Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

At first, I was awakened by the sunlight coming in from the window, but I was too lazy to open my eyes until the maids spoke in low voices, seemingly chatting about something related to me. I couldn't pretend anymore, so I simply sat up from the bed.

But when I saw the magpie beside the bed with a pair of panda eyes, I asked her curiously, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"

The magpie's voice was filled with sorrow, and she drew out her tone, "Princess - how dare you ask!"

I put on a friendly smile and said, "Didn't I tell you all to go and rest at night? I don't need anyone to serve me all the time..."

"That's not what I meant!" She seemed really angry. While helping me get the clothes I needed to wear in the morning and washing me up, she kept muttering, "Princess, do you remember how you got back last night?"

"Uh..." I tried hard to recall, and vaguely seemed to see Situ Jue's angry face, and him almost roaring my name.

Xueyan brought in some water, looked up at Xi Que, pursed her lips and chuckled, then lowered her head to continue doing what she was doing.

"Enough, Xi Que! Shut up! Do you want to let the whole palace know that the princess got drunk and angered the prince?" The nanny Zhao who followed Xueyan in was said to be my wet nurse. She entered the palace with me together with these two maids.

"It turns out it wasn't a dream!" It suddenly dawned on me, and I tried hard to piece together the fragmented images left in my mind into a complete plot.

"Princess, you can't blame the magpie for being so nosy. It was Madam Hu from the prince's courtyard and three maids who brought you back last night. They had gloomy faces the whole time. We thought you were injured outside, but you reeked of alcohol and..." Madam Zhao, who was always good-tempered, looked unhappy and hesitated to speak.

I was very confused. I am a pretty good drinker and usually don't get drunk. Besides, the alcohol content of ancient wine was not high. I didn't drink much, so it shouldn't have resulted in such a mess.

"It turns out that when you were at home, Princess, you were never drunk like this!" Magpie added.

Could it be that the original body couldn't drink and couldn't hold its liquor? I wanted to find some evidence in the remaining memories of the original body, but when I used my brain, I got a severe headache.

When the people around me saw me holding my temple and grimacing, they quickly gathered around me and helped me lie back on the bed and put hot towels on my head. I heard Aunt Zhao also ask Xi Que to go to the palace doctor to prescribe some sobering medicine.

"No! I don't want decoctions!" I am extremely afraid of suffering. I have always seen Western doctors since I was a child. Even though I can endure injections, I can't stand taking Chinese medicine.

But my words seemed to have no weight in this room. The two maids followed Zhao Ma'am's lead and immediately went about their own business.

After a while, they brought me a bowl of hot black stuff. I could smell the medicine from a distance. Under everyone's eager gaze, I struggled for a moment and had to pinch my nose to force it down.

"No, I need to lie down for a while." Feeling hopeless, I closed my eyes again, praying that when I opened them again I could return to the original world.

After noon, Xi Que came to ask if we should send the soup we had cooked today to the prince first, and also asked me to express something.

I had already gotten up by then. It was really boring to lie down, so I played Gobang with myself out of boredom.

After hearing what she said, I waved my hand and said, "No, just bring it to me. My mouth is a little bitter and I want to drink something."

Xi Que looked puzzled, "This is the medicinal recipe you specially requested for the prince, and you said it was to help the prince recuperate. Why don't you use it?"

"I've sent it to him so many times, but has he ever drunk it? Don't waste a good thing. Go, go, and stop nagging!"

Xi Que agreed and turned to go to the door, but her way was blocked by a figure. She looked up and her face changed on the spot, "Prince...Prince...what's wrong with you..." She turned back timidly and looked in my direction, her eyes full of help.

Situ Jue stopped at the door, seemingly not intending to give way. He just stood there, looking past the magpie and staring straight at me.

I stood up and walked towards him, saying to Xi Que, "Go quickly, the prince's small body is not blocking the door, just go through the side."

Situ Jue tightened his lip lines, frowned and looked so cold that I just found it funny.

The magpie hurriedly bowed to him and quickly left.

I sat down at the table, poured myself a cup of tea, and drank it. "Why did the prince come to my place?"

"Last night's incident has been reported to Mother." He said as he stepped in and sat opposite me. "Mother asked me to come over... Why don't you pour tea for me?"

"If you want to drink, pour it yourself. Don't expect me to serve you." I rolled my eyes rudely without even looking at him.

"Shen Xingye, it's useless for you to play these tricks." Situ Jue sneered, "Don't think that just because you can coax mother to speak for you, this king won't..."

"Are you annoying?" I interrupted him directly and sneered, "If you are not satisfied with me, then we should get divorced. From now on, you can walk your own single-plank bridge, and I will walk mine!"

"Divorce? That's wishful thinking! If you want a divorce letter, I can consider it."

"Then you don't have to think about it. I'll just wait until my spouse becomes a widower! It won't take long anyway!" After saying that, I deliberately looked him up and down with the coldest eyes.

"Good! Very good! So this is what you, you vicious woman, had in mind!" Situ Jue stood up suddenly, obviously irritated by me. His face flushed, his breathing became rapid, and he even pressed his hand on his chest when he turned to leave.

The servant waiting outside the door asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, didn't you say you would have lunch at the princess's place? Are you back now?"

"I'm so angry, let's go!" Situ Jue left without looking back.

After everyone had left, Xi Que dared to come in, with a gloomy face, "Princess - why didn't you keep the prince? It's rare for the prince to come here, this..."

I lay on the table, propping up my head, thinking about what Situ Jue had said just now. I always felt that a complete falling out with him might be a way out, at least better than running away blindly. Although if I leave the palace in a clear way and return to my parents' home, there is no guarantee that the Shen family will not find another marriage for me, but I can at least survive by getting rid of the plot, and I can survive for a while.

Maybe I can go back someday? You never know.

"Princess! Are you listening?" The magpie's voice brought me back to reality again.

"Oh, of course I'm listening, but it takes two to tango. I can't be so impulsive, right? The prince doesn't care about me, but I insist on getting in. No matter what I do, he won't like it. Why bother? Didn't you hear that he just said he wanted to divorce me?"

"How could this happen?" Xi Que was so frightened by my words that she seemed about to cry. She turned around and went to find Aunt Zhao.

Only then did I feel a little regretful. There are some things I still cannot tell them.