Transmigrating into the Female Supporting Character with a Good Life in a Laid-Back Novel

After the news of Ruan Xi being three months pregnant was announced, it was like a lightning strike on level ground which made everyone dumbstruck.

The huge debacle of Ruan fei niangniang suing her deceased mother for committing some of the ten deadly sins was still vivid in their minds even though it had been more than two months, and everyone collectively and solemnly believed that Ruan si xiaojie had been afflicted with the infertility medicine. No matter how the imperial physicians tried to clarify the matter, only a scant few believed them.

And now that this explosive news was promulgated, Ruan Xi became a hot topic within the capital again.

“Is this real or fake, wasn’t it said that she was administered infertility medicine?”

“Didn’t that Ruan fei niangniang in the imperial palace already comment about it, what is fake can’t become real, perhaps the Minister Wen Residence deliberately put out the news of their Da Shao-furen’s fake pregnancy, and then they’re going to put up a scene of miscarriage when it’s about time.” 

“Yes, yes, we just need to wait for the dramatic miscarriage.”

“Accumulate some merit, will you? Whether it is real or fake, is it very difficult to offer a word of congratulations?”

“I think it’s real, I remember the imperial physicians testifying that there were no issues with Ruan si xiaojie’s body, it’s just that no one was willing to believe it.” 

“Tsk, who knows if it’s real or fake?” 

“If I have to give my opinion, all of you must be overly content after eating your fill, how does someone being pregnant or not concern you? If you have the time to use your broken mouths, why don’t you think about how to earn money and support your families?”

“……”

From the top of the streets to the bottom of alleys, there were a whole bunch of messy rumours, and these people in question were mostly the common masses, of whom the topic did not concern. 

The people in the upper echelons of the influential circles were well-informed, and they offered their congratulations to Wen Ting Zhou in succession. When Li Xiang Xiang received an affirmative answer from her older brother Li Jing Cheng as she was preparing for her marriage, she could not help but become jealous of Ruan Xi.

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Earl Chengyi Residence.

Mama Yang smiled as she reported the joyous occasion: “Congratulations Lao Taitai, the Fourth Young Lady is already three months pregnant. After the Fourth Young Lady had an auspicious pulse two months ago, Furen stated that this matter shouldn’t be disclosed until the child is three months old, lest it twists the child’s good fortune, we ask Lao Taitai for her forgiveness.”

Lao Taitai was unable to conceal her happiness as she looked at Mama Yang who had come forward to report the auspicious news. 

“That’s how it should be, our in-laws are exceedingly comprehensive in their considerations. Men come hither, bestow the rewards!”

After the debacle between her third granddaughter and Zhang shi, it was unknown how much criticism Earl Chengyi Residence had suffered, and even her oldest grandson’s marriage matter had become difficult.

And now her fourth granddaughter was pregnant, if she managed to have a boy in one stroke with this baby, only then would she be considered as established within the Wen Family, and she could pull up her oldest grandson when it was necessary.

When Lao Taitai thought about her oldest grandson who had confined himself in his courtyard to study, her heart ached endlessly.

She hated Zhang shi for implicating her oldest grandson with her poison, and hated the lonely and wild ghost that supplanted her third granddaughter’s body even more. 

Mama Yang thanked Lao Taitai. After Lao Taitai’s happiness passed, she could not feel fully assured so she asked for confirmation time and time again. Mama Yang did not mind taking the trouble as she replied in the affirmative. Honestly speaking, she had personally visited the residence to report the good news because she wanted to give Lao Taitai a peace of mind.

Shao Furen was genuinely pregnant, and it was not a fake pregnancy. 

Once Earl Chengyi learned of this good news, he was overjoyed as well. The entire Earl Chengyi Residence was filled with a jubilant air. 

When the declining, merit-based noble clans who were paying attention to Earl Chengyi Residence saw this situation, they started half-believing and half-doubting the news of Ruan Xi’s pregnancy.

However, why didn’t they think about what kind of clan the Wen Family was, or who Ruan Xi was for the matter, especially since she was a character that received wide attention. Wouldn’t she be courting death if she faked her pregnancy?

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Imperial Palace. 

Ruan Xi’s first reaction after she learned of the news was that Ruan Xi was faking her pregnancy.

“Yao Hong, say, why is si mei so stupid, such that she doesn’t fear being eventually exposed when she conjured the fake news of her pregnancy? Even I know that a slippery pulse pattern can be created after ingesting some medicinal drugs to give people the belief of genuine pregnancy. Si mei most certainly used those medicinal drugs on purpose to break the rumours. 

“This can’t go on; I have to convince si mei not to diverge from the main road.”

Ruan san niang spoke out sternly with a sense of justice after she was done sighing.

Yao Hong: “……”

She was afraid her Niangniang had been possessed; all of the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital had diagnosed the Fourth Young Lady in the past, and it was impossible for the Wen Family to bribe all of the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital for a ruse. Was it really that hard to admit that the Fourth Young Lady hadn’t been afflicted with infertility medicine?

