Chapter 2
At that instant, the entire scene froze.
[Sheng Yanhuan, do you want to change the future?]
The girl in white, floating in midair, slowly opened her eyes.
Her gaze was dull and lifeless, utterly unlike the woman in the video who had sworn to take revenge, even at the cost of her life.
[How can I change it?]
She had lost everything.
Life couldn’t be lived over again.
[We’re the Quick Transmigration Childbearing System. We can help you come back to life and get your revenge.]
Sheng Yanhuan looked up at the empty space before her. A glimmer of light passed through her dim eyes.
[Get my revenge?]
System: [That’s right. As long as you complete the tasks assigned to you by the Childbearing System, you can do it.]
Sheng Yanhuan narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, [The Childbirth… System?]
System: [The Childbearing System is exactly what it sounds like: childbirth. You just need to give the designated men in each small world children to complete your tasks. Once you do, the system will give you lots of rewards!]
The system displayed a host of items.
1. Childbirth Pill (multiple births, triplets, twins, boy-girl twins, or a single child, male or female): Take it after intercourse to choose.
2. Pain-Free Pill (painless delivery)
3. Recovery Pill (your body will return to its original condition immediately after giving birth)
4. False Pregnancy Pill (you can become pregnant at any time and choose how many months along you are)
5. Good Luck Talisman and Misfortune Talisman (must-haves for palace intrigue)
...
[The male leads are the chosen ones of fate in each world, and none of them have heirs. They have eccentric personalities, so you must become intimate with each of them. You can only bear their children once your intimacy reaches 60 points.]
Sheng Yanhuan closed her eyes. What did she have left to lose? As long as she could get revenge.
It was only giving birth.
[I agree.]
[Beep beep beep—]
[Congratulations, Host, on successfully binding to the Childbearing System! Go have children for the male leads who struggle to produce heirs!]
[Apart from your personal revenge, your target for this mission is Qi Mohan, the current Prince Regent.]
Chills ran through Sheng Yanhuan, as if she’d fallen into an ice cellar.
Qi Mohan.
How could she let that man touch even a hair of her?
System: [Don’t worry. No matter what happens, I’ll help you.]
Sheng Yanhuan’s lips twitched stiffly. [Let’s begin.]
[Yes.]
System: [Since this is your first childbirth mission, all the items you need in the first world are free. Starting with the second world, you’ll have to pay points. Once you enter a world, I’ll issue side quests based on your progress, and you can earn points by completing them.]
[Five, four, three, two, one. Entering the original world...]
Sheng Yanhuan felt her body grow light, and darkness filled her vision.
The next instant, her mouth was forcibly pried open, and something hard was shoved inside.
Warmth surged through her, and bitterness filled her mouth.
“Your Highness! Your Highness, you can’t die! What will this servant do if you do? Waaah...”
Sheng Yanhuan’s eyelids felt heavy, but she struggled to open her eyes.
The first thing she saw was a set of bed curtains faded nearly white from washing.
The familiar scent of medicine filled the air.
Every breath was bitter.
Suddenly, Sheng Yanhuan’s eyes flew open, bloodshot.
This was one month before she died.
She really had come back. The system hadn’t lied to him.
“Your Highness! Your Highness, you’re awake! You’re finally awake...”
The little maid beside the bed sobbed uncontrollably.
System: [Host, after your rebirth, your body is not in any immediate danger. First, you need to stay alive.]
[Use the False Pregnancy Pill on me. I want to be three months pregnant.]
Sheng Yanhuan’s eyes were bloodshot, hatred spilling from them.
She had to stay alive.
Kill the Empress Dowager.
Kill the Emperor.
Kill everyone who had harmed her and the Sheng clan in her previous life.
[All right, Host.]
“Chunwan, go summon the imperial physician.”
Chunwan wiped her tears, her eyes as red as a rabbit’s. “Your Highness, the imperial physicians definitely won’t come...”
Everyone wanted the Empress dead as soon as possible. How could they possibly come to treat her?
Sheng Yanhuan pressed her brow and said calmly, “Just tell them I’ve been vomiting for days, have no appetite, and keep craving sour things.”
Chunwan’s eyes widened. The Empress had clearly been unconscious for several days...
“Hurry.”
“Yes.”
Sheng Yanhuan raised her head, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.
The strong medicinal smell entered her lungs.
Bitter and acrid.
She hadn’t done anything wrong.
At a flower-viewing banquet, the Emperor had taken notice of her beauty, and she’d entered the palace.
On the first night of their marriage, the Emperor had fallen in front of her and promptly passed out. She had been locked away in the Cold Palace.
A month later, the Emperor died, and the Empress Dowager was going to have all the Sheng clan’s men executed.
Whenever she thought of her father and brothers being beheaded and displayed in public, the rage inside her became impossible to suppress.
The Grand Tutor had served the court for twenty years, devoting himself to the country and its people, only to meet such an end.
What a laughable royal family.
Reputation?
Did it matter?
What mattered most was turning the entire imperial palace upside down.
“Tap, tap, tap—”
The scattered sound of footsteps rang out.
“The Prince Regent has arrived—”