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

"Given the current situation, it may be difficult to sow discord unless the Second Prince learns the truth about how Consort Shu was framed by the Empress back then."

However, Qiao Wenyu did not want to use this move easily and wanted to save it for a crucial moment.

For a moment, she hesitated.

After Qi Ning returned to Xiyuan Palace, the system told her about Qiao Wenyu's plans.

"Host, Consort Chen is currently hesitating whether to tell Feng Ke the truth about Consort Shu in order to sow discord between Feng Ke and the Empress, thereby getting Feng Ke to take action to get rid of the child in the Empress's womb."

Qi Ning chuckled: "It's not surprising that she would have such thoughts."

After all, in the original story, when Consort Chen learned in advance that the Empress wanted to kill Feng Ke to harm her, she did not stop her in order to defeat the Empress. Instead, she used Feng Ke's death to get rid of the Empress.

In addition, in order to secure the position of crown prince for her son, Consort Chen also did things that harmed her other rivals.

It is clear that in this harem, once you participate in the struggle for the crown prince's position, everyone becomes an enemy, and those who are soft-hearted are destined to not survive.

What Consort Chen didn't know was that Feng Ke already knew the true cause of Consort Shu's death.

Consort Chen wanted to use Feng Ke to get rid of the Empress's unborn child, but little did she know that they also planned to use her to get rid of the Empress's unborn child and, incidentally, to give her a blow as well.

After temporarily easing the Empress's suspicion of Feng Ke, Qi Ning and Feng Ke began to plot this matter.

Actually, this matter is not difficult. The empress has always been arrogant and domineering, relying on the power of her maternal family. She even dared to talk back to the emperor, let alone how arrogant she was in the harem.

Since the Empress became pregnant, she has become even more flamboyant. She couldn't have children before, but now that she is pregnant, she wants to get revenge. So she often strolls around the palace and shows off to the other concubines.

On this day, the Empress, with her slightly protruding belly, went to the Imperial Garden again.

Xiangyun stood anxiously beside her, supporting her: "Your Highness, Madam has told you to be careful and to stay home as much as possible to avoid any accidents."

Liang Yuewu disagreed: "Mother is just worrying unnecessarily. I am already more than three months pregnant, and the imperial physicians all say that my pregnancy is stable. What kind of accident could happen? As for the other concubines, I doubt they would dare to do anything."

Xiangyun thought so too. Ever since their empress became pregnant, the other concubines had been avoiding her like the plague, afraid of offending her. Who would dare to lay a hand on their empress unless they didn't want to live?

The two women, mistress and servant, were walking slowly in the Imperial Garden with several palace maids and eunuchs when they suddenly saw several figures on Qingyun Terrace not far ahead.

“Your Majesty, it’s Consort Chen and the Fourth Prince,” Xiangyun said.

Liang Yuewu chuckled: "Let's go up and take a look."

Qingyuntai was not a large area, so Liang Yuewu only had Xiangyun help her up.

Qiao Wenyu heard footsteps, turned around, and saw Liang Yuewu.

The smile on her face faded slightly, and she pulled the fourth prince to bow together: "Your Majesty, this concubine greets Your Majesty the Empress."

The fourth prince, Feng Min, also bowed and said, "Your subject greets Your Majesty."

"No gift."

Liang Yuewu looked at the mother and son in front of her: "Imperial Consort, are you here with the Fourth Prince to enjoy the cool air?"

"Your Majesty, that's right," Qiao Wenyu replied.

Liang Yuewu supported her waist with one hand and stretched out the other to the Fourth Prince: "Min'er, come here and let your mother take a look."

The Fourth Prince was about to go over when Consort Chen quickly pulled him back: "Min'er, you mustn't."

Upon seeing this, Liang Yuewu's expression immediately changed: "Consort Chen, what do you mean by this? Am I some kind of monster that I can't even look at the Fourth Prince?"

"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant. It's just that you are pregnant now, and Min'er is young and doesn't know any better. I was afraid he would offend you," Consort Chen explained with a forced smile.

She inwardly cursed her bad luck, fearing that Liang Yuewu would slander her and her son, and wished she could leave with Feng Min immediately.

Before she could even say goodbye, Liang Yuewu said, "How could Min'er offend me? I just wanted to talk to him. Consort, you're being so cautious, as if I would harm Min'er."

"Your Majesty is too kind."

Since Liang Yuewu said that, Qiao Wenyu could not refuse again, so she could only say to the Fourth Prince, "Min'er, be careful when you go to your mother's side."

"Yes, concubine."

The fourth prince responded and walked up to Liang Yuewu.

Liang Yuewu reached out and touched his head, looking very loving: "Min'er seems to have grown taller and stronger, unlike when he was born when he was sickly."

