Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

Sitting in the private room on the top floor of the teahouse, I was actually a little surprised that Su Mei had a good impression of me and took the initiative to invite me. Since the last accident at Xu's house, we met several times at other people's banquets, but we just nodded and smiled across the crowd, and didn't even say a few words.

After chatting about some family matters, Su Mei asked about Situ Jue's concubine in a roundabout way. At that time, I didn't react and thought she was talking about Xiyu, so I nodded and said, "After all, she is his old lady who has served him for more than ten years, and she is pregnant, but he hasn't had time to make a big fuss about it..."

Su Mei's expression changed in surprise, "Why did I hear that she was your dowry maid?"

It turned out that she was talking about Xi Que. My face froze slightly, and I explained with a dry laugh, "The maid was not in good health and has died of illness." This was the unified tone of the palace, and external propaganda could not tarnish Situ Jue's reputation.

Su Mei showed sympathy and reached out to hold my hand, "Sister, don't be too wronged. If you have anything to say, don't keep it in your heart. Talk to the prince more."

At this point, I gradually understood what Su Mei meant.

From her perspective, the reborn heroine has lived a happy life, so she couldn't help but feel sympathy for the female supporting character who was originally supposed to be depressed because her husband Situ Jue was obsessed with her. Based on the story she knows, it won't be long before I become depressed because of my unrequited love and die.

Although Xu Changan has a certain status in the officialdom now, he is not yet at the point where he is second only to the emperor, and he needs to rely on various forces. In order to help him, Su Mei pretended to be ignorant of Situ Jue's kindness, and borrowed Situ Jue's power to help Xu Changan. To be frank, this behavior was also voluntary on the part of Situ Jue, and Su Mei just didn't refuse. It was not her fault that she didn't consider that Situ Jue had a neglected wife behind him.

But after all, she still hoped that Situ Jue and I would have a harmonious relationship as husband and wife, so from the last birthday banquet at Xu's house, I could see that her attitude towards Situ Jue was already avoiding suspicion.

Perhaps my presence caused a butterfly effect. Some things were different from the plots she knew, and different from the novels I had read.

To ease the atmosphere, Su Mei changed the subject, "In half an hour, we will be able to see the fireworks display on the Dacheng River embankment from here. I heard it is more grand than in previous years." I followed her gaze and cast my eyes toward the still peaceful night sky outside the window, "Is it because of some special happy event this year that the scale has been expanded?"

Su Mei couldn't help but glance at me again, with some pity in her eyes, "Sister, haven't you heard yet? Our Great Qi has finally conquered the Zhou Kingdom and sent a letter of peace talks. The government and the public are celebrating this."

I definitely knew about this, but Su Mei obviously thought that I was the kind of young woman who was trapped in the backyard, oblivious to what was happening outside, and who had a bad relationship with her husband. She could only watch him favor other women, and wanted to please him but didn't know how. She was naive and stupid.

She continued, her tone as calm as chatting about family matters, "In the past, it was set up near the dock of Dacheng River. The best viewing position was on the upper floor of Chunrongju at the end of the street, but this year the location has been moved a little. So this small teahouse has become the best viewing position. I guess the prince must have reserved a seat here in advance, but he didn't tell you. If I had called you here in advance, people would definitely come to blame me for being nosy."

I could sense her good intentions. She wasn't trying to show off to me how much she knew or how good her relationship with Situ Jue was.

She really thought that Situ Jue was not nice to me, and only came out with me for the sake of face, so she tried to improve our relationship. When I followed the servant who led the way into the box, she looked behind me, and when she didn't see anyone else, her face changed slightly, but soon returned to normal. It must have been at that time that she had the idea to speak well of Situ Jue in front of me.

Maybe she has even arranged someone to notify Situ Jue at this moment. Regardless of whether Situ Jue has arranged any programs for me, there will definitely be arrangements when she arrives.

As the heroine of the novel, Su Mei is not only beautiful and kind, but also very gentle. She is just a little scheming in her actions, which is not a fault. I have always had a good impression of her. I didn't dare to make close friends with her before, just because I was worried that getting close to the heroine would easily get involved in the plot, and the heroine's plot is generally full of danger.

Seeing her take so much trouble to arrange things for me, I was somewhat touched, but not much. It wasn't because of Su Mei, but mainly because I didn't want to have too much to do with Situ Jue. My goal was to live out the three years agreed upon peacefully and then divorce and part ways.

At this moment, he certainly couldn't fail to give face to the host. Although this teahouse was not as good as Chunrongju, it was still a time-honored brand located in a prosperous area of ​​Beijing. The dim sum was exquisite and the tea was mellow. The cost of a private room on the top floor was not low.

I continued chatting with Su Mei with a smile, pretending not to notice that she was pointing people outside to see something.

At this time, some noisy sounds came from next door, as if someone was arguing.

The teahouse was originally decorated quite elegantly, and this floor was full of VIP rooms. Suddenly, there was a quarrel next door, which ruined the atmosphere. I silently picked up the teacup in front of me, calmly as if I didn't hear any sound.

Su Mei sent another maid to see what happened. If it was just a small matter, the maid could scare the other party away by using the reputation of Shangshu Mansion. After a while, the noise outside not only did not get smaller, but became even louder, and there was also the sound of a woman crying.

The maid ran in hurriedly and whispered something to Su Mei.

Su Mei frowned, "Really?"

"I heard it clearly!"

Before I could ask curiously, Su Mei spoke first, "This is really ridiculous. Sister, can you guess who is causing trouble next door?"

"Someone my sister knows?"

"I can't afford him. He is now the famous man in front of me, General He Zhaohe." Seeing that I didn't react to this name, Su Mei added, "He was called Jade-faced Yama by the Zhou people. It is said that his swordsmanship is superb and he kills people without blinking an eye..."

Oh, Jade-faced Yama, I’ve heard of this before. It turns out his real name is He Zhao.

"...He actually brought the girl from Yicui Pavilion to visit the Lantern Festival, but he never expected to meet the girl's patron, and he got jealous and even fought with her. It was really ridiculous. I guess the censors will write a memorial to accuse him tonight."

"There is such a thing!" I couldn't help but sigh, the general is really playing around.

Such a person, not to mention Xu Changan's title of Shangshu, can't be suppressed, and Situ Jue's title of Zhenbei King is also useless. Seeing that the fight next door is getting more and more fierce, and the corridor outside is getting more and more chaotic, I am a little worried. Could it be that the heroine's plot line is coming? Scary, scary...