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

Qi Ning replied, "Who said I was going to the horse farm? Can't I just walk around the area around the horse farm?"

After she said that, Bizhu couldn't say anything more, so she could only accompany Qi Ning as they walked slowly around the horse farm.

Some tents were set up at the edge of the horse ranch for the nobles who rode horses to take a rest.

As Qi Ning walked, she asked the system, "Where is Gao Yan?"

The system replied after a while: "Host, Gao Yan's tent is the third one ahead. He is currently inside drinking tea and resting, and is planning to ride out on horseback again. You should seize the opportunity."

"Oh," Qi Ning replied.

She glanced at the third tent ahead, estimated the distance, and quietly let her hand drop, releasing the handkerchief in her hand.

Bizhu was following Qi Ning and didn't notice that Qi Ning threw away the handkerchief.

Qi Ning didn't make a sound and continued walking forward with Bi Zhu.

Qi Ning didn't stop until she had walked quite a distance, and then looked down at herself.

"Oh dear, where did my handkerchief go?"

"handkerchief?"

Bizhu also looked Qi Ning up and down: "Did you lose your handkerchief, young lady?"

"That's right, I don't know how it disappeared, Bizhu, please help me find it."

Bizhu looked around but couldn't find it, so she said, "Miss, it's just a handkerchief, shall we stop looking for it?"

"No," Qi Ning said anxiously. "That's not an ordinary handkerchief. Sister Lan embroidered it for me herself. It's very important to me."

"Besides, if that handkerchief is picked up by someone with ill intentions, and they recognize Sister Lan's embroidery skills, they might use that handkerchief to make a fuss and ruin Sister Lan's reputation."

Bizhu originally thought that a handkerchief was not important, and that it was fine to lose it and there was no need to look for it. But when she heard Qi Ning's words, she suddenly became anxious.

That's right, Jiang Weilan did embroider some handkerchiefs and sachets for Miss Qi. Qi Ning didn't seem to care much about them before and never used them, so Bizhu didn't pay much attention either. She didn't expect Qi Ning to actually use the handkerchief today.

Moreover, what Qi Ning said makes a lot of sense; the handkerchief that Jiang Weilan embroidered herself should not be picked up by outsiders.

Bizhu immediately took it to heart: "It might have fallen on the way here. Should I go back and look for it?"

"Then you should go back and look for it quickly."

"But young lady..."

"I'll wait for you here. Go quickly and come back soon."

Bizhu glanced back and saw something at the end of the path that looked like a handkerchief from afar. She figured it wouldn't take long to pick it up.

Without thinking much, she said to Qi Ning, "Please wait a moment, young lady, I'll be right back."

Qi Ning responded, and Bi Zhu quickly ran back.

Watching Bizhu run off into the distance, Qi Ning immediately headed towards the third tent not far ahead.

"Host, Bizhu will probably be back soon after picking up the handkerchief, and you and Gao Yan may not even get to exchange more than a few words," the system said.

"I know."

As Qi Ning walked, she responded to the system: "But this Bizhu is really hard to get rid of. A little time is enough for me to show my face in front of Gao Yan, leave an impression on him, and make him remember me."

Qi Ning timed it perfectly. She had just arrived there and pretended to be passing by when Gao Yan came out of the tent, mounted his horse, and headed towards the horse farm.

Unexpectedly, after he had only ridden his horse a few steps, a woman appeared without warning not far ahead.

Gao Yan was caught off guard by a sudden appearance of a person. Seeing that his horse was about to trample over the woman in front of him, he quickly tightened the reins and cried out, "Whoa!"

The horse under Gao Yan neighed and raised its two front hooves before finally coming to a stop.

Qi Ning seemed startled by the horse that suddenly appeared behind her. She glanced back and then fell backward to the ground in terror.

Gao Yan looked up and saw a beautiful woman lying on the grass, her face pale with fright.

Everyone has a love for beauty, and Gao Yan was indeed momentarily stunned by the woman's beauty, but only for a moment.

He has never been one to be swayed by beauty.

Moreover, although the woman in front of him was beautiful, Gao Yan had seen women who were even more beautiful than her.

Gao Yan's mother, Consort Shu, was once a palace maid. Because of her outstanding appearance, she caught the emperor's eye and was favored by him. However, the emperor soon lost interest and found a new favorite, so he abandoned her.

If she hadn't been lucky enough to conceive the emperor's child and give birth to Gao Yan, she would surely have been forgotten in a corner of the deep palace, wasting her life like other women.

That is why Gao Yan detests lust at first sight.

