The Daily Life of a Concubine's Daughter After Transmigrating

She came today because she had something else to discuss with him.

Li Anqi paused for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty, I have an important matter to ask of you."

Ling Luo approached Li Anqi, put her hands behind her back, and looked down at her, saying, "Sit down and talk."

Li Anqi nodded and obediently sat down.

Ling Luo walked to the table, picked up the wine pot, poured a cup of fine wine, and asked Li Anqi, "Would you like some?"

Upon seeing the wine, Li Anqi couldn't help but recall the time she and Ling Luo got drunk at Xinyuan. Her cheeks inexplicably flushed, and she decisively shook her head.

Ling Luo pursed her lips, trying to keep her smile subtle, and poured herself a drink.

"The Empress has already frankly told me about my advice to Your Majesty regarding the replacement of the imperial merchants."

"As the founder of velvet flowers, I have an inextricable connection with Shanji and am very familiar with Shanji. Shanji's jewelry and fabrics are definitely superior to those of the Ding family in Jiangnan."

"Your Highness does not know what you are seeking in this matter, but I still wish to ask Your Highness to abandon the idea of ​​changing the imperial merchant and not to make things difficult for Shan Ji."

Li Anqi stood up, bowed slightly, and adopted a pleading posture.

She couldn't see Ling Luo's expression at that moment.

But her intuition told her that his penetrating gaze was now fixed on her.

Naked, with a strong yet repressed desire, it sent chills down her spine.

"As long as you sever ties with the Shan family, I can give up on you." He said this slowly, seemingly in a good mood.

Li Anqi was startled, and his pupils instantly contracted.

He agreed so easily.

She thought he would hesitate for a long time before firmly refusing.

She thought he was like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, never letting go of any benefits he could get his hands on in pursuit of power and profit.

Why...did he agree so easily?

The arguments she had prepared were completely useless.

"I am the founder of Shanji Velvet Flower. It would be unreasonable to forcibly sever ties with her," Li Anqi said frankly.

She owns shares in Dan Kee Velvet Flower and is also a designer who led the trend of velvet flower hairpins in Beijing.

How can we just cut ties like that?

thump——

The room echoed with the sound of a wine jug and glasses lightly tapping on the table.

With his hands behind his back, Ling Luo approached Li Anqi step by step, exuding a heavy and chilling aura.

His tall figure enveloped her.

He was so close that she could see her reflection in his eyes, and she could count the number of his thick eyelashes.

The distance was so dangerous that her legs went weak.

The tip of my nose caught a familiar, faint scent of sandalwood.

Li Anqi turned his head away, refusing to look directly at his chest which was so close to his, and was forced back several steps by him.

Ling Luo grabbed her chin with one large hand, forcing her oval face towards him: "As long as you don't see that Mr. Shan again, your business is up to you."

Li Anqi was suddenly jolted.

Is he...jealous?

Just because of this?

She doesn't understand.

Her relationship with Shan Xingwen was merely a gentlemanly friendship, as light as water. Apart from business, Yishantang, and Ling Ye, she and Shan Xingwen never crossed any lines.

Is it really worth making such a big fuss about?

Li Anqi couldn't help but recall the scene when she was in the Danxing Bookstore, discussing Ling Ye's letter, when Ling Luo suddenly barged in and took her away...

Was he already dissatisfied with Shan Xingwen back then?

So he began to plot against the Ding family in Jiangnan, intending to replace Shan Ji as the imperial merchant and use this to blackmail him into staying away from Shan Xingwen.

How can this be? !

It's ridiculous.

She was certain that she wasn't that important to Ling Luo at all. Why would he have endured for so long and orchestrated such a grand scheme just to scheme against her?

He won't let her see Shan Xingwen? That's putting her in a difficult position.

Li Anqi frowned and fell silent.

Ling Luo saw the hesitation in her eyes, her expression suddenly changed, and her tone turned icy: "What, you don't want to?"

Li Anqi felt a pain in his chin and nervously swallowed.

Her slender, fair neck twitched slightly as she swallowed, like a fish leaping across the water—light, agile, yet incredibly alluring.

Ling Luo took it all in, and the flame in his eyes was instantly ignited.

His thumb unconsciously stroked her chin, the force changing from forceful to a gentle, ambiguous caress.

"Answer me." His voice lowered, tinged with a hint of hoarseness, "Is it because you can't bear to part with that Young Master Shan?"