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

That's how this happened. Cui Yao is kneeling outside the back hall of Zhengyang Palace. Of course, even if the Emperor doesn't allow her to enter the palace, the farewell to the Yun family won't be delayed. She will submit a memorial to plead guilty.

The emperor's chief eunuch personally invited Princess Fu'an into the palace.

"Fu'an, why are you kneeling outside the hall? Have you done something wrong?"

Cui Yao knelt in the hall, not giving an inch, and went straight to telling the story of how she saw off the Yun family.

"I am grateful for the Empress's care back then, and I could not bear to see the old lady of the Yun family in her sixties lacking food and clothing. Therefore, I have committed a grave mistake and beg Your Majesty to punish me." After saying this, he touched his head to the ground.

The room fell silent. The servants tried to minimize their presence, and suddenly, the breathing of the Emperor at the head of the table and Cui Yao, who was kneeling on the ground kowtowing, became louder.

Cui Yao's body was very delicate; after kneeling for a while, her knees started to go numb.

After a quarter of an hour, the emperor at the head of the table spoke: "You are quite frank."

It was impossible to tell from his tone whether he was angry or not.

"Your Majesty, Fu'an is foolish. He only thought that since it was just exile, the Yun family did not deserve to die, so he sent them some food and clothing. However, openly sending food and clothing to exiled prisoners goes against the original purpose of exile, so Fu'an has come to apologize."

"Then tell me, how should you be punished?"

"A fiefdom as punishment?" Cui Yao asked tentatively.

Are you short of money?

"We don't lack anything."

"What punitive effect does punishing someone by depriving them of their fiefdom have?"

"Then, how about the Emperor beats me up?"

"Hit you? I'd rather my sister feel sorry for you."

Cui Yao: "..."

Or, would you rather demote me back to the rank of princess?

Of course, she only dared to think these words, not say them aloud.

"Alright, don't do this again, even if you know it's a wrong thing."

Cui Yao immediately said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy in not punishing me!"

"You reacted quickly. Get out, or I'll have my elder sister punish you."

Cui Yao felt relieved. It was alright; her mother would just scold her at most.

She stumbled slightly as she stood up, and the emperor's chief eunuch rushed over to support her, saying, "Your Highness, be careful."

"It's alright, go and serve the Emperor, I can walk by myself."

"This servant will escort you out." The head eunuch knew the emperor well. Ever since he reached out to support the princess, the emperor had been intently reading the memorials and hadn't glanced in their direction once. This meant that the emperor wanted him to support the princess.

Cui Yao did not refuse again, and with a limp, she left the inner hall with the help of the chief eunuch.

When the news of Cui Yao's departure from the palace reached Princess Mingxin, the seemingly calm princess quietly loosened her grip on her handkerchief. Her trusted maidservant reached out and tucked the crumpled handkerchief from her mistress's hand into her own sleeve, handing her a new one.

"Alright, have the kitchen make some almond cookies, Yao'er loves them," Princess Mingxin instructed.

"What a coincidence! The kitchen has almond cookies among the snacks they prepared today. I'll go and get them right away," the head maid replied with a smile.

Princess Mingxin has been staying at the Princess's Residence recently. Before Cui Yao even arrived at the Princess's Residence, people from the Cui family came first.

"The prince consort has arrived."

"Come in since you're here. I suppose you want to give Yao'er a scolding," Princess Mingxin said nonchalantly.

Although she didn't know why her daughter suddenly helped the Yun family, she knew that her daughter's actions wouldn't pose much of a risk at this time, because she was being high-profile enough, helping openly and honestly, and accepting punishment openly. The Emperor wouldn't punish her; at most, he would reprimand her a few times.

The hidden worry lies with the next emperor. After all, the Yun family is the maternal family of the former crown prince. If the next monarch wants to destroy the Yun family during this exile, Cui Yao's move is like blowing sand into their eyes.

As expected, Cui Lin'an came to scold his daughter. The old man stroked his meticulously trimmed beard, quoted classical texts, and berated his daughter, finally asking, "What other ideas do you have? Could you have informed us beforehand?"

Cui Yao laughed: "Haha, no, I didn't have that many thoughts."

"Don't think I don't know what you've been up to in the manor!"

"Father, it's just a southern crop. I was just curious and wanted to loosen up Lan'er's muscles. It's nothing to mention."

"real?"

"Really." Cui Yao said sincerely.

"Ideally, you should understand that you have children, but you also have parents. Whether it's good or bad, you should tell your parents in advance so that we are not caught off guard."

"I understand. Farming is not something that can be accomplished overnight. If there are any results, I will definitely let you know in advance."

"That's good."

During Cui Lin'an's disciplining of her daughter, Princess Mingxin did not interrupt. She also felt that her daughter should be disciplined. However, when Cui Yao was about to leave after the meal...

The eldest princess avoided Cui Lin'an and quietly said to her daughter, "Yao'er, if your farming goes well, do whatever you want. You don't need to tell your father in advance. After all, he is a member of the Cui family, and the Cui family is a large family. He will inevitably be distracted. If it is your achievement, just take it for yourself."

"Mom, you're the best to me."

"Good to know, but if you get into trouble, you can tell your parents in advance so we can cover for you."

"Mother, how old am I? I won't cause any trouble. I know about what happened today, but the Emperor won't punish me."

"You know, the current emperor won't punish you, but what about the future one?" The princess's voice lowered considerably at the last few words, and she covered her mouth with her handkerchief: "If you can do your farm work well, then keep it. The emperor's health doesn't indicate a long life, so you should leave an opportunity for the new emperor to reward you."

Princess Mingxin meant that if the new emperor blamed her, her merits and demerits could be offset against each other.

Cui Yao nodded obediently. If it were only her fault for helping the Yun family, she wouldn't be in a hurry. She was confident that the yield of sweet potatoes would be much higher than the current yield. But her mission was to save the entire Xiao family!

If military generals like those from the Xiao family who command troops in the field are confiscated and exiled, the emperor will definitely try to make them suffer a terrible fate.

Therefore, she still cannot tell her mother, the eldest princess, about her next step in saving the crown prince, because her mother would not understand. Why risk fighting for the merit of supporting the emperor when the throne of a perfectly good member of the royal family would not affect their status?

Cui Yao obediently returned to the estate to farm. Apart from sweet potatoes, there was no time to plant any other crops this year, so she spent her days watching over the few sweet potato fields.

Three months later, Cui Yao personally dug up a few sweet potatoes.

"Wow, it's so big!" Xiao Lan exclaimed, even though the other plots of land were only slightly larger than the ones brought back from the south.

"As a result of the selection process, the seedlings in this plot are all from the strongest batch." In fact, this plot is basically made up of seeds from her space, which have been selected and cultivated through several generations, saving her the trouble of this process.

"Should we dig them all out now?"

"The weather should stay warm for a while longer, so let's try this one today." The transplanting took place in May, and she plans to dig them all up in September, store them properly, and use these high-quality sweet potatoes to cultivate seedlings next year, gradually expanding the planting area year by year.

She doesn't plan to use the seeds in the space anymore.