The Supporting Female Character Enters the Game, the Crazy Crown Prince Slowly Falls Deeply in Love - Chapter 1

The sounds of cicadas in the courtyard were loud, one after another, as is common in the heat of summer.

When Chunlan (Spring Orchid) entered the room, she instinctively held her breath, her footsteps becoming much lighter.

She looked past the barely visible screen toward the young woman by the window—

Her eyebrows, like distant mountains traced in ink, could elicit the most captivating charm with a slight arch. Her skin was as white as snow, flushed with a faint blush, like… like a peach blossom in spring, so delicate it made one’s heart tremble.

Although Chunlan hadn’t left the manor many times, she knew that her young mistress’s appearance was hard to find even throughout the entire capital city.

“Mistress, a new batch of fabrics was just sent over from Luoshang Pavilion, and they are waiting in the courtyard now,” she whispered, lowering her head as she recovered her senses.

Jiang Yao heard the movement and turned around, seeing the quail-like Chunlan. She couldn’t help but sigh.

Three days.

It had been three days since she transmigrated, and she had only just managed to accept the fact that she was now inside a novel.

Jiang Yao, the second young lady of the Jiang manor, was the tragic cannon fodder supporting female character in the original book.

“Has Elder Sister already made her selection?” Jiang Yao asked softly, with a hint of a probe in her tone.

Chunlan thought, “Sure enough,” the Mistress still compared everything to the eldest young lady.

She knelt on the ground and quietly replied: “The fabrics entered the manor today, and according to the rules, they were sent to the main courtyard first…”

“However, the eldest young lady didn’t choose anything and had them sent over exactly as they were…”

In the past, the various clothing fabrics always went to the Mistress’s courtyard first for her to select!

But now the eldest young lady had an engagement with Prince Jin, making her the future Princess Consort. Naturally, the manor had to prioritize the eldest young lady in everything.

Based on the Mistress’s former sharp and competitive personality, she was bound to throw a fit for several days.

Jiang Yao noticed Chunlan kneeling and subconsciously reached out to help her up. Sensing something was wrong, she stopped her hand mid-air and pulled it back.

Fortunately, Chunlan kept her head down and didn’t see this.

“Get up. Elder Sister’s wedding date is set; of course, she should be the priority,” Jiang Yao said calmly.

Chunlan was surprised by this. Since when was her Mistress so considerate?

“Tell them to leave for now. I’m not in the mood today.”

Jiang Yao’s face was still pale, and she coughed lightly twice.

Chunlan thought she was still angry with the master of the house and couldn’t help but advise: “Mistress, why quarrel with the Master? Everyone in the Jiang manor knows you are the one the Master dotes on the most. You are newly recovered from a serious illness; please don’t hurt yourself further over such trivial matters.”

Five days ago, the Mistress had a huge argument with the Master. The matter reached the Old Madam, and the Mistress was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for several hours. The original owner was also fiercely stubborn; she knelt through the entire punishment without uttering a sound and developed a high fever that very night upon returning.

Jiang Yao was startled, her words carrying a slight hesitation: “If Father had agreed to me, why would I quarrel with him?”

After all, the original book was written from the female protagonist’s perspective, and the original supporting character was mostly glossed over. Jiang Yao wasn’t sure about the original owner’s personality, so she had to rely on guesswork to answer.

Chunlan didn’t react much and offered another word of comfort: “The Master naturally loves you dearly, but he is out of the manor these past few days. When he returns, you will still be the most favored young lady in the house.”

“Even though the Master hasn’t agreed to give you that marriage match, he is still very attentive to your marriage arrangements.”

Jiang Yao paused slightly, a flicker of surprise flashing in her eyes.

The original owner quarreled with her father because she wanted to claim that marriage match for herself?

She waved her hand toward Chunlan: “I understand. You may leave for now.”

Chunlan nodded slightly and said respectfully: “Then please rest, Mistress. This servant will take her leave.”

With that, she slowly turned and quietly tiptoed toward the door, afraid of disturbing Jiang Yao. The doctor had said it was a miracle the Mistress’s fever broke, and she needed to rest properly now.

