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

Earl Chengyi received the investigation results that his fourth son-in-law Wen Ting Zhou sent him, and as one might expect, Earl Chengyi flew into an indignant rage after reading it. 

The Mu Family were bullying people over much.

And towards the san niang who had become a niangniang in the imperial palace, his heart had completely chilled. 

He might as well disown that daughter.

Lao Taitai was similarly shaken with rage when she came to know about the investigated results. San niang was indeed possessed by a wild ghost; she actually had the audacity to scheme against her son like this.

San niang had the Emperor’s protection, but Mu Qing Ling did not. 

Since she had the gall to scheme against her son, then she should be prepared to accept the Earl Residence’s wrath and her entire reputation swept away.

“Wasn’t she preparing to threaten suicide to force you to marry her? Bring along a few physicians or Mamas with ample experience to the Mu Family, I would like to see where she has the face to say that you ruined her innocence!”

This was basically the start of completely shedding all pretences of cordiality with the Mu Family. 

A cold light glimmered in Earl Chengyi’s eyes.

“Mother can rest assured, I will definitely make her suffer a complete defeat and fall from grace, and allow her to eat her own bitter fruit.”

For scheming against him, for trying to make him, the dignified Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Work, a cuckold, her audacity truly covered the skies!

That day, Earl Chengyi brought along a group of sitting physicians from the pharmacies, midwives, and Mamas to the Mu Family in a vast and mighty procession, which attracted the gazes of many and caused numerous discussions.

“What is going on? Earl Chengyi ruined Mu san xiaojie’s innocence, shouldn’t he be going up to the residence to propose, why is he bringing along a group of physicians to the door?”

“Indeed, how curious.”

“Could it be that Mu san xiaojie…”

“Hei hei, I knew that there was an inside story. I have a relative that is working in Marquis Huaiyang Residence, and there was hearsay that Earl Chengyi had fallen for a scheme, but he was lucky because Qi er gongzi appeared at the end, which prevented any joyous events from happening. Now that Earl Chengyi is bringing physicians to the door, could it be possible that Mu san xiaojie is no longer chaste, or had a secret love affair and became pregnant, thusly wishing to make Earl Chengyi a cuckold? Or else, why would she threaten suicide to force the marriage?”

“It’s possible!”

“Ah, that would explain why I kept getting the sense that there was something wrong with Mu san xiaojie trying to force the marriage, it seems like there’s actually a situation.”

“……”

The crowd opened their brain holes widely, excitement visible on their faces as they hastily followed to watch the commotion.

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Mu Residence.

Earl Chengyi brought along a group of physicians, midwives, and Mamas to make a house call in a spitting rage, which shocked the entire Mu Residence. 

When Assistant Minister Mu’s furen caught sight of the dark and ominous-looking Earl Chengyi, a bad premonition rose in her heart.

“What does Earl Ruan mean by this?” 

“Wasn’t Mu san xiaojie threatening suicide to force the marriage? May Furen invite Mu san xiaojie outside and have a medical diagnosis in front of everyone. If her innocence is intact, I will apologise in front of everyone, and marry her across the door with a grand eight-person palanquin!” said Earl Chengyi coldly.

He was essentially trying to humiliate a young lady from the Mu Family.

The face of Assistant Minister Mu’s furen sank. 

Earl Chengyi laughed coldly, “Mu furen shouldn’t be in a rush to reject it first, if there was no evidence, I wouldn’t have brought out such an array.

“Since she dares to scheme against me, then don’t blame me for not giving her face!”

Once Earl Chengyi issued those words, the complexions of everyone present changed. 

Assistant Minister Mu’s furen went through an abrupt change in her complexion as well.

“The daughters of the Mu Family have always be clean-living and honest, Earl Ruan is asked to guard his tongue, and refrain from arbitrarily splashing dirty water on the bodies of my Mu Family’s daughters!” 

