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

The system readily agreed.

At this point, Qi Ning couldn't help but ask another question: "Is Xu Yanqing's congenital weakness related to the master?"

"Host, you guessed right, there really is a connection."

The system said, "The First Master had already tried to kill the Second Master once before the Second Master was murdered, but the first attempt went wrong and the Second Master escaped death."

"But during the time when the second master's life was uncertain, the first master deliberately had his wife send the news back to the Xu family. The second wife was worried about her husband's safety and fell due to excessive thinking, which almost caused her to miscarry. Although the child was saved, it was born weak and sickly."

"Because his first attempt failed, the master was cautious for a long time before finally making a second, deadly attempt several years later, successfully murdering the second master."

It turned out to be the case.

In fact, instead of guarding against the eldest master's actions against them, the most direct way is to expose the truth about his plot to murder the second master, which would completely eliminate the eldest son's family.

However, Qi Ning had no evidence and could not expose the truth without proof. If he did, others would not believe him, and it would only alert the enemy.

The best way is for Xu Yanqing to investigate. As his son, he is the most suitable person to avenge his father.

However, to get Xu Yanqing to investigate, a plausible reason is needed to arouse his suspicion.

Qi Ning couldn't just tell him directly: "Your uncle is suspicious; he may have killed your father. You should investigate him."

Xu Yanqing would definitely ask: How did you know?

Qi Ning couldn't possibly reveal the existence of the system, so there was no way to explain how she knew about it.

Since that's the case, let's wait until the master takes action. Once he does, we can then guide Xu Yanqing to investigate.

With the system watching over things, Qi Ning could prepare in advance no matter what tricks the master played.

However, this gentleman was very patient; he didn't make a move after returning home.

Because of the master, Li Yunshu was delayed in being sent to the nunnery.

The old lady was persuaded by the old man and agreed to let Li Yunshu stay in her own courtyard to repent.

When the old lady mentioned this matter to Qi Ning and Xu Yanqing, Xu Yanqing immediately objected: "Grandmother, how can this be? Ning'er almost lost her life because of her. How can we forgive her again and again?"

"Grandma understands what you mean, but your eldest uncle pleaded for her, saying that Heng'er is still young and can't be separated from her mother. He suggested that she stay at home to reflect on her mistakes, and that she could stay with Heng'er if she fell ill again," the old lady explained with great difficulty.

"I only agreed because of your uncle and Heng'er. Besides, it's the same if she repents at home behind closed doors. She will still be locked in the yard and won't be let out."

"But……"

Xu Yanqing wanted to say something more, but Qi Ning tugged at her clothes.

“Husband, alright, let’s follow Grandmother’s arrangements.”

Xu Yanqing turned to look at Qi Ning with a puzzled expression.

Qi Ning said calmly, "Actually, it doesn't matter where one repents. What matters is whether the person is truly repentant. Otherwise, even if you forcibly send her to a nunnery, it won't make a difference."

The old lady was deeply moved upon hearing this. She took Qi Ning's hand and patted it, saying, "Ning'er, in the end, it was Grandma who wronged you in this matter. If only Li Yunshu were half as sensible as you."

Seeing how much the old lady cared about the eldest master's opinion, Qi Ning realized that she truly regarded the eldest master as her own son.

But the old woman didn't know that the eldest son she was protecting was actually the murderer who killed her own son, which made her pitiful.

Even after leaving Shou'an Hall, Xu Yanqing still felt something was off. He asked Qi Ning, "Why did you agree to that?"

In Xu Yanqing's view, given Qi Ning's vengeful and unforgiving nature, there was no way she would agree to let Li Yunshu go.

Qi Ning agreed, of course, because she knew about the things the master had done.

Li Yunshu wanted to stay in the Xu family and continue being the eldest young mistress, that was fine too; they could wait until Qi Ning dealt with the master.

Faced with Xu Yanqing's question, Qi Ning casually made up an excuse: "Grandmother is old, and I don't want to make things difficult for her. Besides, I am now in charge of the household affairs. Even if Li Yunshu is locked up in the Xu family, I will still make her live the same life as a nunnery."

"No, it should be said that life was even harder than in a nunnery," she corrected, raising her eyebrows.

Hearing Qi Ning say this, Xu Yanqing felt it suited her personality, so he stopped interfering in the matter.

After returning, Qi Ning instructed Chun Tao: "Go to the Third Branch and find the Third Young Mistress. Tell her that the Eldest Young Mistress is not going to the nunnery and wants to stay in the mansion to repent. Tell her that we don't have enough manpower in our courtyard and ask her to lend us a few people to watch over the Eldest Young Mistress."

"Yes, I understand." Chun Tao nodded and left to carry out the order.

When she arrived at the third house, she relayed Qi Ning's words to Yao Zhiying.

Yao Zhiying understood Qi Ning's meaning after a moment's thought.

Originally, when she exposed Aunt Lian's affair last time, the only result was that Li Yunshu lost her power in managing the household affairs, without any other punishment, which Yao Zhiying felt was not enough to satisfy her anger.

Later, Li Yunshu attempted to kill Qi Ning and said she would send her to a nunnery, but Yao Zhiying still felt that it was too easy for her.

