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

The capital city, the residence of the Minister of Revenue.

Today is the birthday of the Minister's wife, and a birthday banquet is being held for her in the mansion. Many ladies and young ladies from prominent families have come to offer their congratulations.

Jiang Youcheng, the second son of the Minister's mansion, specially invited an opera troupe to his mansion to celebrate his mother's birthday.

The Minister's wife was very pleased and invited all the guests to watch the opera together.

"The opera troupe that Youcheng arranged is indeed excellent; no wonder Mother is so pleased."

"This is what Miss Jiang Weilan, who is sitting next to the Minister's wife, said."

The Minister's wife was indeed quite satisfied, her plump and round face full of smiles, but she still chided, "He is usually mischievous, but he is the most skilled at these kinds of amusements."

Sitting on the other side, the third young lady, Jiang Weiqing, also said ingratiatingly, "Mother, I think the second brother's arrangement is the one that suits your taste the best. It even surpasses the birthday gifts that my eldest sister and I gave you."

The Ministry of Revenue's mansion has only two young ladies and one young master. The eldest young lady, Jiang Weilan, and the second young master, Jiang Youcheng, are twins born of the principal wife, while the third young lady is an illegitimate daughter born to a maid who accompanied the Minister's wife as part of her dowry.

However, Jiang Weiqing's aunt passed away early, and she grew up under the care of the Minister's wife from a young age. She was registered under the Minister's wife's name and was considered a legitimate daughter.

Everyone watched the play with great enthusiasm, occasionally whispering among themselves; the atmosphere was wonderful.

The opera troupe arranged by Jiang Youcheng was said to be from the south, and their performances were indeed quite good, which was quite novel for those of them who were used to being in the capital.

In particular, one of the girls in the opera troupe had an exceptionally melodious voice. Not only that, she was also extremely beautiful, with charming and alluring eyes that attracted the attention of all the guests present.

Jiang Weilan looked at the girl on the stage and felt that she looked familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.

As Qi Ning sang on stage, her gaze casually swept across the faces of several people below the stage, a barely perceptible smile flashing in her eyes.

After she finished her performance, she left the stage to go backstage to change her costume.

However, she had only reached the artificial hill halfway when a drunken man blocked her way.

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The world Qi Ning first arrived in was an ancient world.

The female lead is Jiang Weilan, the eldest daughter of the Minister of Revenue.

Thirteen years ago, Jiang Weilan's father, Jiang Jingzhou, was not yet the Minister of Revenue, but only the Prefect of Yangzhou, a fourth-rank official.

The emperor sent Jiang Jingzhou to Yangzhou for three years, ostensibly to serve as the prefect, but in reality to secretly investigate evidence of corruption by the salt transport commissioner of Yangzhou.

Three years later, Jiang Jingzhou's term of office expired, and he was to take his entire family to Beijing to report on his work. Among his luggage were all the ledgers and lists of corruption cases he had uncovered over the past three years.

Unexpectedly, no sooner had he left Yangzhou than the Salt Commissioner learned of his secret investigation into corruption.

To prevent Jiang Jingzhou from bringing evidence of his corruption to the emperor, the salt commissioner sent men to hunt him down, intending to destroy the evidence and silence him.

During their escape, the wet nurse separated Jiang Weilan, who was only seven years old, from the rest of the Jiang family. They were chased and fell down a high slope. The wet nurse died tragically, but Jiang Weilan was protected by her wet nurse. Although she was injured, she was fortunately not killed.

Even more fortunately, not long after, she was unexpectedly rescued by a family of three who were chopping wood on the mountain, and they took her home.

The family of three lived at the foot of the mountain. The man's surname was Qi, and he and his wife had a six-year-old daughter named Qi Ning.

After Jiang Weilan woke up, she received meticulous care from the Qi family couple, and the Qi family's youngest daughter treated her like her own older sister.

The good fortune didn't last long. The next day, the salt commissioner's men found the Qi family's courtyard by following their trail and killed the Qi couple without saying a word.

Young Qi Ning saw her parents being murdered and ran up crying, but was kicked away by the assassin, her head hitting a rock and she lost consciousness, her bright red blood flowing all over the ground.

After eliminating the Qi family of three, the assassins, following the salt commissioner's orders, kidnapped Jiang Weilan as a hostage to threaten Jiang Jingzhou.

On the way back to Yangzhou with Jiang Weilan, a group of people passed by them.

Inside the carriage surrounded by that group of people sat Gao Yun, the fourth prince who had been stranded in Jiangnan during the emperor's southern tour years ago. They were now going to bring him back to the capital.

The fourth prince, Gao Yun, is the male protagonist of this story.

Taking advantage of the guards' inattention, Jiang Weilan asked the Fourth Prince and his entourage for help, and Gao Yun then ordered his men to rescue her.

However, Gao Yun had not yet been officially recognized by the emperor at that time, so his identity could not be exposed, and he did not reveal his true identity to Jiang Weilan.

