Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 90 - 1: The Laid-back Princess Refuses to Be Cannon Fodder (Part 1)

Chapter 90: Chapter 1: The Laid-back Princess Refuses to Be Cannon Fodder (Part 1)

"The task is over, congratulations! You’ve completed it exceptionally well and perfectly! Your task progress is one hundred percent; you’re the first in our host circle!"

Little Buding’s cheerful voice echoed in the empty room. Jiang Lai lay on the bed, quietly staring at the white expanse above, her expression indifferent.

The previous life seemed to pass quickly. A life without children did not affect the feelings between the two. Cheng Lie had treated her well for a lifetime, but in the end, she died from a disease in her fifties.

She doesn’t know what happened afterward.

Perhaps Cheng Lie lived the rest of his life peacefully, or maybe he occasionally remembered her in his later years.

In any case, time goes on; he would slowly forget her.

Even though his Heartbeat Value had long reached one hundred percent.

"Are you ready for the next task?"

"Yes."

"Alright, given your outstanding completion of the last task, the skills from the previous world will be retained, and an additional skill, ’Miracle Recovery,’ has been added. Please check it carefully. Okay, the next world starts in ten seconds.

Ten, nine, two, one!"

"Did a dog teach you math?"

Jiang Lai’s curse was quickly drowned out by the lively sound of suona.

When she came to her senses, she was already sitting in a red sedan chair, a red veil over her head, on her way to get married.

The surroundings were noisy and lively, sounds outside the sedan made Jiang Lai’s brows furrow tightly.

She lifted the veil to look at the surrounding environment; inside the sedan was stuffy and hot, the heavy coronet atop her head almost breaking her neck, and the red wedding dress was tight and constricting, extremely uncomfortable.

"Why is this damn road so long?"

"Anyway, nothing to do now; might as well receive the storyline."

Jiang Lai simply closed her eyes and leaned back, silently receiving the storyline.

In this world, she became a troublesome cannon fodder in a big heroine novel.

The heroine Luoyang, the daughter of the Princess, was later implicated by the Prince Consort’s rebellious intentions, resulting in the Princess being granted poison wine. After the Princess’s demise, Luoyang disguised herself as a palace maid to escape the Imperial Palace and sought refuge with her cousin, Prince Pingyin Murong Dun, who was newly appointed to the court.

Murong Dun was originally the third son of the reigning Emperor. Because of the embezzlement and collusion from his mother’s family, they swallowed much of the disaster relief silver taels, enraging the Emperor, who sent his mother to the Cold Palace. As for Murong Dun, he became the Emperor’s most disliked son, titled Prince Pingyin without real power, and given a meager salary, having no presence in the court.

Murong Dun had been infatuated with his cousin Luoyang since childhood, and now with her plight, he risked executing to disguise Luoyang as an ordinary maid, hiding her in the Prince’s Mansion.

And the original host, Jiang Lai, was the youngest daughter of Marquis Zhenyuan Jiang Xiong, who, after a lake outing, fell in love at first sight with the exceptionally handsome and talented Murong Dun and insisted on marrying him upon returning home.

As she was the family’s youngest and most adored daughter, the original host’s personality was spoiled and stubborn. She cried, made a fuss, and threatened to hang herself until her father agreed to let her marry Murong Dun.

Eventually, Jiang Xiong had no choice but to petition the Emperor for an imperial marriage.

After the imperial marriage decree was issued, Jiang Xiong worried his daughter wouldn’t adjust to living in Murong Dun’s ruined Pingyin Mansion, so he gifted a mansion near the Imperial City to Jiang Lai as dowry.

Thus, post-marriage, Murong Dun moved in with his entire family into the new mansion. Their poverty-stricken lifestyle drastically changed, thanks to Jiang Lai’s substantial dowry, upgrading their living standards luxuriously, especially Murong Dun’s mother from the Cold Palace, now adorned in silk attire, shedding her former destitute appearance.

Nevertheless, Murong Dun felt nothing but disgust for Jiang Lai, whom he was forced to marry, because he loved his cousin and now had to marry someone he didn’t love in front of her.

So on the wedding day, he took Luoyang horseback riding up the mountain to watch the sunrise, leaving the original host alone, guarding the empty house.

The next day, because no one guided her to offer tea, she upset the old lady and was punished to clean the ancestral hall that night.

Unexpectedly, a cat raised by Luoyang snuck into the ancestral hall to eat the offerings, and when the old lady came to pray, she found the offerings missing and suspected Jiang Lai of being greedy. The result was Jiang Lai kneeling before her ancestors all night.

The original host had a façade but was weak-minded; at home, she was pampered and complacent. After marriage, because of her obstinacy leading her father to say, "Once married, you’re no longer my daughter," the original host genuinely believed her father had abandoned her.

Thus, she lived cautiously before Murong Dun, her words unyielding but actions consisting solely of ingratiating and flattering, even serving the old lady.

During this time, Luoyang volunteered to be Jiang Lai’s maid to investigate if Jiang Lai’s father, Jiang Xiong, was the mastermind behind the Prince Consort’s rebellion.

After all, the Prince Consort belonged to the Civilian Faction, while Jiang Xiong was from the Martial Faction, and the two factions were always at odds. To solidify his position, Jiang Xiong framed the Prince Consort, leading to the Princess’s demise.

Luoyang aimed to validate her suspicions through Jiang Lai, getting close to Jiang Lai, comforting her after Murong Dun brushed her aside, and teaching her how to win favor with Murong Dun and the old lady.

The original host’s nature was naive, quickly trusting Luoyang.

After all, following Luoyang’s advice indeed won her more favorable treatment from Murong Dun. Unknowingly, Luoyang had already informed Murong Dun of her scheme behind Jiang Lai’s back.

Thus, Luoyang became Jiang Lai’s best friend in a large mansion, being the only person Jiang Lai could confide in. Jiang Lai regarded her as a close sister, even under Luoyang’s persuasion, voluntarily apologized to and reconciled with her father.

Jiang Xiong had long stopped being angry with Jiang Lai, even arranging people to send goods to the Prince Mansion, unaware that all these good things were taken by Murong Dun, with portions given to the old lady and Luoyang, leaving only unvalued items sent to Jiang Lai.

Jiang Xiong, being inarticulate, would certainly not mention to his daughter what he had sent, causing Jiang Lai to remain oblivious to how much of her entitled goods had been distributed to others.

When the time was right, Jiang Lai accompanied Murong Dun on her first visit home, and Luoyang, as the close maid, accompanied them.

That night, following Luoyang’s advice, Jiang Lai brought good wine and drank a few glasses with Jiang Xiong.

A lover of alcohol, Jiang Xiong, drank all the wine Jiang Lai brought. The next day, deeply intoxicated, he never woke again.

Jiang Xiong was poisoned, with a strong toxin and no cure. After three days of suffering, he died at fifty in his prime.