I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.

"Knock, knock, knock..." At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the study. The housekeeper Cora walked in with her five fingers spread out and covering her eyes, with a shy look on her face: "Miss Manjushage... I didn't disturb your good time with Mr. Luo Shiqi, did I?"

She looked closely, and her shy but slightly curious face suddenly fell, looking very disappointed: "You are actually reading a book?"

"What else can we do?" Manjushage asked puzzledly.

Korra pouted, "Nothing...nothing."

"Ahem," she coughed a few times pretending to be serious, and put on an attitude of doing something seriously: "I'm here to inform you of something, Miss Manjushage."

"What's the matter?" asked Manjushage.

"Some guests from the capital city said they wanted to see you," Korra replied.

A guest, and one from the capital? Why didn't you come to see me when you went to the dance a few days ago?

Manjusaka was confused, but pretended to have expected it: "Who are they?"

Korra's expression was very helpless:

"Who else could it be? Miss Donna and Miss Judith, who framed you before—oh, they also brought a very rich girl named Belinda Sanger."

In the reception room, Manjushage sat facing the three people. Opposite her from left to right were Judith, Donna and Belinda.

In fact, when she first heard that someone was coming to visit, Manjushage subconsciously wanted to refuse, but then she thought that she was the daughter of the lord and had not done anything wrong to Luo Shiqi. People had come to her doorstep, so if she didn't do something to establish her authority, how could she, a rich lady, live like a human being?

The maid in the house is restless to begin with. If she were to cower in fear when she knew someone was bullying the family, wouldn't she be even more difficult to control?

How can I accept that as a vicious female supporting role, I'm already looked down upon before I even start doing anything evil?!

So, Manjushage waved her hand and took Donna and others to the reception room.

They were still wearing luxurious gowns. It seemed that they had rushed here right after the ball and didn't even have time to put on makeup.

Manjushage did not say anything, but smiled calmly, but in fact she had already been planning all kinds of harsh words and quarreling scenes in her mind.

I was so restrained in the banquet hall before, but now that I’m at home, I have to be tough.

"Ms. Manjushage, why are you leaving in such a hurry when the ball just started? Do you know how much effort it took us to chase you from the capital to here? Are you really unwilling to talk to us?"

The young girl who was speaking was Belinda Sanger. She was wearing an exaggerated, full-length dress, which was inlaid with rhinestones and sequins. Her slender neck was adorned with several strings of jewels, and her hair was covered with countless embellishments and decorations. She looked like a walking Christmas tree.

No wonder Cora described her as rich. With this outfit, anyone who sees her would call her a rich woman.

If her family didn't have some assets, Manjushage would have wanted to lie on the ground and hug his thighs.

Especially when I saw her for the first time, I was wondering what that neck was made of. Would it really not be broken with so many heavy jewels on?

She has a pretty face, but her overbearing look is really annoying.

Judith, who was standing by, was very confident and arrogant because she had someone to back her up. "That's right, you shameless guy. You caused me to be arrested as a thief. If it weren't for Miss Donna, I would probably have to go to jail!"

Hearing this, Donna just smiled slightly, her posture was dignified and elegant, but her smiling eyes were filled with infinite malice: "Ms. Manjushage, I know it's very uncomfortable for you to be wrongly accused of being a thief, but no matter how sad you are, you have to do your job. You left us so exhausted."

The serious matter she was talking about was actually the whereabouts of Luo Shiqi.

Previously, Manjushage domineeringly refused anyone to visit Luo Shiqi, which caused great dissatisfaction among the nobles led by Donna.

They seized the opportunity to make a big fuss about the matter. Even though her identity and status were far inferior to that of the eldest daughter of the Xingchenhua family, with so many people uniting to denounce her, Manjushage still felt a lot of pressure.

Originally, with her status, she would not have bothered to attend a ball of that level, but Donna and her gang pressed her too hard, so she had to accept the invitation on the pretext of negotiation.

