Transmigration: Reverse Exploitation, the System Works for Me

Yu Ying'er stood there with lifeless eyes and a face as pale as paper. She unconsciously pressed her hand against her chest and tried to breathe deeply, but she still felt a tightness in her chest and couldn't breathe.

"How could it be? How could it be..."

Yu Ying'er murmured to herself, she and her sister had agreed to share this unparalleled wealth and power, but how far had it all gone?

My sister has always been careful and cautious, and she has so many people serving her. How could she suddenly contract smallpox, such a deadly disease?

Even if she was slow-witted, she knew that smallpox was mostly caused by infection. Her sister would send people to deliver things to her every few days, but the people who came never mentioned that anyone in the Prince's Mansion or the capital had contracted smallpox.

There's definitely something wrong with this smallpox!

"Who is it? Who—"

But before she could finish speaking, her vision went black and she fainted.

"Miss!"

"Sister Zhuangfei."

Chaos erupted in the waterside pavilion.

When Yu Ying'er woke up again, she was already at her residence.

Qingzhu and Xiaolezi stood guard by her bedside, their eyes red with tears.

Upon seeing her awake, the two immediately approached her: "Your Majesty, you're finally awake."

"Sister! Someone wants to harm you!"

After a brief moment of confusion, Yu Ying'er quickly sat up in bed and threw off the covers to get out.

Qingzhu grabbed her hand and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Yu Ying'er slapped her hand away, tears streaming down her face as she growled, "I can't calm down! My sister couldn't have suddenly gotten smallpox for no reason. Someone must be trying to harm her! Quickly, send someone to inform the Emperor and beg him to send an imperial physician to the Prince's residence."

She only has one older sister. She can lose anyone else, but she can't lose her sister.

Seeing that she was getting more and more agitated, Xiao Lezi reached out and pressed her shoulder, whispering, "Your Highness, the Fujin is alright. Just now, Xiao Linzi brought something for the Fujin. The Fujin specifically instructed him to give it to you after the news of smallpox spreads."

Xiao Linzi entered the garden with him in June, so it's clear that all of this was within the Fujin's expectations.

The princess consort did not tell them in advance, probably out of some concerns that could not be spoken aloud.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Ying'er's struggles vanished instantly, clearly indicating that she had grasped the key to the matter.

Xiao Lezi released her hand from her shoulder, took out a small brocade box from her bosom, and handed it to her: "Your Majesty, please take a look."

Yu Ying'er raised her hand to wipe away her tears, took the small box, opened it, and inside was a brown pill.

Her eyes flickered as she looked at the pill.

It's a secret fertility elixir!

However, both pills must be taken together to be effective. If only one pill is taken, there will be a pulse but no fetus, which is commonly known as a false pregnancy!

Yu Ying'er lowered her head and sniffed the scent carefully. It was the familiar smell of medicine.

At that moment, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, instantly settled down. It seemed that all the talk about smallpox and pox was fake, just part of her sister's scheme.

My sister said that only she had the formula for this fake pregnancy drug, and even if Xiao Linzi wanted to appease her, he couldn't possibly produce it.

Xiao Lezi and Qingzhu didn't know what the medicine was for, but they could guess from Yu Ying'er's expression that there must be a hidden story behind it.

After exchanging a glance, the two cautiously asked Yu Ying'er, "Your Highness, what is this medicine?"

Yu Ying'er carefully closed the box, glanced out the window with a guilty look, then gestured for them to come closer and whispered, "It's a fake pregnancy pill."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Lezi and Qingzhu caught their breath.

Their pupils contracted, and they instantly thought of Yu Ying'er's first child that she couldn't keep.

They had also discussed who was behind it all, someone who had the ability to make the Princess Consort so wary that she dared not retaliate.

Yu Ying'er, unaware of what the two were thinking, looked down at the fake pregnancy pill in her hand, bit her lip, and asked in distress, "I forgot whether I served the emperor a month ago."

After taking this medicine, a one-month pregnancy will soon become apparent.

Qingzhu immediately said with certainty, "Yes, on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, you originally wanted to play mahjong with us. You said that day would bring you good fortune and you would win all of our monthly wages!"

Yu Ying'er said "Oh," and replied, "Yes, yes, I was planning to win money. But then the emperor suddenly arrived, and not only did he want to dine with me, he also wanted me to stay overnight. I thought it would just be a simple matter of sleeping under the covers, but he actually ordered water."

"Your Majesty, do you mean that once this medicine is taken, it can detect a one-month pregnancy?"

Yu Ying'er nodded, then suddenly seemed to remember something, her eyes widening as she asked them, "Oh no! After I fainted just now, did any imperial physician come to check my pulse?"

The two nodded without hesitation. Of course they had to have it, since their lady was a concubine!

Xiao Lezi quickly reassured her, "It's alright, Your Highness. It was Physician Liu who came to take your pulse."

This imperial physician had already been tethered to their ship!

Yu Ying'er exhaled a breath of stale air: "That's good, that's good. Quick, send someone to invite Physician Liu. Tell him that my stomach hurts after I woke up."

I'd better hurry up and catch up with my sister's plan!

She sensed that this must be one of the key reasons her sister had mentioned before, allowing her to stay in the Yuanmingyuan!

When the news of Yu Ying'er's one-month pregnancy spread, the emperor had just received a secret report and learned of the entanglement between Prince Guo and Yinzhi.

The emperor sneered and casually tossed the secret letter in his hand onto his desk: "This dog-eat-dog show is quite entertaining."

As he finished speaking, a doubt suddenly flashed through his mind: Yinzhi being kicked by a horse and Yu Jia contracting smallpox happened almost simultaneously.

What a coincidence!

The Emperor looked at Su Peisheng and asked, "What happened to the smallpox outbreak involving Princess Consort Mu?"

Su Peisheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, someone ground the scabs from smallpox patients into powder and sprinkled them on the Princess Consort's clothes."

He paused for a moment, then added, "It was at the behest of Lady Guoluo, the wife of the idle imperial clansman Yinzhi."

The emperor understood immediately; Zhongcui Palace had previously discovered that Xiao Xizi was Yinzhi's man.

He sneered, "No wonder you're husband and wife, you're both equally audacious!"

He hasn't settled accounts with Guo Luoluo and his wife yet regarding the matter of Guo Luoluo coercing and enticing Yu Jia to adopt Hongwang!

"Guo Luoluo disregards the law and fails to distinguish between superiors and inferiors. She plots to harm the wife of a prince of the imperial clan. She is truly hateful and despicable. The Imperial Clan Court is hereby ordered to deal with her severely. No favoritism or perversion of justice is allowed, and no one is permitted to plead for her."

"Whoo."

After answering, Su Peisheng hesitated and asked, "Your Majesty, should the Imperial Clan Court also thoroughly investigate the matter of Prince Guo's plot to harm a member of the imperial clan?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "Of course, let the Imperial Clan Court investigate as well. If they find concrete evidence, Prince Guo will be stripped of his title!"

Su Peisheng understood immediately; the Emperor was determined to strip Prince Guo of his title.

With the Emperor's words, regardless of whether the Imperial Clan Court finds any real evidence, the matter of Yinzhi being injured by a startled horse must be attributed to Prince Guo.

"Yes, I will convey your order right away."