Transmigration: Reverse Exploitation, the System Works for Me

Consort Hua sat up straight in shock, staring blankly at Cao Qinmo.

It wasn't that I was frightened by Cao Qinmo's words, but rather that I was shocked by her keen insight.

The Nian family was naturally aware of what Cao Qinmo had just said and had told her the truth. It was precisely because they knew that she kept a low profile and stayed in the palace to prepare for childbirth. She didn't care what the emperor did, but the child could not be lost. This was her child and the Nian family's child!

She was filled with doubt and wonder, thinking that she hadn't said anything just now, so how could Cao Qinmo have guessed so much?

She only let slip that An Lingrong had been kind to her, yet Cao Qinmo actually deduced the secret behind Huan Yi Xiang and the cause and effect of Chunrong's meeting with the Empress Dowager!

This, this, this...

That's way too clever!

"Your Majesty? Am I wrong?" Cao Qinmo asked cautiously, noticing that Consort Hua was staring at her.

"Huh?" Consort Hua snapped out of her daze and looked at her with a strange expression. "It's nothing! No! You're absolutely right. I only knew you were intelligent before, but I didn't know you were so perceptive. I didn't say much, and you guessed the whole story."

Cao Qinmo breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but looked a little embarrassed. "I'm just glad Your Majesty doesn't blame me for being so talkative."

Consort Hua said solemnly, "I am so happy that you have gone to such lengths to think of me and protect me. How could I possibly blame you?"

"It's kind of you to know all those dirty schemes, yet you're still willing to stand by my side. Sister Cao, I'm used to being straightforward and I don't know how to say those high-sounding and nice things, but I know one saying: 'Give me a peach, and I'll repay you with a precious jade.'"

Nian Shilan knew she wasn't the smartest person, but seeing Cao Qinmo's plan for her like this, the little thoughts she had before suddenly expanded and occupied her entire mind!

She wants to completely win over Cao Qinmo!

Consort Hua looked at her with a sincere expression, "Sister Cao, I, Nian Shilan, have no merits, except for one thing: I keep my word! As long as you do not do anything to betray me in the future, I will treat you as my own sister and Wenyi as my own daughter. If I break this vow, may I, Nian Shilan, be struck by lightning and die a horrible death, and may my entire Nian family be destitute and destitute."

Instead of resorting to coercion or bribery, she revealed her sincerity to Cao Qinmo.

Cao Qinmo was both shocked and overjoyed. The Nian family held a similar position in Consort Hua's heart as Wen Yi did for her. Consort Hua's willingness to swear an oath on behalf of the Nian family showed her utmost sincerity.

She quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you flatter me. Without Your Majesty's protection all these years, I would not be where I am today, and Wenyi would not have been born. It is only right that I serve Your Majesty with all my heart and soul."

Consort Hua grabbed her hand, her eyes reddening, and said, “There is no such thing as right or wrong. I am the Emperor’s wife, and we should be the closest and most trusting of each other. But he was able to harm my child and cut off my ability to have children. If it hadn’t been discovered in time, I’m afraid that my Nian family would have been destroyed by him in the future.”

At this point, Consort Hua couldn't help but shed tears.

“I did not go unrewarded for protecting you back then. You have devoted a lot of effort to me over the years, offering advice and strategies. Now, you know that I am surrounded by wolves and dangers, and you could have avoided this risk, yet you still stand by my side regardless of everything. I am moved but also feel guilty.”

Apart from her family, no one else helped her or trusted her like that.

Cao Qinmo's eyes also reddened, and she grasped Consort Hua's hand in return, "Your Majesty, you feel that I have already repaid you, but I feel that I have received even more kindness from you, so much that I can never repay it in this lifetime."

Cao Qinmo shed tears not because she was moved, but because she had finally won back a smooth path in life for her Wen Yi.

"You do not despise me for being stupid and useless, and are willing to accept and trust me. You have even made such a solemn vow. I will certainly not betray your trust."

As she spoke, she released Hua Fei's hand, knelt down solemnly, and swore: "I, Cao Qinmo, hereby swear that if I ever betray Hua Fei, I will not have a good end, and my daughter Wen Yi will not be happy either."

Cao Qinmo dared to swear on Wen Yi's oath after careful consideration.

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor were wary of the Nian family, yet they had no choice but to rely on them.

With the border war still ongoing, the Nian family's position will not be threatened in the short term.

Most importantly, the Nian family now knows the royal family's attitude towards them, and they cannot sit idly by and wait for their doom; they must already be considering countermeasures.

The border regions are controlled by the Nian family. Whether the border regions are stable or not, and whether the wars are won or lost, are all controlled by the Nian family. Before they find a perfect solution, they will surely hand themselves over to the emperor to manipulate.

Moreover, Consort Hua is pregnant, and there is a 50% chance that she will give birth to a prince.

If the Nian family, with its vast military power, were truly forced into a corner, it wouldn't be impossible for them to install a new emperor!

Therefore, compared to a ruthless emperor who could kill his own children, Cao Qinmo would rather bet on Consort Hua and the Nian family.

At the same time, in the Leisurely Moon Pavilion.

An Lingrong is subtly instigating Shen Meizhuang to deal with Zhen Huan.

She didn't reveal what she had heard from Xi Qiao, not because she didn't want to, but because before she arrived at Xian Yue Pavilion, the Empress Dowager's decree demoting Zhen Huan to a low-ranking concubine had spread throughout the Yuanmingyuan Garden, without mentioning Wen Shichu at all.

This is something worth pondering. Although An Lingrong had become arrogant, she still had some sense of reason. Because she dared not go against the Empress Dowager, she did not dare to tell Shen Meizhuang the information she had obtained from Xi Qiao.

However, some things cannot be said openly, but can still be subtly guided to lead people to guess, think, and investigate.

"Sister Mei, the Empress Dowager's decree to demote Sister Zhen to the rank of Lady has already spread. Although I am not knowledgeable, I have never heard of a concubine being stripped or demoted for not copying scriptures sincerely."

To avoid alerting the enemy, the Empress Dowager fabricated all the excuses for demoting Zhen Huan, and the events that occurred at the Imperial Physicians' Office were naturally suppressed.

But how could the concubines living in the Yuanmingyuan not have heard about what happened there?

Of course, this excludes the sisters Zhen Huan and Huan Bi, who were already under partial confinement.

However, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's actions proved that the information Xi Qiao told An Lingrong was no ordinary story, which made An Lingrong even more convinced of it.

An Lingrong's eyes were filled with a gloomy light. She cautiously leaned close to Shen Meizhuang's ear like a thief and whispered, "Sister, have you heard about what happened at the Imperial Physician's Office this morning?"