Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

When Wujiu came in with the hot cakes just out of the oven, the palace maids who were serving on the side tactfully dispersed and made room for him.

"I heard that the pastries here are delicious, why don't you try it?" He talked to himself, carrying the food box to the table next to me and taking out the food and putting it on the table.

"The prince consort is really considerate to our princess. The princess likes sweet things." Caiyun winked at me, "Oh, it's Baoheju's snacks. The prince consort has not been in Qijing for long, but he knows a lot..."

"If there is more, you will have some too." Wu Jiu pointed to the servant in the yard, who was holding two food boxes. This attracted all the girls in the room.

After everyone left, he came over to sit next to me and offered to pour me some tea. "Don't be angry about what happened last night. I just wanted to adapt to the local customs. If the mountains don't come to me, I'll go to the mountains myself."

"Why did I sleep so deeply last night? Did you drug me?" There was no one else around, and I didn't look happy either.

"Of course not!" He waved his hands quickly, "You looked weak, and there was soothing incense burning in the room, so you slept so deeply. I didn't have any bad intentions. I felt sorry for you so much that I didn't think I would give you drugs..."

As he said this, he leaned towards me, but I pushed him away.

"stop!"

"Princess, it's time to take your medicine." The mute slave stood at the door holding a medicine bowl. When he saw Wujiu and I sitting side by side in the room, he quickly lowered his eyes and stood there waiting for orders.

"I feel like I'm almost well again. I don't need to take any more medicine. My wounds have almost healed." I get a headache when I think of the three bowls of food I ate that day.

Wu Jiu took the medicine bowl from the mute slave and said, "How can that be possible? Although you have a special physique, your wounds are bleeding after all, so you need to heal them well! You need to completely recover from the damage first! Be good, drink the medicine first, and then eat the cakes. I have selected seven or eight different flavors for you, you can try them all."

Seeing how well he took care of people, I couldn't help but ask, "Did you treat your junior sister the same way back then?"

He smiled slightly, "Why are you mentioning her for no reason? Are you jealous?"

I laughed even louder, "Don't think too much about who might be jealous of you!"

"Okay, okay, whatever you say is what I will do. You have to drink the medicine first."

I turned my head away, avoiding the spoon he offered me. "It's such a big bowl, and you're using such a small spoon to scoop it up, one sip at a time. Do you want to make my pain double? Just hold the bowl and drink it."

Anyway, the medicine brought by the mute slave must be cooled for a while before it reaches the right temperature for oral administration.

After I emptied my bowl, I looked up and noticed that the person standing at the door had left at some point, leaving Wujiu busying around, looking like he was happy to serve.

In the afternoon, another imperial edict came from the palace, saying that His Majesty had ordered someone to send me to Xihua Palace to recuperate for a few days and leave immediately. The carriage and other things were ready and were waiting at the gate of the princess's mansion.

Although Xihua Palace has natural hot spring pools, which are said to have a certain therapeutic effect on the body, that place reminds me of some not-so-good memories.

The person who delivered the imperial eunuch was a young eunuch whom I didn't know. I was just about to think of an excuse to refuse to go out when I saw Manager Zhou appear.

He was going out of the palace quite often. I saw him walking towards me through the crowd. I deliberately licked my lips to him, but he was able to hold it together, and his expression did not change at all. This damn eunuch is such a pretender.

"Princess, you have already heard His Majesty's order. Why don't you leave?" he asked directly.

I glanced at Wu Jiu beside me and immediately thought of a great excuse, "Please tell my brother, the chief steward. I appreciate his kindness, but my sister just got married and my husband has just arrived. It would be too inhumane for me to leave him behind and go play in the palace by myself."

Chief Steward Zhou continued, "Princess, you are worrying too much. The Prince Consort can naturally accompany you to Xihua Palace."

"He is allergic to hot springs and cannot go to Xihua Palace!"

Wu Jiu tugged at my sleeve and whispered to me, "Actually, I can..."

"You don't want to go!" I deliberately whispered to him in a voice loud enough for everyone around us to hear.

"Okay, I don't want to go." Wujiu cooperated by putting on a smile, but he was overacting a bit.

Chief Steward Zhou still looked calm, but he got angry at the eunuch who was reading the imperial edict. "Now that the imperial edict has been read, why don't you ask the princess to receive it? What are you still holding it for?"

But this sentence in a plain tone seemed to be accusing the young eunuch of a serious crime, which frightened him so much that he turned pale. He quickly walked up to me with the imperial edict, raised his hands above his head and handed the thing to me.

I frowned slightly, took the imperial edict, and understood what Manager Zhou meant.

He was hinting that I couldn't disobey his order, but I didn't understand. Why did he insist on asking me to go to Xihua Palace? What was the matter that required me to leave the capital? Jiang Huan was going to be crowned queen, and I had already said that I would not attend, so it shouldn't affect him. After that, what would happen in the capital?

He Zhao wants to marry the daughter of the Wang family. I will not interfere with him openly, and it will have nothing to do with Jiang Huan.

Also, the old lady of the Xu Mansion is having a birthday party next month, and I accepted the invitation. Even though Xu Changan is the Minister of Revenue and a close confidant of Jiang Huan, the Xu Mansion does not hold a significant position in the capital.

So, what exactly does this imperial edict mean? It's simply incomprehensible.

It was quiet and everyone was looking at me, waiting for me to make a decision.

My heart said I didn't want to go, but I had tried it. Facing the imperial decree, I had no right to say no. Or, even if I said no, the future storm would not hit me, the princess, but would all the people in the princess's mansion have the ability to protect themselves?

"Okay, go get ready. Since we are going to the palace to recuperate, everyone except those who stay at home should come with us." I waved my hand, "This opportunity for a public travel should not be wasted."

"What is a public-funded trip?" Wujiu asked curiously.

I didn't answer him, but looked at Chief Steward Zhou, "Sir, will you accompany me? I won't have to pay for the expenses of the palace myself, will I?"

"Of course. All the expenses of the princess in the palace are paid from your majesty's private treasury."

I turned to Wujiu and explained, "This is called a public-funded trip."

After an afternoon of hard work, the people who stayed at the princess's mansion to look after the house received additional overtime pay.

The people who followed me to Xihua Palace sat in three carriages, and there were nearly a hundred people walking behind.

When I was sitting in the carriage with my eyes closed to rest, I had decided to stay in Xihua Palace until Jiang Huan got anxious and sent someone to beg me to return to Beijing. I must kill him mercilessly!