Princess Promotion

After parting ways with Liu Ru on bad terms, Fu Hongxuan, who had been a background figure on the way back, spoke rarely.

“Many times, even if you do good things, if you do it in the wrong way, good things will turn into bad things.”

Yao Chuguang: "So, even if something is wrong, just talk about it in your heart and then let it go."

Fu Hongxuan: "Wouldn't it be better to just take her away, change her place and identity, and start over?"

Yao Chuguang: "She didn't do anything wrong, but she has to hide her identity for the rest of her life. That's not a new beginning, but an escape from the past. She'll never get over that hurdle, and that's what's truly ruined her life."

Fu Hongxuan: "How do you know she has the courage to face these things, rather than pushing her into another dead end?"

Yao Chuguang: "Then we should let her choose for herself, instead of us discussing and helping her choose for her own good."

After Liu Rushi, Fu Hongxuan and Yao Chuguang also returned to the inn on bad terms.

Originally, Yao Chuguang thought that Liu Rushi would ignore him for a few days.

Unexpectedly, the next morning Liu Rushi came to find Yao Chuguang with dark circles under her eyes.

At first, Liu Rushi didn’t know what Yao Chuguang was planning, but after what happened yesterday, she could guess roughly what was going on.

Even though Qi Zhang obtained Yao Chuguang's friend in dishonorable ways, the person has been brought back to the mansion and has a status, so the matter is settled.

Yao Chuguang is not her parent, so there is no chance of winning if she takes the legal route and sues the authorities.

Only by setting a trap for Qi Zhang and making him voluntarily return the indenture can her friend regain his freedom.

Although Liu Rushi didn't know how Yao Chuguang planned to set a trap for Qi Zhang, she must be a part of it, otherwise Yao Chuguang wouldn't have approached her on purpose and said so much.

Liu Rushi: "What do you want me to do for you?"

Yao Chuguang: "These past few days, I've been deliberately making a big noise, trying to get information, sending money to the county magistrate, and even looking for shops, all just to pass on a message."

Liu Rushi: "What information?"

Yao Chuguang: "We are here to do business."

"As far as I know, the goods Qi Zhang sells to Western Zhou are mostly cloth and jewelry. If a merchant from Qi comes here and wants to do the cloth business, do you think he would be interested in establishing this connection?"

Liu Rushi: "So you've been keeping me these days just to give Qi Zhang a way to get in touch with you through me?"

Yao Chuguang: "Yes, I need you to reveal a message to him."

Liu Rushi: "What information?"

Yao Chuguang: "Lustful, especially towards married women."

Liu Rushi: "I didn't expect you to have such strong tastes."

At this point, what else did Liu Rushi not understand? To put it bluntly, concubines in a wealthy businessman's family were just exquisite gifts. Giving concubines as gifts in business dealings was a very common thing.

The financial resources that Yao Chuguang has demonstrated these days are enough to lure Qi Zhang into the trap.

If he could really get this business, giving one or two concubines to his backyard would be nothing.

Liu Rushi: "You told me all the plans, aren't you afraid that I'll sell you out?"

Yao Chuguang: "No, it won't do you any good."

Liu Rushi: "It's neither good nor bad. If I help you, I'll offend Qi Zhang. You can always run away afterwards. How can a prostitute like me face a good ending when she goes up against a wealthy businessman?"

Yao Chuguang: "Then I will redeem you, and you can do business and become richer than Qi Zhang, so you won't have to be afraid of him anymore."

Liu Rushi was stunned. The words "redeeming one's freedom" were probably the most common promise heard by the girls in the brothel. Someone had even told Liu Rushi that he would redeem her.

But Liu Rushi just laughed it off and never believed it at all.

Because I have seen too many sisters who threw themselves into the fire because of this sentence and ended up losing their lives.

There is no such good luck. Those stories in the storybooks about poor scholars who gave money to the prostitutes and finally came back to redeem the prostitutes were all lies.

Many times Liu Rushi thought that perhaps those sisters also knew that this was a lie, but it was too dark there, and they wanted to grab the light even if it was illusory.

Forget it, just keep this little girl as her own, let her get out of that cage, and stop having to deal with those stinky men, so that she can have a few days of peace.

I'm a little envious of that girl's good luck!