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

"I think I just saw Jiang Weilan and Gao Yun, right behind me."

Upon hearing Qi Ning's words, Gao Yan's expression instantly turned serious.

He looked up and scanned the area. Sure enough, he saw Jiang Weilan and Gao Yun picking out things at a small stall not far away.

Judging from their appearance, they probably haven't noticed them yet, nor have they seen what happened on the stage just now.

Gao Yan knew, of course, that he and Qi Ning must not be discovered by Gao Yun and the others, otherwise their plan would be ruined.

He looked at Qi Ning and said in a low voice, "It's them."

The two exchanged a glance and immediately understood each other's thoughts.

"Walk."

The two immediately walked quickly toward where the carriage was parked.

However, the moment they left, Jiang Weilan glanced at them unintentionally and her gaze froze.

Gao Yun was holding a trinket from a stall, intending to show it to Jiang Weilan, when he noticed her odd expression: "What's wrong?"

As he spoke, he followed Jiang Weilan's gaze and saw the backs of Gao Yan and Qi Ning.

Jiang Weilan said uncertainly, "That seems to be the Fifth Prince... and..."

Gao Yun was unaware of Jiang Weilan's unfinished words, but he recognized Gao Yan's back.

"What's Gao Yan doing here?"

Since Gao Yun incurred the emperor's suspicion, he has kept a low profile and rarely discusses matters with Jiang Jingzhou in the imperial palace. Instead, he has chosen a safer method: to have his fiancée, Jiang Weilan, relay some messages to her father.

Tonight, Gao Yun invited Jiang Weilan out under the pretense of inviting his fiancée on a trip, mainly to discuss some matters with her. Little did he expect to see Gao Yan here.

Moreover, Gao Yan was not alone; he was accompanied by a woman.

Gao Yun put the trinkets back on the stall: "Let's go, let's follow them and take a look."

Qi Ning and Gao Yan were walking towards where the carriage was parked when the system reminded them again: "Host, Jiang Weilan and Gao Yun have seen you, but they only recognized Gao Yan and are now catching up with you."

"Understood," Qi Ning replied to the system.

Immediately afterwards, she tugged at Gao Yan's sleeve: "Let's hurry up, we mustn't let Jiang Weilan and the others see us."

Gao Yan looked down at the sleeve that Qi Ning had tugged at.

"it is good."

Gao Yan agreed and quickened his pace with Qi Ning.

Cao Dong was sitting in front of the carriage with his arms crossed, feeling a bit bored, when he saw Gao Yan and Qi Ning hurrying back.

He thought they would be out for a while longer, but they came back so quickly after only a short time.

Cao Dong hurriedly jumped down from the carriage: "Your Highness, Consort Qi..."

Gao Yan didn't care about anything else and directly helped Qi Ning into the carriage, half supporting and half carrying her, before bending down to get into the carriage himself.

"Hurry up, back to the palace," he instructed.

Upon seeing this, Cao Dong knew something was wrong, and he immediately replied, "Yes."

He gave a shout of "Giddy up!" and spurred the carriage forward.

Unexpectedly, the carriage had only gone a few steps when it was stopped.

Cao Dong looked at the Fourth Prince and the eldest daughter of the Jiang family blocking the carriage. He couldn't just ignore them and step over them, so he had no choice but to stop the carriage.

"Shut up!"

Seeing this, Qi Ning and Gao Yan, who were sitting in the carriage, knew that it was Gao Yun and Jiang Weilan who had stopped the carriage, and their hearts started beating faster.

Sure enough, Gao Yun's voice soon came from outside: "Isn't this Cao Dong?"

"Fourth, Your Highness."

"Is your Fifth Prince in the carriage?" Gao Yun asked knowingly.

“Our Highness…” Cao Dong didn’t know how to answer.

Seeing Cao Dong's evasive response, Gao Yun became even more certain that Gao Yan was doing something shady.

He chuckled inwardly and walked directly towards the carriage.

"I didn't expect to run into Fifth Brother here. Fifth Brother, would you like to come down and have a drink with me?"

As Gao Yun spoke, he reached out and used his folding fan to lift the carriage curtain.

Just before Gao Yun lifted the carriage curtain, Qi Ning grabbed Gao Yan's hand. She moved her lips, silently called Gao Yan's name, and gestured to him with her eyes.

Gao Yan was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized what Qi Ning meant.

He reached out and put his arm around Qi Ning's waist, pulling her onto his lap.

Qi Ning wrapped her arms around Gao Yan's neck and even took the initiative to pull off Gao Yan's outer garment from her shoulders.

