Transmigration: Reverse Exploitation, the System Works for Me

A royal physician? An old friend?

Prince Guo suddenly had a thought: Consort Zhen of the Wan family!

"Bring it here quickly!"

The steward breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, the prince's important business wasn't delayed.

Prince Guo looked at the five dignified characters "To be opened by Prince Guo" on the envelope and hurriedly opened it—without even checking whether it had been opened by someone else.

The moment the envelope was opened, a faint fragrance of plum blossoms wafted out, and Prince Guo was momentarily dazed, involuntarily recalling the scene of seeing Lady Zhen in the Plum Garden during the New Year's Eve banquet.

Amidst a profusion of plum blossoms, she alone stands out as the most ethereal.

Prince Guo was captivated at first sight.

He composed himself and smiled helplessly, reading the letter at a glance, but the more he read, the less the smile appeared on his face.

Chunrong is actually Consort Zhuang's older sister!

Prince Guo frowned deeply, which made the steward beside him very concerned. "Your Highness, has something happened?"

Prince Guo handed him the letter in his hand. "The letter we intercepted just now was written by Chunrong to the Empress Dowager. In the letter, Chunrong revealed that she had found out about Ajin, but had not yet taken any action."

"But this letter from Consort Wan—"

The steward quickly finished reading the letter and respectfully placed it back in Prince Guo's hands. In Consort Wan's letter, every word was explaining one thing—the prince had been framed, and Chunrong was the prime suspect!

"What does Your Highness think?" the steward asked tentatively.

Prince Guo pondered for a moment, “When I met with Consort Wan, Consort Zhuang and her maid bumped into me. Consort Zhuang and Consort Wan have a past grudge. Perhaps Consort Wan was afraid that Consort Zhuang would use this to attack her after she woke up, so she encouraged me to take action against Consort Zhuang.”

The steward shared the same thought; it was all too obvious that this Consort Wan intended to use someone else to do her dirty work!

"Then Your Highness..."

Prince Guo looked up and stared directly at him, "Help!"

He couldn't arouse the emperor's suspicion. If Consort Zhuang were to denounce Consort Wan after recovering from her illness, he would also be unable to escape the emperor's suspicion, which would be very detrimental to his plans.

The emperor was already over forty years old, and Consort Wan was his only chance. If he missed Consort Wan, the throne would never be his again!

Moreover, Consort Zhuang has a very healthy sixth prince under her wing. Even if it's just to suppress the sixth prince, Consort Zhuang must die!

“But—” the steward hesitated for a moment, “But Your Highness, although the Emperor has not pursued the matter of Ah Jin murdering Consort Zhuang, there is no guarantee that someone is secretly watching us. If we make a move now, wouldn’t we be handing over our incriminating evidence to the Emperor?”

Prince Guo, confident and astute, smiled. "Who said I was going to do it myself? Isn't there a ready-made candidate?"

The butler's gaze fell on the letter in his hand. "You mean, you want Consort Wan to take action?"

Prince Guo had already begun grinding his inkstone. "Consort Zhen of Wan is intelligent and talented, and she also has such a beautiful face. The more favor my brother shows her, the greater her hatred for him will be once this facade is exposed, and the greater my chance will be!"

He picked up his pen and wrote down individual names and places of service on the letter paper. These were all precious treasures that his mother, Consort Shu, had accumulated for him over the years.

"Go and retrieve the token. Your efforts today will surely be rewarded a thousandfold by the King in the future."

He was waiting for the day when Lady Zhen would find out the truth!

The Zhen family will surely give him a huge surprise!

The steward swallowed the words of advice that were already on the tip of his tongue. If the prince wanted to succeed, Zhen was indeed the best choice. The emperor was already quite old. If they waited any longer, even if there was still a chance, the young master might not have enough time to grow up.

To gain something, you have to give something up; placing bets in advance is essential.

"Yes, slave, go right away."

