Transmigration: Reverse Exploitation, the System Works for Me

In the Qingliang Palace, the imperial physician is taking Consort Hua's pulse.

Consort Hua looked at the imperial physician with expectant eyes, "How is it? Is the baby in my womb a prince or a princess?"

The imperial physician hesitated, "This... Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, you are carrying... a princess."

Consort Hua's pupils contracted. "Princess!?"

How could she be a princess?

Chunrong clearly stated that it was a secret medicine for conceiving a child!

Moreover, Consort Zhuang's child was indeed a prince.

Seeing that Consort Hua seemed displeased, the imperial physician nervously swallowed. "Your Majesty, perhaps my skills are not good enough and I have failed to make an accurate diagnosis. You might as well ask a more skilled physician to carefully determine the sex of the fetus."

Consort Hua snapped out of her daze, her face betraying her disappointment, but she forced a smile and said, "It's alright, I trust you. Songzhi, please accept the reward. Zhou Ninghai, please escort the imperial physician to the palace for me."

After the imperial physician left, the smile on Consort Hua's face vanished completely. She lowered her eyes to look at her protruding belly, feeling an overwhelming sense of loss.

Turns out to be a princess!

Although she did not have any preference for sons over daughters, given the current situation, the Nian family urgently needed a son.

The princess is nice, but she's of no use to the Nian family.

She is not only the mother of this child, but also a daughter of the Nian family, and she has to think about the entire Nian family.

"Send word home that the child in my womb is a princess. Also, send a message to Chunrong that I wish to see her!"

Consort Hua raised her eyes to look at Songzhi, her eyes gleaming with a deep light.

At Anlan Garden, Xi Qiao had just learned of the Emperor's series of bizarre actions and was unsure whether to continue to fuel the flames.

By giving Liu Zhu to Prince Guo as a concubine, Zhen Huan's right and left arms were severed, leaving her all alone.

Secondly, it also has a somewhat disgusting connotation.

Thirdly, by taking advantage of the relationship between Liu Zhu and the Zhen family, he devised a plan for Prince Guo to petition for permission to take the Zhen family members away from the capital.

However, after Prince Guo submitted his memorial, the emperor ostentatiously rejected it and subtly publicized the matter.

Let everyone know that Prince Guo dotes on the two daughters of the Zhen family and treats the Zhen family well because of his affection for them.

Later, when Prince Guo came to the palace to meet the emperor and made the same request again, the emperor pretended to reluctantly agree to half of it.

The reason it was only half was because only Zhen Yuandao went to Ningguta with him.

Yun Xinluo and Zhen Yurao were forced by the emperor to stay in the capital on the grounds that Zhen Huan was pregnant and needed family members to accompany and take care of her.

By using both coaxing and deception, they successfully made the other party believe that Yun Xinluo and Zhen Yurao were in their hands, and the possibility of either side being exposed was very low, because they had almost no chance of confronting each other.

Even Zhen Huan, Zhen Yuandao, and Liu Zhu, the three people closest to Yun Xinluo, failed to notice anything amiss, let alone outsiders.

In particular, Su Peisheng did indeed go to Prince Guo's residence today, and there was indeed an extra carriage made by the Imperial Household Department in Prince Guo's entourage.

This carriage was not much different from the carriages of Liu Zhu and Zhen Yuandao, and an ordinary person would surely think that the people sitting inside were also the family members of Prince Guo.

In reality, although Su Peisheng did leave Yuanmingyuan with Yun Xinluo and Zhen Yurao, he only left Yuanmingyuan.

Less than a quarter of an hour after Yun Xinluo and her daughter left the Old Summer Palace, they were taken to a manor.

When Su Peisheng returned to Yuanmingyuan from the Prince Guo's Mansion, Yun Xinluo was disguised as a palace maid and accompanied him back, and she stayed at Jiuzhou Qingyan legitimately and openly.

What kind of place is Jiuzhou Qingyan?

That's the emperor's territory; apart from the empress dowager and empress, no one dares to plant spies there.

Nowadays, the emperor has no other men's wives or concubines' mothers by his side, only Yun Mama, who can serve him in bed.

These calculations, performed by the emperor with such nonchalance and ease, truly opened Xi Qiao's eyes.

This made her sigh with admiration: No wonder he is the ultimate victor who survived all the conspiracies and schemes!

With a simple move, he could overturn her painstakingly planned scheme.

And it made her afraid to act rashly.

Xi Qiao had to admit that the trick the emperor had shown her made her feel somewhat scared.

The emperor was not unaware of the various conspiracies and schemes within the harem, but he likely turned a blind eye simply because he was too lazy to bother with them.

However, the Yun family's affair is different from other schemes. If the Yun family's affair is exposed, the emperor will be insulted and questioned by scholars all over the country. If it gets serious, it may shake the foundation of the country.

Students are the fresh blood of the imperial court. If they were to question or resist the emperor, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Moreover, the borders are already unstable, with surrounding small countries and Mongolia all eager to make moves, eyeing the Qing Dynasty as a lucrative prize.

The emperor may have set up the scheme to give Lady Yun the identity of a nanny, perhaps as a precaution.

The Emperor had already discovered Shen Meizhuang's actions, and he might not have been unaware of Consort Qi's actions either. It's hard to say that the Emperor's arrangements for the Yun family were not influenced by them.

If Xi Qiao rushes out at this moment, he is very likely to fall into the trap set by the emperor.

As for methods like using someone else to do the dirty work, forget it. There are only a few people you can borrow from. If the emperor wanted to, those few would have been targeted long ago, and she would have been discovered as soon as she got close to them.

The path of spreading rumors has been cut off. Now, in everyone's understanding, Yun Xinluo has been taken to Ningguta by Prince Guo.

However, after planning for so long, it would be a shame to give up now.

Xi Qiao was caught in a dilemma.

Before she could make up her mind, she received a message that Consort Hua wanted to see her.

Oh, judging by the timeline, Consort Hua should have already discovered that she is carrying a princess, not a prince.

This news might not be good news for Consort Hua and the Nian family, but it could be better than good for the Emperor. He might even be so happy that he wants to hold a banquet to celebrate!

Wait! Prepare a banquet!

Xi Qiao suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a brilliant idea.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is next month, and the palace will definitely hold a banquet to entertain the royal family and nobles.

Since the emperor has created the illusion that the Yun family went to Ningguta, she should shatter that illusion in public!

It was midnight in Qingliang Palace.

Consort Hua looked at Xi Qiao kneeling before her and called out in a slightly weak voice.

Xi Qiao calmly stood up and looked up at Consort Hua. "Your Majesty summoned me here. Is it because of the imperial heir in your womb?"

Consort Hua looked at her expressionlessly, "That's right, you swore that the secret medicine you presented to me was a fertility medicine, so why did the imperial physician diagnose today that I am carrying a princess?"

Xi Qiao's face was full of surprise and doubt. "This... Your Majesty, please forgive me, this servant does not know why! This servant dares to swear on my life that after Consort Zhuang miscarried, she did indeed conceive the Sixth Prince because she took the medicine I gave her!"

She spoke sincerely, without a trace of sophistry.

In fact, Xi Qiao was not lying. Yu Ying'er did conceive the Sixth Prince after taking the medicine she gave her. However, she gave Yu Ying'er a pill to produce a son, while she gave Consort Hua a pill to produce a daughter.

Consort Hua stared intently at Xi Qiao, trying to discern something from her face and eyes.

But clearly, she failed.