Quick Transmigration: Refusing to Be a Victim's Child

"You heartless and unjust beast! How can you be so cruel to your own wife? If you ever become dissatisfied with me in the future, won't you also turn your attention to me?"

Emperor Qianyuan, enraged, laughed coldly. Looking at the kneeling palace maids and eunuchs in the hall, he raised his head, took a deep breath, and after a long silence, said in a deep voice, "Li Hai, proclaim my decree..."

***

"Meow-"

Outside Yongfu Palace, a black ball shaped like a rolling barrel was yelling and rushing straight toward the East Side Hall. The surrounding palace maids frowned when they saw this, but none of them dared to stop it.

This is the little prince's favorite thing; if he doesn't see it for a day, he'll cry for a long time.

Even though the Emperor knew about it beforehand and was jealous, he still personally bestowed the title of "Imperial Cat" upon it. Let alone Yongfu Palace, even if it ran into Qianqing Palace and caused a ruckus, this little thing could act with impunity for the sake of the young prince.

The two palace maids who were sweeping the floor exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with deep envy.

Pangu Banner had no idea what they were thinking. Right now, he was excitedly jumping onto the shelf and talking and meowing at Shaolin Shen in a cat-like voice.

"Brother Shen, the matter has been taken care of."

“I just came back from your emperor father’s place, and I heard that he is about to issue an edict to demote the Prince of Qin.”

Upon hearing this, Shao Linshen paused in his practice of turning over, then lay back on the small bed and began to chew on a cloth tiger.

Yes, he's started teething recently, and his gums are itchy.

He thought to himself, "We've laid out all the evidence. If those people still can't find it, they're just useless."

It is true that Princess Qin was poisoned to death by Zhao Keyan, but King Qin also played a significant role in the affair. With his involvement, all the witnesses and evidence had long been erased.

Moreover, poison produced by the system is not so easy to detect.

As for the evidence presented to the emperor later, and the toxins collected from the body of the Princess of Qin, they were simply added back by Pangu Banner at Shaolin Shen's request.

"Although it was faked, it was indeed that despicable couple who did it."

Pangu Banner scratched the cat's face and meowed, "A life for a life, that's the retribution they deserve."

Shaolin knew in his heart that as long as he existed as a prince, the throne would never be passed on to the "ghost child" in the Prince of Qin's mansion.

Then Zhao Keyan and the system would lose their channel to absorb the dynasty's fortune. In other words, he has now won more than half the battle.

Pangu Banner had also thought of this. It moved closer to Shaolin Shen, nudged him with its head, and thought to itself with smug satisfaction:

"Brother Shen, you were blaming me for choosing the wrong world at first, but look at us now, we've won without even lifting a finger."

Shao Linshen, who was lying on the bed, raised his chubby little hand and grabbed the cat's head, giving it a mischievous pinch, and said inwardly with a hint of annoyance:

"Yes, yes, you're the best."

"Alright, instead of wasting your time chatting with me, you should keep a close eye on that system and watch out for them doing something desperate that could harm us."

Shao Linshen was soul-bound to this guy, and with his help, the other party was able to go out for a period of time every day.

However, the downside is that Shao Linshen eats more often, his appetite increases, and he becomes more tired and sleepy.

"Humph!"

Pangu Banner's head throbbed from being pulled, and in anger, he turned his back to Shao Linshen, letting out a foul odor with a "poof," before running away amidst the other's retching...

Inside the Prince of Qin's Palace.

Several days later, the unfortunate Prince Qin had just been carried back to his residence by his entourage when he heard a deafening commotion outside. Upon inquiring, he learned that the Emperor had been blessed with a prince and had issued a general amnesty.

"What? Are you joking with me?"

Startled, the King of Qin instinctively sat up, but felt a sharp pain in his chest. He gasped for breath and lay back down on the bed, looking at the eunuch kneeling beside him. He said resentfully:

"You damned servant, have you lost your mind? If there were truly a concubine in the harem carrying the emperor's child, would His Majesty still allow the court officials to constantly provoke him and propose making a member of the imperial family the crown prince?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible," the King of Qin shook his head in denial.

What's this?

