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That night, the banquet was filled with clinking glasses and the sounds of string and wind instruments.

Qi Yitang sat upright beside the emperor, her hair piled high, her eyebrows thick, her face almond-shaped and her eyebrows willow-leaf-shaped. Her begonia-patterned palace dress made her skin appear as white as snow, charming and beautiful, as if she were the only color in the palace.

Her hands were clenched tightly, her body stiff, and it was unclear what she was nervous about.

Xie Ling saw Qi Yitang's unease, and the faint smile on her lips turned into a deep self-mockery, her dark eyes filled with a chilling coldness.

After several rounds of drinks...

Below, Xie Jingyu's expression had become anxious, even implying urging.

Qi Yitang secretly cheered herself up, then poured the wine containing the aphrodisiac and presented it to the emperor, "Your Majesty..."

Suddenly, she felt a splitting headache, and then rows of golden text flashed before her eyes: [Here it comes, the villainous female supporting character is going to poison the villain!]

[Heh, the female supporting character thinks she's on the fifth level, but the emperor's actually in the atmosphere.]

What is that?

Qi Yitang looked around and saw that everyone's expression was normal, without the slightest sign of anything amiss.

...Only she can see it? Could it be some kind of celestial book?

[This female supporting character is incredibly stupid. The male lead belongs to the female lead; does she really think he'll marry her and make her his empress?]

[How could the male lead be accused of exploitation? Which emperor has clean hands? It's all about the victor, not the vanquished.]

Sigh, I almost feel sorry for the villain. Actually, the emperor is quite diligent in his duties; he's just too love-struck. Tsk tsk tsk, a heart full of sincerity given to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the gutter...

[Hurry up and take down that villainous female supporting character! I'm still waiting to see my precious daughter.]

[It's almost here! After the villainous emperor dies, the male lead ascends the throne, and the entire female supporting character's family is gone—some dead, some crippled. So satisfying!]

[I think the author messed up the later parts. It felt like the story was just for the sake of being entertaining. The female supporting character is indeed vicious, but the deaths of her family members were too innocent. Her sister-in-law was raped, and her little niece was eaten by wolves in the wilderness. Is this a sweet story or a revenge story? It's so inhumane...]

Upon seeing this, Qi Yitang's heart skipped a beat, and her face instantly turned pale.

What does this mean?

She was a villainous supporting character in a storybook, while Brother Yu was the male lead; he was just using her…

The comments were fragmented, but every word was piercing, making Qi Yitang feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

She poisoned the emperor for his sake, but instead of becoming his wife, her entire family met a tragic end.

Her face was as white as paper, and her body trembled uncontrollably. In Xie Ling's eyes, this was proof of her guilt and fear.

"What does Tangtang want to do?" He stared at her intently, as if waiting for a result.

The wine has already been poured; now it's a dilemma.

Qi Yitang looked like a kitten caught doing something wrong, her fur standing on end. She tremblingly held the wine bottle to Xie Ling's lips.

He looked exactly like someone with Parkinson's disease.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant will pour you some wine..."

[His wife drugged him for another man; this scoundrel emperor is devastated.]

[Rubbing my hands in anticipation! I've been waiting for this imprisonment play, doing it every day with such fervor, until I'm completely lost in it, until I'm practically dying—]

[Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious; when has the female supporting character ever been so proactive...? Baby, you're really being silly.]

[Still calling her a baby? This female supporting character is both stupid and wicked; even a paramecium is more evolved than her.]

[Hilarious, not that clever.]

"..." I get it now, you're calling me brainless.

Xie Ling took the wine glass, but instead of drinking it all in one gulp, he lifted her chin and rubbed it intimately with his fingertips. "Tangtang, are you nervous?"

"Or is there something in this wine?"

Qi Yitang's eyelashes trembled slightly as she retorted, "No, there's nothing in the wine..."

"Oh?" Xie Ling has a special constitution and has suffered hardship since childhood, so ordinary medicines cannot cause him any harm.

He stared at the wine vessel, his eyes darkening, then suddenly chuckled, "Why do I feel that this tastes a little off?"

At the foot of the palace steps, Xie Jingyu's heart leaped into his throat.

