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

Fourth Madam Zhao is a typical example. She speaks eloquently but acts haphazardly. To outsiders, she appears kind and treats all concubine daughters equally, and the concubine daughters cannot learn from her kindness.

Ying'er had a bad feeling about the upcoming birthday banquet, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why. She could only try her best to do what the Fourth Madam had asked her to do.

Who told the fourth branch of the family to be poor? All their hard work and effort was for that little bit of profit from doing the work. If they were as rich as the fifth wife, who would be willing to risk offending people and snatch up such a birthday banquet?

Lu Zhiyao didn't take this little incident to heart. The birthday banquet was none of her business. All she had to do was send her gift and wait to eat.

There's something that concerns her right now: the adoptive father of this body has returned, and she needs to go back to her parents' home.

In the main study of the Lu family residence, a handsome middle-aged man sat at the head of the table; he would have been even more perfect if he hadn't been scrutinizing himself with his gaze.

"You replaced all the servants around your mother?"

"They changed a few."

Didn't your older brother or sister tell you the reason?

"I did say that, but I disagree."

"Now that the princes are all grown up, and the Empress has no son, the position of heir apparent is vacant. If the Lu family wants to extricate itself from the princes' attempts to win them over, it will require some sacrifices. Everyone in the capital knows your mother's temperament, and with the Empress's protection, it won't affect anything if she does something foolish." Lord Lu patiently explained to his youngest daughter, which was a rare occurrence.

"I disagree." Lu Zhiyao refused decisively. If everyone had discussed it and let her mother take the lead in making trouble, creating rumors of unrest in the Lu family and the men's inability to control the situation, that would be one thing. The problem is, no one consulted with her mother before pushing her into the situation. She's not very shrewd, and when she gets into trouble, she uses her methods on her daughters-in-law. Her elder sister-in-law, Xue, is shrewd and patient. Even if she knows the truth of the plan, she'll be the one suffering. Isn't it normal for her to isolate her mother?

You two just pursed your lips and the matter was settled, but in the end, the two women in the inner quarters have to bear the bitter consequences? Why should they?

"You're a woman who married out of the family, so don't interfere in family matters."

"What if I were to interfere?"

"No manners."

"Hmph, at worst I'll divorce him and go home, taking my mother to live on the estate."

"What are you doing?"

"Didn't you want someone to cause trouble? Then I'll come back and cause trouble. I guarantee I'll make a huge scene and disrupt the family's peace, but not my mother." Lu Zhiyao said calmly. In principle, she actually agreed to reduce the Lu family's elite forces. They shouldn't get involved in the succession struggle. The Lu family wasn't a family that needed to gamble.

However, she cannot touch the person she is tasked with. The old lady of the Lu family must have a noble reputation and die peacefully surrounded by her children and grandchildren, not die alone in a room with only a few servants, as the original owner saw.

"Your mother is a woman confined to the inner quarters. If she makes a scene, won't I also be blamed for failing to control her?" Lord Lu glanced at his eldest son, who was staring at him, and explained while suppressing his temper.

"I can also make you unable to control yourself, and your illegitimate son can also be made to be uncontrollable by you." Lu Zhiyao remained unmoved by reason.

"Why don't you say anything about your older brother bullying men and women?"

"That won't do. My eldest brother is the leader of the next generation in the family."

"So, she has a high status, a high generation, and is the mother of the next generation's leader. Everyone in the capital knows her temperament. It's not surprising that your mother does some foolish things. There are several princes' spies in the family. Your mother can't keep things to herself. To avoid being found out, you can't confront her directly."

"No, I can keep things to myself. I'll come back and make a scene," Lu Zhiyao said righteously.

"Nonsense, what should we do, Zining?"

"I'll bring it back."

"Those are descendants of the Zhou family; do you think they would agree to that?"

"Isn't this the perfect opportunity for me to cause a huge scene?"

Lord Lu was so angry at his stubborn daughter that he slammed his fist on the table. He always presented himself as a wise and capable man in public, but his youngest daughter was the one who could ruin his image the most. She had been like this since she was a child and she couldn't understand him.

Before I got married, I was timid. I didn't understand and didn't dare to ask questions. When my elders gave me orders, I didn't understand and didn't dare to argue. When did I become bolder? I still don't understand or can't make sense, but I've become bolder.

Now that Lu Zhiyao can understand, so what? She doesn't believe that this old fox has no other way, that he just takes advantage of his mother's confusion to save effort.

"The affairs of the Lu family are not for you to decide. I'm not dead yet," Lord Lu suddenly stood up and rebuked.

Lu Yunqing quickly stood up and stood in front of his sister: "Father, Yao'er said so, and Zhilan and I agree."

Lord Lu glared. Of course he knew that his eldest son and daughter had agreed. Someone had informed him about the family matter as soon as he entered the house, but he hadn't taken it seriously. He hadn't expected his eldest son to be so resolute, so he wanted to call his youngest daughter back and make her behave. His eldest son and daughter doted on their youngest daughter, and if she stopped interfering, his eldest son and daughter wouldn't be so determined.

"Lu Zhiyao, you are just like your mother in your muddle-headedness."

"Father!" Lu Yunqing's expression changed. His younger sister couldn't stand it when others said she wasn't smart. When she was little, she even felt inferior and thought she wasn't worthy of being a child of the Lu family.

"What's wrong? Can't I even say anything about her?"

Lu Zhiyao remained calm. Compared to Lu Yunqing and Lu Zhilan, she was indeed no match. So what if she was confused?

"It is the father's fault if he raises his child without teaching him properly." Lu Zhiyao was angry with her father.

"It is a mother's responsibility to raise her daughter. Your mother shouldn't have been raising you all this time. If you had been sent back to the capital to be raised by your grandmother, things wouldn't have come to this."

"Yes, if I had returned to the capital, I wouldn't have been neglected by the servants. Why was I neglected? Because my mother left me at home to help my father's career. My mother paved the way for your career, and now you want to trample on her?" Back then, Lord Lu was only the youngest son of the legitimate wife, and the family's resources were tilted towards the powerful. He wanted to secure a future for himself without relying on his family, which is why he was sent to serve as an official in the provinces. When Madam Fan went to take care of the Empress, who was then a princess, wasn't that also a political investment for her husband? Although the method was a bit clumsy, and she even dragged her youngest daughter into it.

But didn't Lord Lu not stop it back then? You old fox, trying to please everyone? Always sending women from the inner quarters to take the lead, humph!

"Insolence!" Lord Lu roared in fury.

"Yao'er," Lu Yunqing reached out and pulled his younger sister up, shielding her behind him, "Father, Yao'er is still young and spoke without thinking. I apologize on her behalf."

"Just as stupid as her mother."

Lu Zhiyao, hiding behind her eldest brother, retorted, "Mother gave birth to three children. My eldest brother and sister were raised by my grandparents. Only I was raised by my parents. I'm stupid, and you can't escape responsibility for that either."

Although it is the mother's responsibility to raise her daughter, the daughters raised by wealthy families are different, especially the eldest daughters who are likely to become the matriarchs of the family. They need to understand everything, whether in the court or in the marketplace, and the father also has a responsibility to raise them.