She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 273 - 272: Listen to Her Father Before Marriage, Follow Her Husband After Marriage

Chapter 273: Chapter 272: Listen to Her Father Before Marriage, Follow Her Husband After Marriage

Yan Lingzhen’s figure was rather slender, but she would reach the age of hairpin ceremony in a few more years.

Her body housed the soul of an adult, so she moved among people of all sorts with ease.

Her pair of eyes were pitch-black, exceptionally bright during the night.

"Where could the person be?" Yan Lingzhen pushed open a door and saw a fat man pressing down on a woman, she indifferently closed the door again.

"Damn it, who’s there?" The person inside, who was about to ascend to paradise, was suddenly interrupted and looked angrily towards the door.

Yan Lingzhen casually picked up a small wooden stick from the ground and placed it on the latch.

While watching the door being violently shaken, she shouted into the room with an arrogant tone, "I’m your dad."

Upon hearing this, the person inside grew even more furious: "Where did this wench come from, itching for a spanking, huh!"

"None of your damn business!" Yan Lingzhen swaggered off to the next room, this time with much more familiarity, directly picking up several wooden sticks.

However, the next room only had two weeping women, who were stunned to see her open the door.

But soon they hugged each other and resumed crying.

Yan Lingzhen’s head ached from the crying, so she closed the door again.

After opening several rooms one after another, she saw all sorts but did not find Miss Li Family.

She had run out of small wooden sticks to use.

At this moment, she stood at the end of the corridor and sighed.

Doors were being frantically rattled one after another, curses were flying endlessly, and some were even starting to hurl insults through the walls right at the entrance.

What a lively scene.

This was the empire that she, Yan Xiaoliu, had created.

This Wang Family patriarch was truly a talent.

To bypass Guixiao Building’s watchful eyes and cause such a commotion on the outskirts of the Capital City, he deserved a compliment from her, Yan Xiaoliu.

Most of these women were detained here for various reasons, probably not a few like Miss Li Family who were here to pay off debts.

Those who were willing to stay here were probably none.

But because Wang Family patriarch had something on them, they had no choice but to submit to his lecherous power and obediently serve the high-ranking officials and noblemen who came here.

To put it crudely, this place was a more upscale version of Fireworks Lane.

"But where on earth have these newly arrived girls been taken to?" Yan Lingzhen sighed, "Could there be some secret chamber here unknown to anyone?"

Yan Xiaoliu headed down a deeper corridor.

It was still early; she refused to believe she couldn’t find it.

"Hey! What are you doing over there?" Suddenly, a shout came from behind. A young male servant, with a fierce and sinister expression, looked at her.

Yan Lingzhen feigned innocence: "I, I got lost."

The young servant, beguiled by her pair of peach blossom eyes that flickered attractively, couldn’t help but step forward, "Even if you’re lost, you shouldn’t wander around. There are high officials here. Offending them, your several lives wouldn’t be enough. Don’t bring trouble upon our master."

As he spoke, he attempted to reach out and grab Yan Lingzhen’s arm.

Unfortunately, as soon as his hand extended, a flash of white mist whizzed past his eyes.

Yan Lingzhen kicked him from the corridor straight into a bush by the side, and in the pitch darkness, a living person disappeared without a trace.

"Mind your own business. I came here to cause trouble for the Wangs," she snorted lightly, clapped her hands to dust them off, and walked determinedly towards the interior.

Nevertheless, Yan Lingzhen remained cautious.

Worried she might be preoccupied later and miss the arranged time, causing her sister to worry, she left marks along the way that only she and her sister knew. That way, her sister could follow them to find her.

After making the marks, Yan Lingzhen boldly walked towards a corridor decorated with red lanterns.

She wanted to see what kind of high official was hidden inside.

Could there be anyone greater than her sister!

Yet this high official’s territory truly was different, for no sooner had she walked a few steps than Hidden Guards appeared, blocking her path.

Yan Lingzhen stopped helplessly, "I advise you not to struggle in vain."

In this world, only her mother and elder sister could stop her.

All others, she wouldn’t even bother to shake off.

The two Hidden Guards exchanged a glance, seeing the murderous intent in each other’s eyes. Without further words, they made their move.

But just as they took two steps, they suddenly clutched their chests.

"You..."

"What about me?" Yan Lingzhen sighed, "The old saying goes, ’Ignore the advice of the elders and suffer for it’, I told you it was futile, but you wouldn’t listen... Tsk, tsk... now you’ll just have to test my newly developed poison."

"At first, you’ll feel heart palpitations, like love at first sight, then your whole body will be immersed in sweetness, your limbs soft and comfortable. After that, as your emotions peak, you’ll feel immense happiness, but once that happiness fades, you’ll feel unbearable longing, your heart will struggle as if drowning, gasping for air, before you meet your final death."

Yan Lingzhen cradled her small face with both hands, smiling especially warmly, "I’ve named this poison ’Love’. What do you think?"

By now, the two Hidden Guards had collapsed on the ground, struggling to prop themselves up with their hands, breathing with difficulty.

"Clearly, you’re now entering the phase of passionate love, enjoy it," Yan Lingzhen observed their demeanor and inwardly noted the effects of the poison, walking on contentedly.

Not far inside, she heard a woman’s screams and sobs.

Yan Lingzhen hurried her steps.

Inside the room at that moment.

Li Chengxiang had a bright red handprint on her face, sitting staggered on the ground, her face covered in tears. She clutched the front of her dress tightly, looking desperately at her father standing outside.

"Father, Father—" she kept calling, "Please, have mercy on your daughter, take me home, please..."

Two burly maids stood by her side, restraining her arms with their hands.

Li Chengxiang struggled in vain, pleading with her father continuously.

"Father, you are forcing your daughter to die..."

Li’s father stood at the doorway, witnessing the maids slap his legitimate eldest daughter. As he was about to step forward, one maid spoke.

"With black on white, Lord Li has already signed. Your daughter is now no relation of yours, since there’s no relation, could Lord Li please close the door on your way out? The debts you owe, our master will settle for you."

Lord Li’s departing steps halted abruptly.

"What do you mean no relation... Wasn’t it agreed just for one night?"

The maid sneered coldly, "You were the one who signed the document. Didn’t you read it carefully before signing?"

"But Wang Quan clearly said it was for one night," Lord Li firmly believed, though he was drunk at that time, he still heard clearly that Wang Quan mentioned just one night.

"Lord Li can go discuss it with our master to clear things up. But for now, please leave; we need to teach the lady some rules," the crude maid did not take Lord Li seriously, hastening him to leave.

Lord Li was almost pushed out of the door.

"Open the door! Let my daughter out!"

Li Chengxiang, hearing her father’s voice, began to struggle more fiercely, "Father, Father save me!"

Thankfully, her father still wanted to save her.

She forcibly crawled to the door.

Then, in an instant, she heard Lord Li speak.

"That was just for one night’s price, we’ll need to renegotiate based on the length of time. That old bastard Wang Quan dared to deceive me!"

"Father..." Her hand, which had reached the door, instantly froze in midair.

"Miss, just give up hope. Now that you’re here, don’t have any expectations of others," the crude maid unexpectedly advised.

Scenes like these played out every day; the maids had grown numb to them.

But in this world, who isn’t pitiable? It’s her misfortune to have such a father.

"I heard that before, Miss, you were a noble lady of the Capital City and had served by the Empress and Princess Anping. You should understand very well that destiny is not in one’s control. Before marriage, a daughter follows her father; after marriage, her husband. Women can never decide for themselves," the maid said matter-of-factly.