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

The Empress Dowager was not unfamiliar with someone like Lan Wan'er, who had previously served in the Eastern Palace. After exchanging a few indifferent words and glancing at several high-ranking concubines, the Empress Dowager said calmly, "I am tired. You may all return home, especially Consort Shu, who is pregnant."

"Your Majesty, my pregnancy is going well, except for occasional nausea."

"Then take good care of yourself. I prefer peace and quiet and dislike being disturbed. You don't need to come to pay your respects every day." She is already the Empress Dowager, and the Emperor is still her own son. Naturally, she should act according to her own nature. If it weren't for the fact that it's not good for the Empress Dowager to live outside the palace all the time, she would never want to come back from the temporary palace.

Knowing the Empress Dowager's temperament well, the Emperor and Empress asked a few more questions before taking their leave, with Lan Wan'er following closely behind.

Outside Qiwu Palace, Consort Wang hurriedly spoke before Lan Wan'er boarded the palanquin: "Your Highness, the chrysanthemums in the south of the Imperial Garden are in full bloom. May I accompany you to see them?"

"Thank you for the invitation, Consort Xie. I am tired today, let's do it another day."

"Yes, Your Highness, please rest well. I will come to invite you again tomorrow."

"No need, I don't like going out," Lan Wan'er said, looking down from her seat as she boarded the palanquin.

After speaking, he left.

Consort Wang stood there, watching with an inscrutable expression as Consort Lan's palanquin departed.

Consort He's palanquin stopped beside her, her tone mocking: "What? Didn't manage to latch onto the Imperial Consort's coattails?"

"I am merely inviting the Noble Consort to admire the flowers," Consort Wang said calmly, turning to board her palanquin.

At Lan Wan'er's place, Jinshu whispered, "Your Highness, Consort De probably has some ulterior motive."

"What purpose could they possibly have? It's just the same old thing." The women in the harem are all fighting over children, rank, and favor.

Anyway, her persona is that she doesn't go out much. She didn't even go out when she was in that small courtyard in the East Palace, and now that she's in the even larger Zhaoqing Palace, she goes out even less.

Xuan Chengyan once asked her curiously how she managed to stay in a courtyard without going out.

Lan Wan'er said she doesn't like socializing, but she can entertain herself and find a lot of things to do in her own space.

In reality, for Lan Wan'er, the palace was just a larger courtyard, and since she couldn't go out, she might as well stay in the small courtyard where she could feel at ease.

Xuan Chengyan liked to come to Zhaoqing Palace because of her personality. She would carefully arrange everything in her palace without deliberately catering to his preferences. Everything was based on comfort and naturalness. Moreover, she asked almost nothing of him. She also handled most of her family's affairs herself, believing that the men in the family should fight for what they deserved.

So sometimes when he feels tired, he comes here, and even just sitting on the grape trellis for a while helps him calm down.

Two months later, in the middle of the night, there was a knock on the gate of Zhaoqing Palace. It was a palace servant from Qiwu Palace who came to invite Consort Lan.

When Lan Wan'er arrived at Qiwu Palace dressed in her finest attire, all the heads of the various palaces had arrived, including the Emperor and Empress. The Empress Dowager sat on the throne with a stern expression.

Lan Wan'er greeted the three people above her. The Emperor and Empress's expressions softened slightly, and they gestured for her to sit down.

The people kneeling in the center of the hall looked familiar. Jinshu bent down and, under the guise of handing a hand warmer to her mistress, whispered the identities of those people in her ear.

The people from Consort Shu's palace, the people from Consort De's palace, and two unfamiliar faces who looked like lowly servants.

Lan Wan'er looked around. Consort Shu was not present. Consort Shu's head maid was complaining that ever since the Empress became pregnant with the Emperor's child, they had found many problems with her food and many harmful substances in the spices. They had investigated many clues and found the involvement of many people, such as Consort De, Consort Liu, the maids in the Empress's palace, and even the shadow of Consort Gui.

