Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

The slightly shy expression on the beauty's face after being praised is also absolutely beautiful.

"Princess, you are really good at joking. I think your makeup today is very clever. It outlines your eyebrows and eyes very clearly, and your eyes look very lively. What kind of ingenuity can add icing on the cake? I can't help but want to ask for advice."

Su Mei brought the topic to makeup, and I started chatting with her in detail.

After a while, we talked about everything from makeup to daily trivia. When she mentioned the aristocratic families and the relationship between the Xu family and the concubine's family, Su Mei showed that she wanted to be closer to me. I took the opportunity to suggest to her that we should change the way we address each other in the future and just call her by her nickname. Since we get along so well, there is no need to call her Madam or Princess anymore, which seems a bit strange.

Su Mei agreed with a smile. The maid next to her reminded her that it was almost time. Just as they sat down at the table, the old lady came out.

Seeing that she was going to host the banquet, I nodded and signaled her to go first.

The old lady was celebrating her 80th birthday. According to her age, she was almost a grandmother and had difficulty walking, so special arrangements were made for her to appear only after all the guests had arrived.

It was bustling here, and the guests all stood up and prepared to follow the old lady to the table. Suddenly, an uninvited guest came over there, and the scene was so grand that it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Just because the people who came were all dressed as palace maids, everyone else suddenly became nervous.

I heard someone whisper, "Why is she here? What a spoiler."

"The Xu family probably didn't invite her. I'm afraid she came here on her own."

While I was guessing the other party's identity, Su Mei had already come forward and bowed respectfully, "Greetings to Princess Yanyun."

Through the crowd, I could only see that the princess was dressed very luxuriously, but no matter how exquisite her makeup and dress were, they lost ground when compared with Su Mei. Moreover, the princess looked quite old, yet she was wearing a lot of jewels and hairpins and silk flowers on her head. There was no sense of order at all, and it was an eye sore to look at.

From the whispers of others nearby, I could tell that this princess didn't seem to have a very good reputation.

The birthday banquet started as scheduled. Before they sat down, Xi Que and Xue Yan were arranged to sit in the resting place for the servants. Only a few maids from the Xu Mansion were left to serve the ladies. Because they had to take care of the old lady's habits, everyone sat closer together, as if they were talking around her.

The original arrangement was that I and the wife of another second-rank official would sit on the left and right sides of the old lady, but now Princess Yanyun has come.

The lady was old and of a steady temperament, so she took the initiative to give up her position to the princess to facilitate the host family. But when she spoke, Mrs. Xu's face was obviously disappointed. It seemed that they were old sisters with a good personal relationship.

I stood up and said, "Mrs. Cen, please sit down. You can talk to the old lady. I will give my seat to Princess Yanyun."

Having said that, without giving anyone else time to refute me, I walked towards the outer circle.

Su Mei gave me a look of gratitude and told others to rearrange the seats and place me next to her.

I chatted with Su Mei in a low voice for a few minutes during the meal, and only then did I know the origins of Princess Yanyun.

Princess Yanyun is the daughter of a princess. She has been married twice, but both husbands died early, so she is still a widow in her thirties. Previously, a good person had tried to match her with Xu Changan. Xu Changan was also engaged to someone, but the woman died before the marriage was finalized. It was rumored that he had a bad fate and was unlucky in marriage.

Princess Yanyun felt that it was a great blessing that she did not despise Xu Changan's reputation as a wife-killer, but she did not expect that he would politely reject her kindness.

This instead aroused the princess's desire to conquer, and she began to pursue Xu Changan relentlessly.

Even though Xu Changan and Su Mei have been married for two years, she is still planning to interfere.

As for some instances where she had a bad reputation, Su Mei just smiled and was unwilling to talk about it. "The princess is just a little too straightforward and her words easily offend people, and the rumors are spreading widely. Sister Xingye, you don't have to pay attention to those rumors."

She was very gentle towards her love rival and was unwilling to say bad things about him even behind his back.

I nodded and responded, but out of the corner of my eye I noticed that the princess got up and left the table and went outside.

Just when I was about to remind Su Mei, I found that a maid from the Xu Mansion had followed me, so I gave up the idea, lest the beautiful sister think that I was a gossipy little girl. After eating and drinking for a while, it felt like some time had passed, and the position of the princess was still vacant.

I turned my head and looked out the window. On the attic next door was a banquet for male guests. Could it be that the princess...

Not really, not really.

In order to verify that I was wrong, I took the opportunity of changing clothes to ask the maids in Xu's mansion about the whereabouts of the princess, but I didn't expect that they didn't know either.

"When the princess left the table earlier, I saw a maid following her. How come you don't know about it now?"

"I wonder which maid the princess is talking about?"

I described her hair, face, and clothes color, and she said, "Liu Cui." Then she turned around and asked other maids about Liu Cui's whereabouts.

After a while, the maid who had gone to inquire came back and whispered a few words in her ear with a unhappy look on her face.

Although I didn't hear it, I guessed from their expressions that something might have happened to Liu Cui.

A maid got into trouble and a princess is missing. There might be trouble at the birthday banquet.

The maid who had led me earlier looked at me with some embarrassment. I quickly waved my hand and said, "It's okay. Go and do your work. I'll walk back by myself in a little while."

The words were said, but I had been wandering around the huge Xu Mansion alone for a long time and had forgotten the way I came.

As I was walking, I heard someone talking in front of me. I was about to go forward to ask for directions, so I quickened my pace, but suddenly I realized that the talking stopped abruptly and turned into another sound, a "wuwu" sound between the lips, unclear and extremely ambiguous.

Fortunately, the thick soles of these cloth shoes make almost no noise on the gravel path, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

I went around the rockery on the other side, trying to bypass this embarrassing area, but unfortunately, the scattered rockery made me misjudge the source of the sound and I was closer to the scene.

I saw a man and a woman hugging each other, caressing each other and gnawing at each other with great concentration.

The woman even tore the man's back hard, as if she wanted to tear his clothes apart.

Judging from the style of their clothes, they should be servants of the Xu Mansion.

I slowed down my breathing, tried not to make any extra noise, and slowly backed out, fearing to disturb the wild mandarin ducks. However, the arrangement of the rockery was a bit distracting, and I couldn't get out after walking for a long time. I had to change my strategy and thought about climbing to the top of one of the rocks to see the route clearly from above before walking.

When I was about to roll up my sleeves and climb up the rockery, I suddenly felt a pain in the back of my neck and lost consciousness.