When Gao Yun lifted the carriage curtain, he saw Gao Yan holding a woman in his arms, their bodies pressed tightly together.

The woman's slender arms were wrapped around Gao Yan's neck, her face buried in his chest, while Gao Yan had one arm around the woman's back and the other on her partially exposed shoulder, his head also buried in her neck.

Gao Yun was stunned when he saw this scene.

Gao Yan raised his head and pulled up the outer garment that had slipped off the woman's shoulder.

"Fourth brother."

He called out to Gao Yun, his expression showing some displeasure, as if he was unhappy that Gao Yun had interrupted his good time.

"Is there something you need, Fourth Brother?" Gao Yan asked in a cold voice.

Gao Yun chuckled dryly, "It's nothing. I just happened to run into Fifth Brother and wanted to say hello, but I didn't expect you to be in such a good mood. I shouldn't have disturbed your good time."

Gao Yan reached out and pressed the back of the woman's neck, pulling her face closer to his chest.

"Since Fourth Brother is alright, we'll be leaving now."

Gao Yun glanced at the back of the woman's head, but couldn't make out anything.

He had no choice but to give up, and said with a smile, "Of course."

Then, he lowered the carriage curtain and took a step back.

"Let's go, Cao Dong."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Cao Dong cracked his whip and quickly drove the carriage away.

Gao Yun remained standing there as Gao Yan's carriage drove away.

Jiang Weilan walked towards him: "Your Highness, did you see anything?"

Jiang Weilan hadn't gotten close, but she had only vaguely seen the Fifth Prince holding a woman in his arms.

Gao Yun replied, "Gao Yan is holding a woman."

This was the same thing Jiang Weilan had seen. She then asked, "Your Highness didn't see who that woman was?"

“No.” Gao Yun shook his head slightly. “The woman’s face was buried in Gao Yan’s arms, with her back to the outside, so I couldn’t see her face clearly.”

Jiang Weilan was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this.

"The woman was wearing what looked like the clothes of a palace maid."

“That’s right.” Gao Yun naturally noticed it as well.

Actually, Jiang Weilan wanted to say that she felt the woman's back looked familiar, as if... as if it resembled Qi Ning's back.

But before she could say it, Gao Yun said, "What, what are you doubting? It's normal for Gao Yan to have one or two palace maids serving him, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Weilan's expression froze.

She thought to herself, Gao Yun spoke so casually, as if it were normal for a prince to have several palace maids serving him. Does that mean he also has palace maids serving him?

On second thought, Jiang Weilan found herself somewhat ridiculous. It would be strange if Gao Yun didn't have any palace maids serving him. Aren't all men like that?

Seeing Jiang Weilan's expression change repeatedly, Gao Yun asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Weilan then spoke up: "It's nothing, I just think it's a bit strange that the Fifth Prince brought palace maids out late at night, and they were even in a carriage."

Gao Yun, however, did not find this strange at all.

He said nonchalantly, "Maybe he just brought a woman out for a trip."

the other side.

After Gao Yan and his carriage had traveled some distance and they were sure they were far away from Gao Yun and the others, Qi Ning nudged Gao Yan.

"Gao Zhen..."

Gao Yan quickly released Qi Ning: "I'm sorry, I offended you."

He's getting better and better at apologizing now.

Qi Ning was still sitting on his lap. She didn't reply and tried to get off Gao Yan's lap.

But Cao Dong's carriage suddenly ran over a stone, causing it to lurch and Qi Ning to fall back into his arms with a startled cry. Gao Yan instinctively hugged her back.

The two of them stood there stunned for a while, and the atmosphere in the carriage grew increasingly strange.

Gao Yan felt the soft, fragrant body in his arms. After a moment, he held Qi Ning's waist and lifted her off his lap.

Qi Ning sat to the side, shrinking her legs.

Gao Yan noticed her subtle movement and her fingers, which were resting on her knees, twitched slightly.

The two turned their heads away from each other, as if nothing had happened, and an eerie silence fell over the carriage.

The silence lasted for a long time until they arrived at the palace.

Gao Yan personally escorted Qi Ning back to the small gate behind Minghua Palace.

He finally spoke: "Let's go in."

He paused, coughed, and added, "It's getting dark, be careful."

To avoid attracting attention, the two didn't even light lanterns and returned under the cover of night.

Qi Ning gave a soft "hmm," glanced at Gao Yan, and quickly went through the small door and closed it behind her.

Gao Yan watched Qi Ning's figure disappear, and after a long while, he turned and left.

When Qi Ning returned, Ying Liu was still awake and waiting for her anxiously.

Yingliu finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qi Ning return.

