A Woman Supporting Character Transmigrates into a Book and Struggles to Survive in Another World

**Chapter One: A Midnight Shock**

- A detailed account of Ning Chu’s sensory experience as she transmigrates: the lingering scent of sandalwood in her nostrils, the cold wind howling past her ears, and the icy feel of the bluestone beneath her fingertips

- A close-up of the maid Taohong’s trembling eyelashes hints at the original owner’s brutal nature

- A detail about the jade pendant clutched in Ning Huai’s fist as he is beaten foreshadows an important plot point

**Chapter Two: Memories in Blood**

- Flashbacks from the original owner’s lingering memories: the bloodstained handkerchief in her mother’s dying hand and the unfamiliar bloodstains on her father’s armor

- The poria cakes sent from the kitchen trigger a bout of vomiting, hinting that they were once poisoned

- The cinnabar mole at the corner of the girl’s eye in the mirror echoes the empress’s appearance in a portrait

**Chapter Three: A Chance Encounter in the Corridor**

- A close-up of Ning Huai kneeling on shards of porcelain to pay his respects: beads of blood seep from his knees and soak into his moon-white brocade robe

- Ning Chu notices the chipped jade pendant at his waist, echoing the first chapter

- A sudden downpour, and a description of the force with which Ning Huai grips her skirt before fainting

**Chapter Four: Mysteries at the Apothecary**

- A close-up of the old physician’s sudden change of expression as he takes the pulse; a glint of cold light flashes from a hidden compartment in the third medicine cabinet

- A shadow flickers outside the lattice window as the medicine boils, and purple petals are mixed in with the dregs

- Ning Chu discovers a bloodstained dagger hidden beneath Ning Huai’s pillow

**Chapter Five: Grandmother’s Buddhist Beads**

- Red marks left by the sandalwood Buddhist beads on Old Madam Ning’s wrist

- An unmarked memorial tablet enshrined in a hidden compartment in the Buddhist hall