“Niangniang, what if the Fourth Young Lady is truly pregnant with Wen gongzi’s child?” Yao Hong tried to suppress herself, but she still vocalised the words in her heart in the end.

“Impossible!”

Ruan san niang denied it resolutely, but the scene of her partaking in a meal with her fourth sister came unbidden to her mind.

She remembered that her fourth sister had only eaten two dishes at that time… That main chef had confessed that among the three meals that were sent to Limpid Heart Garden daily, there were always two to three dishes that had no issues.

Ruan san niang could not help but knit her eyebrows together when she remembered this point. Faintly, there was some frustration in her heart, and she secretly scolded that main chef for daring to be remiss in the orders that his master gave. 

The current Ruan san niang was unwilling to believe that her fourth sister was so lucky that she managed to evade Zhang shi’s ploy, and she decided to wait for her fourth sister to be six months pregnant before summoning her into the palace because her pregnancy would be more obvious then.

Whether it was real or fake would be obvious at glance then. 

Right now, it was better for her to wait and see. 

Minister Wen Residence had two pregnant women right now, and perhaps her fourth sister might put up a good show featuring her miscarriage. 

“Si mei’s pregnancy is a huge joyous occasion. Yao Hong, be my representative and make a trip to the Minister Wen Residence to send a congratulatory gift, and pass on a few words while you’re at it.”

“Yes, Niangniang.”

Yao Hong complied and withdrew, taking the palace warrant plate before she prepared the congratulatory gift and left the palace.

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Minister Wen Residence.

After the news of Ruan Xi’s pregnancy was announced, the entire Minister Wen Residence was in a jubilant mood.

The only incongruous one was Liu Wan Wan, who allegedly disturbed her foetal energy again.

She was originally the only branch on the tree that was thriving, but now it was even better, her legitimate eldest sister-in-law was three months pregnant as well.

To whom the eldest grandson of the Minister Wen Residence would come out of, was now unresolved.

It would be stranger if Liu Wan Wan did not explode in anger.

In this instance where she disturbed her foetal energy, the entire residence came to know about it. Wen furen reprimanded her strictly, and Zhao yiniang’s complexion was completely dark afterwards. Ever since this Liu shi became pregnant, she was on the fast track of becoming the joke of the residence, and even her face had been used up.

On the other hand, Su Yu, Su Zhu and the rest relaxed their eyebrows, having let off some steam.

“Shao Furen, after the declaration of yõur pregnancy, Er Shao-furen became so angry she disturbed the foetal energy, and it appears that she won’t dare to be arrogant in the future. Every time she points at the mulberry tree while cursing at the locust tree, looking for all kinds of reasons to demand for tonics, nubi loathes the fact that she can’t use a needle and thread to stitch her mouth.”

“Su Zhu speaks the truth, let’s see who will dare to make thoughtless remarks in the residence after this.”

As Ruan Xi observed the righteous indignation that was filling their breast, she laughed despite herself. 

“They’re just talking behind our backs, that’s all, they don’t have the audacity to vocalise their thoughts in front of me.”

Wen furen’s control over the household was exceedingly strict, and the servants did not have the audacity to discuss her affairs openly and without fear, thus they were reduced to low whisperings in private. Not everyone was like Liu Wan Wan who would set herself loose after becoming pregnant. 

Su Yu and Su Zhu realised that it was true upon careful thought. The broken-mouthed people uttering these words were the servants from Er Shao-furen’s courtyard, who had the heart but had no guts.

On this day, Ruan Xi received quite a few congratulatory gifts. Apart from the congratulatory gifts that everyone within the residence sent, there was also a gift from Wen lao-furen, Duke An Furen, Earl Residence’s Lao Taitai, her two concubine-born older sisters, Ruan Yu Wen, her other concubine-born second older brother, and even the palace-bound Ruan san niang had dispatched her personal palace maid Yao Hong to send her congratulatory gift….

After Ruan Xi listened to the message that Yao Hong was passing on, she became utterly speechless due to Ruan san niang’s response.

Su Yu and Su Zhu: “……”

Mama Yang’s lips jerked. 

Once Wen Ting Zhou returned from his office, he saw Ruan Xi eating apples with a cheerful countenance.

“Ruan Ruan, your mood is quite decent today.”

Wen Ting Zhou’s lip corners raised. 

“Indeed, I received a lot of congratulatory gifts today, and one of them was sent by san jie’s representative, she also made Yao Hong relay a message in the passing.”

Smiling, Wen Ting Zhou stepped forward and sat beside her. Ruan Xi conveniently pushed an apple slice into his mouth.

“What message?” Wen Ting Zhou asked with raised brows after he swallowed the apple slice. 

Sketching in light shades, Ruan Xi uttered, “She told me to not diverge from the main road and use medicinal drugs to fake my pregnancy, and that she will be giving birth to a young nephew with a noble identity for me in the future.”

Wen Ting Zhou’s following expression was hard to describe in a few words.