Quick Transmigration: Reversing the Life of a Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character

The man on horseback glared at him and quickly dismounted. One of them knocked Zhang Sanye unconscious, while another stepped forward. The two men helped Zhang Sanye head straight for the carriage he had been sitting in, while the other two rushed towards Zhang Juncheng's carriage. After a few shouts, both carriages fell silent.

The caravan began to turn back. Apart from a few more mounted guards surrounding the perimeter, it seemed no different from when they came. However, the servants walking beside the carriages were trembling with fear. A few who tried to resist were immediately beaten to death and thrown into their masters' carriages.

Back in Xicheng, the Zhang family's third branch's residence looked no different on the surface. People still came out to buy groceries and empty chamber pots, but they were all unfamiliar faces.

Even Zhang Junnian, who hated his father to the core, couldn't sit still. He wasn't worried about the family's mental illness, but rather curious as to why the patriarch had locked them up. Had they committed some serious crime? Would it implicate him?

Just as he was trying to find out why his blood relatives had offended the head of the family.

The gate of the Zhang family's third branch of the house opened because the second young mistress had returned!

After hearing the report, Zhang Junnian pondered for a moment: "Let's see. I couldn't even get in a while ago, but the Xiao family's daughter came back from the capital and went straight in. Maybe the Xiao family discussed something with the head of the family."

Zhang Junnian had already moved out, only bribing two inconspicuous servants in the house to pass on messages. Although he didn't know exactly what Xiao Shi had suffered inside, he could guess some things based on the perverted nature of his second brother.

Power is a wonderful thing. Princess Fu'an took Xiao Shi away on her way to visit. No sooner had Princess Fu'an become Princess Fu'an than Xiao Shi swaggered back.

Xiao Cen, stroking her slightly protruding belly, entered the Zhang family with an air of grandeur. This time, she brought back fifty servants and guards, as well as female physicians and martial arts maids prepared for her by her aunt and mother. Including those who came before, there were more than a hundred people in total.

"Close the gate and beat the dog," Xiao Cen said, leading his men to the main courtyard.

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"Heh, what good fortune or longevity could that wicked old hag possibly have? She smashed the sign."

"Oh, there are plum blossoms too? How many characters do you know? Can you appreciate them properly? Cut them down."

The three members of the Zhang family's third branch, along with the concubine, had been confined to the main courtyard for some time, though they were kept separately. Xiao Cen stood in the center of the courtyard, listening to the guard's report, and then entered Zhang's third wife's room first.

Mrs. Zhang, who had been locked up for more than half a month, was startled when the door was suddenly pushed open and stood up. The sudden light made her eyes very uncomfortable, and she instinctively raised her hand to shield her eyes.

"How does it taste?" Xiao Cen asked with a smile.

Mrs. Zhang put her hand down in disbelief, squinting as she tried to see who was speaking. To some extent, apart from the day her aunt took her out, Xiao Cen hadn't seen her for a long time.

"You, Xiao Shi?" Madam Zhang was shocked, and was about to pounce on him the next second: "You wretch, you dare to come back?"

Xiao Cen's maidservant kicked the person back.

"Why wouldn't I come back? I'm the young mistress of this house!"

During the two weeks she was locked up, she only had one coarse grain bun and one bowl of hot water each day. Mrs. Zhang was already extremely weak. After being kicked, she vomited blood and fainted.

When she regained consciousness, Xiao Cen was sitting opposite her, looking at her.

"You, cough cough, you dare to hit me? I'm your mother-in-law, this is disobedience."

"Oh, so what?"

"I'm going to sue you."

"Go complain to the King of Hell."

"You dare kill me?" Fear flashed in Mrs. Zhang's eyes. The past two weeks of surveillance had already driven her to the brink of a mental breakdown.

"How could that be?" Xiao Cen touched his stomach. "Three days later, when I sent messages to relatives and friends, I learned that Mrs. Zhang had passed away!"

Xiao Cen stood up and walked out. A brief scream came from behind her, and then there was silence.

Zhang Juncheng was more perceptive than his mother; he had already guessed what had happened these past few days for.

Upon seeing Xiao Cen enter, his face contorted for a moment, then quickly hardened into a smile: "Cen'er, you're back? How is our child?"

"Zhang Juncheng, we have a blood feud, there's no point in pretending anymore."

"Cen'er, I was wrong. I was bewitched by that vixen."

"Don't worry, I won't let you die." Xiao Cen touched her stomach. "I promised the family head that I wouldn't confuse the Zhang family bloodline."

What if this baby is a girl?

"And another thing, don't you like to bring wild men into your house? Don't worry, you'll never lack men to serve you."

Zhang Juncheng was panting heavily: "You dare!"

"You see if I dare to do it. Oh, by the way, his mother will pass away in three days. He will have to take care of her and keep vigil. During these three days, he should not be given any food except water. Our young master Zhang is so filial to his mother that he is emaciated and has fainted several times."

No matter how much the Zhang mother and son shouted and struggled, it was all in vain in the face of absolute power, just like Xiao Cen a few months ago.

Old Master Zhang, on the other hand, remained much calmer, looking at his daughter-in-law as she entered: "What? Is it my turn?"

"As for where you're going, I need to discuss it with your eldest son," Xiao Cen said with a smile.

"No, this has nothing to do with Junnian, you are not allowed to bother him."

"Human nature is truly complex." Xiao Cen looked at the old man whose veins were bulging. "Back then, didn't you personally force your wife to her death and allow your second wife to humiliate your eldest son? How much of your current behavior is genuine?"

"All the filth and depravity have nothing to do with Junnian, you should know that," Zhang Sanye tried to reason with her.

"What kind of logic is this? When I had nowhere to turn for help, why didn't anyone speak up for my innocence?"

To deal with the Zhang family, the old woman should be killed, the old man should be tortured emotionally, and his eldest son should be dragged into it as well. The beast should be tortured physically because he has no heart. As for that concubine, she's just something that was thrown into a mass grave after she died.

From then on, Xiao Cen lived a smooth and successful life in the Zhang family. Twenty years later, she personally promoted the son she gave birth to to the position of Zhang family patriarch.

Cui Yao breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, but she was still making preparations in secret. For example, she liked to go to the outskirts of the capital to secretly explore the terrain near the imperial tombs.

"The scenery there looks beautiful and charming. Go and ask whose it is," Cui Yao instructed the steward beside her.

The land near the imperial tombs belonged to the royal family and could not be bought or sold privately. Cui Yao could only wander around the area. Actually, the place where she made the crossbows was not too far from the imperial tombs, but the manor was too conspicuous. She wanted to build a small courtyard behind the manor and put it under someone else's name.

Beyond the mountain lies the place where the Crown Prince will soon be imprisoned. Cui Yao is willing to take a gamble and protect the Crown Prince, Duanfang.