The Daily Life of a Concubine's Daughter After Transmigrating

Liu Yun continued with great interest:

"Lady Qin has completely overhauled Haoyue Lanting, and now all the girls inside are engaged in prostitution!"

Li Anqi's hand holding the fishing rod trembled slightly, then gradually tightened.

Liu Yun leaned close to Li Anqi's ear, her eyes filled with expectation: "Your Majesty, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

The fishing line was tugged twice, as if a fish had taken the bait.

Li Anqi stood up, gradually reeled in the line, and handed the grass carp to Xiao Dezi to handle.

"Haoyue Lanting belongs to my elder sister; how can I interfere?"

She couldn't help but recall Manager Shi's earlier suggestion.

If Haoyue Lanting were to engage in prostitution, it would bring in enormous profits.

Li Baoqin had previously firmly refused, but now...

Li Anqi vaguely guessed that Li Baoqin's decision might be related to the exposure of her identity as the founder of Ronghua.

Zhilan sighed regretfully, "Alas, those girls are truly pitiful."

Xiao Dezi placed the prepared fish on the grill, where it sizzled instantly.

Li Anqi lowered his eyes, quietly looking at the grilled fish in front of him, lost in thought.

After the fish is grilled.

Xiao Dezi packed the steaming hot grilled fish into a food box and handed it to Zhilan.

Zhilan gently smiled and took the food box.

"Young Master is truly blessed to have such delicious food. On such a cold day, you can still enjoy fish that the Empress caught and grilled on the spot."

Li Anqi smiled slightly: "Let's go see my brother."

Zhilan nodded and followed behind Li Anqi.

Xiao Shunzi had already prepared a sedan chair for Li Anqi.

As they set off, Li Anqi gave a word of advice: "Let's take a different route today."

Zhilan went to Xiaoshunzi's ear and whispered something in his ear.

"Yes." Xiao Shunzi responded knowingly, and ordered the sedan chair bearers to lift the sedan chair and head towards Haoyue Lanting.

The closer the sedan chair got to Haoyue Lanting, the fewer pedestrians there were on the road.

Just as Li Anqi was wondering.

Suddenly, I discovered that the area in front of Haoyue Lanting was completely surrounded by a huge crowd.

"Get out of the sedan chair."

The sedan chair bearers lowered the sedan chair.

Xiao Shunzi dispersed the people around him, leaving a passage.

With Zhilan's help, Li Anqi arrived at the center of attention.

Xiao Yao, disheveled and with her clothes in disarray, was sitting on the ground, sobbing miserably.

Caixia, who was originally Li Baoqin's maid, is now dressed in an elegant steward's uniform and is whipping Xiaoyao incessantly.

"Who do you think you are, so high and mighty? Bah!"

"If I tell you whether you're going to sell or not, then get the hell out of here! You rotten piece of trash!"

The whip was stained with blood, and it lashed out twice more, causing Xiao Yao to cry out in pain and tremble.

Xue Lian seemed unable to bear it any longer, so she stepped forward and hugged Xiao Yao, pleading with Cai Xia for mercy.

"I have already redeemed Xiaoyao from her servitude, why bother with this unnecessary trouble, steward!"

Caixia grimaced, revealing two eerie scars on her chin.

"Who told this ungrateful wretch to oppose me in public!"

"Blame it on her strong personality; she's always saying no to this and no to that!"

"What else does she want to do? Is she trying to fly to the heavens?!"

Li Anqi stepped forward, his voice calm and clear: "What happened here?"

When Caixia saw Li Anqi appear, she instinctively felt a surge of fear and immediately knelt down, trembling.

"Greetings, Chess Goddess!"

Everyone knelt down and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Lady Chess!"

Li Anqi glanced at the two people embracing on the ground, then stepped forward to help Xiao Yao and Xue Lian up.

A look of redemption appeared in Xue Lian's eyes, while Xiao Yao cried even louder, looking extremely aggrieved.

"It's alright now." Li Anqi patted Xiaoyao's head, giving her a strange sense of great comfort.

Caixia's eyes darted around nervously. She glanced at Li Anqi, then changed her previous attitude and hurriedly explained to him:

"Your Majesty, this servant is acting on the orders of Consort Qin to renovate Haoyue Lanting."

"This little Yao is disobedient, so I had to discipline her a couple of times."

Li Anqi looked at the group with a calm gaze.

The reform that Caixia mentioned must be the same thing that Liuyun said about Haoyue Lanting starting to engage in prostitution.

She remembered that Ling Luo had once rewarded her with one hundred taels of gold because she played the Snow Lotus Qin well.

Xue Lian must have used those one hundred taels of gold to redeem Xiao Yao from her servitude.

Li Anqi grabbed Xue Lian's hand: "You've redeemed Xiao Yao, what will you do now?"

Xue Lian nodded, smiled serenely, and then shook her head.

"Xuelian has been wandering for half her life since childhood, and she has long been used to it and prepared for it, knowing that this day would come."

"Fortunately, I have gained the favor of the prince and earned the reputation of being able to appreciate his zither for a hundred gold pieces. I am already content."

"We, whose lives are written on paper since childhood, are born like caged birds. As long as we don't see the blue sky, everything is fine."

Li Anqi was slightly taken aback, then slowly lowered his eyes.

Xiaoyao and Xuelian, one accepts her fate and the other doesn't, are just like myself and Li Baoqin in the past.