"Your Majesty, you're back?" she asked softly as she got out of bed.

"Hmm, no one noticed, right?" Qi Ning said, taking off her clothes.

Of course, Qi Ning knew that the old emperor was in Consort Xian's palace tonight. Although he was lustful and fickle, he gave face to high-ranking concubines. Unless there were special circumstances, he would not leave Consort Xian's palace in the middle of the night to find her. Otherwise, Qi Ning would not have dared to go out with Gao Yan.

Moreover, if there were any unexpected situations, the system would have already informed her; if it didn't, it means everything is fine.

Qi Ning simply asked that question.

Yingliu came over to help Qi Ning change her clothes and replied, "Your Majesty, don't worry, no one noticed. Ji Mei did come by once, but I made up an excuse and said that Your Majesty had gone to bed early, and that got away with it."

"That's good."

Qi Ning smiled and thought tonight would be quite fun.

She told Yingliu to go and rest, and then she went to sleep herself.

However, early the next morning, Jiang Weilan came to Minghua Palace to see Qi Ning.

The first thing she did upon seeing Qi Ning was to subtly inquire, "Ning'er, did you stay in Minghua Palace last night? Did you go out?"

"Sister Lan, what you're saying is quite strange. Where else can I go if I don't stay in my own palace?"

Qi Ning said in a complaining tone, "You know I don't like to go out often, so as not to run into other concubines and cause trouble. Ever since I was framed by Consort Feng last time, I've been even less willing to go out."

Jiang Weilan nodded upon hearing this.

"That's what you said."

Jiang Weilan realized she was overthinking things. How could Qi Ning possibly be dressed as a palace maid and appear outside the palace with the Fifth Prince late at night? That was absolutely impossible.

She still remembered that the Fifth Prince had verbally humiliated Qi Ning and looked down on her. Later, Qi Ning became the Emperor's concubine and targeted the Fifth Prince several times. The two should be irreconcilable enemies.

"Why are you asking about this today, Sister Lan? Did something happen?" Qi Ning asked, feigning ignorance.

Jiang Weilan smiled and said, "Actually, it's nothing. Last night, I went out with the Fourth Prince and we ran into the Fifth Prince. He was with a woman, and I thought her back looked a bit like yours."

Qi Ning wrinkled her nose: "How could the woman next to Gao Yan have anything to do with me? What are you thinking, Sister Lan?"

"Yes, yes, I was blind."

Jiang Weilan, fearing that Qi Ning would be angry, quickly said, "Now that I think about it carefully, that woman really doesn't look like you. I must have been mistaken."

Qi Ning then gave a soft hum and changed the subject.

"By the way, Sister Lan and the Fourth Prince went out last night. What did you two do?" she asked with a teasing look.

Jiang Weilan blushed: "Oh dear, I just went out to talk about some things. As you know, there are many eyes and ears in the palace, so it's not convenient to talk about things. I just took a stroll outside."

Qi Ning glanced at her and smiled, "In my opinion, the Fourth Prince just wants to go out with you, sister. The excuse of discussing serious matters is just that."

Jiang Weilan felt embarrassed by Qi Ning's teasing and blushed, completely forgetting about Gao Yan.

The two chatted for a while, and before leaving, Jiang Weilan said, "We'll be returning to the palace in a few days. After we return, it won't be as convenient for us to meet as it is in the temporary palace. If you need anything, just send someone to the Minister's residence to deliver a message."

Qi Ning readily agreed.

They are indeed about to return to the palace.

Now that the year is almost over, various festive banquets will be held in the palace, and the emperor will also have to return to perform sacrifices and handle other affairs, so he can no longer stay in the temporary palace.

Qi Ning remembered that in the original storyline, the emperor was assassinated when he returned to the palace.

In this assassination attempt, Gao Yun saved the emperor.

In the original story, Gao Yun had already gained the emperor's appreciation for his meritorious service in disaster relief and suppressing unrest. In addition, his meritorious service in saving the emperor further won him the emperor's favor.

Although the plot has changed and Gao Yun has not gained appreciation for what happened recently, but instead has aroused suspicion, Qi Ning still does not want Gao Yun to gain merit for saving the emperor, otherwise wouldn't that change the emperor's attitude towards him?

Qi Ning needed to give Gao Yan a heads-up about this beforehand.

Two nights before returning to the palace, Qi Ning asked Ying Liu to deliver a message that she would meet Gao Yan again on a pleasure boat on Lingbo Lake.

This was their first meeting since their last trip to the palace together.

For some reason, Gao Yan seemed a little awkward when he saw Qi Ning again.

He stood in front of Qi Ning and asked, "Why did you call me here?"

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