Transmigration: Reverse Exploitation, the System Works for Me

Xi Qiao suppressed a laugh and tapped her forehead: "No need. The Empress Dowager is bedridden and needs to rest. If we go there, it will only prevent her from recuperating properly."

"Besides, the Fourteenth Prince's wife entered the palace early this morning to attend to the sick. The Empress Dowager has always favored her, so she has no time to pay attention to anyone else."

As she spoke, she looked at Xiao Lezi and said, "Later, go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for me and ask for a favor. Tell them that I am worried about the Empress Dowager's illness and wish to stay in the palace to serve her."

Xiao Lezi's eyes flashed; the emphasis of this sentence was not on caring for the sick, but on staying in the palace.

"Yes, this servant will go shortly."

Yu Ying'er looked at them blankly. Weren't they not going to Shou Kang Palace? Why is her sister asking for permission to go and attend to the Empress Dowager again?

However, her doubts lasted only a second before she was snuggling up to her older sister again.

Yu Ying'er pulled Xi Qiao to sit down on the heated kang, showed her the good things she had recently acquired, and then enthusiastically talked about a series of events that had happened in the palace.

His face was beaming with joy, showing no trace of the listlessness he had shown a while ago.

Xi Qiao listened patiently, occasionally agreeing with her and offering her tea to soothe her throat.

Two years is a long time; even raising a dog would develop an attachment, let alone a beautiful woman.

After rattling off a long string of words, Yu Ying'er lay sprawled on the kang table as if she had no bones, looking pitifully at Xi Qiao: "I've been very good and obedient. Even though that bitch Zhen Huan schemed against me like that, I remembered my sister's instructions and didn't confront her directly."

As for the problematic wardrobe, screen, bronze mirror, incense burner, and other items, they were sent by people from the Imperial Household Department. What does that have to do with Yu Ying'er?

Xi Qiao raised an eyebrow at her, did she really think she didn't know what Yu Ying'er had done in secret?

Furniture tainted with secret medicines that harm one's blood and qi; incense burners and charcoal braziers with cinnabar filling their inner layers; green plants watered with stimulating potions.

It moved almost all of its movable hands and feet.

The furniture, incense burner, and charcoal brazier were all readily available, but the green plants were not.

That was arranged by Yu Ying'er. She secretly had someone find some mild-tasting medicinal herbs that had a refreshing effect, boiled them in water, and soaked the soil around the green plants.

The room had a ground heating system and a charcoal brazier burning. As the temperature rose, the medicinal properties hidden in the soil would naturally evaporate with the moisture, filling the room and then entering the human body through respiration.

For women in postpartum confinement, sufficient sleep is essential for a good and quick recovery.

With those stimulants available, how could Zhen Huan possibly sleep?

Even if Zhen Huan were made of iron, she couldn't endure it all day long.

This method isn't some deadly, vicious trick, but it's insidious and torturous enough.

Just like Yu Ying'er.

Xi Qiao was also somewhat gratified, because it was Yu Ying'er who came up with this idea.

The child has finally learned to use their own brain, even if they haven't used it in the right way, it's still progress.

What made Xi Qiao most gratified was that this time Zhen Huan was not able to escape the schemes of all sides.

Not only did Yu Ying'er arrange these things in Suiyu Pavilion, but the Fourth Prince also had someone soak Zhen Huan's wound medicine, bedding, and clothes in an infertility-inhibiting medicine, as well as the imperial meal that An Lingrong specially paid money to order for her with added sugar and oil.

Zhen Huan accepted them all without noticing a thing.

Now, every day I use a wardrobe that damages my blood and energy to store clothes, light charcoal fires in a charcoal brazier with cinnabar, cover myself with bedding soaked in infertility drugs, and eat sugar and oil mixtures that easily cause weight gain.

Just hearing about it gives me the creeps.

However, she knew all this in her heart and didn't need to tell Yu Ying'er about it.

"Yes, yes, our Empress is so sensible."

Xi Qiao gave a perfunctory compliment, but Yu Ying'er didn't notice the insincerity in his words. She was just happy and grinned like a fool.

Qingzhu couldn't bear to look at it, so she stepped forward and presented the almost cooled white fungus and lotus seed soup to Xi Qiao: "Princess Consort, please have something to eat first. You went to the palace early this morning, so you must be hungry by now."

Then she turned to look at Yu Ying'er: "Your Majesty, please have some pity on me. I have a lot of legal troubles waiting for you to make a decision."

Yu Ying'er glared at her, "Then I've been holding back my longing for over a month to tell my sister!"

Qingzhu looked at her with a wronged expression: "But you've been talking to the Fujin for an hour now, shouldn't it be my turn?"

Yu Ying'er hesitated for a moment, but immediately straightened up and continued to glare at her: "What's wrong with an hour? I'm the Empress, what's wrong with me talking to my sister a little longer?"

Qingzhu choked back a sob, then muttered defiantly, "That's not what you said yesterday. You even told me to remember to ask the Fujin for advice."

Xi Qiao, holding a bowl of white fungus soup in one hand and a spoon in the other, stirred it, raising an eyebrow at the two who were getting more and more excited as they talked. Not wanting to miss a good show, he said, "Why don't you two have a fight first, and I'll go check on Xiao Liu?"

The two immediately stopped, and Yu Ying'er said eagerly, "Let's not. Xiao Liu has been very clingy lately. Once he sees his sister, he definitely won't be able to leave."

How can she get close to her sister then?

After taking a leisurely sip of the white fungus soup, Xi Qiao looked up at the two women, one sitting and one standing, opposite him. Seeing that they both had the same pitiful expression on their faces, he couldn't help but smile.

After giving them a disapproving glare, he asked, "Speak up, what is it that you have to ask me?"

Although Qingzhu is still young, she has been working by the original owner's side since entering the palace. She has also given her a lot of training since she arrived, so she is not indecisive when faced with problems.

Yu Ying'er chuckled, and Qingzhu smiled back.

"To answer Your Highness, it's nothing serious. Yesterday, Chun Chang came to pay his respects to Your Highness, and his words seemed to indicate his intention to serve you."

Yu Ying'er, her eyes shining, picked up the conversation: "It's not just her, Fei Changzai also expressed this idea before."

This made Yu Ying'er extremely proud; someone had actually taken the initiative to pledge allegiance to her!

These two people were originally in the Empress's camp, but their actions clearly show that they turned around and fled when things went wrong. Such people can betray the Empress today, and they can stab themselves in the back tomorrow.

Yu Ying'er would never dare to do something that would bring trouble upon herself.

Moreover, although the Empress had lost power and was placed under house arrest in Jingren Palace by the Emperor under various pretexts, she was not completely defeated yet.

She always remembered her elder sister's words: As long as the Empress Dowager is alive, the Empress can live in peace.

If we accept these two people, wouldn't that be a blatant slap in the face to the Empress?

This not only offended the Empress, but also the Empress Dowager.

"Don't worry, sister. I immediately refused her offer. We were just afraid that this would reach the Empress Dowager's ears and cause her to misunderstand."

Those two didn't hide their actions and words from anyone; I'm afraid everyone in the palace with connections knows about them.

The Empress Dowager will find out sooner or later.