Transmigrating into the Female Supporting Character with a Good Life

57

Terms used in Chapter 57
Just as Ruan Xi had predicted, Ruan san niang’s groundless and random suspicion on how there was a black screen in the imperial civil service examination was rapidly propagated. Under the encouragement of the people with ulterior motives, the matter was blown up to the point where it was storming in the capital, and the long-awaited palace examinations were forcibly derailed.

推波助澜 (pinyin: tui bo zhu lan) – lit. pushing the waves and adding to the billows; fig. adding fuel to the fire.
In the midst of the disturbance, there were people who believed it, some who snorted disdainfully, and others who mixed into murky waters secretly, trying to attack the Wen Family, but the majority of the common masses were just watching the commotion.

The business in the teahouses and wine ships were absolutely thriving.

The recently promoted Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Works, Earl Chengyi, who was supposed to be in high spirits right now, stalked over to the confined Ruan san niang’s courtyard in a fit of rage after he returned to the residence from the government office to severely reprimand Ruan san niang.

“Ruan Ning, you fool, you still don’t have any brains. Don’t you know that a loose tongue can cause a lot of trouble? Will you only be satisfied when you have ruined the Earl Residence?”

After being pelted by Earl Chengyi’s harsh reprimands for a period of time, Ruan san niang felt more incensed in her heart.

“I was just voicing my suspicions, I refuse to believe that other people didn’t have the same thoughts. Father, why are you making a fuss out of nothing?”

When Earl Chengyi saw that she had no intention to repent, like the matter did not concern her at all, his complexion darkened in an instant. He was so infuriated his lips were trembling, “You… You… You rebellious daughter!”

Just yesterday, he had occupied the position of the Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Works with the Wen Family’s help, and today his legitimate daughter had stabbed the huge basket. Bursts of black appeared in Earl Chengyi’s vision.

Even if there was someone who was not convinced, this rebellious daughter should not be the rafter that seized the initiative.

When Ruan san niang saw her scum father explode in anger, she felt incomparably carefree in her heart. Who told you to attach importance to si mei? Now Wen gongzi’s stinking reputation has reached far and wide, and it was highly likely that he would have no prospects in officialdom. In the previous lifetime, he had relied on his family background to become the Board of Punishment Minister, and in this lifetime, a vain and humdrum life awaited him.

Who told you to like si mei?

If the Wen Family dissolved the engagement between her fourth sister and Wen gongzi because of this matter, it would be even better.

These were the malice-filled thoughts that Ruan san niang had.

“Men come hither, escort the Third Young Lady to ancestral hall and make her kneel!”

The corners of Ruan san niang’s lips jerked. He was using this tactic again; it was just kneeling in the ancestral hall at worst. Ruan san niang did not resist, and she promptly followed two plump and thick-armed older woman-servants to depart from the room on her own accord, and she even turned her head back to instruct Yao Hong: “Remember to bring a thick blanket over.”

After that murderous pursuit that day, Yao Hong only suffered superficial injuries so she continued to serve by Ruan san niang’s side. But as she witnessed Ruan san niang create disasters, with each being more catastrophic than the last, Yao Hong was scared witless. Presently, she no longer had any intention to become Qi er gongzi’s concubine. In fact, she desperately wished that she could stay away from the Third Young Lady, for the fear that she might suddenly lose her life someday.