“Mu furen, please do not delay the time, or look for excuses, while allowing servants to disclose the information surreptitiously.”

How could Earl Chengyi possibly be blind to the fact that Mu furen was hesitant to make the gamble? He laughed coldly.

Certainly, Mu furen did not dare to gamble. 

She did not know Mu Qing Ling’s situation. If she was innocent, it was fine, but if she wasn’t, then the reputation of the daughters in the Mu Family……

At this moment, an older woman-servant barged in with a panicked expression. 

“Furen, people from the imperial palace have arrived with an imperial physician and Mamas, they stated that they are under the Emperor’s orders to take Mu san xiaojie’s pulse to prove her innocence!”

Assistant Minister Mu’s furen felt her vision darken.

Whereas Earl Chengyi revealed a smile, he knew his fourth son-in-law would not disappoint him.

He had already predicted that Mu furen would not agree to it, which was why he asked his fourth son-in-law for help.

“Go and bring the Third Young Lady here.” Assistant Minister Mu’s furen instructed coldly as she closed her eyes. She knew that Earl Chengyi had already steeled his heart about wanting to inspect and verify Mu Qing Ling’s innocence.

Emperor Shengde had dispatched his trusted Liu gonggong with an imperial physician and two Mamas. 

Once they stepped in, Liu gonggong bowed towards Mu furen and Earl Chengyi. Then, Liu gonggong opened his mouth to voice the purpose of his visit. 

“Mu furen, Earl Ruan is an influential minister in the morning court, and the Emperor empathises with his subject. Zajia is under the Emperor’s orders to verify Mu san xiaojie’s innocence. If Mu san xiaojie is wholly innocent, the Emperor will compensate Mu san xiaojie with a pure reputation, by bestowing a marriage to Mu san xiaojie and granting her a title!” 

咱家 (pinyin: za jia) – I; me [often used in vernacular fiction]

Truthfully speaking, the Emperor had been intending on dealing with the Mu Family a long time ago, except he had been hindered by the previous emperor’s parting imperial decree which Mu taifei was holding in her hands that allowed the Mu Family to escape repeatedly and encouraged the Mu Family to become increasingly rampant. 

Having spoken to this point, Assistant Minister Mu’s furen already knew that the innocence verification was inevitable.

She could only pray that Mu Qing Ling, this concubine-born daughter, was truly and wholly innocent. 

After a cup of tea or so (10 minutes), Mu Qing Ling was invited over. Perhaps no one had told her about the situation, because when she saw that the main hall was filled to the brim with people, with Earl Chengyi being around in particular, she felt a wave of pleasure in her heart. It seems like Earl Chengyi had caved, and he had no choice but to come up to the door to propose.

However, one sentence from Earl Chengyi instantaneously thrashed her straight to Hell.

“Since she has arrived, start the diagnosis of her innocence then.”

She was done for!

Blood drained from Mu Qing Ling’s face completely, and she started shaking all over. She covered her stomach subconsciously and shrieked in fear.

“No, I don’t want my innocence checked!”

Once she said that, Mu Qing Ling tried to run, but Earl Chengyi was already prepared for this, so he ordered his men to block her road of retreat. 

Mu Qing Ling’s complexion became paler upon seeing that. Fear and panic surged up, blood rushed to her head, her eyes rolled back and she fainted right then and there. 

Assistant Minister Mu’s furen felt her body swaying as her inner eye corners threatened to split open. Mu Qing Ling’s birth mother’s visage was ashen pale, and she was on the verge of fainting.

“Mu Qing Ling!”

The surrounding servants tried their hardest to reduce their sense of existence. 

Liu gonggong: “……”

Earl Chengyi sneered when he witnessed this scene, and he said in a frigid tone:

“Check Mu san xiaojie’s innocence!” 

The imperial physician stepped up first to diagnose her. Shortly after, he asserted: “Mu san xiaojie has already been pregnant for one month.”

