After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 132 - 131: After All, She Has No Man to Back Her Up (Second Update, Vote Requested)

Chapter 132: Chapter 131: After All, She Has No Man to Back Her Up (Second Update, Vote Requested)

Fu Jun was filled with ambition and arrived at the government office early the next day to find Liu Xun.

"Mr. Liu, may I ask what task I can assist with?"

"Mr. Fu, I apologize," Liu Xun, buried in piles of documents, surprisingly began to apologize and pulled out a government letter with the official seal of the Ministry of Personnel from behind his desk. "This is a letter from the Ministry of Personnel delivered early this morning. Congratulations, Mr. Fu, on your reassignment to the Magistrate of Duanzhou!"

"Magistrate?!"

Fu Jun was stunned. He grabbed the letter in his hands, and he was already shaking before he could finish reading it!

The letter was clearly stamped with the official seal of the Ministry of Personnel, and it clearly stated that Fu Jun was appointed as the Magistrate of Duanzhou!

"How did this happen?!" he exclaimed to Liu Xun, "I clearly received the appointment as Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites, I was about to become your colleague, and just yesterday someone passed on the message that Mr. Lian from Vice Minister Xu’s side specifically designated me to assist you! How did it suddenly turn into a reassignment to Duanzhou?!"

Liu Xun consoled him, "Mr. Fu, don’t be agitated. I only just found out about this myself. Usually, a reassignment from the Ministry of Personnel wouldn’t have any other arrangements, especially since there was someone from above who had already spoken on your behalf. For such a sudden change, Mr. Fu, did you offend someone?"

Offended someone?

Fu Jun was suddenly struck with realization!

His position as Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites was bought with Fu Zhen’s Dendrobium from Yunnan. Now that he had divorced the Ning Family, suddenly his position was gone...

If there’s talk of "offending," the only ones he had "offended" were the mother and daughter of the Ning Family. Could it be, could it be their doing?!

That night, when Fu Rou used hornets to harm Fu Zhen, Fu Zhen pointed at his nose and cursed, saying she could help him rise in rank and could equally make him lose it all! He never believed she had such power, but here the opportunity he nearly had truly slipped away!

And Mrs. Ning, she had also sworn, saying that if she couldn’t control Mrs. Liu and her daughter, she would go as far as bankrupting herself to retaliate against him!...

Fu Jun suddenly got goosebumps; the Ning Family had such godlike connections to change an already finalized commission!

The Magistrate of Duanzhou is the fourth rank, technically two ranks higher than Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but that’s Duanzhou!

The bleak land at the southern edge of Lingnan!

Ten thousand eight hundred miles from the capital!

Isn’t this tantamount to exile?!

That vicious woman!

She must have bribed someone just to take revenge on him!

Fu Jun was shaking with rage and stormed out immediately!

...

Although Manager Su was getting on in years, as the saying goes, ginger gets spicier with age. In just a few days’ work, he helped Mrs. Ning determine the location for the restaurant, negotiated the selling price with the original owner, and signed the contract.

Mrs. Ning intended to make this the headquarters of Ning’s Trading House in the capital, thus the primary demand was stability. The shop was bought, and they also bought the land, with a row of storefronts at the front, and two courtyards at the back, one for receiving guests, the other for company affairs.

While arranging labor to renovate and prepare for the opening, Mrs. Ning was busy discussing matters with other shopkeepers.

After a casual lunch at noon, everyone sat in the shop discussing the name of the store. They had just proposed five or six names when suddenly an angry voice came from outside the shop door, "Ning! You venomous woman, come out and see me!"

Immediately, someone barged straight into the shop under the escort of the Protector!

Mrs. Ning saw it was the furious Fu Jun and immediately stood up with a stern face, "What madness is this? We’re long since severed. Get out!"

"I was so wrong about you! We agreed upon the divorce that we would no longer interfere with one another. I even let you have both the children, and yet you hit me with this trick behind my back! You despicable woman, if I don’t teach you a lesson today, my heart’s rage won’t be appeased!"

Fu Jun cursed angrily, then pointed at the Protectors he had brought, "Take action for me! She’s just a merchant’s daughter now, not your madam! Destroy this shop for me! Smash it to pieces!"

Fu Jun was driven insane with rage. Fu Zhen was just plotted against by Mrs. Liu twice without any real harm done, but he had lost his future!

Besides, Fu Zhen was harmed by Fu Rou, and he had no involvement. What did it have to do with him? Divorce if you must, but must she go to such extremes?!

The four guards he brought were armed with clubs, and upon receiving the command, started smashing all around!

Mrs. Ning slammed the table in anger, "Fu Jun, if you don’t stop, I’ll show you!"

Fu Jun sneered, "I am an official! Would you dare touch me? If you don’t fear imprisonment, then come at me! Even a flinch from me would be considered cowardice!"

The nation has laws, and civilians suing officials must first endure flogging in court, let alone assaulting an officer!

Mrs. Ning gritted her teeth, staring at him, but dared not make a rash move.

At this time, Li Jiang and Li Huai, who were inspecting doors and walls inside, came out upon hearing the commotion. Seeing the situation, they immediately stepped forward and quickly took down the guards smashing the shop!

"When trouble arose, why didn’t you call us, ma’am?"

Mrs. Ning was speechless looking at them. She wanted to act, dare to act a hundredfold, but Fu Jun’s position truly trumped her!

Li Jiang and Li Huai were brought back from who knows where by Fu Zhen. Though they were skilled, how could they challenge a government official?

This was a mess!

Mrs. Ning didn’t want to involve them, so she blocked them in front of her, glaring at Fu Jun who had picked up a club and was rushing over, "Stop right there! They’re mine. If you want to lay a hand, you’ll have to go through me first!"

These days, feeling cornered, Fu Jun harbored much resentment, though he said nothing; in his heart, he subconsciously believed it was the fault of the divorce with Mrs. Ning.

Now the government position had shifted, he could no longer become the dignified Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he also had to journey to the distant barbaric lands of the south!

How could he hold this rage back?

With Mrs. Ning’s challenge, he instantly swung the club down at her!

Fortunately, he was an official while she was civilian, and the Ning Family had no one left, not even a single man to back her, so even if he beat her, so what?!

"You think I wouldn’t dare to hit you? Today, I’ll show you otherwise!"

"Master, be careful!"

Although Manager Su and the others dared not oppose physically, they immediately rushed up to provide protection.

At that moment, from outside came a deep male voice, "Stop!"

Immediately, Fu Jun was knocked aside, with several burly guards subduing him as two scholar-like men stepped into the shop.

The leading figure, dressed in brocade and wearing a frosty expression, exuded a strong sense of official authority!

Once he saw Fu Jun’s face, he immediately frowned, his deep-set eyes revealing a look of contempt, "Mr. Fu? It’s you again!"