The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 64: Chapter 64: The Transmigration Farming Woman Who Slaps Faces 1

The Prefect of Suzhou’s private residence

Mrs. Hao stood with hands down in the corridor, conversing with a young maid who had just gotten her first haircut.

”Where has the Master gone?”

The maid, her face full of youthful innocence, replied with a naive look: ”He said he went to the temple to offer incense and pray to Buddha, and it seems he had informed the master of the house.”

Dissatisfaction flickered in Mrs. Hao’s eyes: ”The Madam is sick like this, and yet the Master has gone to the temple.”

The maid strongly agreed with Mrs. Hao’s dissatisfaction towards the Master: ”The Master went to pray for the Madam, hoping the Buddha will bless her with a swift recovery.”

Mrs. Hao then appeared satisfied.

She dismissed the maid and entered the main room.

The room was filled with the scent of medicine.

Anning lay in bed, hiding the amused look in her eyes as she saw Mrs. Hao come in.

”Where is the Master?”

Anning coughed and asked Mrs. Hao.

Mrs. Hao bowed her head and replied, ”Madam, the Master has gone to the temple.”

Anning sighed: ”He’s really gone to great lengths in his filial duty.”

As they were talking, they heard a young maid outside shouting: ”Madam, Mr. QI has come to pay his respects to you.”

Anning immediately sat up straight.

Mrs. Hao helped her and stuffed a pillow behind her back: ”Madam, if you’re feeling unwell, you could send Mr. QI back, so you don’t have to trouble yourself over him.”

Anning shook her head: ”Let him in.”

Mrs. Hao softly spoke: ”Madam has a kind heart; treating Mr. QI this well, he will surely be very filial to you.”

Anning laughed: ”Let’s set aside whether he’s filial or not, as long as I can live up to my own conscience. His birth mother died early, and when his concubine aunt passed away, she held my hand and begged me to look after him. Even for the sake of his concubine aunt, I cannot mistreat him.”

Mrs. Hao laughed too: ”Madam seems to be in much better spirits today.”

The curtains were opened, and a child about six or seven years old, wearing a blue robe, entered the room.

Upon entering, while keeping a distance from Anning, he greeted her first: ”Madam, I hope you are feeling better.”

As the child looked up, Anning saw his eyes filled with genuine concern and care.

Anning couldn’t help but sigh internally, acknowledging that the child truly had a good nature, far superior to that of the Eldest Master.

Both children were raised by the original body from a young age, yet one was a typical ingrate, while the other was purely filial.

”I’m feeling much better.”

Anning smiled and gestured for the child to come closer: ”Wenshao, come here.”

Wenshao, the bastard son of the Prefect of Suzhou, Qi Rui, walked over in a few steps and smiled back at Anning: ”Madam, you do look much more spirited.”

Anning sat up straight: ”It’s touching that you’re still thinking of me.”

She noticed large drops of sweat on Qi Wenshao’s forehead and turned to look out the window: ”The sun is scorching today, it must be very hot outside.”

Qi Wenshao chuckled naively: ”It’s not hot; it’s just that I’m wearing a bit too much.”

Anning pinched Qi Wenshao’s clothes, finding them indeed too thick.

She turned to Mrs. Hao: ”Ask Qing Mei to fetch some light fabric, and have Wenshao’s maids make him a couple of lighter outfits. The weather is gradually warming up; we shouldn’t let the child overheat.”

Mrs. Hao agreed and left. After a while, she returned and reported: ”Qing Mei has already had someone send the fabrics to Mr. QI’s room.”

Anning held Qi Wenshao’s hand and had him sit: ”Lv Zhu, please pour Mr. QI a cup of tea.”

A maid promptly responded, and Anning further instructed: ”I remember someone sent over some peaches recently. I can’t eat them now, so let Wenshao take them with him later.”

Mrs. Hao stood by, observing Anning treating Qi Wenshao so well, surpassing even her treatment of her own legitimate son, Qi Wenwei. She found it peculiar, but as she had always been loyal to Anning, she wouldn’t voice any objections.

Anning continued questioning Qi Wenshao: ”I haven’t been feeling well these past few days and haven’t been able to attend to you. Has anyone below been bullying you?”

Qi Wenshao hurriedly shook his head: ”Not at all, Madam should focus on recuperating, don’t worry about your son. If you neglect your health for the sake of your son, it would be his fault.”

After sitting for a while, Anning began to feel weak and drowsy, her body slumping against the pillow.

Seeing Anning tired, Qi Wenshao quickly stood up: ”Madam, please rest. Your son will visit you another day.”

Anning yawned and mumbled: ”Go ahead, when I’m better I’ll take you out.”

Qi Wenshao paused, then assented and left.

As soon as he left, Mrs. Hao quietly asked Anning, ”Madam, you seemed more concerned about Mr. Qi today than usual, is there something wrong?”

Anning shook her head: ”I’m tired, let’s talk about it tomorrow.”

Mrs. Hao didn’t ask further, she made sure Anning’s blanket was well placed and then left.

Mrs. Hao came to the courtyard, just in time to run into the eldest daughter, Qi Wenjuan, rushing over with her maidservant.

”Aunt Hao, how is my mother?”

Mrs. Hao stopped and smiled, ”Madam is much better. She was just talking to me a moment ago and has just laid down to rest.”

