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

“Moreover, she told me to direct a scene of miscarriage as soon as possible and deceive everyone with a false diagnosis, or else it won’t be easy to bring this matter to a close later.” Ruan Xi continued to add another line.

“On one hand she’s giving me a congratulatory gift to celebrate the occasion, and yet on the other, she’s telling me to miscarry the child. Does san jie not find her own behaviour baffling?” 

Wen Ting Zhou curled his mouth corners upwards as he said indifferently, “She has always been a baffling and ridiculous person.”

Ruan Xi giggled out loud.

Truly, his analysis was clear and penetrating!

Wen Ting Zhou looked at Ruan Xi’s bright and beautiful smile, his lips curving slightly. 

While Ruan san niang’s actions were ridiculous, she technically did a good thing because it put Ruan Ruan in a good mood. 

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In the eighth month, the sun shone down fiercely, making it so warm that it was shocking. Ruan Xi’s appetite became better and better, with two meals of pastries and late-night snacks adding to her daily three meals, and there were nourishing tonics too. Her entire person had been nourished until her face was glowing, and she was more dazzling and beautiful than before. 

On most days, Wen Ting Zhou would accompany Ruan Xi after leaving his office, and Wen furen, her mother-in-law, would frequently come over to the Harmonious Dwelling to visit Ruan Xi and chat with her.

As everyone in the residence absorbed the sight into their eyes, they secretly sighed about how their Da Shao-furen was being favoured.

As for Liu Wan Wan, ever since she nearly miscarried her child after disturbing the foetal energy, she shrank into her turtle shell and became quieter.

Ruan Xi continued to huddle in Harmonious Dwelling and nurture her baby leisurely. 

As Ruan san niang continued to fight with Mu taifei in the imperial palace, she waited for Ruan Xi to put on a good showing of her miscarriage, but despite waiting until the end of the autumn triennial provincial examination, Ruan san niang did not manage to see the good show she had been looking forward to. Hence, she could not help but become restless as she had an ominous premonition.

She did not extend her hand to help treat Wen lao-furen but Wen lao-furen’s body was still gradually turning for the better, her supposedly infertile fourth sister announced her pregnancy, the future Empress Dowager still married the Fourth Prince. 

And she, despite all the tossing and turning, ended up in the imperial palace.

Ruan san niang could not shake off the feeling that there seemed to be a formless, large hand pulling their destinies back on track, and an uncontrollable shred of fear emerged in her heart.

She did not want to be forced into burial again at a young age. 

Hence, she had to change the fate of others. 

Wasn’t there the saying that one slight change could affect everything else?

牵一发而动全身 (pinyin: qian yi fa er dong quan shen) – lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves, fig. butterfly effect.

Especially her and her blood-related fourth sister. Owing to her intervention, she lost Qi Yue An, but she gained a Wen Ting Zhou who pampered her. If her fourth sister was not faking her pregnancy, she was bound to be as blissful as her past lifetime where her descendants filled the halls, having a life so great that it could induce jealousy. 

If her fourth sister was truly pregnant this time around, then the supposed ‘waiting for her to give birth to a young imperial son before reconsidering it’ was just an excuse, she had been played by her fourth sister.

Ruan san niang’s gaze darkened unfathomably, and her complexion sank in an instant. 

Unfortunately, she was in the imperial palace right now and she could not leave as she pleased, nor could she casually summon people into the palace.

Despicable!

In this year’s autumn provincial imperial examinations, both of Ruan Xi’s older brothers would be attending it, except Ruan Yu Wen was harbouring the resolution of breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats as he participated in this imperial examination. 

破釜沉舟 (pinyin: po fu chen zhou) – fig. cutting off his means of retreat.

When Ruan Xi learned of this news, she dispatched someone to send the pair a ruyi knot. She did not know how Ruan Yu Wen had fared in the lifetime before Ruan san niang’s rebirth, but she guessed that his results must have been decent. However, in this lifetime, because of Ruan san niang’s rebirth, Zhang shi had been removed from the clan genealogy, and she was no longer Ruan Yu Wen’s mother in name, which meant that his right to mourn for her had been stolen. 

Recently, Lao Taitai divulged to her that she wanted her Earl Father to marry a second wife. 

But once her Earl Father married a new furen, her oldest brother Ruan Yu Wen’s position would become even more awkward, and his only way out was the imperial examinations. Once he became a successful candidate, their Earl Father could make some movements at the back to scheme for an official post outside the capital, so he could stay away from the capital.

For the same reason, Ruan Xi was quite concerned with Ruan Yu Wen’s participation in this triennial autumn provincial imperial examination. 

“Shao Furen, nubi just heard that Er Shao-furen has miscarried her child, and she is currently crying out loud in her courtyard.” Su Yu recounted this matter in a hurry after she returned from fetching some pastries in the main kitchen.

