She Had Always Been an Extremely Well-Behaved Person!
Everyone looked at Madam Shangguan with pity.
Shangguan Wan'er shouted, "You two, stop acting! It's all fake, everything is fake! You were sent by Zhou Wanwan!"
Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said, "I only met Madam Shangguan yesterday. What do you mean by 'sent by a faction'? Shangguan Wan'er, remember to pay back the money!"
Shangguan Wan'er, the sky has fallen.
Tomorrow? No, tonight. The whole capital will know that she signed a contract to sell herself into servitude.
The indenture was for 100,000 taels of gold.
The maid beside her suddenly said, "This contract of sale is fake. I suggest someone check the signature and the seal on it."
Shangguan Wan'er nodded and said, "Yes, we must have someone come and investigate. This indenture is problematic; I never signed such an indenture."
One hundred thousand taels of gold.
She happened to have over 100,000 taels of gold.
This is not a coincidence at all; it's a setup.
Zhou Wanwan was also quite helpless; she really didn't do these things.
They all came from the tree trunks under her control. And the handwriting wasn't hers; it was written by her Old Ancestor.
Our Old Ancestor wrote with twigs, and they were very skilled at it.
The Old Ancestor beside him laughed heartily:
"Check it! Check it now. My imitation of the handwriting is superb, flawless."
"Don't even mention the handwriting being exactly the same; I could even make a picture exactly the same on the spot."
Over the long course of time, our Old Ancestor must have been quite bored. How did they pass the time for thousands of years?
Shouldn't we find something more interesting to do?
Our Old Ancestor was particularly interested in antiques and ancient paintings, and would set aside half an hour every night specifically to practice calligraphy.
Just think about it, thousands of years!
That writing really was...
Soon the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Court of Judicial Review was summoned. He frowned, looked around, and said, "The people here are all here today!"
Shangguan Wan'er tearfully recounted everything.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review frowned and said, "You mean, even with three locks, the contents inside were still switched?"
Shangguan Wan'er nodded, looking aggrieved.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review snorted coldly:
"That's really strange. You mean this contract of servitude was never written?"
"This contract of servitude is fake? Even the signature and your fingerprint on it are fake."
Shangguan Wan'er felt even more aggrieved and kept nodding.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review looked at the fingerprint and said:
"It's very simple. You just press your fingerprint here, and I'll compare it to see if it's real or fake."
If it's fake, don't worry, I will definitely stand up for you.
Zhou Wanwan quickly asked, "What if it's true?"
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review coughed and said:
"Do what needs to be done, follow the contract. But they've already said she didn't do anything like that."
Someone must have framed you. You should think it over carefully. I'll give you half an incense stick's time to consider it.
If this thing is fake, just admit it now, and we'll call it even.
"Forget it? So I'm just going to forget about the 100,000 taels of gold she owes me? That's impossible. Debts must be repaid; it's only right and proper."
Shangguan Wan'er glared at her and said, "Zhou Wanwan, you're shameless! In a moment, I'll show you what I'm capable of."
After a while, several people came over and compared the fingerprints for a long time.
An old man frowned and said, "This is indeed Miss Shangguan's fingerprint, without a doubt."
"My comparison confirms it; fingerprints cannot be wrong because everyone's fingerprints are different."
"Yes, this is definitely Miss Shangguan's fingerprint."
Everyone was stunned, and Shangguan Wan'er was even more stunned.
When exactly did she sign and put her fingerprint on the document? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Wouldn't she know whether she signed it or not, whether she affixed her fingerprint or not?
There were also specialists who did handwriting analysis. After a stick of incense had burned, one of them said, "Reporting to your Excellency, this handwriting is indeed Miss Shangguan's; it's exactly the same, without the slightest difference."
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review sighed and looked at Shangguan Wan'er, saying:
"Aren't you just messing around with everyone here?"
Since you lost those 100,000 taels of gold, you should compensate them. You can't really sell yourself into slavery, can you?
If your dad finds out, he'll skin you alive! Why did you make such a huge bet for no reason?
The Minister of Court of Judicial Review and the General of the Cavalry were good friends.
He had originally favored Shangguan Wan'er, but now he couldn't show favoritism at all.
Shangguan Wan'er burst into tears. What kind of trap had she fallen into? It felt like a dream.
Overnight, her fiancé was gone, her reputation was ruined, and she couldn't even keep the 100,000 taels of gold.
Madam Shangguan stood calmly beside Zhou Wanwan and said:
"Wanwan, you're amazing! How did you do that?"
I admire you so much! I'm your man for life, I'll do whatever you ask.
Zhou Wanwan's lips twitched. "Why do you say that?"
Madam Shangguan said softly, "How annoying! What's so strange about me? Anyway, I'm yours from now on."
Zhou Wanwan was speechless, Shangguan Wan'er was pulled into a side courtyard.
Zhou Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief; this game of chess had been far too big, and she was almost exhausted.
She walked to the Old Ancestor's side and asked, "Old Ancestor, how did you know he was going to use this to threaten Madam Shangguan?"
The Old Ancestor snorted coldly and said:
"Last night, she was holding this box, looking at it from left to right, and I noticed something was wrong with the trees around me, so I told her about it."
Then I took a look, and sure enough, he hadn't been holding in a fart.
Think about how tiring it was for us to rob her before! We might as well just give her a contract of servitude instead.
To find out the amount on the chart, I had to count all the gold in her vault. It was exhausting.
"If you hadn't told me we couldn't just rob people in the capital anymore, I wouldn't have set up this whole scheme."
Zhou Wanwan's lips twitched. She really couldn't rob anyone anymore. Her reputation in Dongshan Prefecture was already bad. Now that she was in the capital, she had to change her tactics!
If she had just arrived in the capital and people were reporting missing items every day, or even having their houses stolen, she wouldn't be able to escape responsibility.
It's unnecessary, really unnecessary.
She just wanted to live An'an life in the capital.
She's always been a very well-behaved person!
The Old Ancestor and the Old Scholar Tree had no idea what Zhou Wanwan Zhou Wanwan thinking. If they did, they would surely be furious.
However, they were indeed too arrogant in Dongshan Prefecture before. Dongshan Prefecture was a poor and remote place, and no one cared about them.
But that won't work in the capital now.
If they really anger them, they'll have to pack up their buckets and run away.
Besides, does Zhou Wanwan even need to rely on those methods to make money?
Those are all minor paths.
She has plenty of ways to make money now, like today, her advertisement has been placed, hasn't it?
Her Four Seas Rare Goods Store will definitely get better and better.