Hearing that Anning had gone to lie down, Qi Wenjuan did not enter the room. Instead, she said to Mrs. Hao, ”We’ve been fortunate to have Aunt Hao taking care of her these past few days. You must be tired too. Once mother gets better, it’s also time for you to have a good rest.”

Mrs. Hao lowered her voice: ”As long as Madam is well, I am fine no matter what.”

Qi Wenjuan said a few more words before leaving with her entourage.

Inside the room, Anning had heard every word of their conversation clearly. She shook her head, then closed her eyes to rest.

After a sleep, when Anning awoke again, it was already evening.

She lay in bed lost in thought, without calling anyone in.

Anning reflected upon the memories she had received from the original host and couldn’t help feeling speechless.

This time, the original host that Anning transmigrated into was named Ye Anning, the daughter of the great scholar Ye Song of the Liang Dynasty.

Ye Anning came from a noble family and read many books under Ye Song’s tutelage. She had a good understanding of literature and manners, was well-educated and also kindhearted, but unfortunately, she had a harsh fate, marrying someone unworthy and ending up as cannon fodder.

Not only did Ye Anning die miserably, but her daughter Qi Wenjuan also died after being tormented, and the bastard Qi Wenshao was killed trying to save her.

Qi Wenwei, who she raised as if he was her own son, was triumphant and delighted after causing the deaths of all three.

The story of the original host was actually a book, but she was not the protagonist, but rather the wicked stepmother who was cursed by others.

The protagonist was a transmigration girl named Zhao Rong, known as Zhao Sanya in her native village.

Like all transmigrated farming heroines, Zhao Sanya found herself in a poor mountain village, with biased grandparents and weak parents, as well as cunning uncles, leaving the family in dire straits.

Zhao Sanya then capitalized on her Golden Finger to secretly save money. She caused a division in the family and helped her parents and brothers become wealthy.

Later, Zhao Sanya saved the distressed and amnesiac Qi Wenwei. As feelings grew between them, and once Qi Wenwei recovered his memory, he insisted on marrying none but Zhao Sanya, and brought her back home.

He wanted to marry Zhao Sanya and live a life of marital bliss.

However, they both faced fierce opposition from Ye Anning.

The reason was that Qi Wenwei was already betrothed, and the girl was blameless. How could he call off the engagement lightly? This would be a huge blow to her.

Ye Anning, with her kind nature, did not want to ruin a girl’s life.

Moreover, she did not like Zhao Sanya’s character and argued with Qi Wenwei many times over her.

But Qi Wenwei’s infatuation was unchanging, and he would rather disown Ye Anning as his mother than not marry Zhao Sanya.

At this time, Zhao Sanya chose to retreat as an advance, saying she did not want to make Qi Wenwei suffer, and left the Qi Family, only to run into the Commandery Prince Kang Le on the street. The jade pendant on Zhao Sanya was seen by Prince Kang Le, who recognized it as a relic of Princess Kang Le, and he took Zhao Sanya back to his mansion, later recognizing her as his daughter.

With Prince Kang Le’s support, naturally Zhao Sanya and Qi Wenwei’s marriage was settled.

After marrying into the Qi Family, Zhao Sanya accused Ye Anning multiple times. One time, during an argument with Qi Wenjuan, it led others to mistakenly believe Qi Wenjuan caused her miscarriage, which made Qi Wenwei hate Ye Anning and Qi Wenjuan to death.

Qi Rui, in order to appease Prince Kang Le’s anger, disowned his daughter Qi Wenjuan and sent Ye Anning to a temple for penance.

Ye Anning lived an extremely harsh life in the temple, only Qi Wenshao, remembering the affection between mother and child, would occasionally visit her and bring her things.

However, as a bastard, Qi Wenshao also had many constraints. Although he cared for Ye Anning, he had no valuable things to offer.

Later, when Qi Wenwei learned that Qi Wenshao was taking care of Ye Anning in secret, he conspired with Zhao Sanya to get rid of Qi Wenshao as well.

When Ye Anning learned of the deaths of Qi Wenshao and Qi Wenjuan, she no longer wanted to barely survive and committed suicide by swallowing gold.

It was only after her death she realized that the reason why Qi Wenwei treated her so was that she was not his biological mother at all. When she gave birth, the child was born dead, and it was Qi Rui who brought home the child of his beloved concubine, saying it was Ye Anning’s.

Qi Wenwei had known for a long time that Ye Anning was not his birth mother. He often went with Qi Rui to visit his birth mother, hating Ye Anning for occupying the position of the legitimate wife and preventing their reunion.

After Ye Anning’s death, Qi Wenwei brought his birth mother back home. The family lived happily and enjoyed honor and respect.

Knowing all this, Ye Anning was filled with boundless hatred.

She had never wronged Qi Rui, yet Qi Rui made her raise someone else’s child.

She had never wronged Qi Wenwei either, yet this ingrate harmed her adopted son, her true daughter, and cost her life for nothing.

She hated Zhao Sanya even more for her numerous schemes, leading to the wrongful death of Qi Wenjuan.

With this hatred, Ye Anning encountered Anning in the Nihility Space.

She exchanged several lives of Merit for Anning to take her place in seeking revenge.