The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

After staying at Xie Jingrong's place for an hour or so, the three sisters set off again for the villa. This time, there were no people with different thoughts following them.

"Once the young masters of each family pass the news back home, there will be fewer incidents like this in the future."

Quiet room.

Xie Jingrong slowly picked up the chess pieces one by one from the chessboard, separated the black and white ones, and put them back into the chess box.

The chess pieces collided with each other with crisp sounds. Standing opposite him were two people. One was wearing a red robe sprinkled with gold. The strong color did not cover his own color. The other stood two steps back. He was wearing a plain cloth skirt and had a woman's bun. His hands were clasped in his wide sleeves.

"If it weren't for the fact that Yuanjun personally punished them, the effect would be better, I..." Xie Yi's eyebrows were filled with murderous intent, and his clothes were as red as blood, "Uncle."

Xie Jingrong looked up at him and smiled, "Amitabha, compared to the Empress, I am not a smart man. I often don't know what I should do, but I know very well what things I shouldn't touch."

"As for all matters concerning my family, the only person I have ever objected to is probably you. Even though you are gifted, I shouldn't let you get involved in criminal matters at such a young age. But..."

"But I am willing to do it." After Xie Yi said this, the strong murderous aura between his brows slowly faded away. He seemed to become calm again. When he opened his eyes again, he was the young marquis who seemed to be a banished immortal. "I am afraid that Yuan Jun had already noticed something when he came here, so he suddenly revealed his true nature."

Speaking of the word "nature", Xie Yi couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth upwards in extreme happiness: "But since mother wants to hand over the affairs of the Red Sun Sect to her, then as her brother, I can't give her much except some insignificant support."

The "woman" standing behind him suddenly raised her hands to cover her face and laughed: "It's obvious that she wants to dig out the ancestors of every person Your Highness meets. The young marquis is really hypocritical."

His voice was soft but a little hoarse, sounding neither male nor female. It was none other than Xie Xiangxi who had been rescued by the Yongjia Marquisate in the past.

Xie Yi still had the folding fan with the word "闲" written on it hanging around his waist. This time he didn't open it, but just spun it around between his fingertips a few times. "When Yuanjun has had enough fun, he will ask us for information. My 'aunt', are you ready?"

"Young Marquis, please allow me to report." When Xie Xiangxi was still Xue Zhuo, she had an engagement with Xie Jingrong.

However, one of them was a man who was raised as a girl, while the other had no passion for starting a family. In the end, Xie Xiangxi changed his name and became one of the spies in the Yongjia Marquis Mansion, while Xie Jingrong decisively cut off his three thousand strands of worries and became a monk.

Now that Xie Yi had revealed this relationship, neither Xie Jingrong nor Xie Xiangxi felt awkward at all. The "woman" said softly, "The queen has already ordered me to go to Yunzhou to investigate. As for the clues I have in the capital, I will temporarily hand them over to Miss Bai."

"For so many years, Miss Bai has been thinking about doing her best for the queen and Lord Lin. I am going to the south this time, and the communication between the two places will be handed over to her."

The Bai girl he mentioned was actually Bai Queci, who used to be from a brothel.

Bai Queci was a girl of good family background, but she had an adopted mother who was a prostitute. If nothing unexpected happened, a girl of good family background like her would inevitably follow her adoptive mother's path in the future. However, Bai Queci's fate changed early on. Influenced by the plot instilled by the main god, the extreme Chen Peiluan almost bought Bai Queci back to her mansion as a concubine. It was Lin Qiao who happened to meet her and rescued her.

Now twelve years have passed, Bai Que Ci has grown up, and the red-light districts in the capital have been completely banned. The place where she grew up no longer shows any traces of its past splendor but decay, but has completely turned into ordinary residential houses and shops in the capital. The water slowly flowing down the branch of the Jing River is no longer mixed with cheap cosmetics and smelly blood, but is a pool of clear and transparent blue water.

The rescued Bai Queci decisively joined the Yongjia Marquis Mansion. Now she is the mistress of the Bai's Trading Company on the surface, but privately she has been following Xie Xiangxi to learn how to handle various types of intelligence in the dark, and she is considered half a student of the latter.

Perhaps due to the influence of his childhood, Bai Que Ci had a deep hatred for prostitutes and made great efforts when the court ordered the abolition of brothels. Not only did he use his adoptive mother's connections to break up various brothels, he also paid for the redemption of those women who were enslaved and became prostitutes only because of their family members' involvement. The young ones were sent to business companies to learn how to work, and the older ones were found a large courtyard to live in and be well taken care of.

The only thing that makes her feel sad is that in this "profession" full of blood and tears, there are very few elderly people.

"Is she still free?" Xie Yi asked.

Xie Xiangxi replied calmly, "The sisters working in her business have all reached the age where they can stand on their own. Moreover, although the brothels in the capital and surrounding states have disappeared under the strict order of the Empress, there are still some places that are far away from the Emperor, and some pretend to obey, or some pretend to be someone else... We can't stop them."

"She hates this the most. Seeing that His Highness will leave for the south soon, how could she be willing to continue to sit quietly in the back?"

"Doesn't this mean that we should hand over the affairs of the business to the sisters below who have already learned the lesson, and personally coordinate the exchange of intelligence between the two places?"

"Since she cares so much, why not take her with Aunt Xiang Xi when she leaves so that she can be looked after. As for the transmission of intelligence between the two places, I will report to my mother and I will take care of it myself." Xie Yi's lips were tightly pursed into a straight line.

"Are you worried?" Xie Jingrong saw through the inexplicable fear beneath his serious expression and asked with a faint smile.

Xie Yi's ears turned red. "This is the first time she has traveled so far in her life. Given her personality, she will definitely not be willing to investigate like an ordinary person. She might even try to sneak into the cult. According to what we know now, the cult is connected to many brothels in the south. How can I be at ease?"

"It's great that you are able to help and support your sister." Xie Jingrong clasped his hands together in front of his chest.

Before he could finish the next sentence, Xie Yi couldn't help but say worriedly, "Yuan Jun is very insightful. If you see the dirty tricks of those villains and become corrupted... then even if you cut them into pieces, it won't relieve my anger!"

His sister is smart and insightful. What if she sees the evil methods and is disgusted?

But his sister needs to experience the world and be inexperienced, so as a brother, he can only help dig a pit and burn the body to cheer her up when her sister is so disgusted that she wants to use a knife!