Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Qi Ning said, "I had a vague idea. A while ago, I went to see Du Rong and took the opportunity to ask her in person. She was very flustered when she heard my guess and gave herself away."

"Back then, she first used you to provoke my mother, but my mother knew your true identity and didn't react much."

"Du Rong then changed her approach, constantly telling her mother how dangerous the frontier was, and that her father might not be able to return like her eldest uncle. Her mother was worried about her father's safety, which caused her to be restless and lead to a difficult childbirth."

After listening, Qi Jingyu looked at Qi Ning with heartache: "So that's how it is."

“If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be too easy for Du Rong to be imprisoned? At the very least, she should be made to pay for your mother’s life.”

Qi Ning nodded and said, "That's what I think too."

"So, second brother, kill her for me," she said softly.

"I will not be at peace until I kill Du Rong to avenge my mother. Only when this matter is completely resolved will I have the mind to think about getting married."

Qi Ning didn't want to deal with Du Rong herself. If she let someone else do it, she would have to consider finding manpower and keeping quiet, which would be quite troublesome.

It would be much more convenient to have Qi Jingyu do it for her. He must have many assassins under his command, all of whom are professionals who are reliable and dependable, and there would be no worries about the future.

Moreover, by telling Qi Jingyu the truth about this matter, Qi Ning also took the opportunity to resolve the last misunderstanding between them.

Otherwise, Qi Jingyu would probably feel some guilt about Zhou's death.

As for why we didn't tell Qi Congming and let him kill Du Rong to avenge her?

Qi Ning did it on purpose; she didn't want Qi Congming to avenge Zhou Shi personally.

If he could avenge Zhou with his own hands, wouldn't he be free from guilt towards Zhou and be able to love and cherish Zeng in the future?

Qi Ning didn't want to give Qi Congming the chance to take revenge himself; she preferred that he live with guilt for the rest of his life.

Qi Ning, of course, did not reveal these reasons.

Qi Jingyu understood Qi Ning's thoughts.

She lost her mother at a young age, and her father was not around. A few years later, her father finally returned, but he quickly remarried.

It's quite remarkable that her mind didn't become distorted under such circumstances.

Qi Ning's current thoughts are quite normal; she simply wants to avenge her mother.

Qi Jingyu was the posthumous son of the former crown prince. His mother passed away when he was seven years old, and he carried a deep-seated hatred for the deceased. It was not until he reclaimed the throne and avenged his parents that Qi Jingyu was able to release the hatred in his heart.

Therefore, he could naturally empathize with Qi Ning's thoughts.

It was precisely because Qi Jingyu had successfully avenged his mother that he had the mind to confide in Qi Ning. Qi Ning was the same; she would only consider matters of personal feelings after avenging her mother.

“Okay, I’ll take care of Du Rong for you,” Qi Jingyu said.

Upon hearing this, Qi Ning hinted to him, "Qi Jinglin just broke his leg. Du Rong is a mother who loves her son dearly. It's understandable that she might have a moment of despair and even hang herself. That would be perfectly normal."

"I understand," Qi Jingyu replied, empathizing with the question.

He looked at Qi Ning's slightly furrowed brows and reached out to smooth them.

"You don't need to worry about this anymore, I will arrange for someone to handle it."

Upon hearing Qi Jingyu's words, Qi Ning immediately felt a sense of peace and reassurance.

She responded with a soft "Thank you, Second Brother."

Qi Jingyu looked at her with pity and lowered his head to kiss her again.

Qi Ning hesitated for a moment before responding.

Qi Jingyu's heart stirred, and he reached out to put his arm around her waist and hugged her tightly.

Just as the two were getting more and more into their kiss, a strange noise suddenly came from outside the bed.

Qi Ning trembled, and Qi Jingyu instinctively pressed her face against his chest to protect her. Then he sat up, lifted the bed curtains, and looked outside.

It was Dongyue standing not far away, staring at them with wide eyes. She even covered her mouth with her hand, as if to prevent herself from screaming.

A stool was crookedly placed next to Dongyue's feet; she must have accidentally kicked it in her panic, which made the noise.

At this moment, Qi Ning also peeked out from Qi Jingyu's arms and saw Dongyue.

"Miss... young lady."

Dongyue put down her hand and stammered.

She then looked at Qi Jingyu: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty, this..."

Dongyue never expected that she would witness this scene.

She always slept lightly when she was on night watch, and she had a habit of getting up in the middle of the night to check on her daughter and tuck her in.

Unexpectedly, tonight her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn't open them at all, as if they were stuck together by something.

But she could vaguely hear sounds coming from the inner room. First, there was a series of indistinct voices, and then a series of sounds that seemed to be a mixture of panting and groans.

It took Dongyue a lot of effort to open her eyes, and the sounds coming from inside became even clearer.

