...beep, beep...
"Excuse me, host, do you want to bind to the vicious supporting female character system?"
"Host, please respond within three seconds. The host will die of a heart attack if you do not bind to this system."
"Three, two, one."
Xie Shang listened to the mechanical sound in her ear dazedly, and a dull ache started in her chest, which suddenly developed into a sharp, stifling, unbearable pain, and she felt as if her heart was being squeezed.
"Bind to the system."
"OK, dear host, all done."
Xie Shang felt herself becoming indescribably heavy, as if she had been physically bound to something. But then, all of a sudden, that stiffness, as well as her earlier discomfort, completely disappeared, and her entire body relaxed.
Xie Shang opened her eyes abruptly, and what entered her line of vision were the bed curtains made of golden linen, the finely carved king-sized bed made of Phoebe wood, and the exquisite and elegant treasure shelf, on which all kinds of precious antiques and treasures were displayed.
'What happened? Where am I? Wasn't I blocking the knife for my brother? Am I dead?'
Xie Shang was thinking about it when a voice suddenly sounded in her mind.
'It should be the system that I had previously bound to.'
"Dear host, your body is in a vegetative state. The host would have died if it hadn't been for our vicious supporting female character system. Now that we are bound to the host, the host can revive herself by earning points."
When Xie Shang heard this, she was overjoyed, because she and her brother Xie Xuan had promised to look after each other for life. If she died, her brother must be very sad.
"How do I get points?"
The system explained casually, "Dear host, we are a vicious supporting female character system. Naturally, we do bad things. We can get points for doing bad things. In our set of systems, points are obtained through human emotions. This particular system depends on anger to get points. In other words, if you anger the other party, the other party's bad mood is your points."
"Dear, the more angry the other party is, the more points you will get, so try to make them as angry as possible. By the way, dear, every day you must make at least one person really, really angry. If you don't, you will die. "
Hearing the latter part of the system's explanation, Xie Shang's face darkened, and she was about to ask again when she heard someone walking over.
"Dr Zhao, hurry up. Our Noble Consort was pushed down by the Consort of Reverent Benignity and hit the back of her head, then became unconscious, and she hasn't woken up yet. Will something happen to her?"
"If something happens to the lady, the Lord will not let the Consort of Reverent Benignity go."
"Shut up, what are you talking about?" said the previous voice, a bit sternly.
Xie Shang was at a loss for a while. Considering that she didn't know anything about the ongoing situation, she quickly asked the system, "System, do you have the memory of the body I'm in?"
"Yes, yes, wait a minute."
After the system's response, Xie Shang felt a sharp pain in her head, and an influx of pictures flashed in her mind like a movie.
Although she didn't have time to look at the details, she made out a general impression that she had transmigrated to become the direct daughter of the Right Prime Minister of the Great Xia Dynasty. In addition to that, recently, she has also become the Noble Consort of the dynasty.
[T/N: direct daughter = daughter born to first wife (as opposed to that born to a concubine)]
As for why she had passed out previously, it was because the Consort of Reverent Benignity had mocked her that it had already been three days since she had entered the palace, yet she had not been favored by His Majesty.
The original owner was embarrassed and got so angry that she strode up to the Consort of Reverent Benignity and slapped her. How could the Consort of Reverent Benignity endure this humiliation? After all, being the niece of the Empress Dowager, she has always regarded herself as the Princess of the dynasty.
So she started fighting with the original owner. In the end, the Consort of Reverent Benignity pushed the original owner down, causing her to hit her head and pass out.
In fact, the original owner had already died. In other words, the Consort of Reverent Benignity had killed her.
Before Xie Shang could analyze this matter thoroughly, three people, who had just crossed the threshold of the door of the room, saw that she had already woken up.
The pretty woman, who was leading the group, came up by her bedside and exclaimed, "Your Highness, are you awake?"
Xie Shang recognized the person speaking in front of her. This was Hongyu, the maid in waiting she had brought with her from her family.
In addition to Hongyu, Lanyu, who came up to her other side, was also brought into the palace from her parents' home.
Father and Mother Xie had carefully selected these two palace maids to accompany her into the palace.
Xie Shang's expression turned gentle because she knew that she could trust these two.
"Well, I've woken up, but my head hurts."
Hongyu's face changed slightly, and she turned to look at the tall young woman standing at the door.
"Dr Zhao, please check Her Highness to see if there are any problems. She must have hit her head hard."
Dr Zhao stepped forward to check Xie Shang's pulse before inspecting the wound on the back of her head.
"Greetings to the Noble Consort, because of the impact of the collision, the back of the head has swelled up a bit, and the lady's head might feel a bit heavy due to blood stagnation. This Imperial Physician will prescribe some medicines for the lady to reduce the swelling and remove the stagnated blood, as well as some other medicines to soothe the nerves and nourish the brain, and the rest, everything's fine."
Xie Shang nodded slightly and said, "Thank you."
Dr Zhao was surprised that this madam was so polite. And besides, didn't they say that the daughter of Right Prime Minister Xie's family was arrogant and domineering?
Before Dr Zhao could say anything, the shrill voice of the eunuch came in from outside the hall.
"His Majesty, the Emperor, is here."
The three people in the hall turned towards the door and knelt down as soon as they heard the announcement.
"The imperial physician (slave) greets the Emperor."
Xie Shang also turned around to look at the door. She wanted to see the stunning appearance of the Emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty with her own eyes. After all, one ought to know that the original owner was determined to enter the palace just because of the Emperor's beauty.
In fact, the Xie family was vehemently opposed to the idea of letting her enter the palace, and her parents had repeatedly denied fulfilling this wish of hers. At last, she ran to the Empress Dowager and decided to tell her that she liked the Emperor.
The Empress Dowager decreed instantly that she would enter the palace to accompany the king, and she was given the title of the Noble Consort of the dynasty.
It's a pity that the emperor made it clear that he didn't like her. Even though she had been in the palace for three days, he refused to come to her palace for even a mere walk.
"Dear host, you haven't angered someone to death today. You will die if you don't do it," the system in her head chimed in.
Xie Shang's face turned gloomy, but then she thought she could resurrect herself with full points. So she immediately became energetic.
Instead of waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to come, she rushed down from the king-sized bed, threw herself at His Majesty's feet, and hugged his legs and a melodious cry rang out.
"Your Majesty, you must take good care of me, your consort. Woo, woo."