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Chapter 1: The entire Marquis's mansion was wiped out.
Qin Wanying opened her eyes and found herself sitting in a not-so-spacious room.
Looking down, I saw that she was wearing a brown, wide-sleeved coarse cloth robe, which did not look like modern clothing.
Not only that, her whole body was swaying slightly with the wooden floor beneath her feet.
Judging from this feeling, am I on a ship?
A memory that wasn't mine flooded my mind.
She crossed.
She transmigrated into a villainous novel she had read before, where both the male and female protagonists were villains.
And she is the tragic female supporting character in this villainous novel who opposes the female lead, the second young lady of the Dingbei Marquis's mansion, Qin Wanying, who shares the same name as the female lead.
Qin Wanying was originally an orphan in modern times, and grew up in an orphanage.
The Qin Wanying in this novel has a similar background to her. She was kidnapped when she was young, but managed to escape and ended up growing up in Beitianfang, which was an ancient orphanage. In Beitianfang, she often went hungry and was forced to do hard labor. She was either beaten or scolded, and her hands would get frostbite in the winter.
Fortunately, Qin Wanying was found by the Marquis's mansion.
The entire Hou family doted on their second young lady, who had been lost and found again, allowing Qin Wanying, who had suffered hardship since childhood, to finally experience the warmth of a home.
Her whole family are amazing people.
My grandfather was a Grand General who served as a Defender of the State. He guarded the frontier for thirty years, quelled many wars, and made great contributions to the Yao Kingdom.
My father was a general who defended the country. He was stabbed seventeen times while fighting on the battlefield, but he still fought bravely and eventually defeated the enemy. However, he was left with a chronic illness and could not stand or travel for long periods of time.
My elder brother was an official in the court. He was honest and incorruptible, never accepted bribes, and was wholeheartedly devoted to the country and the people.
The third brother was a businessman who used his private treasury to provide relief to disaster victims during famines, and donated 10,000 taels of gold to the country when the national treasury was empty.
My fourth brother was a doctor. During the epidemic, he prepared medicines to save the people, and he risked his life to test the poison on himself, almost vomiting blood and dying.
The entire Dingbei Marquis's family was loyal and devoted to the country. However, after the villainous male and female protagonists rebelled, they falsely accused the Dingbei Marquis's family of treason and collusion with the enemy, resulting in the execution of the entire family.
The entire family, from septuagenarians to three-year-old children, was affected.
Not only that, his head was hung at the city gate for ten days, where he was spat on by thousands of people.
Even the eldest sister and second brother, who had already died, were exhumed and their corpses whipped.
Qin Wanying, who had offended the female lead, watched helplessly as her family members were beheaded in front of her after she finally found them who doted on her. Then, the female lead gouged out her eyes, cut off her tongue, and slowly tortured her to death.
While reading the novel, Qin Wanying was so angry that she cursed the author and the male and female protagonists. Then, she transmigrated into the novel and became the tragic female supporting character.
Qin Wanying almost fainted.
Other people who time-travel always live a life of wealth and glory, either as the female lead or the emperor.
Why did she end up so tragically?
No way! She must change her tragic fate and refuse to be this cannon fodder supporting character!
As Qin Wanying was thinking, the door was pushed open, and a maid-like person walked in.
"Second Miss, the boat is about to reach the ferry. I reckon the Marquis and his wife are eager to see you."
Qin Wanying sorted through her memories and realized where she was in the current timeline.
This is her first day back at the Marquis's residence, and she will soon be able to see her parents.
At the ferry crossing, Marquis Dingbei and his wife had been waiting for an hour.
Actually, the ship wasn't late; it was sailing on schedule.
However, Marquis Qin Yezhong of Dingbei and his wife Yang Xiurong were so eager to see their daughter that they were afraid she would be disappointed if she didn't see them when she got off the boat. So they left an hour early, thinking that it was better for them to wait for their daughter than for her to wait for them.
For years, the couple has been blaming themselves for losing their daughter.
They never gave up searching for their daughter.
The entire nation searched everywhere they could, spending countless resources, and finally found traces of their daughter in a remote county.
They felt they owed their daughter a great debt and wanted to spend the rest of their lives making it up to her.
In the days leading up to her daughter's return home, Yang Xiurong meticulously prepared. She bought hundreds of fine clothes, countless pieces of jewelry, and instructed the chef to prepare delicacies as soon as her daughter arrived. She wanted to give her the very best of everything.
The Marquis's household was always quite frugal, and Yang Xiurong used her own dowry to buy these things. But she was more than happy to spend money on her daughter!
Qin Yezhong had a leg ailment, so he couldn't stand or walk for long. After waiting for an hour, he was in great pain, but there was no impatience in his eyes. On the contrary, he was overjoyed because he was about to see his daughter!
Qin Wanying on the ship still looked ashen-faced.
She wanted to turn her life around and change her tragic fate, but after comparing her own strength with that of the male and female protagonists, she felt it was as difficult as climbing to the sky.
The female protagonist, Yan Yuelan, is the daughter of the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, a high-ranking official of the second rank. The Minister of the Imperial Secretariat oversees the six ministries and wields immense power.
Her mother was the daughter of the Imperial Censor. Who was the Imperial Censor? He was equivalent to the highest leader of the procuratorate, and all officials had to show him respect.
The female lead is the legitimate daughter of a noble family. It's an absolute game-changer from the start.
As for the male protagonist, Xiao Dongqian, he is the sixth prince of the current emperor, and is known as the War King. He has military power and commands 200,000 troops.
His mother was a virtuous concubine, and his uncle commanded the palace guards. He also won over many powerful officials, including the Minister of Revenue and some local governors.
Of course, these forces were gradually built up through the protagonist's efforts.
However, after Qin Wanying transmigrated, the male protagonist had already grown powerful.
With less than a year to go, the male protagonist is about to launch a rebellion, and the first thing he will do after ascending the throne is to purge those who have stood in his way.
Marquis Dingbei was the regent appointed by the emperor to assist the crown prince. He faithfully carried out his orders and was of one mind with the crown prince, often opposing the male protagonist.
As a result, his entire family was executed.
Qin Wanying felt that the current situation was extremely difficult.
If she had traveled to this world two years earlier, when the male lead, Xiao Dongqian, was still relatively weak, she could have dealt with him.
But now he has both troops and power, and even the emperor has to be wary of him.
Or, why not just latch onto the male and female leads?
Impossible, it simply won't work. The feud between the male protagonist and the Marquis's mansion has been brewing for a long time.
Moreover, the Dingbei Marquis's mansion consists entirely of loyal officials who would disdain associating with a treacherous and ruthless person like Xiao Dongqian.
So, what should she do?
She suddenly remembered that transmigrators usually have a system or something, so could she also bind herself to a system and get a cheat code or something?
"System?" she tried calling out.
As soon as I finished speaking, a mechanical female voice came from beside me.
[Ding! System binding successful! 0934 is at your service!]
(There is a male lead, but the romance develops slowly and comes later.)