At this point, Liang Yuewu remembered Feng Ke's words, that she was carrying a prince.

Today, the Empress encountered the five-year-old Fourth Prince, and she became quite interested.

She took the fourth prince's hand and gently placed it on her stomach.

Qiao Wenyu's heart pounded with anxiety, worried about what the Empress might do to Feng Min.

Liang Yuewu then said, "It is said that children can tell whether a pregnant woman's child is a boy or a girl. Min'er, look, is the child in your mother's belly a little prince or a little princess?"

The fourth prince, being still young, replied without thinking too much, "Mother, it's a little princess."

"What did you say?" The Empress's expression changed abruptly.

Seeing this, Qiao Wenyu quickly said, "Your Majesty, Min'er is just being silly and doesn't know any better. Please don't take it to heart."

In truth, the Fourth Prince had no idea about these things. It was just that he had an older sister from the same mother but no younger sister, so he secretly liked the little princess and said it out loud.

He was startled by Liang Yuewu's gloomy expression and wanted to return to Qiao Wenyu's side: "Mother..."

But Liang Yuewu held onto the Fourth Prince's hand tightly: "Say it again, is it a prince or a princess?"

"Mother concubine!"

The fourth prince's hand was being gripped so tightly that it hurt. He turned around and looked at Qiao Wenyu with a pleading look.

Qiao Wenyu also became anxious and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the Fourth Prince away: "Your Majesty, please let go."

During the struggle, Qiao Wenyu accidentally stepped on a smooth little stone, slipped, and fell forward.

Behind Liang Yuewu was the railing of the high platform. When Qiao Wenyu suddenly lunged forward, Liang Yuewu took two steps back and fell down, with half of her body hanging over the railing.

"Miss!"

Xiangyun reached out to pull him back, but couldn't hold on at all. In the end, she and Liang Yuewu fell off Qingfeng Terrace together, both letting out a scream.

"Queen!"

Upon seeing this, the other palace servants guarding the Qingfeng Terrace rushed down to check the situation.

"Your Majesty! Ah! There's blood!"

Qiao Wenyu hugged the Fourth Prince tightly. Before she could react, Yi Hui stepped forward and pulled the mother and son away.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The Empress has fallen!"

Qiao Wenyu's face turned pale. She shoved the Fourth Prince into Yi Hui's arms, grabbed the railing, and leaned out to look down. Sure enough, she saw a pool of blood overflowing from Liang Yuewu's skirt, and Liang Yuewu had already fainted.

"Quickly, quickly send the Empress back to the palace, and quickly fetch the imperial physician!"

Qiao Wenyu hadn't expected this to happen. Although she was flustered, she remained relatively clear-headed and knew that it was impossible to hide the truth from the emperor now.

She then turned to her maids and instructed them, "Go quickly and invite His Majesty. Explain in detail what happened here, and don't let others embellish the story first."

"Yes, ma'am."

Chaos reigned on and off Qingyun Terrace. Behind the artificial hill a short distance away from Qingyun Terrace, Qi Ning and Feng Ke watched the scene from afar.

Qi Ning pulled Feng Ke back behind the artificial hill: "Now the Empress's child is definitely doomed."

Feng Ke was somewhat surprised: "I didn't expect it to go so smoothly."

Qi Ning smiled and said, "It was all because the Empress herself courted death by climbing Qingyun Terrace, and Consort Chen gave the Empress a push. Otherwise, how could the Empress have fallen off the high platform?"

Feng Ke smiled and took Qi Ning's hand: "Let's go, we shouldn't stay here any longer."

The two of them returned to Xiyuan Palace from there, pretending to know nothing.

Meanwhile, things were in an uproar at Jingyang Palace.

Basins of bloody water were brought out of the Empress's bedchamber. The imperial physician stood outside, sweating profusely, while Qiao Wenyu stood to the side, her face pale.

By this time, news of the Empress's fall from Qingyun Terrace had spread throughout the palace, and the concubines who received the news arrived one after another.

"How could Her Majesty the Empress have fallen from such a high place as Qingyun Terrace?"

"It seems that the child in Her Majesty's womb is probably..."

"Your Highness, I heard that you were also at Qingyun Terrace when the Empress fell from the high platform. What exactly happened?"

The concubines inside the hall chattered and asked questions, but Qiao Wenyu didn't respond to a single one.

Not long after, a loud announcement rang out from outside the palace: "His Majesty has arrived."

Qiao Wenyu then turned around and saw the emperor striding over.

Everyone in the hall bowed in greeting.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Everyone, get up."

The emperor walked in and first exchanged a glance with Qiao Wenyu.

Then he looked around: "Where are the imperial physicians? How is the Empress?"

The two imperial physicians knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty, we are incompetent. Her Majesty the Empress fell from the high platform, and the imperial heir in her womb has... has been miscarried."

