The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 2
Liu Li was stunned for a few seconds, then shoved the mirror into Yu’er’s hands and lay back down. However, she forgot that she was sleeping on a porcelain pillow, and the back of her head suffered another not-so-light blow, causing her to almost cry out in pain: “You may all withdraw for now.”
Jiao’er wanted to say something more: “County Princess…”
“Withdraw.”
Liu Li pulled the blanket over herself, covering herself inside. Hearing the footsteps of the three servants leaving, she began to think to herself.
Jiao’er, Yan’er, Yu’er, Di’er…
These were precisely the four personal servants of Princess Chun Ning in “The West Wind at Dusk.”
County Princess Chun Ning didn’t have many scenes. The reason Liu Li was able to quickly realize her identity was because the names of these four servants, Jiao Yan Yu Di, were truly unique and rustic.
In Liu Li’s memory of the original story, County Princess Chun Ning was willful and arrogant, often beating and scolding young girls, relying on her power to bully others. In the end, she was killed by the female lead Ning Zisheng with a single sword strike, and her entire family was also cleanly and decisively slaughtered. Her ending was extremely tragic.
In short, County Princess Chun Ning was simply a cannon fodder female supporting character in this world. Because she offended the female lead, she wasn’t even worthy of having her name mentioned.
The most urgent task at hand was to understand whether this world she was in was actually the “The West Wind at Dusk” from the novel.
“Come in!”
The three servants returned to Liu Li’s bedroom again, not surprised by her orders to enter and leave alternately. They seemed to have already become accustomed to County Princess Chun Ning’s fickle nature.
Liu Li sat up again, her expression solemn: “What is my name?”
The three of them exchanged glances, not daring to answer.
The county princess had a stubborn and unreasonable temperament. Although the few of them grew up with her and could be considered to have a deep relationship with her, they were also extremely careful, afraid of angering her.
Yan’er had told them about the strangeness earlier. Now, the county princess was actually asking her own name, making them completely clueless.
Liu Li had a quick temper and was a little impatient, so she asked again: “What is my name?”
In the end, the county princess’s words could not be ignored. After a moment, Yu’er stepped forward and said: “This servant dares to ask for the princess’s forgiveness. The county princess’s surname is Liu, and her given name is Li.”
Same name? That’s quite a coincidence.
Liu Li’s mind was racing. Now she was in a different world, and she was also a newcomer. The servants were with the original owner day and night, so they were very familiar with her. Changing a person under the same shell would definitely not be able to hide it from them.
The most urgent task was to find a way to silence them.
People in ancient times had feudal thoughts. If Liu Li didn’t think of a way to muddle through, she would probably be thought to be “possessed by evil spirits,” and then it would be difficult to explain. If these few little girls had loose mouths and spread rumors, and then caused Liu Li to be burned to death, that would be truly unjust.
Liu Li looked at the servants with the most serious expression. Since she had already exposed her abnormality, she might as well just say it straight: “I have some things to tell you. When Di’er comes back, tell her to come and see me together.”
In the original story, as long as County Princess Chun Ning appeared, the four servants, Jiao Yan Yu Di, would always be inseparable, which was enough to show that these few people were her confidantes and should be trustworthy.
After the few people responded, Liu Li said again: “Now I will ask you some other things, is that alright?”
Jiao Yan Yu, the three of them said in unison: “This servant will definitely know everything and say everything.”
The original story focused on the female lead Ning Zisheng’s perspective, so Liu Li, as a reader, only knew everything about the female lead and knew very little about this cannon fodder female supporting character.
But fortunately, the servants had been with County Princess Chun Ning since they were young, enough to provide everything she needed to know.
The dynasty that unified the world was called the Great Ning Dynasty – this was also mentioned in the original story. The imperial family had been surnamed “Ning” for generations and had been in charge of this land for hundreds of years.
Liu Li’s mother was the late emperor’s adopted daughter, and also the current emperor’s adopted sister – Princess Bao’an, who grew up with the emperor since childhood and had a deep brother-sister relationship.
Princess Bao’an was weak and unable to conceive again after giving birth to Liu Li, so she regarded Liu Li as the apple of her eye, afraid that she would melt in her mouth, and simply doted on her to the extreme.
Because of this, the emperor also attached great importance to Liu Li, and even broke the rules to make her a county princess, making her extremely prominent for a time.
The imperial bestowed title “Chun Ning”, which shares the same character as the national surname “Ning”, was enough to show her honor.
Liu Li’s father was a first-rank Duke of Chu, who was granted the title of foreign duke because of his ancestors’ merits, and it has been hereditary to this day.
The Duke of Chu was also considered to be a practical and hardworking person. Although he had no great achievements, he had also made some small achievements, and now he held the position of a third-rank Minister of Rites.
Liu Li’s mother, Princess Bao’an, was now lingering on her sickbed, unable to recover. Because the emperor felt sorry for her, she was recuperating in the palace; Liu Li also accompanied her mother to live in the palace at the age of twelve this year.
Generally speaking, County Princess Chun Ning’s mother was from the royal family, her father was a hereditary duke and held an important position, and she was also exceptionally granted the title of county princess, and she also had the emperor’s favor as a backer.
These conditions were truly too superior for a cannon fodder female supporting character. In theory, as long as she didn’t act recklessly, she wouldn’t die.
Liu Li listened and kept it in mind, reminding herself to never follow Chun Ning’s old path and end up being killed by Ning Zisheng’s sword in the end.
As a loyal fan of the original story, she liked the female lead Ning Zisheng very much. She was tenacious and unyielding, amazingly talented and intelligent, almost monstrously so, a near-perfect person.
