Transmigration: Reverse Exploitation, the System Works for Me

Chapter 287 Mutual Dislike

His eyes and face were filled with deep resentment and hatred. This was his birth mother, his dear mother!

Deceit, manipulation, exploitation, and threats!

Between them, who should have been the closest of family, there was nothing but these cold and filthy things!

He could accept that the Empress Dowager didn't love him, but he couldn't forgive her for such vicious scheming.

Yu Jia was not only Consort Zhuang's elder sister, but also a daughter-in-law of the Aisin Gioro family! She was the primary consort of Consort Wuya's son!

Wasn't it enough that the Aisin Gioro family had produced such an unfaithful woman as Uya, who was disloyal to the emperor? Why did they have to resort to such despicable and vile methods to scheme against Yujia?

Doesn't she fear that she will be ashamed to face the ancestors of the Aisin Gioro family and Yinzuo after her death, disregarding the Emperor's reputation and humiliating Yinzuo's lawfully wedded wife?

The emperor stood up and walked towards the Empress Dowager: "Empress Mother, why has our relationship come to this?"

He believed that he had always respected and admired his birth mother, the Empress Dowager, even more than his father, the Emperor.

But why did the Empress Dowager never like him?

Whether it was the sixth prince who died young, the ninth sister who passed away early, or the fourteenth prince who was far away in the imperial mausoleum, they were all siblings born of the same mother, but apart from him, the Empress Dowager loved them all very much.

Especially Ninth Sister.

Both were given away to be raised by others. The Empress Dowager was always indifferent to him, but she was particularly fond of Ninth Sister and often cared for and inquired about her, just like a replica of the Fourteenth Prince.

The emperor couldn't understand it before, and he understands it even less now.

The Empress Dowager treated him more like an enemy than a son.

He even doubted whether he was the Empress Dowager's biological son.

However, after multiple investigations, it was confirmed that he was indeed the biological son of Empress Dowager Uya.

The Emperor stopped in front of the Empress Dowager, his lips pursed down, and he exhaled heavily through his nose: "Your son is sending Your Majesty back to the palace to recuperate. From now on, you may live out your days in peace in the Shou Kang Palace."

Today, he no longer needs the Empress Dowager's maternal love.

His only hope—to be an ordinary mother and son with the Empress Dowager without any affection—was also shattered by the Empress Dowager herself.

With such ruthless methods, is the Empress Dowager certain that he won't abandon her?

Then he'll show her whether he can actually do it!

The Empress Dowager stared wide-eyed at the Emperor who was getting closer and closer, her lips trembling but unable to utter a single word.

The emperor's cold indifference was something she had never seen before. From childhood to adulthood, her son, the emperor, had always shown her nothing more than expectation, longing for her care, warmth, and love.

But why should she have to give him what he wants?

He is not her son, Wuya Chengbi; Aisin Gioro Yinzhen is the son of the Tongjia clan!

It was Longkodo, that heartless and cruel man, who tricked her into entering the palace to bear the son of his sister. He was the child who had brought her shame ever since she became pregnant.

Because of him, she became a complete joke.

Her lover's exploitation, her family's concealment, the ridicule of the concubines in the harem, the infamy of selling her child for personal gain... all of these things haunted her like a persistent carbuncle, impossible to shake off. In the dead of night, no amount of thick bedding or charcoal fire could warm her.

It's so cold! It's so cold!

In those years, she endured the torment of moving forward step by step in the harem, feeling both pain and numbness.

Until the sixth child was born.

What an obedient child the sixth prince was! When she was pregnant with him, he never bothered her. His delivery was also very smooth. After he was born, he was even less troublesome and rarely cried. As he grew up, he was so considerate and loving towards his mother. He was her only warmth and her only support in the palace.

However, this well-behaved and sensible sixth prince, because of the emperor's temper, caught a cold after being caught in the rain and died young.

How could she not hate it?

Her son, Yinzhuo, was such a good child!

