Transmigration: Reverse Exploitation, the System Works for Me

Upon hearing this, Zhen Huan was immediately heartbroken. Her straight kneeling back instantly went limp, a tear slid down her cheek, and she choked out a sorrowful sob: "In the end, it was I who forced you to do it."

The emperor sneered, leaning forward and pressing down, grabbing Zhen Huan's chin with one hand and pulling her body closer to him. "Since you want me to believe you, then tell me, what did you write in the letter? Huh?"

The more he spoke, the stronger the anger in his chest became.

The letter Zhen Huan wrote to the seventeenth prince appeared before his eyes again. It was only two short pages, but every word was full of tender affection!

How could she dare? How could she!

At this moment, Zhen Huan was unaware that the letter she had written to Prince Guo had fallen into the Emperor's hands. She assumed that the Emperor was asking about the letter that the palace maid was holding up.

"Your Majesty, I did not write that." Zhen Huan said calmly.

"Never written one? Haha, that's hilarious~"

At that opportune moment, Consort Xia stepped forward to assert her presence. She took the envelope from the maid, took out the letter, and unfolded it. "Zhen, is it possible that you can't even recognize your own handwriting?"

Zhen Huan glanced at it and noticed that the handwriting on the letter was about 80% similar to hers.

She paused for a moment, then calmly looked at the emperor again, "It's just that the form is similar but the spirit is not! Consort Hua once sent the palace rules copied by me to the six palaces. It is not difficult for anyone with the will to imitate my handwriting."

However, after she finished speaking, Zhen Huan did not see the expression she had expected on the emperor's face. On the contrary, the anger in the emperor's eyes deepened.

The Emperor certainly recognized Zhen Huan's handwriting; in fact, he was quite familiar with it. But it was precisely because of this familiarity that he immediately recognized the letter as one she had personally written to the Seventeenth Prince!

"Zhen!" The emperor gritted his teeth and slammed Zhen Huan to the ground.

Ignoring her pain, Zhen Huan was in a panic. She didn't understand why the emperor was so angry, but she knew that something was beyond her expectations.

In a flash, Zhen Huan quickly recalled the changes in the Emperor's eyes and expression and every word he had said since she stepped into Peach Blossom Village.

She suddenly realized something extremely serious: the Emperor seemed to have assumed from the very beginning that she had been having an affair!

why?

The Emperor's favor and trust in her these days are genuine. Even if Xia Dongchun and others conspired to frame her, given the Emperor's affection for her, he will surely listen to her explanation and have someone investigate the matter thoroughly.

The actual situation is that the Emperor didn't even investigate much before he listened to Xia Dongchun's words.

Why did the emperor trust Xia Dongchun?

The witnesses and physical evidence that Xia Dongchun presented had many flaws, but the Emperor neither questioned nor investigated them. It seemed that he already knew everything.

Understood! Letter!

Zhen Huan's mind raced, and suddenly a potentially fatal possibility came to mind!

The letter that Wen Shichu was delivering to Prince Guo was intercepted by the Emperor!

Zhen Huan panicked, and her vision blurred. What was she thinking yesterday? How could she have expressed her ulterior motives so clearly in her letter to Prince Guo?

The moment she fell to the ground, a wave of pain washed over her. Ignoring the pain, Zhen Huan glanced at Liu Zhu outside the palace, her jaw trembling.

Thankfully, thankfully she still had her talisman!

Upon receiving Zhen Huan's signal, Liu Zhu immediately rushed into the main hall, knelt down, and kowtowed to the emperor while crying and begging.

"Your Majesty, please calm down! My lady has never done such a despicable thing. Even if Your Majesty does not believe my lady's feelings for you, please investigate this matter thoroughly for the sake of the imperial heir in my lady's womb and clear my lady's name."

Imperial heir!

Xi Qiao gritted his teeth; Zhen Huan was indeed pregnant!

Damn it, why did she have to get pregnant now of all times!

Are you deliberately waiting to ruin her plans?

Xi Qiao's face was downcast, and his expression was unpleasant.

Another thunderbolt struck, and all the concubines in the hall turned their gazes to Zhen Huan's abdomen.

Consort Hua, clutching her belly, cast a questioning glance at Consort Jin, who shook her head without changing her expression.

Shen Meizhuang and An Lingrong exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing their frustration; Zhen Huan had become pregnant at this time.

Xia Dongchun's eyes widened, her bright face contorted with jealousy and hatred. She forced out a sentence through gritted teeth: "It must be a bastard! Your Majesty, this vile woman is definitely carrying a bastard!"

Consort Li was also filled with jealousy, "Yes! Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, that vile woman Zhen must be carrying Wen Shichu's bastard child!"

"Shut up!" the Empress coldly reprimanded the two. "Neither of you are allowed to speak nonsense!"

"This concerns the royal bloodline; no one is allowed to speak recklessly." After giving a few cold words of reprimand, the Empress ordered someone to fetch the imperial records while gently advising the Emperor, "Your Majesty, why not let Consort Zhen rise first?"

The emperor's anger subsided, but a glint remained in his eyes, and his expression was inscrutable. After a long while, he said to Zhen Huan, "Rise, and take a seat."

Liu Zhu quickly climbed forward and helped Zhen Huan up.

After she sat down, sobbing, the emperor coughed lightly, looked at her, and asked, "When was this diagnosed? How old is the child?"

Zhen Huan suppressed her panic and looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty, it was by chance that Physician Wen diagnosed it yesterday afternoon when he was examining Bi Guan's pulse. Physician Wen said that it has been more than two months."

"This concubine wished to share this joy with His Majesty, so I asked Imperial Physician Wen not to report it. Unexpectedly—"

Tears streamed down her face, and her expression was one of deep hurt, yet she forced herself to speak and recount the whole story.

"Yesterday, it was Lady Bi who invited the imperial physician to see me, but unexpectedly it was Physician Wen who came. Since my family and the Wen family are old friends, I would like to ask Physician Wen to help me send my regards to my parents and younger sister."

As Zhen Huan spoke, her thoughts became clearer and clearer, and she had a perfect plan to escape.

Standing behind Yu Ying'er, Xi Qiao subconsciously gasped. As expected of the female lead, she was not only extremely lucky, but also sharp, decisive, and ruthless!

The fact that she specifically mentioned Huanbi at this moment suggests that she has already guessed that the letter Huanbi wrote to Prince Guo has fallen into the Emperor's hands.

In order to protect herself and the Zhen family from being implicated, Zhen Huan decisively threw Huan Bi out, directly substituting one person for another!

Huanbi's existence was her best shield and scapegoat!

Putting aside the fact that Huanbi was her half-sister, Huanbi grew up with Zhen Huan and naturally had the opportunity to read and write. She was also familiar with Zhen Huan's handwriting and could possibly imitate it perfectly.

Furthermore, since Huanbi grew up in the Zhen family, Wen Shichu was able to know Zhen Huan, and naturally, he also knew Huanbi. It is entirely possible that Wen Shichu was acting on Huanbi's orders.

Most importantly, Huanbi's favor with the Emperor at Xianyue Pavilion was a calculated move. Zhen Huan could have easily guided the Emperor to believe that Huanbi was the one with a close relationship with Prince Guo, thus explaining the events at Xianyue Pavilion.

Moreover, Zhen Huan is pregnant at this time, and compared with Huan Bi, who has lost the aphrodisiac's effect, the emperor's heart must be biased towards Zhen Huan.

Today, Zhen Huan has secured an invincible position thanks to her pregnancy.