Transmigrated into a vicious female supporting role, reborn as a hostage to the paranoid male protag

Inside Fengxiang Palace, beneath the incomparable splendor, there was a silence as dead as stagnant water.

The whole palace was filled with splendor and yet also with oppression. Su Liyue's face was pale, her heart beating like a drum. After the previous encounter, she was now filled with uncertainty and fear.

She had a vague feeling that Xuanyuan Luoshan, the original owner's mother, was not as gentle and simple as described in the original book.

The original novel does not have the scene where Mo Yunsheng risks his life for Su Yingxue's fame.

So a lot of the original writing style has actually changed.

Su Liyue, feeling anxious, finally reached the main hall of Fengxiang Palace. She looked anxiously at Xuanyuan Luoshan, who was sitting on the golden phoenix chair.

She was dressed in a magnificent and elegant phoenix robe, her eyes closed as she rested. Two mute women massaged her shoulders, and two others massaged her feet. Although she remained silent, the queen's aura made her uneasy.

Su Liyue stood there nervously, and the stern-looking head teacher was waiting respectfully beside her.

"You're here." Xuanyuan Luoshan said coldly. There was no emotion in the female voice, as if the woman in front of her was not her daughter, but someone else.

"Kneel down." Xuanyuan Luoshan opened her eyes and dismissed all the mute girls. Her eyes, sharp as arrows, fiercely swept towards Su Liyue, who was already kneeling on the ground. She scolded coldly, "I have taught you so carefully over the years, and you have raised someone like you who doesn't care about your reputation?"

"You, a princess who has not yet married, a member of the royal family, a daughter of a wealthy family, went to the yamen where the three judges were holding a joint trial, in front of the whole crowd, to rescue a man from outside the family, and shamelessly brought him back to the princess's residence."

"Not only did you lie for someone, you also gave false testimony, claiming that person had already been appointed to a government position. Do you know that if I hadn't backed him up and provided him with official documents, your lies would have been equivalent to shielding a criminal."

"Su Liyue, you're so brave!" Xuanyuan Luoshan slapped Su Liyue's face fiercely, knocking her to the ground. In an instant, five distinct finger marks were imprinted on her fair face.

"Mother," Su Liyue was terrified, but she also knew that she was indeed in the wrong.

But what could she do? Mo Yunsheng was her capture target. If he were killed, Su Liyue wouldn't know how to complete her capture mission and return to the modern world. So she really couldn't let anything happen to Mo Yunsheng.

"Your son knows he was wrong. I beg you to calm down." Su Liyue knelt down again and kowtowed to admit his mistake.

"Su Liyue, I thought the reprimand from the head nanny last time was clear enough."

"Since you still don't understand, I'll tell you."

"As Princess Changle, it is impossible for a commoner who relies on the imperial examination and recommendation system to ascend to power to marry you."

Xuanyuan Luoshan spoke coldly, her eyes like arrows, stern and solemn. Her words were icy, ruthless and resolute.

"Don't think I don't know what's going on in your mind. Kill that thought as soon as possible." Xuanyuan Luoshan said coldly, "You don't care about your reputation. If you treat a man from another family well, the whole city will be in turmoil when you return home."

"In that case, you should plan your marriage sooner rather than later," Xuanyuan Luoshan said coldly. "This time, I've reversed the rumor by saying you're simply a talent savior. I've gone to great lengths to save your reputation, but I won't do this again, lest you do something even more foolish in the future."

"Thank you, mother." Su Liyue heard the words and saw that Xuanyuan Luoshan's tone softened slightly, and she felt a little relieved.

"However, since you're so restless, we should put the marriage on the agenda sooner rather than later." Xuanyuan Luoshan then ordered in a cold voice, with a tone that brooked no refusal. "In three months, I will hold a spring banquet in Peach Blossom Valley. At that time, the future husband I have personally selected for you will attend the banquet."

"When the time comes, you can choose one of those noble families, powerful officials, and marry her."

"Mother," Su Liyue turned pale when she heard that. No way, there was no such thing as a spring banquet to select a prince consort in the original text. Isn't her official match the male protagonist Chu Xingchen?

Besides, the original text didn't mention that she would marry someone else, did Xuanyuan Luoshan really disregard the original text and randomly match people up?

"Mother, I am still young. I hope I can stay with you for a longer time. It is too early to talk about marriage." Su Yingxue said softly.

"You will have to get married sooner or later." Xuanyuan Luoshan advised coldly.

"Your brother has recently been assigned by our father to attend the imperial court to learn how to handle government affairs. As Princess Changle of the Xuanyuan family, you naturally have to shoulder the responsibility of the family's prosperity."

"Your marriage must not only help your brother ascend to the grand ceremony in the future, but also help the Xuanyuan family."

"I've put so much thought into training you, all so I can find you a good husband in the future," Xuanyuan Luoshan said coldly. "Today, I have an obligation to teach you a lesson and put an end to your inappropriate thoughts."

"Head nanny, make Her Highness kneel here for a whole night and get slapped on the hands twenty times before you let her leave." Xuanyuan Luoshan scolded coldly before gracefully leaving the main hall and returning to the bedroom to rest.

Su Liyue had knelt all night, her hands slapped with more than twenty boards, leaving them red, swollen, and in great pain. If she felt sleepy, lowered her head, or knelt incorrectly, the head nanny would smack her back with the ruler, knocking all sleep out of her.

After such torture, Su Liyue returned to the palace unable to move. She lay in her bedroom, letting the palace maids apply medicine to the wounds on her knees, hands, and back.

The head nanny was really good at torturing people. Her way of torturing people was very painful, but after applying medicine many times, the pain was healed without a trace.

Su Liyue lay in bed, feeling completely dejected. Her entire body ached, and everything she was doing on her quest was going wrong. She couldn't understand how she had ended up in this situation.

What’s even more sad is that Su Liyue was under house arrest.

Xuanyuan Luoshan ordered her personal guards to surround her princess palace and strictly ordered her and her palace maids to leave.

Now, even Su Liyue didn't know how to break the deadlock. Her only consolation was that she had saved Mo Yunsheng's life and he was out of danger. The court doctor said that as long as he continued taking the medication, his back might be scarred, and his broken ribs would require careful care.

Su Liyue thought, perhaps this was also a consolation.

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"Your Highness, it's not good!"

On the day of the trial, Taxue reported to her in a hurry, "Your Highness, you sent someone to keep an eye on Master Mo, and that person reported that Master Mo wrote a petition last night and seems to be going to the Sansi Yamen to beat the drum to appeal for your grievance!"

"What?" Su Yingxue raised her head in surprise when she heard that. She and Mr. Chen had been planning this until now and had calculated every step of the layout, but they had not expected Mo Yunsheng to be such an accident.

"Is he stupid? A commoner suing an official will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane. After thirty strokes of the cane, how can a weak scholar like him survive?"

Su Yingxue frowned. Who gave this nerd the courage to show off in the Sansi Yamen? Not to mention that he hasn't passed the imperial examination yet, even if he was the top scorer, he would have to be humble in front of the chief judge of the Sansi Yamen.

"No, I have to go and take a look." Su Yingxue's face was solemn. She stood up and wanted to walk out of the villa.

"Your Highness, no!" Taxue held Su Yingxue back, "If Your Highness leaves now, all your previous plans will be ruined!"