Now that Qi Ning has heard that Li Yunshu wants to stay in the Xu family to reflect on her mistakes, she asks her to lend her people to keep an eye on her. Isn't this just her taking the opportunity to arrange for someone to watch over her and give her a chance to vent her anger?

Yao Zhiying was very pleased and immediately selected two strong-willed and capable maids from among her subordinates. She gave them a few instructions before handing them over to Chun Tao.

"Please thank your second young mistress for me. I appreciate your kindness."

Chuntao smiled and said, "This servant will convey the message to my master."

She took the two maids back to Guanlan Courtyard.

The next day, Qi Ning and Chun Tao, along with several old women, servants, and the two maids, went to Luoxia Courtyard.

She didn't ask anyone to announce her arrival and went straight to the main room.

Li Yunshu was taking a nap on the couch, with Xiu'er fanning her from the side. She looked pampered and completely unaffected.

"Sister-in-law, did my sister-in-law disturb you?"

As soon as Qi Ning spoke, Li Yunshu immediately opened her eyes, sat up, and glared at her: "Why are you here?"

Seeing the large entourage of servants behind Qi Ning, she immediately became wary.

Qi Ning smiled and said, "Of course, I've come to invite you to stay home and repent. Although Grandmother agreed not to send you to a nunnery and to let you repent at home, you still need to show repentance properly. You can no longer live in the main room like before."

"Chuntao, please invite the young mistress to the small Buddhist shrine in the backyard."

"Yes."

Upon hearing the instructions, Chuntao was about to lead several old women forward.

Li Yunshu stood up from the couch, backing away as she shouted angrily, "Let's see who dares to touch me! I am the eldest young mistress of the Xu family!"

“Of course you are the eldest young mistress of the Xu family, but now you are a young mistress who has committed a crime and needs to repent in seclusion,” Chun Tao replied respectfully.

After saying that, she told the old women to get to work.

Several old women rushed forward and forcibly dragged Li Yunshu out of the main house and led her to the small Buddhist shrine in the backyard.

"Young Madam..." Xiu'er followed behind, at a loss.

Qi Ning turned around and glanced at her: "You don't need to serve the eldest young mistress anymore, go and serve Young Master Heng."

Li Yunshu was led to a small Buddhist shrine in the backyard, where there was nothing but a Buddha statue, a small couch, a small table, a futon, and some scriptures.

Li Yunshu was pushed inside, fell to the ground, and looked around in horror.

Chuntao looked at her and said, "Young Madam, our Second Young Madam is now in charge of the household affairs. Guanlan Courtyard is short-handed, so we can only borrow two maids from the Third Young Madam to take care of you."

As she spoke, she gestured for the two maids to come forward and instructed them, "Take good care of the young mistress and supervise her chanting Buddhist scriptures. She must chant the scriptures a hundred times a day and copy twenty scriptures before she can have a vegetarian meal."

"Yes," the two maids replied in unison.

“Sister-in-law, from now on you should repent properly in the small Buddhist shrine. Repentance requires a sincere attitude.”

After saying this, Qi Ning gave Chun Tao a look.

Chuntao had two maids close the door to the small Buddhist hall.

Seeing that the door was about to close, Li Yunshu quickly got up from the ground.

But she was too late. By the time she ran over, the door had already closed, blocking out all the light and plunging the Buddhist hall into darkness.

She frantically pounded on the door, yelling, "Let me out! Let me out! Let me out now!"

But as soon as the door to the small Buddhist hall closed, Qi Ning left with her entourage, except for the maids and servants who were guarding it. The outside quickly became quiet, and no one paid any attention to her.

Li Yunshu turned around and immediately saw the Buddha statue. She leaned against the door and slumped to the ground...

After dealing with Li Yunshu, Qi Ning returned to Guanlan Courtyard with her people, with Chun Tao by her side.

"Master, will the master and young master object to what we're doing? What if they go to the old lady and say something?" Chun Tao asked in a low voice.

Qi Ning chuckled dismissively, "I was just following their instructions to have the eldest young mistress stay home and reflect on her actions. What's wrong with that?"

"Even if they say something to the old lady, I'm not afraid. The old lady won't back down anymore, and besides, they won't care about this matter anymore."

Qi Ning knew very well that Xu Maoyuan and his son Xu Yanzong would not do anything more for Li Yunshu.

Indeed, just as Qi Ning had predicted, apart from Li Yunshu crying and making a fuss in the small Buddhist hall for several days, no one else in the mansion raised any objections to the matter.

Qi Ning has now put Li Yunshu's matter aside and is just waiting for the master to make the first move.

But this time, she waited for a long time.

More than two months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the system finally notified Qi Ning: "Host, Xu Maoyuan is preparing to make his move."

Xu Maoyuan arranged for someone to poison the food at Zuixianlou, randomly killing several customers and causing a murder case, thus getting Xu Yanqing and Qi Ning into trouble, and taking the opportunity to seize Zuixianlou back.

When Qi Ning learned of this plan, she was so angry she almost laughed.

What does "randomly poisoning a few guests" mean? Don't the lives of ordinary people matter?

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