54 Emperor or an Old Coward??

"Then the Eldest Miss, in her anger blamed the three of them for forcing themselves on her. Of course, everyone believed her rather than those three. Therefore they were heavily punished and then sent here. The entire manor was warned to not let a single word out. But of course I have my own ways." The woman said proudly.

"Now, I have to go. There are too much work left to do and you all can come and visit those three whenever you feel hungry for a feast!" The woman said with a chuckle.

"Maybe you should quench...!"

Li Ming didn't stay there any longer. She heard the men laughing out loud as she went down the stairs and out of the shop.

She took a complete survey of the underground market. The matter was much more complicated than she had predicted. There were more than 300 people in there, who stayed in the slave market 24/7. Most of them were the prostitutes, the others were either the workers or the owners of these shops.

The children who were given away as slaves stayed in the market mostly for a week before they were sold of.

And the people who actually came here to either enjoy the brothel services or buy slaves or drugs, were from all over the Empire.

Even if Li Ming wanted to free these people, it was nearly impossible to do so. First she had no idea where to take these many people and second she found that all the prostitutes and slaves were given drugs in order to control them.

After a period of taking these drugs, even those with strong spirits crumbled under the want of these drugs.

It's not like there's any rehab center waiting for these people.

Li Ming brought Ruoshan into the mansion as she racked her mind to find a way to solve this matter.

"Calm down! You need a proper plan before doing anything. Right now you can't do anything!" Ruoshan tried to reason with the girl.

"Huh! I never thought that the Emperor of this Empire is a blind person. His own official is destroying his country and he has no idea! Who knows if he is also a part of this?" Li Ming said with a bitter smile.

"Although I don't know the Emperor on a personal level but I can still assure you that he's not a part of this and maybe he even knows about all this shady business of Prime Minister Zhu. But let me tell you, the Prime Minister has a very powerful backing. Even if the Emperor wants to punish the Prime Minister, he can't do it without receiving a back lash." Ruoshan told her like a professional of the matter.

"Are you trying to say that since the Emperor can't do anything then I should also sit silently like that Old Coward!" Li Ming was clearly angry.

Ruoshan looked at the girl who was fuming. He shook his head as he flicked her head, "Why you always assumes the worst about me? I'm only saying that you should have a proper plan with you before diving in this issue. And don't go yelling about the Emperor like that outside."

"I know. Hey! Who's this powerful backing of the Prime Minister?" Li Ming asked curiously. After all she wanted to know who was this person that the Emperor was scared of.

"Find out on your own. I'm not going to help you in any way. I'll just make sure that you will not end up killing yourself before I'm back to the peak of my cultivation. Other than that don't expect anything from me!" Ruoshan said with an indifferent tone.

Li Ming glared at the shameless man. She wanted to voice out her opinion about him but then thought better of it.

"But I can give you at least one advice. Find a support who will help you in this case. Someone who hates the Prime Minister Zhu and also have a strong image in the empire." Ruoshan said with a little touch of softness and concern in his eyes.

"It would have been better if you have directly told me that you're talking about General Wei!" Li Ming said as she rolled her eyes.

"Whatever! Now let's go back to the orphanage. You have five more months before the next exchange. I think by that time you already would have solved this problem."

"Not so early! Let's give this market and the Prime Minister Zhu something that will sway them from their feet." The evil smirk and the cold look in Li Ming's eyes was the clear indication of the coming storm.

Li Ming went back to the same shop and found that the four men and that woman were still there, busy in pleasing each other.

She somehow held her disgust inside and started to enter the room but suddenly her eyes were covered by a hand.

"What do you think you are doing?"Li Ming whispered in an irritated voice.

"I'm not letting you go inside in there! You are still too young for all these stuff!" Ruoshan whispered back into her ear.

"You....!" Li Ming was not sure what to do with this guy. She tried to free herself but just as usual ended up in wasting her energy.

"Let me go!" Li Ming nearly shouted but at the last moment she controlled her voice.

"No!" Ruoshan was in no mood of negotiations. He was not letting her go inside that room to witness such stuff. She's too young and pure for that. He's not letting something like that ruined her innocence.

If Li Ming had heard his thoughts, she would rather had spent her time teaching him about her own level of innocence then continuing with her plan.

"I'm telling you for the last time to let me go!" Li Ming said as she gritted her teeth in order to control her anger.

"And I already told you that I'm not letting you go inside." Ruoshan said in  a confirmed tone.

Li Ming took a deep breath and then turned around. Her soft hands grabbed the collar of Ruoshan's outer garment and she jerked her hand backward.

She wanted to push him away for a little bit of distraction but she ended up tearing his clothes.

Li Ming's eyes went wide the moment she looked at the jade like shining and luscious chest of Ruoshan. Naked and on it's full glory to please her eyes.....