Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

Before I could finish my words of praise, a face appeared in front of me.

Situ Jue suddenly stood up from his seat, half bent over and came in front of me, staring straight into my eyes.

This overwhelming sense of oppression made me shut up immediately. I was ready to be scolded or laughed at by him, but I didn't expect him to ask, "You said you had someone you liked, could it be Prince Yu?"

Huh? Did I say that? How could he think I liked Prince Yu?

"So what if it is, so what if it isn't?" I didn't deny it directly. With a little mischievous intention, I deliberately replied vaguely, "Anyway, there is no love between us. We will divorce when the agreed date is up. It has nothing to do with each other whether he remarries or she remarries. What do you care who I like?"

After hearing what I said, he sat back down again, his eyes drifting away, "Prince Yu, this is not suitable for you."

"Whether it is suitable or not, only the parties involved can decide." I responded quickly. He turned his head and glared at me as if he wanted to say something, but I didn't give him the chance. "Since you don't want others to know about your secret meeting with Prince Yu, I will keep it a secret for you. The people who followed you out this time are our own people. My cousin didn't see Prince Yu's people at all, so she naturally didn't know about your affairs."

"Don't worry, it's not a secret meeting, and it's nothing serious. It won't implicate you, let alone the Shen family." Situ Jue's face became much colder, and his eyes were always looking out the car window, not looking in my direction anymore.

This is good. It would be best if he could see clearly that I really don't want to have anything to do with him, and then wait for the right time to break up with him cleanly.

When we returned to the palace in the capital, it was almost dark.

As soon as I entered the gate, a servant came to greet me hurriedly, "My Lord and Princess, you are finally back. The Concubine Dowager wants to see you..."

The other party hesitated and did not make his words clear. When Situ Jue was about to go to the courtyard where the imperial concubine lived, the servant reminded him, "The imperial concubine is currently at Miss Xiyu's place."

When the man spoke, he looked at me deliberately, his eyes flickering, as if he was feeling guilty.

I was also a little confused. Did something happen to Xiyu? Why did she want to see me?

It was Situ Jue who spoke up, "You can come too."

So I followed him to the drizzling yard. As soon as I entered the door, I smelled a strong smell of medicine and a faint smell of blood.

Everyone else stopped in the outer room. Situ Jue and I walked into the inner room one after the other. The concubine sat beside Xiyu's bed, holding her hand and whispering something, while Xiyu kept sobbing. There was also a nanny standing at the end of the bed, also constantly wiping tears.

I couldn't help but frown. I had been told about Xiyu's identity before. She was a child born in the palace, and her mother was someone close to the imperial concubine. Xiyu was arranged to be with Situ Jue when she was less than ten years old. She was considered a maid who grew up with Situ Jue, and she was also the woman who was pregnant with his first child.

The atmosphere in the room was heavy, and I guessed a little bit about it.

The concubine saw us coming in, looked at Situ Jue, and sighed heavily, "Go out and talk, don't disturb her rest. This child has a hard life and little luck." She added to the nanny standing at the end of the bed, "You just stay with Xiyu for the next few days, don't do anything else, just make sure she gets better. I'm worried about the others too."

"Yes, thank you for your consideration, Concubine Dowager. Xiyu has accumulated merits for several lifetimes to have the honor of serving the prince. To be favored by the Concubine Dowager is already a great blessing for her." The nanny replied respectfully in a crying voice.

I was completely confused throughout the whole process and could only follow Situ Jue and go outside together.

The concubine sat in the main seat, and Situ Jue sat next to her. When I was about to sit on the chair beside her, the maid Xueyan gently tugged at my sleeve and nodded at me imperceptibly, indicating that I should stand behind Situ Jue and not sit down yet.

"Bring the person up." the concubine ordered.

After a while, two servants came in carrying a young woman with bloodstains all over her body and threw her away.

She collapsed on the floor in the middle of the room, no longer able to stand up. In the end, the old woman behind her grabbed her hair and made her kneel down again.

"Xiyu's child is gone. Doctor Sun came to see her and said there was something wrong with the bowl of soup she took at noon. Let her tell herself." The concubine explained to Situ Jue, looking at me several times while speaking.

The old woman slapped the prisoner on the face several times and shouted, "The concubine is asking questions, why don't you answer?"

The woman had obviously been tortured several times. Her face was so swollen that it was hard to tell what she looked like. She replied vaguely, "The princess asked me to give it to Xiyu..."

"What?" I asked subconsciously.

"Speak clearly! Don't accuse the wrong person!" the concubine said coldly.

The old woman in charge pinched and kicked her, and the woman cried and begged for mercy, her voice becoming much sharper. "I'll tell you! I'll tell you! It was the princess! A few days ago, the princess gave me some money and asked me to secretly buy red medicine when I was out and find a suitable opportunity to put it into Miss Xiyu's food. Princess, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me! I was forced to do that!"

"What other evidence do you have? I can't let you just say it's who it is without any evidence." The concubine continued to ask.

The woman's emotions gradually stabilized, and her voice became calmer and louder. "I have a purse that was given to me by the maid of Suxin Pavilion. It contains the silver given by the princess. However, the silver has been spent by me, but the purse can still serve as evidence."

"A maid from Suxin Pavilion? Which maid? Do you recognize her?"

The woman slowly raised her head, looked at me, then moved to my side and raised her arm to point at Xueyan.

"You're lying!" Xueyan was so angry and anxious that her face turned red. She quickly explained to me, "Princess, I didn't! I have never given anything to anyone else in the mansion behind your back!"

I reached out and patted her shoulder, and said softly, "Don't worry, I believe you."

The woman knocked her head against the floor, "I guarantee with my life that everything I said is true. If it weren't for the princess behind the scenes, I wouldn't dare to murder the young master even if I had the guts to do so!"

The concubine looked at Situ Jue, "Jue'er, what do you think we should do about this?"

"Thank you for keeping watch here. I will leave this to you. It is getting late. Please go back and rest early."

"Xiyu has lost a baby that was almost grown. Jue'er, please don't tolerate this... and don't let some bad habits pollute our palace..." The concubine sighed heavily again and glared at me fiercely.

After all, she was a beautiful woman, and she couldn't act like an evil mother-in-law. Even if she glared at me fiercely, I was still innocent and could only smile at her. But this expression seemed to be a provocation in her eyes. She pulled Situ Jue and repeatedly told him to give justice to Xiyu and her unborn child before leaving.