Because of her father, Jiang Weilan was afraid of getting into trouble, so she only said that she was the daughter of an ordinary businessman.

Gao Yun had Jiang Weilan delivered to the Jiang family who were looking for her. Before parting, Jiang Weilan gave Gao Yun her jade pendant as a token, promising to repay his kindness in the future.

After Jiang Weilan reunited with her family, she originally wanted to go back to the Qi family's courtyard to properly bury the three of them, but Jiang Jingzhou said that returning to the capital was more important and he wouldn't allow her to turn back.

Jiang Weilan had no choice but to return to the capital with her family, feeling apologetic.

After returning to the capital, Jiang Jingzhou handed over all the evidence to the emperor, helping him to eliminate the corrupt salt commissioner and making a great contribution. From then on, he rose through the ranks.

The Jiang family's life got better and better, and their status became more and more prestigious. Jiang Weilan also became a pampered young lady. However, she did not know that Qi Ning had not actually died after he knocked himself unconscious on the rock.

After waking up, Qi Ning buried her parents in tears. With nowhere to go, she could only beg for a living. Later, she was sold into a theatrical troupe by someone with ill intentions and was beaten by the troupe leader almost every day.

Ten years later, Jiang Weilan, the eldest daughter of the Minister of Revenue, was betrothed by the emperor to the fourth prince, Gao Yun, and was to marry into the royal family as a princess the following year.

But in her heart, she still remembered the young boy who saved her back then.

During the birthday banquet of Lady Liang Fang, the wife of Minister Jiang, Jiang Youcheng invited an opera troupe to the mansion, and Qi Ning happened to be among them.

Jiang Youcheng, who was drunk, took a liking to Qi Ning and was about to take liberties with her when Jiang Weilan saved him.

Afterwards, Jiang Weilan recognized Qi Ning as the youngest daughter of the Qi family from back then, and only then did she realize that she had not died.

Jiang Weilan felt very guilty after hearing Qi Ning recount her experiences over the years. She begged her parents to recognize Qi Ning as her sworn sister.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jingzhou and Liang Fang agreed to Jiang Weilan's request.

From then on, the Jiang family, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Revenue, had a new young lady.

Out of guilt, Jiang Weilan cared deeply for Qi Ning, treating her like a younger sister.

However, Qi Ning's appearance aroused different thoughts in the Third Miss Jiang Weiqing.

Jiang Weiqing is the second female lead in this story.

For many years, she had been jealous of her elder sister and even more envious of Jiang Weilan's marriage to the Fourth Prince, but she dared not do anything rash.

After Qi Ning appeared, Jiang Weiqing took advantage of her, instigating her to avenge her parents and inducing her to seduce the Fourth Prince.

However, Gao Yun was not swayed by Qi Ning's advances and even told Jiang Weilan about Qi Ning's attempts to seduce him.

Qi Ning's behavior greatly disappointed Jiang Weilan. After her parents learned about this, they even made Jiang Weilan kick Qi Ning out of the Jiang family mansion.

Jiang Weilan, mindful of their past relationship, couldn't bear to kick Qi Ning out, so she decided to find her a good marriage.

Not long after, Jiang Weilan selected the son of a steward in the mansion for Qi Ning. She advised Qi Ning that power and status were not important, but character was the most important. The steward's son was handsome and reliable, so Qi Ning should marry him and live a good life.

But Qi Ning was not satisfied. She felt that Jiang Weilan's decision to marry her off to the son of a servant was an insult to her.

In addition, Jiang Weiqing was secretly stirring things up. Qi Ning once again tried to get close to Gao Yun and drug him, but Gao Yun discovered it in advance.

After the last incident of seduction, Jiang Weilan did not punish Qi Ning. Gao Yun felt that Jiang Weilan was too kind and soft-hearted.

Therefore, Gao Yun did not inform Jiang Weilan this time, but directly handed Qi Ning over to Jiang Jingzhou and his wife, indicating that they should handle it properly.

Jiang Jingzhou and his wife had long been dissatisfied with Qi Ning, and fearing that she would affect Jiang Weilan and Gao Yun's marriage, they secretly had her executed without Jiang Weilan's knowledge.

By the time Jiang Weilan learned of this, it was too late.

She was furious, blaming her parents for executing Qi Ning, and also blaming Gao Yun for not informing her before handing Qi Ning over to her parents, and even hinting to her parents to deal with Qi Ning.

Jiang Weilan believed that even if Qi Ning tried to drug Gao Yun, she failed. It was enough to kick her out of the Jiang residence; there was no need to take her life.

Jiang Weilan and Gao Yun argued over this.

Gao Yun found Jiang Weilan unreasonable, as she could tolerate a woman who seduced her fiancé.

He questioned Jiang Weilan, asking whether she thought he was more important or her sworn sister was more important.

Jiang Weilan was still angry because of Qi Ning's death, so she said that her younger sister was more important.

Gao Yun was angered, and a rift developed between the two.