As a result, the entire party was filled with Donna's people.

Fortunately, Manjushage had no intention of having a good chat and just wanted to act ugly on purpose to divert other people's attention.

Both sides had their own ulterior motives, and in the end no one mentioned negotiations.

It would be better to say that no one cares about Luo Shiqi's future whereabouts. Although his mental faculties are currently similar to those of a child, he is an adult after all and a meritorious contributor to the kingdom, so no one dares to do anything to him.

The Peters family represented by Donna just wants to find an excuse to suppress Lycoris radiata.

She thought the matter had ended unpleasantly, but she didn't expect Donna to bring people directly to her house to kill her.

"Oh? It turns out Judith didn't steal anything. It looks like a misunderstanding. But I'm still quite curious, how did you prove your innocence when the evidence was irrefutable?" Seeing that the other party was beating around the bush and didn't seem to be planning a head-on confrontation, Manjushage asked cooperatively.

"Of course, it's all thanks to Miss Donna." Judith showed a proud expression, as if she was praising herself:

"She asked the guards to testify that I did not enter the banquet hall from beginning to end. The stolen jewelry appeared on me, which can only be a frame-up!" After saying that, she looked at Manjusaka with a provocative look.

"Is that really the case?" Manjushage pretended to be very surprised. She didn't expect Judith to tell her the whole story so directly. Isn't that equivalent to directly admitting that she was actually the helper that Donna found?

It feels like you have made all kinds of preparations to get information from others, but the other party chooses the most straightforward way to confront you directly.

I don’t know if Manjushage is thinking too much or Judith is just too stupid.

Thinking of this, Manjushage couldn't help but give her a sympathetic look.

Okay, this guy is indeed an idiot.

It's a pity that Judith's IQ seemed unable to understand. She thought that Manjusaka was hating her because her evil plan failed.

Donna's face turned green. She was really afraid that if Judith said a few more words, she would reveal everything about how they framed Manjusaka and how they said bad things about her behind her back.

The most important thing is, weren’t they here to suppress Lycoris? Why did they start discussing Judith?

"Excuse me, Miss Manjusawa, but is your way of treating a great hero who is admired by everyone to lock him up?" Donna hastily brought the topic back to the center. The process was simple and crude, and seemed very stiff, but very effective.

She trembled, and her gorgeous dress swayed with it: "I advise you to return your freedom to Mr. Luo Shiqi immediately. Otherwise, no matter how high your father's status is, no one can protect you!"

"That's right. If it were someone else, he would have been hanged on the city wall by the King by now, right? To dare to do such a thing to our great hero, you really don't know how to live or die!"

Belinda, who had been silent for a long time, also spoke at this time. Her tone was very unfriendly and her voice sounded a little weak. She might have been suffocated by the pile of jewelry.

It is said that three women make a drama, especially when these three are in the same group, talking to each other, which makes people feel quite tired.

Manjusaka also became a little impatient and immediately retorted:

"What do you mean by 'ignoring life and death'? Have you ever been to the border battlefield? Do you know how serious the situation was? What Luo Shiqi needs most now is to rest and take time to have a good rest, instead of being disturbed by one or two of you who are clamoring to visit but are unwilling to even send a fruit basket!"

When she thought about the hardships of raising a child, Manjushage became furious.

These people said how much they cared about Luo Shiqi, but in fact they were just coveting his power. No one remembered that he had just experienced a great battle and what he needed most was recuperation.

No one expected that Lycoris would suddenly get angry. Belinda was obviously confused and looked dazed. Judith and Donna became furious because their thoughts were exposed:

"You...what nonsense are you talking about?"

"If we can't see Mr. Luo Shiqi, how can we send things? Who knows if they will all end up in your hands."

Manjushage was too lazy to pay attention to them: "You haven't given it to me yet, how do you know I would covet your things? Insincerity is insincerity."

"You!" Donna and Judith were so angry that they were about to explode.