Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

After listening to Caiyin's additional explanation, I had new doubts. "Originally, their family supported Prince Duan together with Princess Anping. Uh, Jiang Ye... almost got charged with treason. Logically, they shouldn't be so successful, right? Moreover, the eldest princess died early, and they can only be regarded as relatives by marriage. Even if Princess Anping was so glorious at that time, once she was involved in treason, she was eventually driven out of the capital. Does this prince consort have extraordinary abilities?"

Caiyin and Tianhe looked at each other, and both of them had strange expressions, as if I had asked a question that was beyond the scope of the syllabus.

"Princess, you must never say these words outside or inside the palace."

I always feel that Caiyin's eyes look at me a bit like she cares for a mentally retarded child. "Of course I know that."

She made a silencing gesture again, "The names of those sinners must not be mentioned again."

"Not really. What about Youzhou..."

"If there really is a plague and all the people in the city have died, the local officials will not be able to hide it. At most, they can delay the news, and the news will sooner or later be reported back to the capital. If it is a man-made disaster, then they dare not hide it. Even if they don't care about their own heads, they should think about their relatives and friends." As Tianhe spoke, a gloomy expression appeared on his face, as if he remembered something unpleasant.

I couldn't help swallowing. "Should I go to the palace to find out? If someone really concealed the disaster, every day of delay would result in more deaths..."

"If His Majesty asks you where this news came from, how will you answer?"

"Uh... tell me the truth?"

Tianhe sighed, and after a moment of silence, he sighed again, "Now I really regret that I accompanied you to Youzhou on impulse. You didn't know anything, but you dared to get involved? Now you don't know anything, and you go to report to the emperor? Princess, think before you act!"

"Yes, I'm just a princess, not a prince. I have no intention of usurping the throne, nor do I have any idea of ​​interfering in state affairs. Why can't I report the news I know? It's a plague, and many people will die!" I was irritated by his tone and couldn't help raising my voice.

Caiyin was standing beside me, trying to persuade me with an anxious expression. She looked at me and then at Tianhe, but didn't know how to start.

Tianhe walked up to me and asked, "Why did King Dayue tell you this news?"

"He... treats me as his own." My voice weakened a little.

"If there is no sound in the court of Qi, how can he know what is happening outside the capital?"

"Uh... do they, Dayue, have spies in Qi State?" I felt more and more guilty.

"Oh," Tianhe sneered, "Yes, Dayue's secret agents found out that the disaster in my country of Qi might be related to a group of suspected Dayue refugees. As the King of Dayue, he didn't send the news to the palace first, but instead told you, the princess who has no intention of seizing the throne and does not interfere in government affairs. Does he treat you as his own? Is he telling you something new just to make you laugh?"

I was completely speechless. Tianhe continued to ask, "Why did you go to Youzhou to save people?"

“Is this relevant?”

"Is there such a coincidence in the world? Your Majesty just found out that something was wrong in Youzhou and sent his most capable person to deal with it, but something went wrong. Two months later, Youzhou was hit by a plague."

I opened my mouth and was about to say something when he interrupted me, "If there really is a plague, your majesty would know about it. If your majesty still doesn't know about it, the news from Dayue has arrived first, which only means that this matter is no longer something you can interfere with."

I sat back in the chair somewhat dejectedly. I had just felt that my abilities had improved and that I could make some choices as I pleased. I no longer had to rely on others or fear the powerful. But in reality, it seemed that not much had changed.

When the Zhenbei Palace suffered a catastrophe due to Situ Jue's treason, I asked someone to find out where the servants of the palace were exiled, especially those who worked for me in Suxin Pavilion. Some of them followed my original body from the Shen family to the Zhenbei Palace, and were completely innocently implicated.

So I had someone secretly send some silver over, thinking that any help would be helpful, but later I received a reply saying that no one was found. The investigation report also explained that it was possible that after they were exiled, their original servant status was revoked and their names were changed back to their old names before they entered the government, so they were not found according to the names I provided. It is also possible that those people really did not survive. The punishment along the way and the harsh conditions in the exile area could have cost their lives even a normal drop in temperature.

So, I deliberately made myself forget, and even hypnotized myself, that these people were just irrelevant cannon fodder NPCs and had nothing to do with me.

Now it seems that the reason why I became a supporting role in this story is probably because I don’t have the courage and ruthlessness to be a villain when doing evil, and I don’t have the selfless enthusiasm to do good. On the one hand, I want to protect myself and stay away from all dangers, but on the other hand, I can’t bear to see disasters befall others. I can only twist myself to become an ordinary person, and like other passers-by, I am swept away by the destined torrent of the plot to an unknown direction.

"Princess? Princess!" Caiyin's voice brought me back to reality from my thoughts.

When I looked up again, we were the only two left in the room. Tianhe had left without me noticing.

"Is the princess sulking? What Guard Tian said just now was a bit harsh, but he was really thinking about the princess, so he advised you that way..."

I smiled and shook my head, explaining, "I'm not angry. I know that people's abilities are limited. I'm not the protagonist, so why should I worry about the protagonist?"

Cai Yin smiled apologetically and said, "Would you like some snacks? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some."

"No need. How is Huozhu doing these days?"

Cai Yin's cheeks slightly blushed when she mentioned her beloved. She bowed her head and replied, "Thank you for your concern, Princess. Guard Ning is almost well now and can walk a few steps on his own."

"Tell him not to worry and just take good care of himself. Once he's fully recovered, we can talk about his reinstatement and your marriage!" I changed the subject to something more light-hearted.

Cai Yin felt a little embarrassed, "I'll go to the kitchen first, it's almost time for dinner."

Two days later, Wujiu sent someone to deliver a letter to me, saying that he wanted to go shopping with me. He wanted to buy a piano, but he was not very familiar with the capital, so he needed me to lead the way.

It was an excuse. With his current status, why would he need to go shopping by himself to buy something? He probably wanted to meet me outside. If there was anything he couldn't say in the princess's mansion, it would be inconvenient.

I thought about it and decided to keep the appointment.

When they met, Wujiu's attire was almost the same as that of the dandy young men in the capital. His hair was half loose and curled. Although he did not have any gorgeous decorations like a peacock, he could still dress himself up like an employee in Nanfeng Pavilion.

"Please." He stood beside the carriage and gestured for me to get in.