However, Chunlan thought to herself, the Mistress’s temper used to be somewhat volatile, often getting into arguments over small things, but now, her temperament had become much gentler. The servants in the courtyard all said the Mistress had walked a mile through the gates of hell, and her state of mind had changed as a result.

The room was left with only Jiang Yao. She gently raised her slender arm and waved it slowly in front of her eyes. The jade bangle on her wrist made a crisp sound with her movements.

Jiang Yao slowly got up and walked to the dressing table to sit down.

Her reflection appeared in the bronze mirror.

Jiang Yao was born with a beautiful appearance, and the remnants of her serious illness added a touch of fragility. Anyone looking at her would see a pampered and delicate “Little White Flower.”

Unfortunately, she lacked a brain.

Prince Jin was the male protagonist of the original book; she actually wanted to steal that marriage match?

Jiang Yao reached up and rubbed her forehead, recalling the original owner’s final fate.

She sighed. “She” later dared to covet the Regent Prince.

The eldest young lady and Prince Jin that Chunlan mentioned were the male and female protagonists of this book.

Recalling the content of the original book, Jiang Yao couldn’t help but feel a thread of black lines growing on her forehead (speechless).

The original book was titled something like The Carefree Prince’s Beloved Concubine. She thought it was a short, sweet romance and clicked into it confusedly.

The male protagonist was a carefree prince who fell in love with the female protagonist at first sight during a chance encounter and requested an imperial decree from his elder brother, the Emperor, to grant the marriage. The female protagonist initially had no impression of him. It was a story of marriage first, love later, and it was indeed quite sweet.

But as she kept reading, the Emperor became seriously ill, the Regent Prince took sole charge of the court, and the male protagonist was forced into court struggles, beginning to play power games, followed by all sorts of misunderstandings. He felt she was only distant toward him; she felt he loved someone else.

The story shockingly became over 600 chapters of “Angst and Deep Love.”

She was already stressed from work.

Jiang Yao instantly lost the desire to keep reading.

It must have been the male protagonist pursuing his wife into a “crematorium” (chasing her back desperately), then sincerely confessing, the female protagonist realizing she misunderstood him, and the two getting back together.

A turd covered in chocolate.

Jiang Yao scratched her head in frustration. Wang Baochuan slept for one night and found herself ranked second on the list of vegetable dishes. (A Chinese idiom referring to someone realizing the absurdity of their suffering). She was so angry she couldn’t sleep all night, and the next moment she opened her eyes, she transmigrated.

The character she transmigrated into wasn’t particularly major but wasn’t minor either. She was Jiang Yao, the illegitimate younger sister of Jiang Ying (the female protagonist).

The original owner’s mother died young, so Jiang Mingji (their father), clinging to the memory of the original owner’s mother, doted on the original owner lavishly. It could be said that Jiang Yao was raised single-handedly by Jiang Mingji into a thorny cactus. This led to Jiang Yao’s fearless, lawless nature, making her the vicious supporting female character of the early story. Why only the early story?

Because she didn’t survive to the later stages!

According to the original book, after Jiang Ying became engaged to Prince Jin, Jiang Yao was resentful and determined to marry someone superior to Jiang Ying. Arrogantly, she set her sights on the reigning Regent Prince, Xiao Jing. Ignoring the objections of her father and Jiang Ying, she climbed into the Regent Prince’s bed.

But the Regent Prince, Xiao Jing, only used Jiang Yao and held no genuine affection for her. Later, when the Emperor passed away and Xiao Jing took sole control of the court, she was tortured to death in less than half a year.

“Mistress, this is the preserved fruit the eldest young lady sent over. Should we throw it away?”

The voice of Xiachen (Summer Cicada) suddenly sounded outside the door.

Jiang Yao realized she hadn’t seen the female protagonist since transmigrating.

She became curious and called out: “Chunlan, accompany me to Elder Sister’s courtyard.”

Before leaving, Jiang Yao looked around the room.

The Minister of Revenue was a lucrative position, and her cheap father was extremely fond of the original owner. Eight or nine out of ten of the imperial rewards ended up in her room.

Her gaze stopped at the dressing table. She reached out and took the small box into her hand.

“Let’s go.”