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

Zhang Susu suddenly remembered that the existence of the system naturally has its meaning.

Zhang Susu [Tongzi, these two tasks are by no means easy for me. Is there anything you can help me with?]

System [Host, this is exactly what I want to tell you next. The Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet assessment is less than two days away, and the host is not familiar with the content.]

System [But Tongzi has a tool called the Phaseless Space. That is, every night when the host is asleep, the host can use the Phaseless Space to enter the host's dream and use the exam questions from the Shuibo Pavilion over the years to conduct intensive training and learning for the host.]

System [Host, you can understand this: in the Phaseless Space, one night is equivalent to a month in an ordinary other world. As long as the host diligently studies the exam content in the Phaseless Space over the next two days, he will surely achieve a major breakthrough compared to his current stage.]

Zhang Susu's eyes lit up when she heard this. What a good thing! At least it gave her a chance to cram for the exam!

Zhang Susu [Tongzi, can I use this formless space forever?]

System [Host, no. This skill of the Phaseless Space requires a great deal of energy and effort from the player. The energy gained from the previous hibernation is only enough to sustain the host for two days. After two days, the player may need to hibernate again to accumulate energy...]

Zhang Susu felt sad when she heard this.

Zhang Susu [Boy, then I will have to venture into this strange world alone again...]

System [Host, yes. Therefore, the assessment details will be released during the next two days, or tomorrow evening at the latest. Please deploy as soon as possible and form a team. I can only wish you all the best!]

Zhang Susu〔Thank you, Tuozi!〕

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"Good sister, what are you thinking about?" Situ Qingming stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her, breaking Su Yingxue's thoughts.

Now there were only the two of them left at the round table. The other female members of the family had already gone to the stone bridge to watch the poetry writing scene over there, so this time, the two people sitting at the table were very quiet.

"Sister Qingming, I heard from the Qin family a few days ago that this might be a team competition. Sister Qingming, if it's a team, I plan to team up with you, but I'm not sure what you're good at."

Su Yingxue looked around and saw no one, so she asked softly. Situ Qingming's inscription mentioned him as a descendant of a military commander, a master of martial arts, riding, and archery. Su Yingxue didn't see any of the other noble ladies mention this description.

The rules of the Shuibo Pavilion competition actually rely on luck. For example, others can only register for events blindly, but Su Yingxue, due to her book experience, can see everyone's specialties and then guess the categories they might choose based on their specialties in their profiles.

This is a probabilistic event. For example, seven out of ten noble ladies are good at embroidery and needlework, six out of ten noble ladies mentioned graceful dancing, and half of the noble ladies learned to play music.

This will definitely be the category that the ladies will choose the most, so as long as these popular options are eliminated, the competitiveness of the remaining unpopular options will weaken, and there will be more chances of obtaining high rankings and high scores.

Situ Qingming was a perfect teammate. Firstly, she excelled in martial arts, a rare skill that easily earned high scores. Secondly, competing in the same group with Situ Qingming would foster their friendship, so why not?

"If we compete in the same group, then I will definitely be in the same group with Sister Xue." Situ Qingming was straightforward and frank, and agreed without saying a word.

Su Yingxue smiled faintly when she heard this.

That's all, the next thing is how to win over Mo Yunsheng. Su Yingxue's eyes were clear and cunning, and she looked quietly at the figure on the other side who was writing on the screen. She was dressed in white clothes as white as snow, with a beautiful back, and she seemed to be thinking about something...

That night, Si Dong received the note from Taxue and learned of Su Yingxue's instructions. Before everyone knew the rules, he quietly went to find Mo Yunsheng to discuss forming a team.

Mo Yunsheng was a modest gentleman with a calm demeanor. A gentleman is known for helping others to achieve their goals. In addition, Mo Yunsheng and Qin Dong were classmates, and seeing that Qin Dong was very sincere in visiting him at night, he agreed.

After receiving Qin Dong's reply, Su Yingxue's eyes curved, a smile spreading across her face. Since Mo Yunsheng had verbally promised her, a gentleman like him would surely keep his word. As long as she was on the same team with him, her mission would be accomplished.

Soon, the maid from Shuibo Pavilion brought envelopes with the rules of the plum blossom viewing banquet and delivered them to each room. Su Yingxue opened them and took a closer look, and couldn't help but chuckle, God help me!

Written in fine calligraphy on the white paper were:

This plum blossom viewing banquet competition will be competed by two talented men and two talented women.

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Su Yingxue took a quick look and realized that the four people's chosen skills could not be the same. Each of them had to choose a talent to compete in. Su Yingxue recalled the noble lady's teleprompter and finally chose the unpopular skill of incense making.

Ordinary noble ladies would use the talent show at the Plum Blossom Festival to showcase their unique talents, attract the attention of more talented men, and seek a good marriage. According to Kyoto tradition, the competition would surely involve poetry, painting, needlework, dancing, and music, which required a high level of skill and were more likely to attract attention.

But Su Yingxue was different. She was a descendant of a noble family and did not need to beg for a marriage. She only needed to complete the mission and gain the favor of the target. Therefore, she was not thinking about how to outshine the other beauties, but how to win the competition...

With the formless world provided by the system, Su Yingxue practiced very hard at night. In addition, the system's consciousness space can transform into incense-making tools similar to reality, and there are past exam questions and various incense-making books for her to study. Su Yingxue made rapid progress.

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At midnight, the bright moon hid in the dark clouds. In the huge Princess's Palace, only the servants guarding the outer periphery began to take over during the shift change, and there were some drowsy palace maids standing quietly and taking a nap under the palace lanterns.

A dark figure quietly climbed into the main hall of the Princess' Palace from the side hall on the other side.

The antidote that Su Yingxue had taken previously required her to take a dose every half a month, and she also needed to use acupuncture and internal force to force out the poison.

In order to cause unnecessary trouble, Chu Xingchen first used aphrodisiac incense to knock out the people in the hall, and then sneaked into the hall to give Su Yingxue medicine and acupuncture.

Under the moonlight, Chu Xingchen took out the prepared antidote in the porcelain bottle, helped her up, and was about to feed her the medicine when he suddenly smelled a different scent of osmanthus hair oil.

The fragrance of this osmanthus hair oil is quite strong, which is different from what Su Yingxue is used to. Su Yingxue doesn't like to use any hair oil.

But she always has a faint and elegant fragrance on her body. The fragrance is not strong, but it smells good, like the fresh and light jasmine after the rain, or the fragrance of flowers drifting in the spring breeze. It is a smell that is difficult to describe in words, but it smells good, and it is an unforgettable fragrance.