Four in One Bed from the Start: The Mad Power-Hungry Minister Breaks Down

Tags: Dual Female Leads / Transmigrate into a Book System / Mutual Salvation / Serious Career Building / Unconventional Palace Intrigue / The Villains Fall in Love

I woke up to find that my best friend, a seriously ill business queen worth tens of billions, and I, a top researcher in physics and chemistry, had transmigrated into a book. We had become the evil empress and the doomed empress dowager from a historical romance, both destined to die. Even more absurdly, when we opened our eyes, the two of us were squeezed onto one phoenix bed with a murderous regent and a sinister Eastern Depot commander!

The regent pressed a dagger to my neck. “You dare drug me? You want to die!” I calmly pointed to the teacup. “Oxidized plant alkaloid residue. This is a frame-up. Got it?” The Eastern Depot commander sneered. My best friend immediately started doing the math. “Commander Qiu, the Eastern Depot is short five thousand taels a month. I can help you make money. In exchange, you keep us alive. Deal?” The two villains were completely stunned. Weren't we supposed to be brainless, wicked women?

To get my best friend back to health and earn our rewards, we bonded with the “Wicked Woman System.” The System shouted, [Humiliate the villains within 90 days and drive them to turn evil!] We pretended to agree, then immediately started exploiting loopholes with the villains.

System: [Insult the regent in public!] I handed him a note: Play along, help you root out the spies, and I can even make gunpowder by hand. System: [Provoke the Eastern Depot commander!] My best friend slapped down a business plan: Follow this and you'll make 100,000 taels a year. If that's not enough, just ask for more!

The System watched the progress bar race upward and grew more and more alarmed. The villains had indeed “turned evil,” but why were they looking at us with such smoldering eyes?

Later, we toppled the scheming young emperor, and my gunpowder blasted the enemy troops at the border into the air. The regent knelt on one knee and offered me a blade. “The safety of the empress is in my hands. My blade will decide.” The Eastern Depot commander, his ears red, pressed a command token into my hand. “If the empress dowager wants the realm, this humble servant will go and take it.”

The System broke down, shrieking, [I told you to torment the villains! Not fall in love!]