Quick Transmigration: Don't Let an Honest Man Become a Villainous Supporting Female Character

It was almost Lunar New Year's Eve, and the Imperial Household Department painted the mottled palace walls a bright red, but the pungent smell lingered.

All the eunuchs and palace maids were on edge, afraid that something might go wrong at any point.

The chief eunuch gripped a whip and kept cursing.

"Be gentle, these are all glass bottles meant as tribute."

"Why hasn't anyone cleared the snow over there? If someone slips and falls, how many heads do you have to chop off!"

"Why haven't those old lanterns been taken down yet? Hurry up and replace them with new ones!"

Ji Chaoxi was passing by with a broken bucket in her hand when a little eunuch next to her tried to trip her up.

As a result, the head eunuch caught him red-handed, and the whip struck the little eunuch's foot.

"If you don't want this leg anymore, I'll have someone cut it off and feed it to the dogs!"

The young eunuch was so frightened that he knelt heavily on the ground, trembling like a leaf.

Ji Chaoxi was chuckling to herself when the head eunuch narrowed his eyes and poked her head with his whip: "Still laughing? Get back to work."

"Fine—" Ji Chaoxi sighed and left with the broken bucket.

The Imperial Prison stood in stark contrast to the festive decorations outside.

The air in the Shenxing Division was filled with the smell of rust and burning.

Eunuch Liu sat in the armchair. The wound on his forehead had healed, but a scar remained. His expression was extremely gloomy.

"Hurry up, I don't have time to waste with them."

These erroneous lackeys must be dealt with before the end of the year.

"ah--"

A heart-wrenching scream echoed through the alley, followed by the sound of the executioner pouring water onto the charcoal fire.

Eunuch Liu seemed not to have heard anything, slowly flipping through the booklet in his hand.

Before dawn, the eunuchs from each palace lined up in long queues, hunching their shoulders and waiting at the entrance, all with ingratiating smiles on their faces.

As soon as Ji Chaoxi came out, the eunuchs surrounded her.

"Xiao Xizi, could you please give this to Eunuch Liu?"

"Little Xizi, is Eunuch Liu in the courtyard?"

They all looked at Ji Chaoxi as if she were an ancestor, and tried to stuff things into her.

Before Ji Chaoxi could react, a small gold ingot was stuffed into her sleeve, startling her greatly.

"I won't accept it, I won't accept it. Give it to my master."

Ji Chaoxi ran away quickly. Eunuch Liu could accept things because he could do favors for others; if she accepted them, it wouldn't help anyone.

She ran very fast, and the eunuchs kept chasing after her. Ji Chaoxi made several turns and finally shook them off.

Ji Chaoxi was wearing a new eunuch's robe today. She admired herself in the mirror for a long time, even though the mirror wasn't very clear.

She took the food box and ran to Ruhui Palace. Xiao Yanchen stood quietly on the threshold waiting. When he saw Ji Chaoxi, he smiled and ran towards her.

"Xiao Xizi, you've changed into new clothes."

Although it looked similar to her old eunuch clothes, he knew it was new, since he was the one who washed them.

Looking at Xiao Yanchen, who only wore the same few clothes, Ji Chaoxi suddenly felt sorry for him.

"Seventh Prince, how about I give you my old clothes?"

Xiao Yanchen's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Seeing how happy he was, Ji Chaoxi felt even more sorry for him. She generously said, "Which eunuch's robe do you like? I'll give it to you."

Xiao Yanchen looked at her somewhat nervously: "Xiao Xizi, may I have that dark blue one?"

Ji Chaoxi had no idea which item he was referring to, but nodded readily.

Xiao Yanchen looked at Ji Chaoxi beside him and mustered up his courage to say, "Little Xizi, could you please stop calling me the Seventh Prince from now on?"

Ji Chaoxi frowned: "Then what should I call you?"

Xiao Yanchen blushed and whispered, "You can call me Xiao Chenzi."

"Your name is Xiao Xizi, so I'll be called Xiao Chenzi, okay?"

Ji Chaoxi was silent for a moment: "But you sound like a eunuch, but you're not a eunuch."

Xiao Yanchen's eyes reddened: "But I want to have the same name as Xiao Xizi."

Ji Chaoxi sighed, feigning maturity: "Actually, I have a name. I wasn't called Xiao Xizi at first."

She has a name and surname.

Xiao Yanchen was taken aback for a moment: "Then what's your name?"

I won't tell you.

Xiao Yanchen's eyes dimmed immediately, and he remained sullen for the rest of the time.

"Let's go watch the fireworks from the arrow tower. There's no one guarding it. Do you want to go?" Ji Chaoxi asked somewhat guiltily.

She had been thinking about it for several years, but none of the other eunuchs were willing to go with her. When she told Eunuch Liu, he even scolded her.

Xiao Yanchen was somewhat flattered, and he quickly nodded: "I want to go with Xiao Xizi."

Ji Chaoxi's eyes lit up immediately: "Then it's settled!"

Xiao Yanchen nodded vigorously: "I would go even if it meant going through fire and water."

The assassin hiding in the rafters: ...

After Ji Chaoxi left, Xiao Yanchen happily strolled around the courtyard a few times.

With Lunar New Year's Eve drawing closer, Ji Chaoxi hadn't gone to see Xiao Yanchen these past few days. She had been busy hanging palace lanterns and pasting couplets with the eunuchs, or sweeping snow.

"Little Xizi, why isn't this place clean?" The palace maid frowned and pointed to the ground.

Ji Chaoxi quickly grabbed a large broom and ran over, only to have her face pinched by several palace maids as soon as she arrived.

"Why are you always so lazy, Xiaoxi? Do you want me to sweep for you?"

"Let Xiao Xizi call me 'sister' so I can hear it."

Ji Chaoxi blushed with embarrassment from their teasing and tried to run away with a broom, but was immediately grabbed.

"They kept running away, every time they saw a few of us, they would run away."

"Why didn't you run away when you saw Xiaohe? Was it because Xiaohe gave you candy?"

Ji Chaoxi looked at them seriously: "Sisters, we're very busy now, I have to go do some work."

The palace maid patted Ji Chaoxi's head and put a piece of candy in her mouth.

"Go ahead, go ahead."

Ji Chaoxi quickly grabbed a large broom and ran away.

The eunuch next to him silently rolled his eyes.

Pretending to blush, acting innocent, taking advantage of her young age to play with the palace maids everywhere—bah!

The Imperial Concubine had been learning from several nannies, but she hadn't learned much. The nannies didn't dare to teach her at all, and whenever the Imperial Concubine got angry, the nannies didn't dare to speak.

In the end, the palace banquet was only made possible with the help of several other concubines.

The Imperial Concubine disliked these old women very much. Everything they said was in accordance with the late Empress's style, such as being dignified and elegant.

What's the point of being understated during the Lunar New Year? She insists on the most lavish and extravagant palace banquet. Does every banquet have to be tailored to the late empress's preferences?

Even though he's dead, he's still in the way.

The various palaces had already begun distributing materials and charcoal, but Xiao Yanchen still received the lowest quality fabric and charcoal.