Qi Yitang dug her fingertips into her palm to barely calm herself down. No, she couldn't let the plot lead her by the nose.

Think of a solution quickly!

Quick-thinking, Qi Yitang took Xie Ling's hand, tilted her head back, and drank the wine in her cup in one gulp. "Really, there isn't any. Let me taste it for you..."

[Huh? Why did the female supporting character suddenly change the script?]

I don't understand this...

Xie Ling's pupils constricted sharply, and he quickly grabbed her chin, "Spit it out!"

The potent aphrodisiac worked quickly; a blush spread from her ears to her collarbone. Qi Yitang's face was flushed, and in her dazed state, she stumbled into the familiar scent of ambergris, hearing her own soft moan, "It's so spicy... I can't throw it up..."

Her breath was sweet and fragrant. "It's so hot... I feel terrible, Your Majesty..."

Replacing poison with an aphrodisiac—what a novel way to think!

The sudden sharp turn strained my back.

[Author, something's not right. The plot is a bit messed up. How did the female supporting character replace the poison with an aphrodisiac and then drink it herself?]

The wine wasn't poisoned, but she was clearly affected...

Xie Ling's eyes darkened, and he picked her up horizontally.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, the emperor carried the imperial concubine and strode towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Xie Jingyu's expression changed drastically. In his mind's eye, he had a premonition that something had slipped out of his control.

*****

Qi Yitang only remembered fragmented details of what happened afterward.

Burning lips, scalding hands, and the repeated whispers of "Tangtang" in her ear...

Back to the present, Qi Yitang pieced together the story from the comments.

"The Empress Runs Away with the Baby, and the Domineering Emperor Pampers Her" is a sweet yet heart-wrenching melodramatic novel. She is the foolish and vicious supporting character, while Ning Nishang, who is an orphan living in her house, is the true female lead.

She was spoiled from a young age and always wanted to get whatever she wanted.

Ning Nishang, who lived under someone else's roof, was like a contrast to her. She was sensible and polite, spoke softly, and even the little white flowers on her embroidered handkerchief exuded a pitiful charm.

Everyone in the entire household liked her.

Qi Yitang didn't understand why her parents, brother, and sister-in-law always sided with outsiders.

Even her favorite butter cakes would be sent to Ning Nishang's courtyard first by the nanny.

After her hysterical outburst, she became estranged from her closest relatives. Even her third brother said, "Tangtang, you should learn from your cousin's gentleness and stop being so willful."

Forced into the palace, Xie Jingyu used Ning Nishang, who bore a resemblance to her, as a substitute, pouring all the kindness he had shown her onto Ning Nishang.

As things continued this way, Ning Nishang naturally fell in love with Xie Jingyu.

after that……

Xie Jingyu used every trick in the book, both overt and covert, and finally succeeded in killing the villain and becoming emperor himself.

As with all clichéd plot developments, the male lead initially treats the female lead as a substitute, but later the substitute becomes the real deal.

In the storybook, she was like a clown jumping around. After Xie Jingyu ascended the throne, she waited expectantly for the edict to make her empress, but all she received was the news that Ning Nishang was crowned with a phoenix crown.

She didn't think it was the scoundrel's fault; instead, she targeted the female lead at every turn and acted recklessly.

How ridiculous.

She truly believed that the man kept her in the palace out of consideration for their past relationship, unaware that she was merely a spice in the emperor's amorous pursuits—the fiercer the battle between her and Ning Nishang, the more intrigued Xie Jingyu became.

He simply enjoys watching two women fight tooth and nail for his favor.

It wasn't until Ning Nishang disappeared with her unborn child that Xie Jingyu finally realized who he loved, and thus began his arduous journey to win her back.

It was a tale of epic romance, filled with hundreds of melodramatic events, but ultimately it became a legendary love story of an "emperor and empress for all time."

As for her, her whole family met a tragic end, becoming rotting flesh and corpses on Xie Jingyu's path to the throne.

So this is how her fate as a "vicious supporting female character" ends.

Qi Yitang's eyes were red-rimmed. "Good, very good."

This time, she wanted to see if this "destined male lead" would have such good luck again.

He climbed to power by stepping on her corpse; only he knows whether it hurt his backside or not!