Lan Wan'er was yawning while covering her mouth with a handkerchief. Upon hearing this, she sat up straight and coldly asked, "Frame me? Do you have any solid evidence?"

The head maid of Consort Shu paused for a moment: "Your Highness, I was just... just guessing that the little eunuch who followed the one who switched the spices disappeared near Zhaoqing Palace that day."

"I'm asking you, do you have any concrete evidence? If you do, produce it. I'm open to inspection by the Emperor, Empress Dowager, and Empress. But if you're just making baseless accusations based on guesses, I'm not one to mince words." Being woken up in the middle of the night is already annoying enough.

"This servant misspoke; that little eunuch was only lost near Zhaoqing Palace."

"A mere palace maid dares to slander a high-ranking concubine so casually, and you think one slip of the tongue is enough? Considering that there are important matters at hand, I will postpone this matter for now. Once your mistress wakes up, I will personally find her. Let's continue." Lan Wan'er rolled her eyes rather inelegantly and leaned back in her chair.

The head palace maid composed herself and continued recounting the perilous events of the past few days. Today, Consort Shu was very agitated and had difficulty breathing. The imperial physician had examined her and said it was due to her pregnancy, and that calming her mind would help. However, by evening, Consort Shu's condition had worsened. She only felt somewhat better when she was out for a walk. As she walked, she reached the vicinity of Qiwu Palace, and that's when the accident happened.

A person dressed entirely in white with disheveled hair suddenly appeared before the master and servants, startling them so much that they screamed and collapsed to the ground. The creature even tried to stomp on Consort Shu's stomach, but she, as her personal maid, bowed and shielded her mistress, leaving several clear footprints on her back.

Their commotion was so great that it attracted the attention of the people inside Qiwu Palace. The man in white turned and ran away. The Empress Dowager ordered people to carry Consort Shu in, and then summoned the Emperor, Empress, and others.

Originally, the Emperor and Empress did not allow anyone to call Lan Wan'er, but it was only after the palace maid mentioned Zhaoqing Palace that they had no choice but to summon her.

Such a big matter couldn't possibly yield any results that night. The people involved were separated and detained. Consort Shu's condition had also stabilized for the time being, so everyone was allowed to disperse.

Lan Wan'er was the first to stand up, curtsy, and turn to leave.

Back in Zhaoqing Palace, lying in her warm bed, Lan Wan'er mumbled, "Tomorrow is the day for paying respects. If the Empress doesn't cancel it, go and ask for leave for me, saying I have a headache."

The Emperor arrived a quarter of an hour later. He stopped the servants from announcing his arrival and did not allow anyone to wake Lan Wan'er. He took off his outer robe in the outer room and went into the inner room wearing his inner clothes.

Just as she sat on the bed, Lan Wan'er suddenly opened her eyes and tried to sit up.

"It's me, you can sleep well."

"Oh." Lan Wan'er reached out and touched his face, as if to confirm something, then lay back down as if she had never woken up.

Xuan Chengyan: "..."

He got into bed, nuzzled Lan Wan'er closer, put his hand on her, and muttered softly, "She really sleeps soundly when she's focused. Tonight, how many people in this harem will be having a restless night."

Lan Wan'er: Hoo hoo hoo!

The two returned very late. Xuan Chengyan had only slept for a little over an hour before being woken up because there was a grand court assembly today.

Lan Wan'er slept soundly until she woke up naturally. She seemed groggy last night, but she still remembered that Xuan Chengyan had come to sleep with her.

"Master, it will be lunchtime soon. Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat? We have red date soup and white fungus soup."

"Red date soup, perhaps? When did the Emperor leave?"

"Midday, 5-7 AM".

"You didn't sleep for long, did you? Any news from the Empress?"

"Someone was sent to say that today's greeting has been cancelled."

"Hmm." Lan Wan'er picked up the red date soup, took two sips, and put it down.