Ruan Xi put down the travel journal in her hands as she asked in surprise, “What happened, didn’t the physician say that it could be saved?”

It has been less than ten days since the announcement of her pregnancy, and yet Liu Wan Wan lost her child. 

“Didn’t Er Shao-furen do it to herself? Ever since she became pregnant, she relied on the child to play the devil, and disturbed the foetal energy a few consecutive times, which resulted in the foetus becoming unstable. There has been hearsay that when yõu announced [your] pregnancy, she saw blood, and had no choice but to lie in bed to stabilise the foetus, but Zhao yiniang sent two more maidservants to serve Er Shaoye.

“Er Shaoye has been resting in a tongfang’s room for the past few days. Out of a fit of rage, Er Shao-furen punished that tongfang in front of everyone by making her kneel in the blistering hot sun for a double-hour, and after Er Shaoye threw some heavy words at her, she was agitated to the point where she miscarried.”

Su Yu narrated the entire string of events systemically and in full detail.

Ruan Xi: “……”

And here she was thinking that Liu Wan Wan had been secretly harmed by the other women in Wen Ting Yi’s back courtyard. She did not expect that it was the product of her own actions. Of course, Wen Ting Yi carried part of the blame as well.

“Mama Yang, send a consolatory gift in my stead later.”

Mama Yang nodded in compliance before she retreated from the room. 

Ruan Xi stared at Mama Yang’s departing back figure, her hand caressing her level abdomen unconsciously. She glanced at the joyous-looking Su Yu and Su Zhu, unable to shake off the feeling that Liu Wan Wan losing her child was not a good thing.

It looks like it was better for her to continue nesting in Harmonious Dwelling to nurture her baby. 

After the autumn provincial imperial examinations ended, the public roll of successful examinees was announced. Her concubine-born older brother Ruan Yu Wu failed to make it on the list, whereas Ruan Yu Wen passed successfully, with his rank leaning towards the middle. All in all, it was quite decent. 

Ruan Xi was very happy, and she dispatched someone to send him a congratulatory gift.

However, the palace-bound Ruan san niang did not make a single movement. 

Ruan Xi merely laughed after she heard it. Owing to the capital that Ruan san niang had in her hands, it was no longer necessary for her to put the Earl Chengyi Residence in her eyes. 

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In the evening, red clouds were filling the skies when Wen Ting Zhou returned from his office. After the pair partook in their dinner, they admired the moon in the courtyard for a while before they returned to their room to bathe and change their clothes. 

Since Ruan Xi had slept enough during daylight, she was extremely alert at night, and she nestled in Wen Ting Zhou’s embrace as she talked about Liu Wan Wan’s miscarriage briefly. 

Wen Ting Zhou merely raised an eyebrow slightly when he heard it. 

Even if Liu shi didn’t lose her child now, she wouldn’t be able to save it in the end.

Although his second younger brother proclaimed that he liked Liu shi, and once insisted that he would marry her and no one else, he started loitering around his back courtyard three short months after marrying her across the door. At a glance, it was obvious that Liu shi was not a tolerant person, and now that she had lost her child, he feared that his second younger brother’s courtyard was going to become lively soon. 

As long as Liu shi did not provoke Ruan Ruan, that would be enough for him. 

Wen Ting Zhou’s thoughts took a turn and then he promptly threw this matter aside, bringing another topic to Ruan Xi’s attention.

“Ruan Ruan, I met Yuefu on my way back, and he told me that he was preparing to raise Lin yiniang, of whom you have a decent relationship with, into legitimacy.” 

Ruan Xi raised her brows in surprise. “Father isn’t preparing to marry a new Furen? Lao Taitai probably won’t agree to it.”

Lin yiniang was a noble concubine, was the daughter of an unconventional scholar, had a clean family background, had given birth to a son, and was rather favoured by her Earl Father. Her Earl Father wanting to raise her concubine status to that of a legitimate wife was not strange. 

However, raising a concubine into legitimacy was not easy. 

It was already hard to pass the gate that was Lao Taitai, and it was unknown if Ruan san niang would stir up some moths. 

Wen Ting Zhou smiled, his distinctively jointed, larger hand skating across her face lightly. “Which is why Yuefu wants to gain our support.”

Ruan Xi: “……”

“If Ruan Ruan agrees to it, I will tell Yuefu.” 

Wen Ting Zhou felt that rather than allowing his Father-in-law marry a noble daughter from a decent family background to suppress Ruan Ruan’s head, it was better to allow his Father-in-law to raise that Lin yiniang into legitimacy. 

Ruan Xi pondered briefly, feeling like it was feasible. She and Wen Ting Zhou had interconnected hearts, and her thoughts had gone down the same vein. 

