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

"Miss Qin, did you really ask the maid to change Mo Yunsheng's poetry bag?" Zhang Yingying and Qin Lan were sitting in the private room.

The entire Shuibo Pavilion belongs to the Qin family, so this time, Qin Lan, as the eldest daughter of the Qin family, naturally does not need to attend ordinary banquets.

Qin Lan and her team members sat in a private room on the second floor of the Plum Blossom Viewing Villa. Three floors above their private room were the only two most luxurious private rooms. On the left were the five distinguished guests of the Plum Blossom Viewing Banquet, and on the right was a smaller but more quiet and elegant room where five great scholars sat.

Qin Lan and Zhang Yingying, a relationship that had arisen years earlier, had left Qin Lan in debt. After hearing Zhang Yingying's complaints, she felt that Situ Qingming was indeed somewhat unpleasant. Using their father's military achievements to bully others was indeed despised by Qin Lan, so she decided to help Zhang Yingying.

After all, in the Qin family's home turf, not allowing Situ Qingming and her team to take the lead is really a small matter.

Qin Lan could replace the original with the fake without anyone noticing, and others would only say that the poem was good, but if the voting number and envelope number of the poem jade pot were mixed up, then Mo Yunsheng would probably be making wedding dresses for others.

Like Zhang Yingying, Qin Lan's family was a long line of upright civil servants, but she was a somewhat spoiled daughter of a wealthy family. Simple-minded, she felt she was acting on her sister's behalf, lest Mo Yunsheng's high score bolster Situ Qingming's arrogance and embarrass Zhang Yingying.

The Qin family's private room was high and quiet, offering a panoramic view. With maids waiting on both sides, it was quite pleasant.

About half an incense stick later, the servants copied the poems of the noble and the great scholar upstairs on the screen in the private room, and then the maids beside the noble and the great scholar voted on their behalf.

After half an incense stick, the voting ended.

Zhang Yingying and Qin Lan walked back to the banquet together.

A few days ago at the Bihe Banquet, Situ Qingming's words made her lose face in front of the circle of noble ladies, so in today's game, Zhang Yingying must regain her place when the results are announced.

Everyone witnessed Mo Yunsheng's strength at the Bihe Banquet, but so what?

Who asked Shuibo Pavilion to have the surname Qin? Zhang Yingying narrowed her eyes and looked coldly at Situ Qingming and Qin Xue who had already taken their seats not far away. A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She couldn't wait to see the frustration of a loser on Situ Qingming's face when he saw Mo Yunsheng's results.

As they passed by the banquet, Zhang Yingying couldn't help but sneer. "I heard Sister Qingming had already chosen Mo Yunsheng, a powerful teammate, and she wanted to use his high status to win favor. After all, everyone in Kyoto knows that Sister Qingming may have been illiterate since childhood, with only a savage martial arts background."

Situ Qingming was originally chatting with Su Yingxue about family matters when he suddenly heard a harsh female voice coming from behind him.

She was a person who could not keep her temper. When she heard this, she was instantly furious. If she had her red whip in her hand, she would have wanted to fight with that little bitch and tear apart that little bitch's mouth that did not know how to speak.

Situ Qingming, the descendant of a military commander, had been subjected to constant abuse from Zhang Yingying since childhood. Now, with all her old and new grudges in her heart, she wanted nothing more than to resolve them with force. Hadn't they said she only possessed brute force? She would beat her to a pulp with her bare hands.

Situ Qingming, who had a bad temper, was about to get up when Su Yingxue grabbed her hand and signaled her not to get into a conflict with Zhang Yingying and to do it herself.

Although Situ Qingming didn't know what Qin Xue was trying to say, seeing that she looked calm and composed, and was very determined and confident in stopping her with her eyes, she could only let Qin Xue do it.

Qin Xue stood up. Today she wore a crescent-shaped dress inside and a white brocade rabbit fur brocade jacket outside. Her headpieces, hairpins and earrings were made of small pearls and Hetian jade of not very good quality. She looked very plain, but because of her beautiful face and graceful figure, she still had some charm.

"Miss Qin, I am the younger sister of Qin Dong, a member of the third branch of the Qin family. Nice to meet you, elder sister." Qin Xue stood up and politely performed a standard salute to Qin Lan, but ignored Zhang Yingying who was standing beside her.

Zhang Yingying had seen Qin Xue politely addressing Qin Lan, and assumed Su Yingxue was a well-mannered person. But then she ignored her, and she felt deeply displeased. After all, how much dignity could a relative born out of wedlock have?

It was also the first time that Qin Lan met Qin Xue, the pampered daughter of the Qin family.

Every year, the Qin family would have many relatives who came to seek refuge with them. With her status, it was impossible for her to meet them one by one, let alone the branch of the third house that was sent out. They were really not related at all. Fortunately, he knew how to be humble to her, which was a way of repaying the kindness of the Qin family.

"Since you know it's the Qin family, you have to understand the rules."

Qin Lan noticed Zhang Yingying's displeasure and coldly instructed, "Since you've already saluted your elder sister, you should also salute Yingying. You're a relative without any official status to rely on, and you're just a commoner. When you meet an official's wife, you should salute her to show proper courtesy."

Qin Xue heard this, and the corners of her mouth curled up frivolously. She smiled lightly, covering her mouth with her hands, pretending to be surprised, and said with a faint smile, "Sister, thank you for your advice. I came from a remote place and have never seen the world."

"I didn't know this bustling capital had so many formalities. I see. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, sister."

When Qin Lan heard the other party's soft, gentle and reasonable words, her face softened and her heart felt relieved. Since she was the legitimate elder sister, she should also teach her a few words of reason.

"You originally lived in a remote and impoverished place, so it's not a big deal that you didn't know the ways of the world. But now the capital is prosperous and full of nobles. Not only do commoners have to show courtesy when meeting the wives of officials, but even the wives of officials have to compare their status with each other's wives."

Qin Lan said calmly, "When a low-ranking official meets a high-ranking official, he should politely bow his head and salute the high-ranking official's family. This is proper etiquette."

Qin Xue heard what she wanted to hear and couldn't help but smile softly. She said softly, "Sister, you are obviously a lady from a noble family. You are well-educated and well-mannered. You are a model of a noble family. Qin Xue is grateful for your advice."

Su Yingxue bowed to Qin Lan again to express her gratitude, but still did not bow to Zhang Yingying.

Zhang Yingying originally thought that she would be able to perform the ceremony after being taught, but now she found that the woman was still standing in front of her and did not show any sign of performing the ceremony. She couldn't help feeling a little resentful and secretly despised her in her heart.

She is truly an uneducated little girl from a humble family. She cannot learn any manners even if you teach her.

Seeing this, Su Yingxue knew the time had come. She looked at Zhang Yingying in surprise and said with a smile, "Oh, Sister Zhang, so Sister Zhang is standing here."

"Alas, it's also my fault that I come from a humble family. I'm not very familiar with the etiquette of Kyoto and am a little ignorant. But Sister Zhang, you are different. You are..." Su Yingxue seemed to be thinking about something, with a sly smile on her face.