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

As Qi Ning listened to Gao Yan's accusatory words, a strange sense of guilt arose in her heart.

Hearing him say that, she seems like a pretty jerk?

Unfortunately, what Gao Yan said was mostly true.

It's a fact that Qi Ning used Gao Yan, and she couldn't refute that, but she didn't intend to play him for a fool.

She bit her lip and said, "I wasn't playing a trick on you."

Gao Yan took a step closer to Qi Ning, staring intently at her: "Then tell me, why did you leave? Tell me your reasons!"

Qi Ning sighed softly: "Gao Yan, you know perfectly well that I am your father's concubine. What would happen if outsiders found out?"

"How will your mother, the civil and military officials oppose us? How will the people of the world talk about us?"

"Our relationship is something that can't be made public. After you ascend the throne, how do you plan to handle our relationship? Are you going to leave me to live in the shadows forever?"

"Just because of these?"

Gao Yan said coldly, "Is that the kind of person you see? If you're worried about these things, why have you never asked me? How do you know I can't solve these problems?"

Qi Ning chuckled: "Is there even a need to ask? It's all obvious. You haven't told me yourself, so how am I supposed to know if you can handle it?"

In that sense, Gao Yan was wrong.

It's his fault for not explaining things clearly to Qi Ning on his own initiative, and for not dispelling her doubts sooner.

"Then I'll tell you now. I had already persuaded the Empress Dowager, and I wanted to go back and tell you the news on the day you left, but you left."

"As for those civil and military officials, whether they agree or not, whether they have opinions or not, is not important at all. I naturally have ways to shut them up."

"As for the common people, I don't care about their gossip and ridicule, but if you do care, I can completely reassign you a new identity. The late Emperor's Consort Qi hanged herself on the day he passed away, so there was no such person as Consort Qi in the world."

"How could I let you hide in the shadows? I will let you stand openly by my side."

Qi Ning remained unmoved. She said expressionlessly, "It's too late to say all this now. Of course, even if you had told me all this earlier, I still wouldn't have stayed."

Gao Yan was surprised that after all he had said, Qi Ning actually said that even if she had known all along, she still wouldn't have stayed.

"Why do you have other concerns?"

Qi Ning felt somewhat helpless looking at Gao Yan's obsessive and persistent way of getting to the bottom of things.

"Yes."

Qi Ning said earnestly, "I have carried such hatred for so long in my life. I finally got my revenge. I want to live the rest of my life more easily."

"If you want me to stay by your side, you will inevitably arrange for me to enter your harem. You are the emperor, and you must have three palaces and six courtyards, with countless beauties by your side. I don't want to be trapped in the harem for the rest of my life, playing those games of intrigue and scheming with other women in order to compete for your so-called favor."

Gao Yan frowned: "When did I ever say I would let you live that kind of scheming and backstabbing life?"

"Isn't that right? You've already held your selection process, so are all your concubines in the harem fake?"

Qi Ning didn't believe that the concubines in the harem were just decorations arranged by Gao Yan. Three years had passed; it was impossible for him not to touch any women for such a long time.

She guessed that the reason Gao Yan did not choose a young lady from a noble family, but a girl from an ordinary family, was simply to make it easier to control her and to prevent the maternal relatives from seizing power.

Even girls from ordinary families, once they enter the imperial harem, will compete for favor and scheme against each other; it's all the same.

But Gao Yan said, "That was just a pretense I used to deal with those ministers; I never actually touched them."

He explained, “They are not real concubines at all. As long as they receive their allowances and act as concubines in the palace, they can live a life of luxury. If they want to leave the palace to get married one day, they can take their belongings and fake their death to leave the palace at any time.”

Qi Ning looked at Gao Yan with a mixture of belief and doubt.

real or fake?

Are there really men who won't touch women?

Gao Yan's biological father was a womanizer, and he was his son. How could their genes be different? Even if Gao Yan wasn't as lustful as the old emperor, he couldn't possibly remain unmoved by women.

"You do not trust me?"

Gao Yan could tell from Qi Ning's expression that she didn't believe him.

"Why would I need to lie to you about something like this?"

Gao Yan asked himself if he had ever lied to Qi Ning. On the contrary, Qi Ning had lied to him countless times from beginning to end.

Qi Ning snorted: "Even if it's true, what about your marriage to the Empress? Didn't you say that the Empress Dowager had already chosen a candidate for you?"

Qi Ning refused to believe it. Even if those concubines in the harem were fake, such an important event as marrying the empress should not be faked.

Not to mention, she was the Empress Dowager's personally chosen candidate for Empress, and Gao Yan was a very filial son who always obeyed his mother's arrangements.

"What empress, what grand wedding? If I didn't spread this false news, would you lower your guard and reveal your whereabouts?" Gao Yan retorted.

"you……"

Upon hearing this, Qi Ning felt no joy whatsoever; instead, he was furious.

"mean!"

They actually set a trap for her, spreading these false messages to lower her guard.

The reason Qi Ning believed those messages was based not only on her understanding of the nature of most men and her analysis of Gao Yan's identity, but also, and most importantly, on the fact that Gao Yan had been searching for her for three years and had indeed shown signs of giving up on finding her during that time.

For several reasons, Qi Ning fell into the trap.

"I'm despicable?" Gao Yan sneered. "Who left without saying goodbye first?"

Gao Yan didn't want to waste any more time talking to Qi Ning, so he put his hands behind his back and said, "You'll come back to the capital with me tomorrow."

The tone of his voice carried a commanding tone.

"Why should I?" Qi Ning's eyes widened.

"Who am I to you? What do I have to do with you? Why should I go back to Beijing with you?"

Gao Yan was speechless for a moment after hearing this.

He really couldn't say what their relationship was.

Their relationship had always been ambiguous, and before he could give Qi Ning a proper title, she had already left.

Gao Yan paused, then softened his tone and said, "Come back to the capital with me, and I will make you Empress. All your worries will be irrelevant."

The Empress's throne?

Qi Ning scoffed, "I don't care."

Gao Yan's expression stiffened slightly.

He was abandoned by Qi Ning for three years, searched for her for three years, and now he is rushing to explain to her, dispel her doubts, and offer her the position of empress, but she actually said that she doesn't care.

Qi Ning didn't want to beat around the bush with him: "Gao Yan, don't you understand? There's no way there's anything between us. I was only with you as a temporary measure back then."

“I admit I used you to get revenge, but you should have known that long ago. If it weren’t for me, it’s uncertain whether you would have been able to sit on the throne. I don’t owe you anything, and you didn’t lose out.”

"You're so insistent now only because of your obsession. Let's make things clear today. You should let go of your obsession. From now on, we'll go our separate ways. Don't worry about me anymore. Go back to the capital and be your emperor."

"In short, there is absolutely no way I will go back with you."

------