Her Earl Father was the Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Work; his official position was not low, he had a hereditary noble title, his third daughter was the currently favoured Ruan fei, and his fourth daughter had married into the Wen Family.

Zhang shi had been removed from the clan genealogy, and she was no longer the original legitimate wife. 

While it was said to be the second wife, it could actually be considered the first wife too. Ever since Lao Taitai put out that rumour, there had been quite a few families who were moved by the prospect. 

“Lin yiniang is quite decent as a person. If Father wishes to raise Lin yiniang into legitimacy, I have no objections.” 

Wen Ting Zhou’s lip corners raised as he kissed her hair gently. He knew Ruan Ruan would agree. 

“I will inform Yuefu of our decision tomorrow.” 

Having spoken about this matter, Wen Ting Zhou smirked as he looked at Ruan Xi, a small spark flashing past his pitch-black eyes as a hint of hoarseness seeped into his low and deep voice.

“Ruan Ruan, it’s getting late, we should be resting.”

As his words landed, Wen Ting Zhou tilted his body and proceeded to cage Ruan Xi in his embrace, before seizing her lips. 

Ever since Ruan Ruan became pregnant, he had been enduring for two months. He would only rub their heads together and demand kisses at most on ordinary days, but that lasted until the physician said that they could do what was common between a husband and wife today, which made Wen Ting Zhou decide that he was going to bend over and devour her into his stomach tonight. 

Ruan Xi assumed that this was just their normal goodnight kiss before they went to sleep, so she proactively raised her arms to wrap them around Wen Ting Zhou’s neck, closing her eyes to accept his scorching hot kiss.

Who could have known that Wen Ting Zhou’s large hands would slip into her clothes, roving up and down her sleek and exquisite back, until it twirled around the lace of her dudou, before it gently tugged and pulled away the dudou. 

肚兜 (pinyin: du dou) – a singular rhomboidal, diamond-shaped piece of fabric that covers the breast and belly, tied to the neck and waist with attached strings, typically used as undergarments.

Wen Ting Zhou’s breathing became urgent as he covered those soft mounds with his larger hands without hesitating in the least and he started kneading them softly.

“En….”

Ruan Xi’s entire body shuddered, and she could not help but issue a soft groan.

Wen Ting Zhou paused before his demanding kiss became more intense. His large hands released those soft lumps, starting to wander downwards. 

Ruan Xi, who was immersed in that emotional kiss, abruptly sobered up, and she pushed at Wen Ting Zhou nervously.

“Don’t… the child…” 

“Mn, I know. Ruan Ruan, don’t be nervous.”

Wen Ting Zhou said hoarsely.

“It’s been three months, I’ve asked the physician, and the physician said that intercourse is allowed. Let’s continue.”

After Wen Ting Zhou said that, he pulled and tugged, directly peeling off her sleeping robes…

Under the candlelight, her delicate and fair skin was illuminated.

Ruan Xi’s face flushed red.

This time around, she did not stop his movements. Under his wandering and roaming hands, her body became increasingly hot, like she was on the verge of burning up.

At this time, Wen Ting Zhou swiftly shrugged off the sleeping robes on his body and covered Ruan Xi’s petite and well-endowed body.

“Ruan Ruan, don’t be nervous, leave it to me, it won’t harm the child.”

“En….”

Ruan Xi gazed at the handsome man above her that was well within reach, full of faith. Then, she opened her body and heart and accepted him. 

Owing to the flickering and swaying candlelight, two intertwined figures were shown on the bed.

That night, Wen Ting Zhou, who had abstained for two months, finally ate Ruan Xi into his stomach. 

Outside the doors, Mama Yang heard the movement in the room, then she raised her head to gaze at the moon that was suspended high in the night sky. 

Mn, the moonlight was truly beautiful tonight.

It was time to prepare the hot water. 

The servants in Harmonious Dwelling were prudent in speech, so the matter of the pair calling for water in the middle of the night did not spread out. 

However, when Wen furen saw Ruan Xi on the second afternoon, she noticed that her son and his wife had done that particular exercise, but she was not unhappy either. Most women with healthy bodies could have sexual intercourse after three months into their pregnancy. Thus, Wen furen merely discreetly reminded the pair not to harm the child and she stopped caring. 

Under Wen furen’s tacit consent, in addition to the physician taking her pulse daily, the pair lived out their days sweetly. 

On the other end, after Earl Chengyi was informed that he had his fourth daughter and fourth son-in-law’s support, Lao Taitai weighed the pros and cons before she finally agreed to allow her son to raise Lin yiniang to legitimacy.

Ruan Xi was very happy upon hearing the news, but she had been happy too early. 

Once she woke up from her nap, rumours about Earl Chengyi and Mu Qing Ling had filled the streets outside.