She wondered, how could there be such strange noises in the girl's room?

In the winter month, she didn't even have time to put on her shoes before getting up and going into the inner room.

As soon as she entered the inner room, she saw the back of a man. He was lying on top of her young lady's bed, with a woman beneath him. The two were embracing each other, and...

In a moment of panic, Dongyue accidentally kicked a stool, making a sound.

Seeing Qi Ning peek out from Qi Jingyu's arms, her face and lips still flushed red, Dongyue was certain she hadn't misread it.

Qi Jingyu stroked Qi Ning's hair and whispered, "It's alright, don't be afraid."

It's all his fault for being careless.

Qi Jingyu originally only wanted to visit Qi Ning briefly before leaving, and wouldn't stay for long, so the medicine he gave Dongyue wasn't strong.

Who knew Qi Ning would suddenly wake up? The two had talked for so long, and then...

This delayed things, and by the time the effects of the medicine wore off, Dongyue woke up naturally upon hearing the noise.

Qi Jingyu released Qi Ning, put his hand on her shoulder and said, "You can continue sleeping, I'll handle this."

Qi Ning muttered to herself, "Did the system go to sleep too? It didn't even remind me."

However, Qi Ning knew that the system would only specifically remind her when there was danger or when some unexpected events would occur that would affect the mission.

The system won't give detailed warnings about trivial matters like Dongyue discovering her intimate relationship with Qi Jingyu, since it won't cause any negative impact anyway.

The system will not appear, especially when she is doing something indescribable with her target.

In truth, Qi Ning didn't care much, but on the surface she still pretended to be a little frightened and shy. Only after Qi Jingyu repeatedly comforted her did she lie down again.

Qi Jingyu covered Qi Ning with a blanket and then put away the curtains before leaving.

Dongyue was still standing there, stunned, not quite reacting.

Qi Jingyu stopped as he passed by her.

"Pretend you didn't see anything about tonight."

He said it expressionlessly.

Dongyue quickly replied, "Yes...yes, this servant understands."

Qi Jingyu then said, "Ning'er has already fallen asleep, so don't disturb her anymore."

After saying that, he walked out.

Dongyue stood there dumbfounded for a while, and seeing that there was no movement from Qi Ning's bed, and that she didn't seem to have been forced just now, she turned around and went back to her own small bed where she kept watch.

But the next day, Dongyue still found a time when they were alone to ask Qi Ning about what happened the night before.

"Miss, last night..."

Qi Ning glanced at her and said, "It's nothing serious, just pretend you didn't see anything."

Qi Jingyu said the same thing, but Dongyue was still not entirely at ease.

"Young lady, how could things have come to this between you and His Majesty? The way he treated you has ruined your reputation. Will he take responsibility for you...?"

The transformation of Qi Ning and Qi Jingyu from initial hatred and hostility to deep sibling affection, and then to their current romantic relationship, greatly shocked Dongyue.

She was a maid who had taken care of Qi Ning since she was a child, so naturally she was thinking of Qi Ning's best interests.

Qi Ning took Dongyue's hand and patted it gently: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Since Qi Ning had said so, Dongyue had no choice but to agree with some skepticism.

After meeting Qi Ning once, Qi Jingyu remembered the things she had told him.

He quickly instructed a reliable subordinate to handle the matter.

In the middle of the night, Du Rong was lying on the couch when she suddenly couldn't breathe.

She opened her eyes and saw a man in black covering her mouth and nose.

Du Rong opened her eyes wide in terror and struggled with her hands and feet. After a while, her struggles gradually stopped.

The next morning, the old woman guarding Du Rong was about to urge her to get up and chant sutras when she entered the room and saw the corpse hanging from the roof beam.

"Oh no! The First Madam has hanged herself!"

The old lady was shocked and somewhat heavy-hearted when she heard the news, after all, the eldest daughter-in-law was her eldest daughter-in-law and had been quite filial to her before.

Now that the master and mistress are gone, the eldest son Qi Jinglin is paralyzed in bed, and the eldest daughter Qi Yuan has married poorly, the whole main house has become like this. How could the old lady not be sad?

"Why did she hang herself?" the old woman murmured.

Qi Ning comforted the old lady from the side: "Grandmother, don't be sad. Aunt may have been upset because of what happened to my eldest brother and couldn't think straight for a moment."

“Yes,” Zeng Wanqing chimed in, “Mother, my sister-in-law must have taken her own life because of Jinglin’s leg injury.”

The old lady nodded hesitantly.

That's right, there's no other possibility besides this reason.

Du was always ambitious and placed high hopes on her only son, Qi Jinglin.

She had always wanted to help Qi Jinglin seize the title, and had done so many foolish things in the process.

