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

Liang Yuewu glared fiercely at Qiao Wenyu.

"Your Majesty, you must not forgive the Qiao family! You must avenge our children!"

The emperor clenched his fist. He looked at Liang Yuewu, then at Qiao Wenyu, knowing that under the current circumstances, he had no choice but to give the empress an explanation.

"His Majesty!"

Seeing that the emperor had not spoken for a long time, Liang Yuewu gripped his hand tightly and stared intently at him, urging him to speak.

The Emperor then said in a deep voice, "Consort Chen offended the Empress, causing the Empress to miscarry and harm her health. Her title is hereby revoked, and she is demoted to the rank of Consort."

"His Majesty?!"

Liang Yuewu looked at the emperor in disbelief.

She questioned him emotionally, "Qiao is vicious and caused me to miscarry, and now I can never have children again. You only demoted her to the rank of concubine?"

"Then what do you want?" the emperor countered.

Immersed in hatred, Liang Yuewu gritted her teeth and said, "I wish I could skin Qiao alive and make her pay for my child's life!"

"Empress!" the Emperor shouted.

Liang Yuewu then stopped her vicious words and looked up at the emperor.

The Emperor softened his tone: "Empress, I know you are upset. This matter was indeed the fault of the Noble Consort, but she may not have been intentional. There may be other hidden reasons behind it. Let's demote her to the rank of Consort and confine her to the Jade Palace. It will not be too late to deal with her after we have found out the truth."

Liang Yuewu took deep breaths, her chest rising and falling.

Her gaze toward Qiao Wenyu remained cold, but due to the emperor's words, she said nothing more.

Before leaving Jingyang Palace, Qiao Wenyu walked alone to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, don't you trust your concubine?"

They were standing in the outer hall. The emperor looked around and, seeing that no one was nearby, lowered his voice and said, "Yu'er, of course I believe in you, but I have no choice but to demote you today, otherwise I cannot convince the people, and the Empress and the Liang family will not let it go."

"However, I have retained your rank as a concubine, allowing you to remain the mistress of the palace and raise Min'er. The fact that you are under house arrest is also to protect you. Rest assured, I will thoroughly investigate this matter and will definitely clear your name."

Qiao Wenyu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "It was indeed my carelessness today. It doesn't matter if I suffer a little grievance, as long as Your Majesty believes in me."

Seeing Qiao Wenyu's pitiful state, the emperor naturally felt sorry for her. He gave her a comforting look, and Qiao Wenyu then wisely returned to Yuchen Palace to stay at home.

Back at Yuchen Palace, Qiao Wenyu still couldn't control herself and smashed a teacup.

She wouldn't normally get this angry, but today she's really taken a big hit and can't take it anymore.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Yi Hui asked worriedly from the side.

"I am fine. How is Min'er?"

"His Highness was a little frightened. I asked the nanny to comfort him, and he is now asleep."

"That's good."

Qiao Wenyu gripped the handkerchief in her hand, her face still gloomy.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

"What else can I do? I can only keep a low profile and wait for His Majesty to handle the situation."

After a pause, Qiao Wenyu suddenly laughed: "However, I didn't lose out today. Although I was demoted to the rank of concubine, the Empress suffered a miscarriage and can no longer get pregnant. It was quite worth it."

"Your Majesty, do you think today's events were truly an accident? How could it be such a coincidence that a small pebble appeared on Qingyun Terrace and you happened to step on it?" Yi Hui asked again.

"Who knows? In my opinion, someone probably did something. If it was really arranged by someone, that person is clever to have anticipated that the Empress would go to Qingyuntai and thus dealt a blow to both me and the Empress."

There are only a handful of people who would do this and are capable of doing it.

Consort Xian and the First Prince, Consort De and the Third Prince, and the Second Prince.

Of the three possibilities, Qiao Wenyu immediately ruled out the second prince, Feng Ke.

She felt that Feng Ke was all alone, with no one to help him, so it was impossible for him to have such means and ability.

Meanwhile, at Xiyuan Palace.

Qi Ning and Feng Ke had already learned about what happened at Jingyang Palace, that the Empress had miscarried and would never be able to conceive again, and that Consort Chen had been demoted to Consort Qiao.

Feng Ke paced back and forth in the bedroom with his hands behind his back.

"Father really dotes on Consort Qiao. Under such circumstances, he only abolished her title and demoted her to the rank of Consort. If it were any other unfavored concubine, she would probably have been executed long ago."

Qi Ning knew what Feng Ke meant by those words. He didn't want to kill Qiao Wenyu, after all, he didn't have any real grudge against her. He was probably just thinking about his mother again.

The matter of his mother poisoning him back then was never investigated. Qiao Wenyu and her son are still safe and sound, but Consort Shu was so rashly given poisoned wine by the emperor and executed.

Now it's Qiao Wenyu's turn; she committed a more serious mistake, yet the punishment is so lenient.

Qi Ning stepped forward and pulled Feng Ke to sit down, asking softly, "Thinking of your mother again?"

Feng Ke hummed in agreement.

Qi Ning sighed softly: "The emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, and countless concubines. It is impossible to be fair and just. He can only favor one or two people the most. The rest are either forgotten in the deep corners of the palace or die tragically in the struggles of the harem. This is perhaps the tragic fate of the concubines in the harem."

Upon hearing this, Feng Ke looked at Qi Ning thoughtfully.

Qi Ning smiled slightly and tapped Feng Ke's forehead: "If you ascend the throne in the future, you will surely have a harem, and among them, you will have a beloved woman. At that time, you must not be as ruthless and heartless as the current emperor towards the other concubines."

Feng Ke shook his head: "No."

"No? No what?"

Feng Ke looked straight at Qi Ning and said seriously, "I will not have three palaces and six courtyards, three wives and four concubines. I will only be with the woman I love and will not let my harem have many women who are neglected and harmed like my mother."

Qi Ning scoffed, "Nonsense."

"You do not trust me?"

"Believe it, believe it, okay?"

"You're just giving me the runaround," Feng Ke said, somewhat dissatisfied.

Qi Ning changed the subject: "Alright, stop thinking about it. Our operation today was very successful. There's no need to say more about the Empress. As for Consort Qiao, the Empress and the Liang family will deal with her. It will be even more difficult for the Fourth Prince to win the position of Crown Prince again."

The next day, news of what had happened in the harem reached outside the palace.

As Qi Ning said, the Liang family had finally gotten their legitimate son, and they couldn't accept it.

The next morning at court, the Liang family began to impeach Consort Qiao for plotting against the Empress and the imperial heir, a capital offense that could not be easily forgiven.

The emperor protected Qiao Wenyu, saying that there were still doubts about the matter and that a decision should be made after the matter was thoroughly investigated.