After learning about the rift between Jiang Weilan and Gao Yun, Jiang Weiqing tried to take advantage of the situation.

Even though she was being careful and didn't directly seduce him, Gao Yun still saw through Jiang Weiqing's little scheme.

Thinking of Jiang Weilan's words that her younger sister was more important than him, Gao Yun, in a fit of pique, asked the emperor to bestow Jiang Weiqing upon him as a concubine.

Therefore, when Jiang Weilan married into the Prince's Mansion, Jiang Weiqing followed her into the mansion's backyard.

From the backyard of the Prince's mansion until Gao Yun ascended the throne and entered the harem, Jiang Weilan, Jiang Weiqing, and other concubines and maids engaged in a series of power struggles within the household and in the palace, which will not be elaborated here.

Finally, Jiang Weilan and Gao Yun recognized each other through tokens, realizing they were old acquaintances from back then. They fell in love and had a perfect ending.

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Qi Ning is just a minor character in this story.

Her purpose in being was probably to create an opportunity for the male and female leads to meet and get to know each other ten years ago, and then be used by the second female lead ten years later to advance the relationship between the male and female leads, while also showing off the female lead's kindness and generosity.

At this moment, Qi Ning looked at Jiang Youcheng, who was blocking her way, and asked in feigned panic, "Young Master, what's wrong?"

Jiang Youcheng looked Qi Ning up and down and asked her, "What's your name? How old are you?"

Qi Ning did not answer, but lowered her head and said, "Young master, please let me through, I need to change into my costume."

Immediately afterwards, she tried to run to the side.

But Jiang Youcheng moved to the side, still blocking her way.

"What's the rush? Answer my question first."

He then said directly, "Do you want to stay in the manor and serve me? Staying in the manor means living a life of luxury, which is much better than going out to sing for money."

Qi Ning ignored his words and tried to run away again. Seeing this, Jiang Youcheng grabbed her hand and tried to drag her into the artificial hill.

"Help! Let me go!"

Jiang Youcheng was very strong and held onto Qi Ning tightly, saying, "What are you yelling for? Don't be ungrateful..."

Just then, Jiang Weilan's voice suddenly rang out: "Stop!"

She strode forward, pulled Qi Ning behind her, and then scolded Jiang Youcheng, "Jiang Youcheng, what are you doing?"

Upon seeing Jiang Weilan, Jiang Youcheng seemed to sober up and quickly greeted her as "elder sister."

Although Jiang Weilan and Jiang Youcheng are twins, Jiang Weilan is the older sister. Moreover, she is dignified and composed, and has always had the demeanor of a well-bred lady, unlike Jiang Youcheng, who, as the only son of Jiang Jingzhou and Liang Fang, is inevitably somewhat spoiled.

Jiang Youcheng respected his elder sister quite a bit, and immediately became much more obedient upon seeing her.

"Elder sister, I'm drunk," he tried to argue.

"Drunk? You get drunk and then you start harassing other girls again?"

This statement clearly implies that this is not the first time Jiang Youcheng has done something like this.

Jiang Youcheng kept his head down and didn't say anything, but he was still quite unconvinced.

He thought to himself that with his status, whoever he could take a fancy to was a blessing to him.

Jiang Weilan added, "You're getting married to Miss Cui next year. Before that, you'd better behave yourself. Otherwise, if your parents find out, I won't plead for you."

"Yes, I understand, elder sister," Jiang Youcheng replied sullenly.

Seeing that Jiang Youcheng agreed, Jiang Weilan and her maid took Qi Ning away.

She led Qi Ning to a quiet side room.

As soon as she sat down, she asked, "Miss, are you alright? I apologize on behalf of my brother. He was indeed drunk and didn't mean to be rude to you."

Jiang Youcheng was, after all, Jiang Weilan's younger brother, and her words still carried a degree of protectiveness towards him.

Qi Ning shook her head, feigning a somewhat timid and cowardly demeanor, and replied, "I'm fine, thank you for appearing in time to save me, Miss."

"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay."

Jiang Weilan was talking to Qi Ning while scrutinizing her face.

Just now, Jiang Weilan felt that Qi Ning looked familiar, so she followed her over to take a closer look. Little did she know that she would run into Jiang Youcheng almost humiliating her.

"What's your name? How old are you?" she asked.

Qi Ning looked up at Jiang Weilan: "Qi Ning, you're sixteen this year."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Weilan's expression changed drastically.

"What? Your name is Qi Ning?"

"Yes."

Jiang Weilan grabbed Qi Ning and wiped away her heavy makeup with a handkerchief, and sure enough, she saw a beauty mark under her right eye.

"It's really you!"

Jiang Weilan said excitedly, "Ning'er, it's me, Weilan, Jiang Weilan! Do you still remember me? I'm your Lan-jie (older sister Lan)!"

After she finished speaking, she noticed that Qi Ning's expression didn't change much.

Jiang Weilan then gradually realized: "You...you recognized me a long time ago, didn't you?"

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