"Each person has their own ambitions, and I believe there will be those who are willing. As for those who aren't, we won't force them."
They grew up in a village as barren as Qingshan Village, where even food was scarce, yet they never considered selling themselves into slavery, let alone the young masters and ladies who never had to worry about their livelihoods.
It's understandably difficult for them to accept all at once; how could others comprehend the inner turmoil and agony of falling from nobility or a respectable household to slavery? But what can one do if they refuse to accept their fate? Could they escape destiny?
What he didn't remind his sister is that even from the previous dynasty or earlier, once one became a slave, they would be slaves for generations. Slaves were ranked in different levels: Official Slave, Gifted Slave, Good Slave, Low Slave, etc.
