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

As soon as Consort Shu entered, she went straight to the Ninth Princess's bedside, without even the Emperor noticing.

"Xi'er, Xi'er, how are you?" She shook Gao Xi's body.

Gao Yan glanced at Gao Xi, then asked the imperial physician beside him, "How is the Ninth Princess?"

The imperial physician quickly replied, "Your Highness, Fifth Prince, please calm down. The Ninth Princess is fine; she was just frightened from falling into the water and is still unconscious."

Hearing the imperial physician's words, Gao Yan was relieved, and Consort Shu calmed down a little, but she was still crying while holding Gao Xi's little hand.

When Gao Yan saw the emperor, he bowed to him and then glanced at Qi Ning, who was lying unconscious on the other side of the couch.

"Father, what exactly is going on?" Gao Yan asked.

The emperor stood with his hands behind his back: "I just arrived too."

He looked at the people in front of him: "Tell me, how did Consort Qi and the Ninth Princess fall into the water?"

Consort Feng secretly raised her eyes and quickly glanced at the emperor and the people present.

She made a tough decision and decided to strike first. Now that things had come to this, she had no choice but to stick to the original plan and stick to her guns.

Consort Feng was the first to reply: "Your Majesty, it was Consort Qi who pushed the Ninth Princess into the water. I happened to be passing by Lingbo Lake when I saw Consort Qi push the Ninth Princess into the water!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Yan and Consort Shu immediately looked at Qi Ning on the other side, Gao Yan's brows furrowing.

"Consort Feng, don't make false accusations!" Ji Mei knelt before the emperor and explained urgently, "Your Majesty, please don't believe Consort Feng's words. The Ninth Princess wasn't pushed into the water by Consort Qi; she jumped in herself!"

Jiang Weilan quickly chimed in, "Your Majesty, Ji Mei is right. Consort Feng is spouting complete lies and deliberately slandering us!"

"I had arranged to meet Consort Qi at Lingbo Lake today. When I arrived, I saw the Ninth Princess jump into the lake by herself. Consort Qi jumped in to save the Ninth Princess."

Jiang Weilan tried her best to explain for Qi Ning. Not to mention that she had witnessed the truth with her own eyes, Qi Ning was indeed innocent. Moreover, Qi Ning was the adopted daughter of the Jiang family. If she were to be accused of murdering the princess, the Jiang family would definitely be affected.

Moreover, Qi Ning has influence with His Majesty, and they will need her to do things for them in the future, so they certainly can't afford to let anything happen to her.

"How could Xi'er possibly jump into the water by herself?" Consort Shu questioned.

No mother would believe that her daughter would be foolish enough to jump into the water. She thought that Jiang Weilan and Ji Mei were just talking nonsense to protect Qi Ning.

Qi Ning was originally a member of the Fourth Prince's faction and had helped Gao Yun target Gao Yan before, so it's quite possible that she would also target Gao Xi.

“Yes,” Consort Feng said. “How could the Ninth Princess have jumped into the water by herself? It was clearly Consort Qi who pushed her. Miss Jiang, you can’t just make excuses for Consort Qi and fabricate such a ridiculous lie just because Consort Qi is your sworn sister.”

"What Consort Feng said is truly baffling," Jiang Weilan said. "Why would Consort Qi push the Ninth Princess into the water for no reason?"

Consort Feng uttered the explanation she had prepared long ago: "It must be because the Ninth Princess is the Fifth Prince's younger sister, and the Fifth Prince and the Fourth Prince are at odds. So, Miss Jiang conspired with Consort Qi to murder the Ninth Princess in order to deal with the Fifth Prince, all for the sake of the Fourth Prince."

"You're spouting nonsense!"

Upon hearing Feng Jieyu implicate her and Gao Yun, Jiang Weilan's expression grew even more unpleasant.

"I ask you, Consort Feng, if Consort Qi really pushed the Ninth Princess into the water, why did you risk your own safety to save her? Consort Qi is still unconscious!"

Consort Feng chuckled and said sarcastically, "Who knows if Consort Qi went to save the Ninth Princess, or if she saw that she had been caught in the act and therefore deliberately jumped into the water to pretend to save someone?"

The two women argued back and forth, leaving the emperor completely bewildered.

The emperor roared, "Enough! Shut up, all of you!"

The argument between Feng Jieyu and Jiang Weilan finally stopped.

"Where are the palace maids who serve the Ninth Princess?" the Emperor asked.

Jixiang, who was standing to the side, immediately knelt down and replied, "Your Majesty, today it is this servant who serves the Ninth Princess."

"Tell me, how exactly did the Ninth Princess and Consort Qi fall into the water?"

"Your Majesty, today the Ninth Princess said she wanted to go to Lingbo Lake to play, but when she got to the lake, she suddenly said she was a little cold and asked me to go back and get her a cloak."

Jixiang choked up and said, "I thought that since it is already autumn and the weather is indeed a bit cold, I was afraid that the princess would catch a cold, so I went back to get a cloak. But who knew that when I returned with the cloak, the princess had already fallen into the water and been rescued."

"Although I did not see with my own eyes how the princess fell into the water, I think that the Ninth Princess would not have jumped into the water for no reason. There must have been a reason."

Consort Feng and Jiang Weilan each had their own version of events, and to make matters worse, even the Ninth Princess's personal maid was unaware of the truth.

However, judging from the maid's words, she felt that the Ninth Princess could not have jumped into the water on her own, and she was also biased towards Consort Feng's statement.

After Jixiang finished speaking, she glanced in Qi Ning's direction, her lips moved as if she wanted to say something but stopped, seemingly hesitating whether or not to speak.

After a moment, she finally spoke: "Your Majesty, there is something I am unsure whether I should say..."

The emperor's face darkened, and he uttered a single word: "Speak."

Jixiang then hesitated before saying, "Your Majesty, a few days ago, the princess kept muttering that she disliked Consort Qi because Consort Qi often helped the Fourth Prince target the Fifth Prince, and Your Majesty favors Consort Qi so much that you haven't visited the princess for a long time."

"This servant suspects... that perhaps the princess met Consort Qi and said something that angered Consort Qi, which made Consort Qi angry and push the princess into the water."

Consort Shu already believed Consort Feng's words, and after hearing Jixiang's words, she was even more convinced that Qi Ning had pushed Gao Xi into the water.

Consort Shu knelt before the Emperor, tears streaming down her face, and said, "Your Majesty, Xi'er is only seven years old! She's such a well-behaved child, how could she possibly jump into the water by herself? It must have been Consort Qi who pushed her. You must do justice for Xi'er!"

Consort Feng was secretly delighted upon hearing Consort Shu's words.

Jiang Weilan was so anxious that she didn't know what to do. If something happened to Qi Ning, the Jiang family and Gao Yun would also be implicated. But she had no evidence to prove Qi Ning's innocence.

Gao Yan stood aside with a solemn expression. In his view, although he and Gao Yun did not have a good relationship, they had no need to harm Gao Xi, who was just a child.

However, if it weren't for Qi Ning's actions, Gao Xi wouldn't have jumped into the lake for no reason.

Could it be, as Jixiang guessed, that Gao Xi said something to Qi Ning that angered her, which led to her being pushed into the water?

Amidst the chaos inside the hall, the system quietly asked Qi Ning, "Host, aren't you going to wake up yet?"

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