Xu Jin'an didn't expect that this person wouldn't even recognize her.

She immediately felt a surge of anger. If it weren't for her, how could her father have ended up in such a miserable state?

And now, she didn't even know who she was?

Xu Jin'an raised her head, only then noticing that there was a striking and imposing man standing next to Li Zhiwei.

Seeing the man's extraordinary aura, Xu Jin'an rolled her eyes in thought, guessing in her heart: Could this man be Li Zhiwei's sweetheart?

This man seemed to come from a good background. If she could catch the eye of this noble gentleman, perhaps she wouldn't need to beg a lowly person like Li Zhiwei anymore.

She had heard it all. Li Zhiwei was nothing but a merchant's daughter. Even though her father currently held some official title, it was merely an elevation by the Emperor. How many people in the capital actually took her father seriously?

The crowd of onlookers grew larger, everyone watching curiously to see what these people were doing.

"Miss Li, what did my father do wrong? Why did you have him dismissed from the Court of the Imperial Stud? Your Li family doesn't lack money, but you must know that it is already hard enough for our family to survive in the capital. Now that my father has lost his official position, how is our whole family supposed to live?" Xu Jin'an cried and complained to Li Zhiwei using her most delicate and pitiful voice.

Li Zhiwei, who had been completely bewildered at first, finally understood. The person in front of her was Xu Xiangren's daughter.

However, she looked quite different from when she had barged into her home back then.

Li Zhiwei sized her up carefully.

Then she smiled and said, "Miss Xu, you can't blame me for this. When you and your mother plotted against my father, didn't you ever think that you would face this day?"

Li Zhiwei thought about what would have happened if she and her mother hadn't returned in time that day. Would her father have gritted his teeth and married this woman?

Her mother was already in poor health; wouldn't she have been angered to death?

That Madam Niu was clearly not an easy person to deal with. And this Xu Jin'an, who was actually willing to become her father's concubine just to enter the Li family, was certainly no good character either.

"I don't know what Miss Li is talking about. Besides, isn't Lord Li perfectly fine now? But my father lost his official position because of this!" Xu Jin'an said with dissatisfaction.

"So, we deserve to be schemed against by you?" Li Zhiwei asked, looking at Xu Jin'an with sarcasm.

"Oh my, which family's Miss Li is this? Why is she being so aggressive?"

"Exactly, this young girl looks so pitiful. I heard her father was from the Court of the Imperial Stud, and now he's been dismissed."

The passersby began to speak up in defense of Xu Jin'an.

After all, what they saw right now was the incredibly frail and weak Xu Jin'an.

And the unyielding Li Zhiwei.

However, some people recognized Xu Heming standing beside Li Zhiwei. Although they had their thoughts, they didn't dare to say much.

Xu Jin'an lowered her head, the corners of her mouth twitching into a slight smirk.

"If she inexplicably barged into your home and wanted to become a concubine to your husband or father, would you all still think she is innocent?" Li Zhiwei looked sarcastically at the ignorant crowd, mercilessly ripping away the fig leaf covering Xu Jin'an's face.

The crowd, who had been sympathizing with Xu Jin'an, instantly darkened their faces.

They originally thought this was a case of an arrogant girl bullying someone, but they didn't expect that it was actually because this other girl had been shameless first.

"You did something shameless yourself, dragging your father down to be dismissed, and yet you still have the nerve to blame this young lady. I knew it, you look like a deeply scheming girl at first glance."

"Young lady, I'm sorry, I was misled by her just now. This kind of shameless person should get the hell out of the capital."

"Yes, get out of the capital!"

The crowd spoke with righteous indignation.

Xu Jin'an didn't expect that her joy would last only a moment before these people turned to verbally abuse her, all because of a few words from Li Zhiwei.

"It's not like that! It was clearly your father who tried to assault me!" Xu Jin'an's eyes turned red, not expecting the crowd's malice to be so great.

"Miss Xu, falsely accusing a court official is a crime punishable by torture! Are you prepared for that?" Li Zhiwei looked at Xu Jin'an and asked coldly.

Terrified, Xu Jin'an stumbled backward repeatedly. Seeing Xu Heming nearby, she didn't even think before grabbing the hem of his robe and crying, "Please, my lord, save me! Save my father!"

Xu Heming frowned. Just because he hadn't spoken didn't mean he agreed with this woman's words.

"Where did this crazy woman come from? Let go of my father right now!" Xu Qingshi rushed out without a second thought, trying to pull Xu Jin'an away.

"Let go!" Xu Heming scolded with a look of utter disgust.

Xu Jin'an, who had held a sliver of hope for Xu Heming, was instantly frozen and shivering by his oppressive aura.

Frightened, she quickly released the hem of his robe.

"The order to dismiss your father was given by this Prince! Go back and tell your father to return to wherever he came from!" After saying this, Xu Heming took Li Zhiwei's hand and walked straight past Xu Jin'an.

At this moment, Xu Jin'an slumped to the ground in despair, muttering, "It's over!"

"Oh, isn't this our Eldest Miss Xu?" Just then, a woman waving a folding fan walked up to Xu Jin'an, lifted her chin, and laughed with unbridled arrogance.

The newcomer was none other than Huo Yunzhi.

The current secondary consort of Prince Lanhuai.

Huo Yunzhi naturally knew Xu Xiangren. After all, the Huo family had done quite a bit of business in Xin'an County.

Now, her brother had been sentenced to exile because of that bitch Li Zhiwei.

She had no intention of letting her off the hook.

The only reason she hadn't caused trouble for her these past few days was that she had to deal with that annoying Princess Fuan at home.

However, she hadn't expected to witness such a scene right after coming out for some fresh air.

Xu Jin'an looked at the person in front of her; she didn't know Huo Yunzhi.

"Li Zhiwei has ruined your family like this. Do you want revenge?" Huo Yunzhi leaned close to Xu Jin'an's ear and asked in a low voice.

Xu Jin'an looked in surprise at the gorgeously dressed woman before her, unsure for a moment what she wanted to do.

"I can help you, including getting your parents settled down here in the capital," Huo Yunzhi added.

Hearing this, what else was there for Xu Jin'an to hesitate about? She wanted revenge!

It was all Li Zhiwei's fault for ruining her family!

However, Xu Jin'an forgot that if they hadn't plotted against Li Tianyou in the first place, Li Zhiwei wouldn't have even noticed them.

All of this was caused by their own greed.

Xu Heming led Li Zhiwei to a ready-to-wear clothing shop and stopped.

Li Zhiwei looked at the man in confusion, not understanding what he wanted to do.

"Weiwei, my clothes are dirty. Aren't you going to buy me a new set?" Xu Heming looked at Li Zhiwei with a wronged expression and asked.

Li Zhiwei looked him up and down in bewilderment. She didn't see anything dirty on his clothes at all.

"It was touched by that woman just now, it's not clean anymore!" Xu Heming felt utterly disgusted just thinking about that woman grabbing the hem of his robe.