Playing the Substitute Supporting Female Character in Ancient Times

Qi Yu transmigrated to ancient times and found herself in a desolate mountain, needing to play the role of a substitute supporting female character to return home.

After leaving the mountains, she encountered an eunuch who was selecting beauties from all regions to send to the palace.

In the original book, the male lead, Wu Shiyan, who was the emperor, was infatuated with his minister's wife. He intended to use trickery to obtain her, so he cultivated a substitute concubine in the palace. He waited for the opportune moment during a palace banquet to swap the substitute with his beloved, thus naturally bestowing immense favor upon her.

The substitute was to enter the minister's residence, feigning death from illness. Thinking of the original book where she enjoyed the treatment of a favored concubine in the palace, received solicitous care in the minister's residence, and had vast sums of money to squander after faking her death, Qi Yu accepted the eunuch's persuasion and entered the palace, where she was successfully enfeoffed as a concubine.

From then on, the world knew that Consort Yu was deeply cherished by the Emperor, receiving unparalleled favor, and no one in the capital dared to slight her. The only criticism was that Consort Yu bore a striking resemblance to Madam Pei. People spoke of it in hushed tones, and it eventually became commonplace.

Finally, the long-planned palace banquet arrived. The emperor's consorts accompanied their husbands, entering the palace for the feast. Amidst a chaotic assassination attempt, the startled female guests were led to a resting palace by palace maids.

Qi Yu switched identities with the female lead, waiting to feign death in the inner chambers and deceive the civil official. However... the civil official did not recognize her as a fake. Instead, he held her wrist, called her 'Madam,' and wished to dote on her as usual...

Qi Yu, nestled in his arms, had a hint of confusion in her eyes. Weren't Minister Pei and Madam Pei an unloving couple? They could deceive the Emperor, but they couldn't deceive her.

*1v2, two emotional lines proceeding in succession.

*Fictional setting, a mishmash of dynasties.