Transmigration: Reverse Exploitation, the System Works for Me

Chapter 293 Borrowing a Knife

If she doesn't compete or fight for anything, how can her child become a legitimate heir? How can he be properly raised? How can he find a good wife? How can he marry into a wealthy family?

Xi Qiao smiled and said, "Madam underestimates me. Since I said I wouldn't hold it against you, I won't. Besides, haven't you already experienced my mother's situation firsthand?"

Ma's body trembled. Yes, she had already experienced it.

Yu Chonglin no longer loved her as he once did, and he no longer had the same fatherly affection for his four children.

His current darlings are Yu Kun and her son. To prevent her from harming them, he even took the power of managing the household from her and handed it over to that bitch.

Did Ma hate it?

It is hatred.

But she had no choice. She had sons and daughters, grandchildren and grandchildren. She could only rely on Yu Chonglin, she could only be subservient, and she could only endure it.

Thinking of the hardships she had endured over the years, Mrs. Ma was overcome with grief and almost burst into tears.

Xi Qiao watched her unmoved, waiting for her to compose herself.

After a long while, Madam Ma wiped the corner of her eye with a handkerchief: "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Your Highness. I truly understand now. If Yu Chonglin could be so ruthless to his first wife, how am I any different from my four children?"

But as I said before, she has no regrets.

"But, since the Princess Consort didn't come here today to investigate my faults, then... she came for Yu Chonglin?"

She looked at Xi Qiao with deep, dark eyes, pulling back the absurd and disrespectful thought that had just popped into her head.

In this kind of situation, it's simply a matter of whether to help or not.

If she were to be helped, given her relationship with Yu Lu, Yu Lu would most likely propose conditions such as her paying for her sins with her death.

But Yu Lu just said that he wouldn't hold it against her anymore, so doesn't that mean Yu Lu doesn't want to help?

However, a major corruption case has just occurred in the capital, and the Emperor has even confiscated the property of the Wuya family. If the Emperor finds out about Yu Chonglin's matter, how can we guarantee that he will not take his anger out on the sisters and the Sixth Prince?

Ma was momentarily bewildered and couldn't fathom Xi Qiao's thoughts at all.

Xi Qiao smiled and said, "Madam is an experienced woman, and she should understand that when a man is deeply in love with a woman, he is willing to do anything for her."

"Besides, the Yu family has a history of wrongdoing. I don't even need to argue with the Empress. As long as the Emperor hasn't forgotten about my mother's dowry, he won't be angry with the Empress. On the contrary, he will feel even more sorry for her."

Between a beautiful concubine and her young son who are frequently implicated and held back by their family, and a minister with a tarnished reputation who has accomplished nothing, it is obvious who the emperor's heart leans towards.

"Furthermore, even after this incident, do you really think Yu Chonglin didn't have any backup plans?"

She raised her finger and pointed at the evidence in Ma's hand: "What do you think Yu Peng has been busy with these days, leaving early and returning late? Yu Chonglin won't handle these things personally, but he won't trust outsiders either."

Ma's pupils dilated violently, "Brother Peng!"

That old scoundrel Yu Chonglin actually sent Peng Ge'er to make the move!

Yu Chonglin's heart was no longer with the mother and her five children. At this time, he asked Peng Ge'er to do these things, which clearly showed that he had no good intentions!

If this matter is exposed, and it was Peng Ge who was in charge, then it would be Peng Ge who falls off the cliff!

Thinking of the consequences, Ma's body went limp, and she almost couldn't stand up.

With a thud, she knelt down directly in front of Xi Qiao, pleading tearfully, "Please, Madam, teach me how to save Peng Ge'er."

Xi Qiao looked down at her and said, "Why does Madam want me to be the villain? Madam is a smart woman, and I'm sure you already have a plan in mind."

She walked back to the main seat, picked up the brocade box on the table, went to the evidence scattered on the ground, picked them up one by one, put them in the box, closed it, and placed it in Madam Ma's arms.

"Madam, the end of the year is the busiest time. The clan may not have noticed yet, but it will be impossible to hide it after the New Year when there is more free time. This concerns your eldest son and your future support, so you must think it over carefully."

Ma stared blankly at her smiling face, a boundless fear gradually spreading in her eyes.

Yu Lu actually wanted her to kill Yu Chonglin!

Xi Qiao's smile grew even wider. "A few days ago, many people asked me about the marriage plans of my younger siblings. If Father asks about it when we get back, Madam can give this answer."

Mrs. Ma wouldn't be able to calm down in a short time, so it would be better to find her an excuse.

"It's getting late, so I won't keep you any longer, Madam. Someone, please see Madam out."

Anlu and Xiaolinzi immediately came in and helped Ma, who was kneeling on the ground, to walk out.

When Ma's carriage arrived at the gate of the Yu residence, it happened to meet Yu Peng, who was returning home.

"Mother?"

The cry of "Mother" startled the dazed Madam Ma. Clutching the brocade box, she hurriedly got off the carriage, quickly walked to Yu Peng, and grabbed his sleeve.

"Tell me, what have you been doing lately? Is it... is it..."

Mrs. Ma choked up and could barely speak.

Yu Peng wondered why she was so emotionally distraught at the gate, asking him how he could reveal even a single word about what he had done in public.

Frowning, Yu Peng looked around and saw that all the servants had their heads bowed. He grabbed Madam Ma's forearm and said, "Mother, let's talk about this back at the manor."

After calming down a bit, Ma grabbed Yu Peng and pulled him towards the main courtyard.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the front yard, the steward appeared and said, "Madam, the master requests that you come to his study after returning to the mansion."

Ma's heart skipped a beat, and her expression turned grim.

She took a deep breath, glanced at Guan Jian with a deep look in her eyes, and handed the brocade box she had been holding to her trusted maid: "Be careful, don't drop the things the Princess Consort gave you."

The maid didn't know what was in the box, but she solemnly took it and held it steadily in her hands.

In the study in the front yard, not only Yu Chonglin was there, but Yu Kun was also there.

When Ma saw Yu Kun's expression change again, it became even uglier than before.

"I met my mother."

After giving a perfunctory bow, Yu Kun then clasped his hands in a fist salute to his elder brother, Yu Peng.

Yu Peng nodded indifferently and stood silently beside Ma.

Clearly, he also disliked his younger brother, who was more than ten years younger than him.

But this can't be blamed on him. Kunpeng's given name is Peng, but his young half-brother is named Kun.

With such a long-standing reputation for disorder and reversal of the proper order of succession, no one could possibly like it.

Yu Chonglin frowned slightly and looked at Madam Ma, asking in a cold voice, "Why did you urgently summon me, Madam?"

Madam Ma looked at Yu Chonglin with mixed feelings. After a few moments, just before Yu Chonglin was about to get angry, she slowly said, "Someone has proposed a marriage alliance to the Princess Consort."

She thought that perhaps Yu Lu, that heartless woman, was right; someone like Yu Chonglin would only be a menace if he lived.