Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

That night, I tossed and turned in bed. It was also the most difficult night since I came to this world. My heart felt like it was being torn apart.

At that moment, I seemed to understand the real Shen Xingye's state of mind before she died in the original plot, but I haven't thrown myself into a man like she did, and I haven't recognized the reality after giving him everything I have. Is this the fate of the cannon fodder female supporting role, and it is impossible for her to meet true love?

For modern people who have never seen anything, they can recover quickly after being angry and sad. But for a sixteen-year-old girl born in ancient times, who obeys her father at home and her husband after marriage, no one tells her that she can live even if she doesn't get love from others.

The human psychology is really strange. I felt very miserable the moment before, but when I thought about the even more miserable end of my original body and began to sympathize with her, after a while, I felt much better and even a little sleepy.

Until I saw a figure on the bed curtain, and I was instantly awakened from my sleep.

Holding my breath, I was considering how to respond. Should I shout for help or take the initiative myself?

The figure just stood by the bed without any other movements. After a moment, I even suspected that I was seeing things, and the shadow of the tree or something else was projected on the bed curtain. I gathered my courage, sat up, and pulled open the bed curtain to see what it was, but the bedside was empty.

"I must have seen it wrong. I scared myself." I sighed and fell back.

In the following days, I concentrated on reorganizing my several shops. The main thing was to learn how to read the account books and check the accounts myself.

Soon it was the end of the year, and I went to the palace with Situ Jue to attend the palace banquet, and then accompanied the concubine to some daily social activities in the aristocratic circle of Beijing. Because I quickly got to know several ladies who were on good terms with the palace, and my performance in socializing and entertaining was to please them, the concubine looked at me with new eyes again, and she was more enthusiastic to take me to various banquets after the New Year.

It was also at these banquets that I learned about the latest developments in the capital.

Because of the defeat in the north three years ago, Da Qi was originally at a disadvantage. But then a young general led tens of thousands of troops to repeatedly launch surprise attacks on Zhou at the border in just three years, and recaptured the previously lost cities one by one.

This general was called Jade-faced Yama by the Zhou State. He was originally a royal guard, but was dismissed for making a minor mistake. After that, he joined the army and climbed up from a horseman to the position of a second-rank general step by step, making great military achievements. This time when he returned to Beijing, he not only brought the Zhou State's letter of surrender, but also countless treasures offered by the Zhou State, the most famous of which was the seven-color brocade of the Zhou State.

Because the soldiers at the front had made great military achievements, His Majesty waved his hand and these colorful brocades became rewards for the soldiers. The soldiers who were anxious to return home before the New Year sold them at a low price. In the past, because the two countries were at war, the relationship was bad, and trade was blocked. Colorful brocade was a rare commodity in Qi State, and cloth merchants bought it in large quantities.

The common people also followed the fashion trend. The nobles in Beijing were proud to wear colorful brocade clothes, which led to the unsalability and hoarding of other fabrics in the country.

Thanks to Shen Yunzhou for tipping me off in advance, I was able to re-plan my business, otherwise I would have suffered huge losses.

In addition, with the peace talks now underway with the State of Zhou, once the two countries have resumed trade in the next few years, the more popular colorful brocade will definitely be a hot-selling item. A cloth shop that only focuses on its own category will definitely not do well, especially in a place like Beijing where it needs to focus on high-end user groups to do business.

The identity of Zhenbei Princess is really useful in such occasions. When I, as a young junior who knows nothing, ask those noble ladies for advice, as long as I am sincere, they are willing to share their experience. I also collected some market data, customer preferences and other information, and chat with those shopkeepers when I have time to decide the store development goals and product selection direction for the next year, and leave the rest to professionals to execute.

Before the end of the first month of the lunar year, there was good news in the palace. A maid who had previously served Situ Jue was rumored to be pregnant.

I don't know how Situ Jue would react, but I immediately suggested to the Concubine Dowager that we make this maid a concubine. At least the standard should not be lower than that of Xi Que. Besides, she also has Situ Jue's child, so she should be taken better care of.

Seeing me carefully analyzing what needs to be done, the concubine nodded with satisfaction, but also showed a bit of pity, "You really care about Jue'er. This child will recognize you as her mother in the future and you can raise her. That girl is just a family child, it doesn't matter whether she is given an identity or not. The most important thing right now is that you should spend more time on Jue'er."

My goodness, this is going to leave the mother and the child behind.

I can probably understand the Queen Mother's idea. She just wants to hold her grandson. As for whose belly the grandson crawled out of, she doesn't care at all, as long as it is Situ Jue's. However, the first child of the palace, preferably a legitimate son, will be fine if I raise him.

Although my adoptive father was not very powerful in officialdom, at least my grandfather's title of Duke was real. With such a maternal grandfather, the future crown prince would have more confidence.

If it goes as the Concubine Dowager wishes, it cannot go as I wish.

As soon as I turned around, I took the initiative to find Situ Jue to discuss it.

After listening to me calmly, he asked, "What do you want?"

"I heard that Xiyu started taking care of your daily life when you were five or six years old. Even if she has no merits, she has worked hard. And now she has your child, which is also the fate of the two of you. It is better to follow the rules of taking a concubine and give her a status so that she can rest assured and take care of the baby, right?"

"and then?"

"It is better for the child to develop some good qualities when he is with his biological mother. I think you can still..."

"Let's talk about it after you can give birth." Situ Jue interrupted me impatiently, "Anything else?"

"Uh... no more."

"Then please step aside. I still have official business to attend to." He had a cold face and looked as if he wanted to keep strangers away.

When I walked out the door, I felt that what he just said, "We'll talk about it after the baby is born," was a little strange, and I happened to see Lei Ming passing by with a medicine cup.

"Is this the prince's medicine? Is he sick?"

"My princess, it's just some nourishing medicine. The prince is not sick and is in good health." Lei Ming seemed to remember something and added, "Oh, it's been a cold spring recently. The prince coughed twice at night and felt a little uncomfortable, so I asked Doctor Sun to prescribe some nourishing medicine. It's nothing serious, so don't worry, princess."

I looked back into the house, hesitated for a moment, and still did not express any unnecessary concern.

Next, I went to Cuiyin Courtyard to visit Xiyu who was pregnant. She originally lived with Chunmei in the west wing of Zhuquan Courtyard and was responsible for taking care of Situ Jue's daily life. After she was found to be pregnant, she was arranged to come here.

Cuiyinyuan was much larger than the place where she lived before, and the interior was more grand, but Xiyu did not look very happy, and she had lost a lot of weight.