The next morning, as soon as Wen Shichu arrived at the Imperial Physician's office, he heard from his colleagues that Consort Zhuang's condition had worsened, and that she had developed a high fever again in the middle of the night.

Unfortunately, Consort Zhuang's usual physician, Liu, was not on duty last night, so Physician Hao went to examine her pulse and prescribe medicine, but Consort Zhuang did not see any effect after drinking it.

The people at Anlan Garden were in a panic. They were waiting at the entrance of the Imperial Physician's residence even though it wasn't time for him to go on duty yet. As soon as Physician Liu arrived at the entrance, he was dragged to Anlan Garden.

Upon hearing these words, Wen Shichu paused, temporarily abandoning his plan to go to Bitong Academy. Since Physician Liu had already examined Consort Zhuang's pulse, it was inevitable that he would need to prepare new medicine.

Soon, Xiao Lezi cheerfully escorted Physician Liu back to his post. Two eunuchs followed behind them, one carrying Physician Liu's heavy medicine chest and the other holding a wooden box, which appeared to be a reward from Consort Zhuang.

Physician Liu was visibly pleased. Upon returning to his seat, he immediately wrote down a prescription and handed it to the young apprentice. Then, he carefully placed the wooden box that the eunuch had put on his desk into the cabinet and locked it.

When Wen Shichu saw the young apprentice take the prescription to the pharmacy to get the medicine, he got up and followed him in.

Xiao Lezi caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, Xiao Lianzi came in carrying a food box and respectfully placed it on Physician Liu's desk.

Meeting the puzzled look of Physician Liu, Xiao Lezi took the initiative to explain, "These are pastries made in the small kitchen of Anlan Garden. We feel bad for troubling you so early in the morning, Physician Liu. Although Aunt has given the reward on behalf of Her Majesty, these are our heartfelt wishes. Please don't find them offensive, Physician Liu."

Everyone loves to hear kind words, and Physician Liu was no exception. Moreover, he thought of the palace maid in the servants' quarters, so he accepted the compliment with a smile.

"You're too kind, I'll accept it without hesitation."

The words were spoken vaguely, but Xiao Lezi understood them.

The young apprentice quickly came out with a packet of prepared medicine.

Xiao Lezi gave Xiao Lianzi, who had come later, a look. The other person immediately stepped forward, took the medicine packet, and said with annoyance, "Oh! Look at my memory, I almost forgot my aunt's instructions. Doctor Liu, my aunt asked me to ask you if you could add some hawthorn or red dates to the medicine."

Physician Liu nodded knowingly, knowing that the head palace maid must have disliked the bitter taste of the medicine: "Of course."

Then he turned to the apprentice and instructed him, "Go and fetch five qian of hawthorn and three qian of red dates."

Xiao Lezi and the medicine boy exchanged a glance, and the latter turned around empty-handed to get the medicine.

After the young apprentice finished speaking, he walked over to Xiao Lianzi, who was holding a medicine packet. Xiao Lianzi, being quite perceptive, opened the medicine packet.

As the young apprentice placed the hawthorn and red dates into the medicine, his fingers seemingly unintentionally stirred the herbs, unsurprisingly pulling out a few pieces of anemarrhena hidden underneath.

"Eh—" the young apprentice exclaimed, then looked at Physician Liu in astonishment, "Master, this medicine contains Anemarrhena asphodeloides!"

Doctor Liu, who was talking to Xiao Lezi, was shocked. "What? Anemarrhena asphodeloides? I didn't prescribe it!"

The young apprentice also looked surprised and suspicious. "I know, I didn't catch anything, but this—"

He picked up four pieces of anemarrhena rhizome, each about two fingers wide. "Master, I don't think I've made a mistake, have I?"

Physician Liu's pupils dilated in shock. He stood up from his chair in alarm and looked around. Who had framed him?

Their unusual situation was quickly discovered and reported to the hospital director.

Wen Shichu was sweating profusely and felt extremely uneasy in his seat. He glanced at the closed door, then discreetly pulled a letter from his pocket and quickly stuffed it into a medical book.