Once those words were uttered, Assistant Minister Mu’s furen heard her brain explode with a loud bang, and she vehemently wished she could drain Mu Qing Ling’s blood.

The reputation of the girls in the Mu Family was done for.

This damnable Mu Qing Ling!

Mu Qing Ling’s birth mother’s legs softened, and she fell into her maidservant’s arms. 

Afterwards, all the physicians declared that Mu Qing Ling was one month pregnant. 

“Good, how terribly great, the Mu Family has truly schemed well!”

“Let us leave!”

Earl Chengyi departed from the Mu Residence in a spitting rage. 

Having watched a good show, Liu gonggong brought his entourage back to the imperial palace, satisfied. 

The news concerning Mu san xiaojie having a secret affair and being one-month pregnant travelled outwards swiftly, and without needing much time, the ruckus it caused spread like wildfire, and the Mu Family could not suppress it even if they tried. 

When Ruan Xi heard this good news just as she returned from paying her respects to her mother-in-law Wen furen, her mood could not be better.

“Truly, it is to the satisfaction of everyone.” Su Yu said exuberantly. 

“One wonders how the Mu Family will deal with Mu san xiaojie.” A tint of anticipation seeped into Su Zhu’s tone. 

“Confine her in the family temple after aborting the foetus, probably.” Ruan Xi said, smiling. Most members from large clans would usually be sent to their family temples to clean up through religious practice after committing huge mistakes. 

Reality conformed to Ruan Xi’s prediction; the Mu Family forced Mu Qing Ling to drink a bowl of abortion medicine that very day, and then they sent her to the family temple for cleansing and religious practice. 

And just like that, Mu Qing Ling faded out of public eye.

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A few days later, Earl Chengyi finally raised Lin yiniang to wife status, thus making her the new furen of Earl Chengyi Residence. 

Although Ruan Xi did not go back, she sent a generous gift. 

Inside the palace, Ruan san niang smashed the porcelain pieces until the entire floor was strewn with its smithereens. 

Time passed in a rush, and it was the tenth month in a flash. The autumn was high and the air was brisk, and it was beyond pleasant. 

Ruan Yu Wen swiftly married the once close friend of Ruan san niang, Shen xiaojie, and with Wen Ting Zhou’s assistance, he was assigned to an official post in another part of the country, and he brought along his new wife to leave the capital. 

By this time, Ruan Xi was five months into her pregnancy. Her level abdomen started to bulge rapidly, and her clothes could no longer conceal her obviously swelling stomach. 

Wen furen felt endlessly happy when she saw that. 

Ruan san niang, who had been paying attention to Ruan Xi the entire time, could no longer sit still. 

“Is si mei actually pregnant?”

“I don’t believe it, it must be fake, it’s fake!”

Ruan san niang recalled how she had been preparing for her pregnancy for the past three months, but she had yet to receive any good news. Despite that, there was a meiren within the imperial palace that became pregnant at this time. How could Ruan san niang be reconciled? Since there were no issues with the Emperor, and because she had a healing system ability, there were definitely no problems with her body, but she could not become pregnant at all. 

美人 (pinyin: mei ren) – an imperial concubine rank that translates to ‘beauty’, and it’s approximately two whole ranks under fei.

Ruan san niang was jealous and hateful, and she felt like she was going to die of anger. Her teeth gritted together audibly. 

“Yao Hong, go to the Minister Wen Residence and invite si mei into the palace, saying that I want to meet her, and have a chat with her.”

“Yes, Niangniang.”

Ruan Xi’s current position in the Minister Wen Residence was soaring higher and higher. Whereas Liu Wan Wan stopped leaning towards Ruan Xi after she was reprimanded by Wen furen. 

Ruan Xi’s baby-raising days went by with great comfort and satisfaction. Her complexion was rosy, her skin was still glossy and tender, and she seemed to have gained an enchanting and implicit charm. 

