Traveling through famine: The space peasant girl

Yu Xiuming frowned, rubbed his temples, and thought to himself: "This dog emperor is such a headache!" He originally thought that the emperor would take gentle measures, such as continuing to keep the queen alive. This would not only prevent the queen from interfering in state affairs, but also allow him to use her status as queen to control the situation in the harem.

However, he did not expect the emperor to be so cruel and directly murder the queen. Not only that, he also increased the dosage of the medicine, obviously trying to take the opportunity to suppress him. Yu Xiuming realized that his existence was now more threatening than those aristocratic families.

His fingers tapped the table, making a crisp sound, and his eyes gradually became firm. Since Zhou Qingyun is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. This palace has long been full of smoke and dirt, and it really needs to be cleaned up.

Yu Xiuming decided not to sit idly by and wait for death, but to take the initiative to gain more benefits for himself and the country's future.

Yu Xiuming called the court doctor expressionlessly, his eyes sharp as a knife: "Let me ask you, what contraceptive pills are there for men?"

The court doctor's face turned pale, with beads of sweat on his forehead: "This... this..."

Yu Xiuming interrupted impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense! Speak quickly!"

The court doctor replied tremblingly: "Your Excellency, there is no special contraceptive pill for men, but there is a drug that can make it difficult for women to conceive, called 'contraceptive pill'."

A trace of doubt flashed across Yu Xiuming's eyes: "Oh? What kind of medicine is that?"

The court doctor lowered his voice and explained, "This medicine is a secret recipe of the palace. After taking it, it can make women produce an antibody in their bodies, which will prevent the fertilized egg from implanting, thus achieving the effect of contraception. However, this medicine has great side effects and is quite harmful to the body. It cannot be used continuously, otherwise it will lead to sterilization."

Yu Xiuming's mind moved, and he asked, "Is there any way to remove the effects of this medicine?"

The court doctor shook his head and said, "There is a way. Just take the corresponding antidote."

Yu Xiuming frowned and fell into deep thought. Since the frequent deaths of children in the harem, Emperor Zhou Qingyun had to take some measures to save his life. And this so-called "contraceptive pill" might be one of his means of protecting himself. After all, any woman in the harem who got pregnant and gave birth could become his death warrant.

Yu Xiuming took a deep breath, his eyes were as cold as ice. He knew that Zhou Qingyun had no choice but to do this. In this world of intrigue and deception, where the strong prey on the weak, power and status are often accompanied by endless dangers and conspiracies. As an emperor, Zhou Qingyun was at the center of the storm, and could be plotted against at any time, and he could also plot against others at any time.

Yu Xiuming sighed inwardly. The cruelty and helplessness of this world made him feel extremely heavy. However, he also understood that only by constantly strengthening himself could he remain invincible in this crisis-filled world.

Yu Xiuming said calmly, "Prepare me seven doses of antidote for the contraceptive pills, and then find a way to secretly put a sterility powder in them. Don't make the dosage too large, and don't make it so that other doctors can detect it. Even if they check it alone, they can't fail to detect it."

After hearing this, the court doctor looked at Yu Xiuming in shock, his mouth slightly opened, but he couldn't say a word. He could never have imagined that Yu Xiuming would actually let him do such a thing.

And this medicine is definitely not for himself. Who is he going to give it to?

The court doctor was very curious, but he didn't dare to ask, so he had to accept the order silently and went to the pharmacy to prepare the medicine. After Yu Xiuming took the prepared medicine, he handed it to his secret guard without hesitation. The medicine prepared this time tasted good, and it only needed to be added to the tonic soup, and it could be drunk by people without anyone noticing. Then, Yu Xiuming immediately instructed the nails ambushed in the palace to take action.

It turned out that the emperor secretly used contraceptive pills to prevent his concubines from getting pregnant. This news quickly spread among the concubines, but these concubines acted cautiously and did not arouse the emperor's attention. Those concubines with some means directly asked their subordinates to buy the antidote for the contraceptive pills and carefully boiled it into a tonic soup to offer to the emperor.

The emperor looked at the beautiful and charming concubines in front of him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He felt extremely happy that these concubines were so enthusiastic towards him.