Gao Yan took a closer look at Qi Ning and realized that he had never seen this woman before.

He shouted sternly, "Who are you?"

Qi Ning trembled again at his rebuke, and stammered, "I...I was just passing by..."

Upon seeing this, Gao Yan couldn't help but feel that he had indeed gone too far. He was the one who almost bumped into the woman while riding his horse, and instead of apologizing, he scolded her without saying a word, which was indeed inappropriate.

He frowned, dismounted, walked up to Qi Ning, grabbed her arm, and lifted her off the ground.

"Are you alright?" He released her and asked coldly.

Qi Ning shook her head and whispered, "It's nothing."

Since there was nothing wrong, Gao Yan asked again, "Who are you, and what brings you to the horse farm?"

She could move freely inside the palace, and her attire didn't resemble that of a palace maid; she must have been a female relative brought in by an official.

But when a strange woman suddenly appeared at the horse farm, without any maidservants by her side, Gao Yan couldn't help but feel wary.

"I……"

"girl!"

Just as Qi Ning was about to answer, Bi Zhu came running over with a handkerchief in hand.

As soon as Bizhu saw Qi Ning, she was about to go over to him when she saw Gao Yan standing in front of Qi Ning.

She was startled and immediately knelt down tremblingly to pay her respects: "This servant greets Your Highness the Fifth Prince!"

Bizhu thought that Qi Ning had offended Gao Yan, and she was worried that if something happened to Qi Ning, she would not be able to explain it to Jiang Weilan. This would not do.

Immediately afterwards, Bizhu said, "Fifth Prince, this servant went to pick up the handkerchief that the young lady dropped. The young lady was waiting for this servant here, and must have accidentally bumped into Your Highness. I hope Your Highness will forgive her!"

It turned out to be the case.

Gao Yan glanced at Bi Zhu kneeling on the ground, then at Qi Ning.

The woman in front of him probably didn't recognize him; she only learned his identity after hearing the maid's words.

A hint of fear was clearly visible on her face, and she seemed somewhat uneasy, fidgeting with her sleeves as if she didn't know whether she should bow.

Even though he knew that the woman's presence here was a misunderstanding, Gao Yan still didn't know her identity.

Strangely, her maid knew who he was, but she, as his mistress, did not. This was clearly illogical and made her identity even more mysterious.

After a long while, Gao Yan said to Bi Zhu, "Get up. Your daughter did not offend me."

Hearing Gao Yan's words, and seeing that there was no hint of blame in them, Bi Zhu finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly got up to go to Qi Ning's side.

Gao Yan sized up Qi Ning, wanting to ask her about her identity again.

At this moment, the system suddenly reminded Qi Ning: "Host, Jiang Youcheng and Gao Yun are riding horses this way!"

Jiang Youcheng and Gao Yun rode their horses to this area and, remembering that they hadn't seen Gao Yan, decided to come this way to look for him.

They decided on a whim to ride over from nearby, catching even the system somewhat off guard.

The system said with some concern, "Host, should you hide?"

hide?

It's probably too late.

As soon as the system finished speaking, Qi Ning could vaguely hear the sound of approaching hooves; they should be here soon.

Even if she managed to dodge in time, her hasty retreat would surely arouse Gao Yan's suspicion, so it would be better to pretend she knew nothing.

Sure enough, the next moment, Jiang Youcheng and Gao Yun's horses came over, and Gao Yan naturally heard the sound of hooves and looked over at them.

Their appearance interrupted Gao Yan, and he didn't have a chance to ask about their identities.

"Fifth brother!"

"Fifth Prince!"

Gao Yun and Jiang Youcheng rode up to them, then dismounted with a shout and walked towards them.

"What happened?"

Gao Yun observed the scene before him.

Gao Yun vaguely remembered the maid among the two women in front of him. He had seen her a few times by Jiang Weilan's side; she was her personal maid.

The other woman, however, was someone Gao Yun did not recognize.

How could Jiang Weilan's personal maid be with other women?

Gao Yun almost instantly remembered that he had heard the Jiang family had adopted a goddaughter who was rescued from the opera troupe by Jiang Weilan. Could this be the person in question?

The moment Jiang Youcheng saw Qi Ning, he instinctively blurted out, "What are you doing here?"

As soon as he said that, Gao Yun and Gao Yan both looked at him.

"Youcheng, do you know this girl?" Gao Yun asked.

More than just recognition.

Jiang Youcheng still gets so angry when he thinks about it now.

