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

"Your Highness forbids us from going in to call you," Jinshu replied.

When His Highness the Crown Prince arrived, the first to go in to serve him were naturally his personal attendants. If Consort Liang had woken up, they would have gone in to serve her if she called them. However, Consort Liang was not only still asleep, but His Highness also made way for her to go to the outer room to wash and dress.

The head maidservant beside His Highness closed the door herself, and Jinshu and the others naturally dared not go in until they left.

Just then, His Highness the Crown Prince's reward arrived. Lan Wan'er was still wearing her nightgown when the Grand Eunuch Liang Yongfu waited patiently outside until the Lady of the Palace came out to receive her reward after changing.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Eunuch Liang," Lan Wan'er said politely.

"Your Highness, what are you saying? This is just my duty." Liang Yongfu replied with a smile. This master dared to continue sleeping even after His Highness the Crown Prince got up, so what was wrong with him, a mere servant, waiting?

Lan Wan'er casually took out a gold ingot from the gold she was given as a reward and handed it over: "It's getting cold now, thank you for waiting so long, Eunuch Liang. Here's a small token of my appreciation. Take it and have some hot tea."

"What should we do?"

The eunuch Anfu stepped forward, took the gold ingot, and enthusiastically stuffed it into Liang Yongfu's hand: "Take it quickly, take it quickly, have some hot tea to warm yourself up."

There were two eunuchs in Lan Wan'er's courtyard, named Anfu and Anlu. Anfu was very eloquent and quickly built a rapport with her.

The little girl's name contains the character for "fortune," which means she has a connection with Grandpa Liang. They might have been family hundreds of years ago.

Lan Wan'er smiled as An Fu respectfully and warmly saw Liang Yongfu and the others off.

"This Anfu is quite clever."

"Anfu is a bit slick, while Anlu is meticulous," Granny Qiu commented truthfully.

"Hmm, get ready. We still need to pay our respects to the Crown Princess." Lan Wan'er's gaze swept over the row of gifts, and she pointed to one of the trays: "Wear these kingfisher feather butterfly hairpins."

Kingfisher feather inlay is precious, but the hair ornament is in the shape of a butterfly, which can show the emperor's favor without overshadowing the crown princess.

In the main courtyard, Lan Wan'er entered just in time; the Crown Princess came out as soon as she entered.

After everyone paid their respects, the Crown Princess spoke gently, "Rise, all of you."

Lan Wan'er did not sit down immediately, but instead took off her cloak with the help of palace maids.

Concubine Lin spoke first: "Oh my, Consort Lan's attire is truly dazzling today, quite different from usual."

Lan Wan'er sat down slowly. Today she was wearing a light blue, narrow-sleeved blouse with fine white fringed edges and a four-panel long skirt embroidered with colorful butterflies, which complemented the hair ornament on her head.

Concubine Li then spoke up, "Your Highness truly cares for Consort Liang. These clothes and jewelry are truly beautiful. In a few days, I'll also make one for the young princess. I wonder if Consort Liang would be willing to give me the pattern?"

Lan Wan'er: "..."

This Lady Li gave birth to a daughter who was sickly all the time and was not favored by the Crown Prince, yet she always liked to bring up her daughter.

"I can't give it to you."

"What?" Li was stunned and stammered.

Just a blunt refusal like that?

"The clothes were made by my family as part of my dowry, and I don't have the pattern. The hairpin was just given to me by His Highness this morning. If you want the pattern, you'll have to go to His Highness. As for the other jewelry, which one does Consort Li fancy? I can give it to the Princess. Although my family is not well-off, we can still afford to give her a few pieces of jewelry." Lan Wan'er didn't hold back at all and directly tore off her face.

You're poor yourself, so you're trying to take advantage of other people's dowries?

Li's face flushed red, and she said with some annoyance, "Liangyuan, if you don't want to give it, then don't. Why humiliate us from humble families?"

"Concubine Li, please be careful with your words. Your Highness is a princess of noble birth. If your family is considered small, then whose family is larger?"

"You, I'm referring to my family."

"Oh, it's good that Concubine Li knows." Lan Wan'er glanced at her and said coldly.

What? You think you're right just because you're poor?

This concubine, Li, was one of the first to serve His Highness the Crown Prince. Her father was a minor official, and she was the first woman His Highness had with the palace maids after she started teaching them. Logically, she should have held a special place in His Highness's heart, and she even bore him a child. However, her personality was not pleasing, and she was not favored by His Highness. In the past two years, she had basically had no opportunity to serve him in bed.

"Lan Liangyuan,"

"Enough." The Crown Princess, sitting at the head of the table, scolded, "Li, for insubordination, you are to be confined to your quarters and punished by copying the 'Precepts for Women' one hundred times."

Li's eyes were red, but she didn't dare to say a word in front of the Crown Princess, and accepted the punishment with resentment.

The Crown Princess's gaze swept over Lan Wan'er.

Lan Wan'er seemed oblivious, calmly picking up the teacup, touching her lips to it, and then putting it down.

The people in the Eastern Palace will have to adapt to her changes sooner or later. Once the Lan family successfully returns to the Northern Frontier, she will become even more arrogant within the bounds of the rules.

The Crown Princess was a woman of deep cunning; she did not continue the topic and calmly ended the greeting.

As she was leaving, Li tried to come over and say something, but Lan Wan'er just glared at her and left.

In the Eastern Palace, only the Crown Princess and she had official ranks. There were four concubines of high status, and there were probably some women whom the Crown Prince had favored on a whim. Those women didn't even have the right to pay their respects to the Crown Princess.

Regarding offspring, the eldest son is four years old, there is a daughter who is two years old, a daughter born to concubine Li is three years old, and a son born to concubine An has just turned one year old.

Xuan Chengyan is twenty-five years old this year. He is praised by the court for his restraint in both matters of women and children, and he does not indulge in women or the inner quarters.

Back in her courtyard, Qinghe served tea and asked softly, "Master, that Concubine Li is also a long-time servant of His Highness the Crown Prince. Will she complain to him?"

"Yes," Lan Wan'er said, picking up a piece of pastry and eating it. "It's alright."

Li Shi is a simple and easy-to-understand person. She will definitely complain, and she might even cry and whine. But the Crown Prince has a different temperament. If he takes it to heart, he might give her something to appease her, but if he's in a bad mood, he might even scold her.

Given her high rank, it wouldn't be excessive to punish Li directly.

The Crown Princess's fate has been decided, and the Crown Prince will not openly oppose her. At this point, the two are still young lovers, the Crown Princess's family has devoted themselves to serving the Crown Prince, and he trusts her the most now.

Whether the emperor and empress will continue to trust each other in this way after the emperor ascends the throne is uncertain.

"My lady, shall we remove your hairpins and jewelry?" the palace maid Zhu asked as she stepped forward.

"Yes, change into something lighter." Lan Wan'er nodded, stood up, and went to the warm pavilion next door.

Since deciding to use that fragrance in her inner bedroom, she moved her daily life to the west wing, where the servants served her, and she only slept in the bedroom.

The men of the Lan family continued to petition the court for permission to go to war. A few days later, His Highness the Crown Prince secretly intervened and got the Emperor's approval. The three men of the Lan family immediately set off for the northern frontier.