Recalling the past, tears welled up in the Empress Dowager's eyes.

Overwhelmed with grief and shock, the Empress Dowager's body became uncontrollably stiff and numb, and her face twitched and distorted. The hatred and resentment she had never spoken aloud were now completely lost to anyone.

As the emperor walked past her without glancing to the side, she lost her balance and fell straight to the ground, fainting by the door.

With a loud thud, the emperor continued walking out without stopping.

Su Peisheng was about to follow, but hesitated and stopped.

He glanced back at the unconscious Empress Dowager, then at Fang Ruo, who was covered in blood in the room, and ultimately decided to stay.

The emperor may not care about the empress dowager, but he cannot allow the empress dowager to cause him criticism.

On the other side, the atmosphere in the royal consort's rest area was not good.

The reason was that when Xi Qiao returned, he happened to hear Consort Guo Luoluo of Prince Lian say with disgust, "What sixth sister-in-law? What is Yu Jia Shi? She doesn't deserve it!"

This princess consort was always arrogant and domineering, and she disliked Xi Qiao, who came from a humble background.

Of course, it's normal for her to dislike it, after all, when Consort Liang was alive, she, as her daughter-in-law, dared to be disrespectful.

How much goodwill can one possibly have towards Xi Qiao, who is nominally the sixth sister-in-law?

Similarly, Xi Qiao had no romantic feelings for her.

Although she was eager to develop her network through diplomacy, she never considered getting involved with the wife of Prince Lian.

Knowing that the emperor disliked Prince Lian and his wife, he dared not even get close to them, for fear of being misunderstood by the emperor.

I never expected that, even though we had no connection whatsoever, the wife of Prince Lian would humiliate me with such words.

Xi Qiao looked over with a half-smile: "What happened? Why does it sound like my eighth sister-in-law is scolding me? Can someone tell me how I offended my eighth sister-in-law?"

"If I am in the wrong, since all the members of the imperial clan are gathered here today, I can apologize to my eighth sister-in-law in public. If my eighth sister-in-law is still not satisfied, then we can go to the palace and ask the Empress Dowager or the Empress Dowager's sister-in-law to punish me."

"I have no other merits, only one: I admit my mistakes and correct them. I will accept punishment if it makes my eighth sister-in-law feel better.

This constant calling of "eighth brother's wife" infuriated Prince Lian's wife.

One of the noblewomen, dressed in the attire of a prince's primary wife, immediately stood up and said to Xi Qiao, "Sister-in-law, you've misunderstood. It's not that you're wrong."

"It's just that some people are gossipy and brought up the fact that their younger brother and sister-in-law wanted to adopt a son. This is a sore spot for some people, and they can't even mention it. So why do they take it out on their younger brother and sister-in-law?"

This is the primary consort of Prince Heng, of the Tatara clan. Although Lady Guoluo is Prince Heng's cousin, Lady Tatara has always been looked down upon and despised by Lady Guoluo because of her low birth.

Tatara was not the kind of person to repay evil with kindness, and naturally he did not like Guoluo.

Xi Qiao bowed to the wife of Prince Heng and said, "Thank you for speaking up for me, Fifth Sister-in-law. Otherwise, people would think I did something to Eighth Sister-in-law."

After saying that, she looked at Guo Luoluo and said, "Alright, let's just consider it my magnanimity as your sister-in-law today. But Eighth sister-in-law, you'd better watch your words in the future."

"It's your business if you're unwilling to raise your eighth brother's illegitimate son, so why are you taking your anger out on me and speaking ill of me?"

See? This persona of being generous and kind, yet not to be bullied, has been established!

That saved her a lot of trouble.

"Pfft~"

Many of the wives present who had suffered at the hands of Lady Guoluo covered their mouths and laughed.

I never imagined that this Princess Consort of Prince Mu would be such an infuriating person!

Guo Luo's face turned pale and then red. She wanted to retort, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.