The Daily Life of a Concubine's Daughter After Transmigrating

The Empress Dowager's expression gradually became solemn.

"Granny Sun, help me change my clothes!"

"Yes."

When Li Anqi stepped out of Cining Palace, it was already fully light.

She estimated the time in her mind and followed the Empress Dowager to the Qianqing Palace.

Is His Majesty in?

The Empress Dowager asked the eunuch guarding the gate in front of the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has just gotten up."

The Empress Dowager stepped into the Qianqing Palace, followed closely by Li Anqi.

The vast Qianqing Palace is incredibly bright and spacious.

The emperor was sitting at a large mahogany desk, reviewing memorials, with a wall of gilded bookshelves behind him.

"Why has the Empress Dowager come?"

The emperor stepped forward and helped the empress dowager to a chair, then sat down next to her in a chair with a tea table between them.

Li Anqi knelt before the Emperor.

"Consort Li Anqi of Prince Xiao greets Your Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"

When the emperor saw Li Anqi, he seemed to understand the Empress Dowager's purpose.

He kept a cold face and ignored Li Anqi.

"I have come to see Your Majesty because there is something I would like to ask you."

The Empress Dowager glanced at Li Anqi kneeling on the ground, a hint of worry on her brow.

The Empress Dowager then spoke to the Emperor.

"I know that the women of the inner palace are not allowed to interfere in politics. So I just want to ask Your Majesty, can the death-exemption token that the late Emperor bestowed upon the Jingguo Mansion still be used now?"

Li Anqi took out his pardon and held it above his head.

"..."

The emperor remained silent for a moment.

Li Anqi looked up and secretly glanced at the emperor.

The emperor's face turned bright red, and he looked terrifying.

Bang!

The emperor suddenly overturned the tea on the tea table and said angrily.

"The Li family has already produced three generations of Dukes of Jingguo, isn't that enough for him?!"

Li Anqi's heart sank, feeling as if he were being held firmly by an invisible force, unable to move his limbs at all.

For the first time, she truly understood what it meant to be enraged by an emperor.

But what was even more despairing than the emperor's anger was what the emperor said.

It turns out that the matter of the governor of Jiangnan was just a prelude, as insignificant as a feather.

Zuo Zhuran's accusation that Li Miao instigated the eldest prince to embezzle treasury funds was also a fabricated charge.

What truly brought disaster to the Jingguo Mansion was...

It was one of the honors received by the great-grandfather of the Jingguo Mansion, and it was hereditary.

It is likely that the war in Northern Yan and the constant factional strife in the court also accelerated the emperor's move against the Jingguo Prefecture.

The Empress Dowager seemed to understand the deeper meaning behind the Emperor's words and, not wanting to anger him, softened her tone considerably.

"After all, it is an imperial decree bestowed by the late emperor. I am merely asking Your Majesty for a decision. Why should Your Majesty be angry?"

Li Anqi knew.

This time, the Jingguo Prefecture is truly beyond saving.

But Li Miao's life might still be saved.

She half-covered her head and spoke slowly.

"My great-grandfather followed the late emperor into the pass and made great contributions in battle. After the establishment of the Great Xin Dynasty, my great-grandfather quelled internal strife, suppressed bandits, and devoted himself to the Great Xin Dynasty until his death on the battlefield!"

The Emperor looked at Li Anqi, his expression unreadable.

Li Anqi paused for a moment, then continued.

"As for the Crown Prince's embezzlement of treasury funds, I do not know the truth. But I do know Your Majesty's tireless efforts for the entire Great Xin... I beg Your Majesty, in consideration of your great-grandfather's great contributions to Great Xin, to spare Li Miao's life!"

As he spoke, Li Anqi bowed down and performed a full prostration.

silence.

Still silent.

Hearing that the emperor remained silent, Li Anqi's already anxious heart grew even more uneasy.

"Hey……"

The Empress Dowager sighed, as if mourning a deceased relative, her heart filled with sorrow and tenderness.

"No matter what, Li Miao is still the Emperor's aunt's own son..."

The Empress Dowager did not continue speaking.

Li Anqi slowly raised his head and saw that the emperor's complexion was much better than before, but he was still somewhat unsure.

The emperor seemed to be hesitating.

After a while.

The emperor finally spoke in a low voice.

"Since it is the late emperor's decree, I will naturally obey it."

The emperor took the pardon from Li Anqi's hand, and then took a gold token with yellow tassels from his waist and placed it in Li Anqi's hand.

"I...spar his life." The Emperor said casually, without looking at Li Anqi, "Go."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live the emperor!"

Li Anqi kowtowed to express his gratitude, and half of his anxiety subsided.

The Emperor waved his hand.

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly to Li Anqi.

"Chen and concubine retire."

Li Anqi left the Qianqing Palace and looked at the sun in the sky.

There is one hour left; it will be noon.

Xiao Shunzi is waiting for Li Anqi outside the Qianqing Palace.

"Little Shunzi, can you ride a horse?"

"Your Majesty, I have been assigned to the front of Fuying Garden to work in the Prince's stables. I can ride a horse, but I am not very skilled."

Xiao Shunzi answered humbly.

"Go find a fast horse and take me to the execution ground in the market at once!"

"Yes!"

Upon arriving at Donghua Gate, Xiao Shunzi immediately found a fast horse and galloped out of the palace with Li Anqi.

Liuyin Road outside Donghua Gate runs alongside a river.

Li Anqi suddenly saw a dark blue figure half submerged in the water and half lying on the riverbank.

Li Anqi frowned and pondered for a second.

"stop!"

She simply couldn't bring herself to stand by and watch someone die.

Xiao Shunzi followed Li Anqi's gaze and looked towards the river.

Xiao Shunzi said, "The eunuchs in the palace don't have it any better than us; many of them die without knowing why. Even if Your Majesty saves this one, there will be another. Your Majesty should hurry up and save Lord Duke."

Seeing that Li Anqi remained silent, Xiao Shunzi still drove the horse to the riverbank.

Xiao Shunzi dismounted and then helped Li Anqi off his horse.

Xiao Shunzi dragged the drowning eunuch from the riverbank to the shore and reached out to check the eunuch's breath.

"Your Majesty, she's already dead," Xiao Shunzi said to Li Anqi.