He was overjoyed to have a son and thought he could use the child to advance his career.

Who would have thought that before he could even celebrate, his forty-five-year-old elder brother would have a prince!

"God is truly blind."

The King of Qin slammed his fist on the bed.

Hearing this, Xiao Xizi, who was kneeling on the ground, pretended to be blind and deaf and didn't dare to say a word.

After a long while, Xiao Xizi finally heard a faint voice above his head:

"Never mind, there's plenty of time. It's just an infant who's not even a year old yet. Who knows if it'll be able to... Hmph, I have plenty of patience."

"Little Xizi, bring the young master to my courtyard. I will raise him myself from now on."

Xiao Xizi glanced at his master, noticing that he didn't even mention Consort Zhao's name, and felt a chill of sympathy for his master. Just as he was about to get up and retreat, a young eunuch suddenly called out anxiously from outside:

"Your Highness, an imperial edict has arrived outside."

"Imperial edict? What imperial edict? Could it be..." The King of Qin looked surprised upon hearing this.

He was overjoyed, thinking that the emperor knew about his injury outside the palace gate and had issued an edict to make his son the heir apparent in order to appease him.

So he urged, "Guards, quickly carry me to the main hall to welcome the angel."

A short while later, inside the main hall of the Prince's Mansion.

The King of Qin stared intently at the three characters "King of Qin" on the imperial edict, his eyes bloodshot, and tightened his grip on the silk cloth as if he wanted to tear it to shreds.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

The steward behind him was sweating profusely and quickly tugged at his trouser leg, calling out in a low voice.

The King of Qin... only then did the Prince of the County come to his senses and hurriedly accepted the imperial decree to express his gratitude.

As the head eunuch was about to leave, he hurriedly stopped him, anxiously saying:

"Chief Steward Li, wait a minute. Why did the Emperor issue an edict to demote me? Did I do something wrong to anger the Emperor?"

As he spoke, he secretly slipped a stack of silver notes into Li Hai's sleeve.

Li Hai touched the thick stack of silver notes, sighed with some regret, and reluctantly pushed them back.

The Prince of Qin panicked even more now.

It's not that eunuchs are greedy, it's that people don't want to be greedy.

At this moment, Prince Qin disregarded his injuries, forced himself to his feet, grabbed Li Hai's arm, stuffed another wad of silver notes into the man's hand, and pleaded in a low voice:

"Eunuch Li, for the sake of our past relationship, I hope you can give me some guidance."

Upon hearing this, Li Hai's eyes flickered slightly. Remembering that the Emperor hadn't actually imprisoned anyone, he looked around and, seeing everyone wisely keeping their heads down, still whispered a reminder:

“Your Highness, you must know how your Princess Consort died. His Majesty is wise and mighty, and he has always been intolerant of anyone who disregards human life, let alone such a tragedy that has occurred within the royal family.”

Having said this, he felt he had done all he could and prepared to leave.

The Prince of Qin broke out in a cold sweat, staggered to the ground amidst the gasps of the crowd, and covered his face, groaning incessantly.

It took him a long time to raise his head, his face pale as he swept all the cups and saucers off the table, gritting his teeth as he said:

"That damned bitch has ruined my life."

He turned his head with a ferocious expression to look at Xiao Xizi, called him over, and ordered with a stern face:

"Go to Baiyun Temple and bring that vile woman..."

Xiao Xizi listened intently, paused upon hearing this, and then quietly retreated from the main hall in agreement.

On the other side, inside Baiyun Temple.

Zhao Keyan had no idea that she was about to die.

At this moment, she was still furious about a table of bland and watery food, but unfortunately, the accompanying nannies were all old women from the palace, and they didn't take a mere prince's concubine seriously.

Seeing that she really didn't want to eat, the head of the household, Granny Zeng, simply ordered someone to take the food away, closed the door, and let Zhao Keyan make a scene to her heart's content.

"boom--"

The door was locked, and Zhao Keyan was so angry that she overturned the table and smashed the vase in the corner. Just as she was still feeling irritated, she was startled by the loud "beep beep beep" sound in her head, which made her sway.

"Ding, warning, warning! The current target's favorability has decreased. Please handle this as soon as possible."