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

After Su Qinhuai finished reviewing the memorials from the Imperial Palace, he called Lai Fu and took a thousand-year-old wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain that had been tributed by a noble family two years ago, as well as several precious medicinal herbs, and rushed to Su Yingxue's Princess Palace.

Dusk was setting in the west. According to ancestral custom, Su Qinhuai was required to eat and rest in the Empress's Palace on the first and fifteenth day of every month. So, early in the morning, Xuanyuan Luoshan had the small kitchen in Fengxiang Palace prepare several exquisite meals.

The current Empress Xuanyuan Luoshan has the support of her maternal clan, the Xuanyuan family, headed by four powerful families. Speaking of the Xuanyuan world, the Xuanyuan family has produced many powerful officials over five dynasties, making it a truly prestigious family, with three out of ten officials holding the surname Xuanyuan.

The queen has been in the palace for many years. She is well-educated, dignified, virtuous, gentle and elegant. She supports her husband and raises her children, and is a role model for all women in the capital of Dasheng.

Therefore, when facing this legitimate wife whom he had married since he was in the Eastern Palace, Su Qinhuai always had a certain respect that other concubines did not have.

Xuanyuan Luoshan has a son and a daughter. His son, Prince Su Hongxuan of Dasheng, has entered the court to discuss state affairs, and his daughter, Princess Su Liyue of Changle, has also been studying at Juxian Yashe for several years.

The difference between Su Yingxue and Su Liyue is that Su Yingxue is notorious in the Great Sheng Kingdom, while Su Liyue is as her name suggests, like the celestial fairy Liu Yue, and her wisdom is well-known in Kyoto.

The first and fifteenth day of every month is also the family banquet at Fengxiang Palace. The family of four is happy and harmonious, just like a couple reuniting with their family in the human world.

This is the ancestral teaching and also shows Su Qinhuai's respect for his first wife.

Today, Su Qinhuai met Su Yingxue. Seeing her minimal makeup, she looked extremely calm, yet her haggard appearance couldn't be concealed. He couldn't help but feel distressed and guilty. He ordered Lai Fu to hand the matter over to Li Changming, Director of the Imperial Guard, for a covert investigation, with Cao Dewang, Director of the Internal Supervision Department, to assist.

But several months passed and no useful information was found.

Every time he followed some clues to investigate, the people in the dark were always one step faster than his men. When he found some clues that a certain servant had handled, that person would commit suicide out of fear of punishment or die in an accident before being caught.

He cut off any clues he found, and did so completely. This made Su Qinhuai feel even colder.

In the capital of Dasheng, at the feet of the emperor, these people dared to plot such a meticulous assassination in the parade grounds that belonged only to the Dasheng royal palace. They assassinated the current princess, and even poisoned her after the assassination, leaving no trace of the assassin untraceable!

So, who was behind these lurking assassins? What was their purpose? Was it to scare him? Or was it to subtly inform him that he, Su Qinhuai, was the second target?

Su Qinhuai's face became solemn and gloomy when he thought about this. As an older brother, he couldn't protect his youngest sister.

As the king of a country, he was so incompetent that he couldn't even track down a ghost after months of investigation. Su Qinhuai looked at Su Yingxue. This was blood ties, this was the dying wish of the late emperor. After all, he had not fulfilled his duties as an eldest brother, and he blamed himself extremely.

"Yingxue, have you been feeling better these days?" Su Qinhuai calmed down and asked with concern.

"Your Majesty, I'm much better. Please rest assured." Su Yingxue smiled. "I woke up today and I feel much better. I can probably get out of bed and stretch my muscles tomorrow. I've been lying in bed all these days and it's been a bit uncomfortable."

"In that case, I have sent you some medicine to nourish your body. Let the imperial physician take a look tomorrow. If he can prescribe a prescription for you, then take it and replenish your body."

Su Qinhuai looked at his youngest sister who had been in a coma in bed for several months. Her cheeks, which originally had a little baby fat, had long since become thinner, no longer round, and now had a delicate pointed chin, making her face look even smaller, not even as big as a palm.

Su Qinhuai sighed and asked softly, "Have you had your meal?" It would be heartbreaking if this child continued to lose weight.

"Brother, I woke up in the afternoon and had a meal. I ate half a bowl of rice porridge." Su Yingxue said with a smile.

"Rice porridge? Half a bowl?" Su Qinhuai frowned upon hearing this. He said with some concern, "You're so thin, and you've been ill for a long time. How can you only eat this? How can you expect to be healthy?"

"Laifu, send the order down. Tell the imperial physician to go to the imperial kitchen and help them prepare a menu of medicinal dishes to properly nourish Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Su Qinhuai was a little depressed. How could he treat Yingxue like this? How could rice porridge help Yingxue recover quickly? He was a little unhappy.

"Brother, really, it's okay. It's Yingxue who doesn't want to eat." Su Yingxue reached out and tugged at the sleeve of Su Qinhuai's dragon robe, as if she was acting coquettishly with him.

In the original novel, Su Qinhuai was the most vulnerable to Su Yingxue's tricks. Su Yingxue always had two tricks to deal with him: first, calling him "brother" when no one was around. Second, pulling on his sleeve and acting like a spoiled child. This was Su Yingxue's usual tactic after she got into trouble, and whenever she did, Su Qinhuai would take the fall for any disaster, no matter how dire it was.

Although both were against the etiquette, Su Qinhuai really doted on his youngest sister. He even wanted her to ask for the stars in the sky and send people to pick them for her. This was his unconditional favoritism.

I have to say that Su Qinhuai is really a good brother who always has Su Yingxue in his mind.

However, in the original novel, Su Yingxue was not so kind to her brother. She was completely focused on how to take Chu Xingchen into her palace as her concubine, but never really paid attention to her brother.

Perhaps this is human nature. The care and concern that is right before your eyes is ignored, and the unrequited love is always disturbing. The only person in this world who truly cares for Su Yingxue is Su Qinhuai's love as a brother.

The person who hates and resents Su Yingxue the most in this world is Chu Xingchen's deep-rooted disgust for Su Yingxue.

In the original novel, the relationship between Chu Xingchen and Su Yingxue is described like this.

One day, when Chu Xingchen was being well protected by Su Liyue, at a palace banquet, Su Liyue used a specially made colorless and odorless incense that was tributed from a small Western country to make Chu Xingchen fall in love with her.

After Chu Xing fell into the incense, he became unconscious and mistook Su Yingxue for Su Liyue. While he was unconscious, he had physical contact with Su Yingxue.

After the truth was revealed, Su Qinhuai decided to make Chu Xingchen Su Yingxue's mistress.

Although Su Yingxue's actions in this matter were not very glorious, Su Qinhuai still erased all traces of Su Yingxue's manipulation, and accused Chu Xingchen of being a prostitute, using her beauty to please men, and using any means to get to the top.

In the end, Chu Xingchen, the prince of Da Qi, became a laughing stock in the entire Da Sheng and Da Qi countries.

Because there are no impenetrable walls in the palace, Chu Xingchen spent the next few years of his time in the Dasheng Palace living in the Princess's side palace. As a concubine, he was summoned monthly to serve Su Yingxue. Initially, Chu Xingchen was reluctant to be favored by her.

But at that time, Su Yingxue knew that Chu Xingchen was concerned about Su Liyue, so she used Su Liyue's safety to force him to submit.