– The premise is that Ning Zisheng doesn’t kill her.
Before long, Di’er, who had gone to deliver the meal, returned, trotting into Liu Li’s bedroom. Seeing Jiao Yan Yu, the three of them standing beside her, she thought they had done something wrong. She bowed and said, “County Princess.”
The moment the four of them appeared together, Liu Li’s eyes flashed, and several lines of words floating in the air appeared out of thin air.
Name: Jiao’er, Yan’er, Yu’er, Di’er
Age: 12 years old
Identity: Personal servants of County Princess Chun Ning of the [Great Ning Dynasty]
Favorability: 300 (Utterly Loyal)
Current Status: Have been together since childhood, loyal to protect their master
Note: More likely to mess things up than to accomplish anything
“System?” Liu Li murmured softly.
She had read her share of online novels and naturally knew of the existence of such “golden fingers,” but she never expected that she would be lucky enough to encounter one.
Currently, it seems that this system will not respond to Liu Li, but will only rigidly provide her with some information.
It is naturally good that the servants are utterly loyal, but this “more likely to mess things up than to accomplish anything”…
Liu Li’s eyebrows twitched slightly. Seeing County Princess Chun Ning’s foolish appearance in the original story, she could probably guess that her servants were not very intelligent.
Di’er was confused and asked Yu’er with her eyes: What is the county princess saying?
Yu’er shook her head, signaling her not to speak too much.
Liu Li naturally did not forget the purpose of calling the four of them together. She coughed lightly: “I called you here because I have something to say.”
Jiao Yan Yu Di looked not very smart, but they were well-trained and saluted in unison: “We will listen to the county princess’s orders.”
“My words and actions today were strange, and you must have noticed it.” Liu Li sighed softly, preparing her words to start fooling these little girls. “Last night, a strange thing happened – a celestial being in the sky gave me a dream.”
People in ancient times were very superstitious. The theory of ghosts and gods was a useful tool, and where it was needed, it could be used. Pretending to be possessed by gods or ghosts was simply a must-have for transmigrators, and it was very effective.
Jiao Yan Yu Di had always been very convinced of their county princess, and they were shocked when they heard this. Yu’er asked: “I wonder which celestial being it was?”
Liu Li was just about to answer, but she was suddenly speechless.
This was a fictionalized era, and she did not know whether the immortals of folk legends in real life existed here, making her temporarily unable to fabricate stories.
At this moment, the system panel shook slightly, and Liu Li’s heart moved. Immediately, many more pieces of information that she did not have before appeared in front of her eyes. She guessed that perhaps she had entered the “detailed information” interface.
Liu Li immediately found what she needed. It seemed that this space-time was similar to the main beliefs of the real ancient times, which was good for her to make up stories.
So, she opened her mouth and said: “Manjusri Bodhisattva.”
She felt a little guilty as soon as she said it, but no matter what, she had to maintain the momentum of lying.
– Although she secretly said an apology to the Bodhisattva in her heart. She was too daring to say, to the extent that Manjusri Bodhisattva would have to scold her for being silly.”
But the four of them still believed it, all of them both surprised and delighted. Yu’er said: “Manjusri Bodhisattva has great wisdom and great compassion, and the county princess, being of noble birth, naturally has her own opportunities.”
Liu Li could see that Yu’er was the only one who knew how to speak among them, and she thought that she would have to let her teach the other little fools more in the future, so as not to make everyone become stupid together: “In the dream, the Bodhisattva was merciful and kind, and chatted with me about tea. In the blink of an eye, the four seasons changed. It’s just…”
The servants did not dare to interrupt her, but continued to wait curiously for her to finish speaking.
Liu Li said softly: “It’s just that after waking up, I was a little confused for a while, and I don’t know whether the Bodhisattva in the dream, or the various things in this Great Ning Dynasty… are the dream?”
These words were very mysterious, and only Yu’er understood a little, but she was still confused.
Jiao’er hesitated and said: “What does the county princess mean?”
Liu Li did not expect them to understand, so she changed to a more direct and straightforward explanation.
“I encountered the Bodhisattva in my dream and gained some insights, which can be considered my good fortune, so after I woke up today, my head was a little muddled. You few must keep your mouths shut and not tell anyone, otherwise this good opportunity will attract jealousy and cause trouble.”
This time, the four of them finally understood, and their eyes on Liu Li became even more respectful: “Yes, County Princess.”
Liu Li smiled with satisfaction.
She was, after all, a twenty-something-year-old adult in modern times, and it was naturally not a problem for her to tell some lies. It was still no problem to coax a few eleven or twelve-year-old girls: “By the way, are the snacks from the Imperial Kitchen here?”
She had smelled the aroma a long time ago.
Spring is the season when cherries are just ripe. On the table outside were placed a few plates of exquisite snacks, including white and red sugar-glazed cherries, and cherry *bì luó* (a kind of pastry) with a vermilion filling that could be seen through the translucent crust, which was refreshing and sweet but not greasy when eaten.
The craftsmanship of the Imperial Kitchen was naturally superb. Liu Li had never tasted such royal cuisine before, and she ate with relish. She said to the four of them, Jiao Yan Yu Di: “Let’s go to the Imperial Garden for a walk in the afternoon.”
She was a newcomer, so naturally she had to understand the environment of the palace. The matter should not be delayed, and she had to first recognize the road before talking about it; maybe she could also encounter some important characters and brush up on their favorability.
– Then, the silly servant Jiao’er pushed the female lead Ning Zisheng into the water.