group of minor officials, dragged out of the cell. So of them took advantage of the situation to touch her, not releasing their hands until the doorway. They then threw her out of the prison gate with a thud.
"Ouch, you..."
Su Yue’er tried to get up, but unexpectedly, a maidservant who was also thrown out landed directly on her!
She felt as if her internal organs had been dislocated by the impact, turning her face pale with pain and sweat pouring down her forehead. Tears welled up in her eyes!
Then a throbbing pain ca from her knees, making her feel even more unbearable. She couldn’t help but let the tears fall.
Those minor officials stood proudly there, pointing and whispering at her.
"Pah! What a thing. Ha-ha! Go ho and think about what you should do or say, don’t think you’re still the young lady of the past."
"Yes, there’s a saying that ’good tis don’t last’. Little girl, bow your head when it’s ti to bow, understand?"
"Don’t think you’re pretty. The won we’ve played with are much more beautiful than you. You’re just a toad that hasn’t seen the sky."
"Alright, alright, brothers, let’s go! If she’s still so ignorant, don’t bla others if she ends up dead next ti..."
The n finally strided away, arm in arm.
Their mocking words went into Su Yue’er’s ears, making her feel ashad, angry, annoyed, and hateful. Her fingernails dug into the soil, the delicate jade-like fingers covered with nail color stained with mud, forming a strong contrast with her white fingers.
"Young lady, boo hoo...young lady, are you alright?"
The maidservant cried with her face all blotched, scrambling to her feet and hurriedly turning around to help her.
"Don’t touch !"
Su Yue’er pushed her away. Her hands slowly clenched into fists, allowing the soil to seep through the gaps of her white fingers, staining them with filth.
She slowly crawled up from the ground, limping out of the cell.
The little maidservant quickly followed.
Just after turning the corner, they saw Wu Zuo anxiously pacing by the roadside ahead.
Seeing the two of them, his eyes brightened and he moved forward. Unable to hold back his anxiety, he quickly asked, "Young lady, how did things go? Did you see the official? What did he say..."
Su Yue’er’s eyes turned red in an instant, finally encountering soone who truly cared for her and her father! But her heart felt more and more bitter, yet she stubbornly pouted and turned her head away, refusing to say a word.
The little maidservant couldn’t stand it anymore!
"Wu Zuo, don’t say anymore. Those narrow-minded prison guards didn’t let us in at all! They..."
Wu Zuo glanced at the two of them, a knowing look flitting across his eyes.
Of course, it would be strange if Su Yue’er, with her temperant as the young lady, did not receive so tripping up at the prison gate!
"I see! Young lady, don’t worry, let go and scout the situation first, head over to Lord Jun’s place to inquire. Afterwards we can think of a plan."
These words resonated deeply with Su Yue’er.
She realized now was not the ti to sulk, quickly reining in her temper and nodded in agreent.
"That’s a good idea, thank you, Uncle Wu Zuo. Uncle Wu Zuo, you go ahead to scout, I will go back and gather so money first. Everybody is demanding us like a rampant lion. At this point, the only solution is to prepare more money to smooth things over."
"Good! Well said, young lady! You’ve grown up!"
Wu Zuo sighed in relief, glad that his young lady had finally co to her senses. He spoke aningfully, "We should visit the prison now, but we have to make sure everything is perfect before we do. You should return ho first and wait for my good news." Then he quickly took his leave.
Su Yue’er was left behind with a gloomy expression.
"Young lady, we..."
Before the maidservant could continue, Su Yue’er cut her off.
"Let’s go, we can talk about it when we get back!"
She didn’t want to hear any more. With great effort, she hobbled back to the governnt back office.
But as soon as she stepped foot in the back office, she was dumbfounded. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing. It was like a nightmare!
Two closure orders were posted on the grand doors of the Su Family’s back office. The giant character for "Seal" seed to be mocking Su Yue’er’s predicant.
Two rows of governnt employees stood on either side, not allowing anyone to approach.
Another maidservant, clutching a bundle, was standing in front of the door. As soon as she saw Su Yue’er, she ran over crying hysterically.
"Young lady, woo woo..."
"What, what is going on? What really happened? Ah!"
Su Yue’er’s whole body was trembling, and it took her a while to stutter out a question.
The maidservant was too busy crying to respond.
"Miss, it was Lord Jun’s decision. To search for evidence, he temporarily sealed off the compound. We...can’t get in!"
County Magistrate Jun unexpectedly, under the pretext of assisting in Magistrate Cao’s investigation, directly sealed off Su Sikong’s ho in the county office, not even sparing their residence in the County Town.
All of Su Sikong’s hard-earned wealth had been seized! Although it wasn’t officially a confiscation, if Su Sikong couldn’t clear his na, the result would be obvious. All their wealth would probably be confiscated.
As everything was about to be lost, Su Yue’er’s eyes were bloodshot with fury!
The three of them were even expelled from the county office without any belongings, not even a spoon, let alone any money.
Abandoned in front of the county office, they had nowhere to go.
Their hearts were bleeding continuously!
Su Yue’er was experiencing a level of defeat she had never felt before, as if the world had turned gray.
She had no choice but to seek help from her uncles and relatives.
But each door closed in her face, and in just a few hours, Su Yue’er felt like she had endured a lifeti’s worth of hardship. She felt more alone than ever, as if the world was collapsing around her!
Those who used to flatter and suck up to her changed their tune. They either pretended not to know her or mocked her, showing her the cold, hard truth of the world.
Could you believe that she, Su Yue’er, who was always treasured by her father, had to endure such humiliation?
Su Yue’er gritted her teeth, vowing that one day she would make them pay ten-fold, a hundred-fold!
As night fell, the three holess people had been wandering all day and had not yet found a place to stay that night. They were really tired, hungry, and thirsty, and could no longer walk. They slumped in a corner of the street.
"Miss, what, what should we do? Woo woo..."
The two maidservants huddled together, shivering non-stop and sobbing incessantly.
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