Now that Qi Jinglin is paralyzed in bed and his future is ruined, Du Shi has completely lost hope, and it's possible that she might be having a moment of despair.

The old lady sighed deeply: "How foolish I was."

Now that Madam Du is gone, Zeng Wanqing is even more deserving of the title of matriarch. She asked, "Mother, what do you think we should do about my sister-in-law's funeral?"

After a moment of contemplation, the old lady said, "His Majesty has only recently ascended the throne, so it is probably not appropriate to hold a grand funeral. As for the specific arrangements, let's ask the second son."

Qi Congming naturally learned of this news as well.

If it were anyone else, they certainly wouldn't have any doubts about Du's suicide, but Qi Congming felt that something was amiss.

Actually, he found it strange when Qi Jinglin broke his leg last time. Why would they let their men break Qi Jinglin's leg when Prince Qing was captured?

Not long after Qi Jinglin's accident, his mother committed suicide.

When you look at the two things together, it's really not normal.

After the morning court session, Qi Congming went to the imperial study to request an audience with the emperor.

Upon hearing the eunuch's announcement, Qi Jingyu remained calm and said, "Please invite the Duke of Zhenguo in."

"Yes."

After a short while, Qi Congming entered the Imperial Study.

"I am here to see you, Your Majesty."

Qi Jingyu raised his head: "No need for formalities, please rise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Duke Zhenguo, is there something you wish to discuss with me today?"

Qi Congming hesitated, as if he wanted to speak.

Qi Jingyu knew that Qi Congming might have some doubts, which was normal.

"Just say what's on your mind. Do we need to hide things from each other?"

Qi Congming then spoke: "Your Majesty, Lady Du hanged herself last night."

"is it?"

"Your Majesty, I have come here today to ask you whether it was Your Majesty who sent people to deal with the Du family and Qi Jinglin?"

"It was I who arranged for it to be done, so what?" Qi Jingyu admitted directly.

Qi Congming frowned: "Is it because of the incident where you fell off the cliff last time?"

Of course, the Du mother and son deserved to die for what they did.

But Qi Jingyu had previously acted as if he didn't want to kill the mother and child.

Furthermore, Qi Congming could understand breaking Qi Jinglin's leg, but he couldn't quite understand killing Du Shi.

He wasn't defending the mother and child; he just didn't understand the reason and was afraid he might have made a mistake.

Qi Jingyu spoke up: "You want to ask about the cause of Du's death, right?"

"Exactly."

"Du's cause of death was not the fall off the cliff, but because she was the culprit who caused Ning'er's mother to die in childbirth."

"W-what?"

Qi Congming looked at Qi Jingyu in shock.

"You heard that right."

Qi Jingyu briefly explained the whole story to Qi Congming.

Qi Congming trembled all over: "So that's how it is, so it's because of me..."

No wonder Zhou sent him so many letters before she passed away, all of which were filled with concern for his safety.

Unfortunately, the border region was too far from the capital. Before Qi Congming could reply to Zhou's letter, she had already passed away.

Although the Du family stirred things up, in the end, it was still because of him.

Qi Congming clenched his fists: "If that's the case, why didn't Your Majesty tell me sooner so that I could personally deal with the Du family and avenge my wife?"

"This is Ning'er's idea. Why do you think Ning'er asked me to do this instead of you?"

Qi Congming's face instantly turned ashen.

He understood. It was his daughter who refused to forgive him and didn't want to give him a chance for revenge, so she preferred to beg Qi Jingyu rather than tell him.

She wanted to make him feel guilty for the rest of his life.

Qi Congming returned to the Duke's mansion from the palace in a daze and went straight to the study in the outer courtyard.

When Zeng Wanqing heard that he had returned, she went to the study in the outer courtyard to find him.

"My lord, my mother sent me to ask you how to handle my sister-in-law's funeral?"

Qi Congming glanced at her and simply said, "Keep everything simple."

"Yes," Zeng Wanqing replied.

She wanted to ask why, but then she noticed that Qi Congming's expression was not good.

"Husband, what's wrong?"

"It's alright, you can go back now."

"Will you be resting in the inner courtyard tonight?"

"No, I have something to take care of. You don't need to wait for me."

"Yes, I understand."

After Qi Congming finished speaking, he ordered someone to send Zeng Wanqing back.

Zeng Wanqing glanced at him, then turned and left.

Du Rong's funeral was indeed very simple, almost excessively so, not at all like the funeral arrangements expected of a lady.

Qi Yuan had made a scene specifically for this reason, and Qi Jinglin was naturally dissatisfied, but he was turned away on the grounds that "His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and it is inauspicious to hold a funeral."

Qi Ning didn't even go to keep vigil; he stayed in his own courtyard that night.

Seeing that it was getting late, Dongyue was about to remind Qi Ning to rest when a figure suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

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