She transmigrated into a novel world. A book World.
Into a novel she just read, called "The Supreme Minister". What's worse? She turned into an antagonist, Shen Yueqiao who had a tragic ending in the novel.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a young man and a maid fainted on the bed. This man, Xu Huaijin would be the main antagonist in the future, and that moment, her heart sank.
In the novel, Shen Yueqiao was the youngest daughter of the Shen family, she was rude, overbearing and avaricious.
Shen Yueqiao hated the fact that her fiance, Xu Huaijin's family had fallen and become destitute. Therefore, she plotted to make him break the engagement with her by causing him to make out with the maid in her mansion, at the grand banquet for her grandfather's birthday.
"So strange. I saw Young Master Xu coming here just now, but where is he now?"
Shen Yueqiao recognized them at once because she gained all the memory of the novel. And the person who was saying was her personal maid Xiaolian. Xiaolian was trying to plot Xu Huaijin as well.
She was the one who asked Xiaolian to bring her family here, to see what was happening between Xu Huaijin and the maid.
In other words, she created hell for herself.
She could hear the footsteps were getting closer and closer.
Shen Yueqiao gritted her teeth and dragged the maid out of bed. With a wet handkerchief, she patted the maid's face and woke her up.
"Leave now if you don't want to die!"
In the novel, this maid felt she was humiliated and killed herself after the incident.
The maid woke up and was shocked to see Shen Yueqiao's face, because Shen Yueqiao's left eye was almost fully covered with a dark red mark. Then the maid turned around, saw Young Master Xu laying on the bed, shivered in fear.
She knew the story about another maid A who used to serve Shen Yueqiao. Two of Shen Yueqiao's hair fell when that A served her, and Shen Yueqiao asked other servants to shave A's hair until half bald. A could not bear it finally and ended her life in a river.
The maid recalled the story, shuddered and escaped the room through the window like a flash.
Not even a second did she hesitated.
Shen Yueqiao looked at Xu Huaijin on the bed and couldn't help feeling nervous.
"Shen Yueqiao, don't be a coward! Just do what you have to!"
But before she could wake him up, he suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes were like two ponds of deep cold water.
She suddenly thought of the description of him in the novel. "His eyes were as cold as ice, like they were gleaming with dangerous light in the dark, like a preying cheetah".
But she had no time to appreciate his charms.
The handkerchief slipped off her hand.
She gasped and felt like she would kneel down anytime.
"I couldn't explain..."
"What's happening inside!? Open the door!"
Someone shouted from outside.
Shen Yueqiao couldn't care much.
She went out of the room and closed the door immediately.
She blocked their way into the room.
"Lady... why are you here?!" Xiaolian exclaimed. Shen Yueqiao was the one who asked her to bring people here.
"I just wanted some rest after drinking the fruit wine just now. Why do you bring them here?"
Yueqiao gritted her teeth. She couldn't help shivering when she thought of what would happen next according to the novel.
Xu Huaijin's official rank that he earned through the imperial examination was taken off, and he was sent to the jail because of this incident.
When his mother who was seriously ill heard this news, she was too shocked and died of heart attack.
His younger siblings who were too young to take care of themselves, accidentally burnt down the house and could not escape the fire.
And after this series of incidents, Xu Huaijin turned into Satan who would kill anyone who blocked his way, and became the most powerful minister in the country.
The Shen family who had ruined his life, was the first target of his.
And the one who caused all these, had the worst ending in the novel.
Her legs and limbs were chopped off, and then Shen Yueqiao was dumped into the loo, sampling the infamous historical figure, Lady Wei in history.
"I, I..." Xiaolian was at a loss. "Lady, didn't you just say..."
To bring everyone here and humiliate Xu Huaijin.
Shen Yueqiao was almost convinced by Xiaolian's words.
But...
Because she read the novel, she knew every detail of the story.
Xiaolian seemed to be loyal to Shen Yueqiao, but she was actually bribed by her aunt, Mrs. Huang and was doing harm to her.
In fact, it was Xiaolian's words who made Shen Yueqiao turned rude and overbearing. Xiaolian controlled her with her words. The incident today was plotted by Aunt Huang secretly.
Mrs. Huang was jealous of her mother, because she was lower in rank compared to her mother. Therefore, Shen Yueqiao became the first target of Mrs. Huang.
"It's your grandpa's birthday today and where is Young Master Xu? Someone said he came here just now."
A plum and short woman walked towards them with a fake smile. Although she was wearing the most expensive outfit available in the market, but the harshness in her had no way to hide.
Shen Yueqiao saw a middle-age woman, her third aunt, Mrs. Huang.
Mrs. Huang was never a kind person.
"Young Master Xu?" Shen Yueqiao tilted her head and asked, "He's here to celebrate grandpa's birthday, so he must be chatting with grandpa now. You should go to the front hall if you're looking for him."
"And what are you doing here, Shen Yueqiao? Since you're not feeling well, why don't you go back to your yard?"
Shen Yueqiao rolled her eyes at her. "It's my house and I would rest at whereever I want. You don't have to bother about this."
"What?" Mrs. Huang thought to herself. "This girl always treats me better like her own mom! "
"But why is she suddenly so cold to me?"
And she shouldn't show up here.
"But we heard some rumors about Young Master Xu, if you don't let us in, we wouldn't know if the rumors are true."
"Of course the rumors wouldn't be true, or else you would not say that they are 'rumors'. A person as wise as you should know this."
"You!" What's wrong with her?!
Aunt Huang wanted to let her temper go that moment, but she wanted to maintain her kind image in front of Shen Yueqiao.
"Aunt Huang knows that you're a kind girl, but we just couldn't ignore the rumors. He's your fiancé and if he really does something like making out with the maid, could you bear it?"
Aunt Huang continued to pretend she was a kind aunt.
"Rumors wouldn't suddenly appear. He must have done something wrong and we shouldn't pretend we heard nothing. Right?"
"We would know the truth once you let us in. If he's not doing anything wrong, and then everything will be fine."
"But if he had done such a despicable thing, I must protect and fight for you."
She said this as if she had really caught Xu Huaijin making out with the maid on bed.
And she prepared to break into the room anytime.
Shen Yueqiao did not compromise. She pushed Aunt Huang away with no mercy.
Aunt Huang was shocked and fell on the ground. One side of her body even felt numb.
"What...what demonic acts have you done to me!"
Shen Yueqiao sneered in her heart, "It was just an acupuncture point. Nothing demonic was happening."
"Before 'Shen Yueqiao' was too naïve and stupid to be controlled and tricked by this idiot aunt in the novel. But I am Shen Yueqiao now. Try and fool me around."
Shen Yueqiao looked at Aunt Huang coldly.