Although everyone had already guessed the outcome after seeing the bloody water brought out from the inner palace, they still gasped when they heard the imperial physician announce that the empress had miscarried.

The Empress has indeed miscarried!

Upon hearing this result, the emperor was relieved and satisfied. He had never wanted the empress to give birth to this child, so her miscarriage was certainly a good thing.

However, the emperor outwardly feigned a furious expression, slamming his fist on the table: "Useless! How do you serve the Empress?"

The eldest prince's mother, Consort Xian, seized the opportunity to fan the flames: "Your Majesty, I have heard that when the Empress had her accident, Consort Gui was also at Qingyun Terrace. Consort Gui must know best what happened at that time."

The Third Prince's mother, Consort De, chimed in, "Indeed, I have also heard that some people saw the Noble Consort push the Empress off the platform. I wonder if there is some misunderstanding."

The Consort Chen had already explained everything that happened on Qingyun Terrace to the Emperor when she sent someone to invite him. The Emperor naturally already knew the whole story.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!" Qiao Wenyu looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes.

"At that time, I only wanted to pull Min'er, but I stepped on a stone and slipped, accidentally knocking Your Majesty down. I didn't mean to!"

To prove her innocence, Qiao Wenyu even presented the small stone.

But this was obviously useless; how could the other concubines miss such a good opportunity?

"Your Highness, what can a small stone prove? Many people saw it. It was you who pushed the Empress down."

"That's right. Who knows if it's because Her Majesty the Empress is pregnant, and the Consort is afraid that if Her Majesty the Empress gives birth to a legitimate son, it will threaten the Fourth Prince's position, so she resorted to such underhanded tactics."

At this moment, Xiangyun ran out from the inner palace, knelt down in front of the emperor, and accused Consort Chen with tears streaming down her face.

"Your Majesty, our Empress was pushed down by the Consort Gui herself! How cruel the Consort Gui is! Your Majesty, you must seek justice for the Empress!"

"You're talking nonsense! I never intentionally hurt Her Majesty the Empress!"

Qiao Wenyu was speechless and could only repeatedly insist that she did not do it on purpose.

"Even if I really wanted to harm Her Majesty the Empress, why would I do it myself in front of everyone!"

Qiao Wenyu looked at the emperor, hoping he would believe her.

The emperor, of course, trusted Qiao Wenyu; he knew she wouldn't do something so foolish.

But so many people witnessed her pushing the Empress down, so regardless of whether Qiao Wenyu did it intentionally or not, she cannot escape responsibility.

"Imperial Consort, is there anything else you wish to say?"

The emperor is giving Qiao Wenyu a chance to defend herself.

Qiao Wenyu's mind raced, and she said, "Your Majesty, the Qingyun Terrace is cleaned by palace servants every day. How could a stone suddenly appear out of nowhere? It's possible that someone did it on purpose."

"That person must have known that I often took Min'er to Qingyun Terrace to cool off, and wanted to harm me and Min'er, but accidentally harmed Your Majesty the Empress!"

"Yes, it's not impossible." The emperor nodded slightly.

He felt that Qiao Wenyu's words made sense; she had very likely been tricked by someone.

The emperor pondered for a moment: "This matter is of great importance. We should investigate it thoroughly before making a decision."

The concubines present were very disappointed upon hearing this. They never expected that even though Consort Chen had harmed the Empress's unborn child, His Majesty would still try to exonerate her.

Just then, Liang Yuewu, who had been unconscious in the inner hall, woke up.

Xiangyun hurriedly reported, "Your Majesty, the Empress has awakened!"

The emperor frowned and had no choice but to get up and go into the inner palace.

After learning that she had miscarried, the Empress first grabbed the Emperor's hand and cried her heart out.

She then summoned the imperial physician and, under pressure, forced him to reveal the truth: "Her Majesty the Empress finally conceived the Emperor's child, but now she has suffered a miscarriage. Her body has been severely damaged, and I'm afraid she will never be able to conceive again."

The emperor and the imperial physician exchanged a glance and immediately understood what the physician meant.

The Empress couldn't conceive before because she took a fertility drug given to her by the Emperor; now, she truly can no longer get pregnant.

Liang Yuewu's vision went black, and she almost fainted again.

Qiao Wenyu had already felt somewhat relieved when she heard the emperor say that a thorough investigation would be conducted before a decision was made. However, after Liang Yuewu woke up and learned that she would never be able to conceive again, Qiao Wenyu knew that something was wrong.

As expected, after crying for a while, Liang Yuewu immediately told the emperor, "Your Majesty, it was Consort Chen who pushed me off Qingyun Terrace! It was Consort Chen who wanted to kill my son and me!"

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