So, the emperor followed the concubines into the harem without hesitation, enjoying their service and company. Meanwhile, Zhou Qingyun had already drunk up the medicine that Yu Xiuming had carefully prepared, and even the dregs had been cleaned up. Now, everything depended on whether Zhou Qingyun could make a woman pregnant within seven days.

Yu Xiuming deliberately chose to start the treatment right after the imperial physician had checked Zhou Qingyun's pulse, because this was the best time to administer the medicine. Seven days had passed, and the medicine had already taken effect. Even if Zhou Qingyun asked the imperial physician to treat him again in the middle of the month, the effect of the medicine could not be removed.

He believed that his plan would succeed. He looked forward to seeing Zhou Qingyun's reaction after he unknowingly drank the bowl of medicine, and the difficulties he might face in the future.

This plan was perfect, and no one would notice the clues. Yu Xiuming was convinced that as long as Zhou Qingyun drank the bowl of medicine, he would be doomed to fall into an inescapable trap.

In order to allow the women in the harem to get pregnant, and also to prevent Zhou Qingyun from having no descendants, Yu Xiuming specially made various tonics with spiritual spring water and fertility-enhancing herbs and sent them to the harem. Zhou Qingyun has favored fifteen concubines in the past few days, so it all depends on their luck.

"Zhou Qingyun, you brought this upon yourself! If you hadn't tried to control me with the charge of murdering the mother of a country, how could I have attacked you?" Yu Xiuming looked coldly at the paper in front of him, his eyes flashing with anger and determination.

When Zhou Qingyun drank all the drugs, Yu Xiuming quickly arranged for his people to fake their death and leave the palace, and gave them new identities and hid them on the island. Even if Zhou Qingyun searched the whole country, he would never find those who drugged her. Even if Zhou Qingyun suspected him, he couldn't put the blame on him.

Afterwards, Yu Xiuming carefully planned and ordered people to spread rumors everywhere: "The queen died because of the secret medicine of the previous dynasty, Anyou Qiluoxiang, and the emperor happened to have this medicine in his hands. Since the emperor has this poison, he must also have the antidote..."

All of a sudden, all kinds of rumors spread like a tide throughout the entire Jinling City. These rumors were like sharp swords, ruthlessly piercing Zhou Qingyun's heart. He was so angry that he was shaking all over, and he was fuming, but in the face of these overwhelming rumors, he couldn't even refute a single word!

He knew very well in his heart that the situation could not be reversed now, and no matter how he explained, it would only be regarded as quibbling or covering up.

Moreover, if he tried to stop the spread of these rumors, it would probably cause a bigger disturbance and make things worse. After all, the censors and imperial censors in the court were not easy to mess with. If they knew about this, they would definitely seize the opportunity to make a big fuss and cause unrest.

Before Zhou Qingyun could deal with these rumors, a bigger bombshell appeared. When he asked the imperial physician to take the emperor's pulse in the middle of the month, the imperial physician was scared half to death. It seemed that there was something wrong with the emperor's pulse.

"Your Majesty... you have been poisoned by the sterilization powder, and it has penetrated into your bones. Have you taken any medicine recently?"

Everyone present was frightened like quails and dared not speak at all. Even the imperial doctors who wanted to say something just shut their mouths. This was a big deal. The king of a country was drugged and became childless. This was more terrifying than the collapse of the sky.

Zhou Qingyun, who was originally leaning carelessly, sat up straight when he heard this. He stared at the imperial physician closely, his eyes full of disbelief and shock. You know, being able to have a baby and being unable to have one are two different things.

"How is it possible? I haven't taken any medicine during this period of time. Even my meals every day are tested by special poison testers before I eat them. How could it be Chinese medicine?" Zhou Qingyun asked with his eyes wide open and a trembling voice.

He couldn't believe this fact, because he had always been very cautious and had strict control and management over his diet and living environment. But now he was told that he had been poisoned by the sterilization powder, which made him feel extremely angry and terrified.

Zhou Qingyun's face turned pale as paper, and he held the armrests of the dragon throne tightly, trying to control his inner panic. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down and think about how to deal with it.

Although Zhou Qingyun didn't mind the tricks used by the people in the harem, he absolutely couldn't use them on himself. So he quickly arranged for the spies in the harem to take action.