It made people click their tongues in admiration.

Unfortunately, these types of good days were bound to be broken by someone else. As a matter of fact, Ruan san niang’s trusted maidservant Yao Hong came up to her door. 

After Ruan Xi received the message that Wen furen had a servant pass along from the main courtyard, saying that someone had arrived to invite her into the imperial palace, Ruan Xi straightened out her appearance immediately and brought her maidservants and Mama to the Main Courtyard. 

She did not know what kind of message Ruan san niang wanted to deliver through her servant. 

Once Ruan Xi reached the main courtyard’s main hall, Yao Hong bowed respectfully and greeted her before Ruan Xi could bow to Wen furen. 

“Nubi has seen the Fourth Young Lady, nubi is acting under Ruan fei niangniang’s orders, and is here to invite the Fourth Young Lady into the palace for a chat.”

Wen furen did not expect that Yao Hong’s purpose was to invite Xiao Xi into the imperial palace. The smile on her face stiffened slightly, and she rejected it without the slightest hesitation.

“Yao Hong guniang, go back and communicate to Ruan fei niangniang that Xiao Xi’s body is unfit, and it is difficult for her to enter the imperial palace.”

姑娘 (pinyin: gu niang) – another way to address a young lady, albeit less formal than xiaojie.

How could she be unaware of what kind of person Ruan san niang was by now? She could not ascertain what kind of intentions she was harbouring by inviting Xiao Xi into the imperial palace this time around. 

Xiao Xi was already five months into her pregnancy, she absolutely could not allow an accident to happen.

“My body is indeed unfit, perhaps I should enter the palace and meet san jie another day.”

Ruan Xi did not want to enter the palace either. Who knew what Ruan san niang was trying to do, but she did not dare to gamble with her child.

Yao Hong thought about her Niangniang’s repeated orders, and she could not resist looking at the Fourth Young Lady’s bulging stomach and she gritted her teeth. 

“Furen, Niangniang has already stated that the Fourth Young Lady must be invited into the imperial palace, Furen is implored to not make things difficult for nubi.”

Wen furen’s complexion sank.

Ruan Xi frowned slightly. Ruan san niang was adamant about inviting her into the imperial palace. 

Forget it. Ruan san niang’s motive for summoning her into the imperial palace was probably because she wanted to confirm if she was genuinely pregnant. 

No matter what was said, Ruan san niang was still the Emperor’s imperial concubine. It was fine to reject it once, but it would be impossible to reject her the second or third time.  

Since that was the case, she might as well go along with her wishes this time. 

To avoid Ruan san niang from hankering, if anything else. 

Of course, she needed to make the appropriate preparations before entering the palace. 

“Give me a moment, I will speak to my popo briefly before entering the palace to see san jie.”

Yao Hong breathed out a sigh after hearing that, and she withdrew in a very sensible manner. 

Wen furen furrowed her brows. “Xiao Xi, how could you agree to enter the palace, aren’t you already cognizant of your san jie’s conduct?” 

Ruan Xi pursed her lips into a bitter smile, “Popo, if we reject it this time , what about the next time? It’s not as though we can reject her repeatedly, and if this continues, where will the Emperor’s dignity be placed? No matter what is said, san jie is the Emperor’s concubine.”

Wen furen remained silent for a long moment before saying, “You speak correctly. Since that’s the case, I will dispatch someone to inform Lao Furen and Ting Zhou. Pay more attention to yourself.” 

Ruan Xi nodded her head.

“Popo can set her heart at ease; I will be careful.”

Wen Ting Zhou once told her that he was part of the Emperor’s secret division, and he fully experienced the Emperor’s high regard, so he had the right to enter the palace directly to see the Emperor.

This was where Ruan Xi’s confidence dwelled. 

Not long after, Ruan Xi sat on the Wen Residence’s horse carriage, and the carriage slowly travelled into the imperial city.