Chapter 8: The Vicious Supporting Character Makes a Grand Entrance

It turned out that the Prince of Li had long been involved with her younger sister, Mu Xue. However, Mu Xue had other suitors and was unwilling to marry the Prince. Not wanting to lose this opportunity, she knew her sister was less attractive and unlikely to win the Prince’s favor, so she asked her sister to return and stand in for her.

The Prince of Li came to the Chancellor Chu’s residence to discuss the marriage. While Mu Qing was walking in the backyard, she happened upon the Prince and Mu Xue confessing their feelings for each other. The Prince looked down on Mu Qing, while Mu Xue tearfully lamented her sister’s misfortune, pointing out that since Mu Qing was older, if she married first, Mu Qing would never find a husband. She urged the Prince to marry her sister instead.

Surprisingly, the Prince was truly deceived and agreed to Mu Xue’s request, though he was simultaneously thinking of forging an alliance with the Chu Chancellor through marriage.

“That sister is so hateful and shameless. Even if she dislikes her sister, how could she let her stand in for her?” Mu Qing thought bitterly.

Later, Mu Qing went to purchase a precious item, wearing a mask to attend an auction at the Treasury Pavilion. There, she exchanged sarcastic words with the Palace Master of the Purple Mist Palace. Chaos erupted, and a fight broke out among the crowd. During the turmoil, Mu Qing’s mask slipped off, revealing her stunning face, which astonished everyone present—including her fiancé, the Prince of Li.

At this point, Jian Hang’s tightly wound nerves finally relaxed, and the pent-up anger inside him erupted.

On the night of her wedding, when Mu Qing was mocked by the Prince for her bland looks and told to be obedient and not hope for his heart, she poisoned him, causing unbearable itching and forcing him to soak in cold water in the middle of the night.

The next day, Mu Qing and the Prince attended a palace banquet, only to become the spectacle for other princes. The Prince, embarrassed and ridiculed, vented his anger on Mu Qing. Unwilling to suffer in silence, Mu Qing drugged him to vomit publicly. In her hurry to escape, she even stepped on his pants, causing them to fall down. The noble prince’s dignity was utterly lost.

“Hahaha, that fool truly deserved it,” Jian Hang laughed heartily, seeing the proud nobleman’s facade utterly shattered.

Noble families had many banquets to attend. After Mu Qing became the princess, she was invited to watch a polo match. Though initially just a spectator, she was urged by a group to participate, eager to witness her comeuppance.

As Mu Qing went to change, she encountered an elderly maid who exclaimed, “Madam, is that you?”

And so ended Volume Two.

Jian Hang exhaled deeply, feeling that, although absurd, this story was not without merit. Though fictitious, it revealed genuine humanity. The clever and cunning Mu Qing, the scheming Mu Xue, the arrogant Prince of Li—all vividly brought to life by the author’s pen, as if they truly existed.

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