Not long after, they found out the truth: it turned out that someone had spread news about him in the harem, and after learning that he had taken contraceptive pills, they came one after another with antidotes.

If my guess is correct, someone must have secretly added the antidote with the sterilization powder, and the amount used each time was so small that it was difficult to detect. Zhou Qingyun was so angry that he threw all the items on the dragon table to the ground, even the jade seal was not spared and smashed hard to the ground.

Fortunately, there was a thick carpet in the room, so the imperial seal was saved from being broken. This sudden move frightened the eunuchs and palace maids below and they all knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Investigate for me and find out who the stuff came from. If you find out, I will beat him to death."

The eunuch was trembling with fear. Anyone who was able to bring soup to the imperial study some time ago must have someone behind him, and the person behind him might be very powerful.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please calm down. Today is only the middle of the month. It won't be too late to take action after checking the pulses of those ladies in the middle of next month. Just in case..."

When the emperor has no heir, those favored concubines will be his only children. If one of them is lucky enough, she will get pregnant. In the past, when the emperor did not take contraceptive pills, there were many pregnancies in the harem. Unfortunately, the empress was too cruel and aborted all of their babies. If these things had not happened at that time, the emperor would probably have had an heir long ago.

Unfortunately, it was useless to say anything now. Zhou Qingyun forced himself to swallow his anger and directly arranged for people to guard the palaces in the harem, allowing them to only enter but not leave. Even the people who delivered meals were the emperor's secret guards, ensuring that no one in the harem would have any contact with the former dynasty.

As soon as the queen died, the emperor began to enjoy the favor of beautiful women. If this were to get out, the emperor's reputation would be ruined. Zhou Qingyun could only pray that the fifteen concubines could give birth to a son, otherwise he would really be vomiting to death.

After knowing this, Yu Xiuming just sneered. Evil will be punished by evil. In order to prevent his physical condition from being spread, the emperor even imprisoned the imperial physician who diagnosed his pulse. Yu Xiuming naturally would not meddle in other people's business and even hoped that the emperor could succeed in sowing seeds.

Zhou Qingyun is now unable to take care of himself and has no time to plot against Yu Xiuming. Yu Xiuming has directly and smoothly taken over the power, money and shops of those aristocratic families, which has immediately brought the Yu family to a higher level.

Yu Xiuming also knew that everything that goes up must come down, so he separated out the former power of the Yu family, and moved all that was built later directly into the dark. He had to make preparations for the third scenario, as it was impossible for the building to collapse and he would need to climb out of the coffin to help.

Zhou Qingyun was no longer a concern. Even if someone gave birth to a child, he would not be able to attack the Yu family again. He quickly built schools and recruited teachers in various places.

Wen Xian'er looked at Wen Qinglian, who was acting like a spoiled child in front of her, and was speechless, but she still coaxed her in a gentle voice, and then after sending her away, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked the servants to pack her clothes and rushed directly to Jizhou City. She had already arranged for someone to deal with the people from the third room in the Wen family.

Even the people who had attacked her daughter were dealt with by Wen Xian'er. Wen Qinglian herself was stunned. She had just left the Mo family for a while when something happened in her mother's family. Her mother fainted because of her father's concubine, and her father was poisoned because of the child born from his concubine. Now the couple is lying in bed unable to move.

Wen Qinglian hurried back home. Her two brothers had their legs broken because of a conspiracy involving their concubines' children. Her nephews were also killed and none of them escaped.

Wen Qinglian was so frightened that she ran directly to the Mo family, ready to ask Wen Xianer for help. However, someone at the gate stopped her and wouldn't let her in. Even when she made a scene at the door of the Mo family, she couldn't get in. In the end, she returned to the Wen family in a daze.

Wen Xianer's brother, the head of the Wen family, directly rejected Wen Qinglian's request, leaving Wen Qinglian with nowhere to turn for help. The final result was that the concubine came into the family and directly became the head of the third branch of the Wen family, and drove Wen Qinglian out of the house.

When Wen Xian'er hurried to Jizhou City, she happened to meet Yu Xiuming who had just finished dealing with matters in Jinling City and arrived at the door of the Mo family. Wen Xian'er was looking at Mo Ru Ru in tears, while Yu Xiuming was looking at Wang Shiyu and laughing.