On the day of his mother's birthday banquet, he clearly invited the opera troupe, and it was during the performance that he took a liking to Qi Ning.

But to everyone's surprise, the actress was ungrateful and dared to defy him. To make matters worse, his elder sister witnessed the scene.

His elder sister not only scolded him severely for this actress, but also kept her in the mansion and adopted her as her sworn sister.

Afterwards, his elder sister specifically instructed him not to have any designs on Qi Ning, and that he could only treat her as his sworn sister from now on.

A lowly actress became his nominal adopted sister, but one he couldn't touch. How could he not recognize her?

However, in front of Gao Yun and Gao Yan, Jiang Youcheng still controlled his emotions and did not reveal those details, only saying simply, "This is the goddaughter that the Jiang family just adopted."

Upon hearing this, Gao Yun confirmed his earlier guess.

Upon hearing this, Gao Yan frowned almost imperceptibly.

It turned out to be someone from the Jiang family.

When he looked at Qi Ning again, his expression had changed.

Jiang Weilan, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, will marry Gao Yun next year. Jiang Jingzhou is naturally one of Gao Yun's faction. Gao Yan doesn't have much interaction with them, but he has sent people to keep an eye on their every move.

Gao Yan had indeed heard about the Jiang family adopting a goddaughter, but he never expected it to be the woman in front of him.

Jiang Youcheng glanced at Qi Ning and asked Gao Yan, "Fifth Prince, what happened? Did she offend you?"

No, it's just a misunderstanding.

Gao Yan said calmly, "Just now I rode my horse past here, and this young lady happened to be passing by. My horse almost trampled over her and hurt her, but fortunately she was not seriously injured."

"No wonder."

Gao Yun chuckled and patted Gao Yan on the shoulder: "You Cheng and I were just talking about how the horse race over there is about to start. Why haven't you gone yet? That's why we came to find you."

"Really? Then let's go over there."

"Yes, yes, let's go." Jiang Youcheng echoed.

He then said impatiently to Qi Ning and Bi Zhu, "You two should go back now. Stop wandering around this area. This is not a place for you."

After saying that, the three of them mounted their horses one after another and left together.

Only after they left did Bizhu finally feel relieved.

She didn't dare to breathe loudly just now, for fear of displeasing those masters.

Fortunately, their young master appeared in time and saved them from the predicament.

Bizhu supported Qi Ning's arm: "Miss, are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Qi Ning shook her head: "It's nothing."

Bizhu asked again, "Miss, didn't I tell you to wait for me at that spot? Why did you come here?"

Although this location is not far from where they were standing just now, it is definitely not the same place.

Qi Ning explained without changing his expression, "The place where we were standing just now was too sunny, so I thought I would wait for you in the shade of this tree. Who knew that something like this would happen?"

"So that's it."

Bizhu believed Qi Ning's explanation. In her opinion, it was impossible for Qi Ning to know in advance that the Fifth Prince was here.

As the Fifth Prince just said, it wasn't that Qi Ning deliberately bumped into him, but rather that he almost rode his horse over Qi Ning.

Even if Qi Ning had some ulterior motives, she wouldn't risk her own life to scheme against him, would she?

"Has the handkerchief been found?"

Qi Ning didn't want Bi Zhu to think too much, so he changed the subject.

"Oh, I found it, I found it."

Bizhu quickly took out the handkerchief and handed it to Qi Ning: "Miss, you must take good care of it this time. The handkerchief embroidered by the young lady herself cannot be lost."

Qi Ning took the handkerchief and replied, "I won't use the handkerchiefs that Sister Lan embroidered by hand anymore. I'd better keep them safe so I don't lose them again."

Seeing that Qi Ning was so considerate of Jiang Weilan, Bi Zhu couldn't help but feel gratified.

It seems that Miss Qi is not a heartless person; at least she knows how to consider the reputation of her young mistress.

Bizhu found Qi Ning more agreeable and a smile appeared on her face: "Miss, we've found the handkerchief. Let's hurry back. Maybe the young lady has already gone back."

This time, Qi Ning didn't object. She just nodded and walked back with Bi Zhu.

Bizhu rarely saw Qi Ning so cooperative. She wondered if this Miss Qi was frightened by what had just happened.

Qi Ning was not frightened; she was just thinking about Gao Yan.

According to Qi Ning's original plan, what just happened was to make Gao Yan remember her, let him know who she was, and make him remember her. That would be the completion of the initial plan and would make it easier for the subsequent actions.

But Qi Ning's plan was only halfway through when Gao Yun and Jiang Youcheng suddenly appeared.

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