There are always women in stories who are young, beautiful, and clever. They ought to have wonderful lives, but because they’re foils to the kindhearted heroine, they can only be lovesick fools, villainous supporting characters, or cannon-fodder supporting characters, doomed to live miserable lives.
When Lin Wan got this foil-character script, she laughed.
Story One: The supporting female character in an imperial-examination story
A concubine-born daughter and her husband are loving, their family harmonious, and her husband’s success makes her a high-ranking minister’s wife. Meanwhile, her proud legitimate elder sister marries the wrong man, loses the household struggle, and dies miserably and alone?
She strips away the scumbag’s hypocritical facade, cuts ties, takes back her gifts, and throws in a package deal that leaves him disgraced. You’re welcome.
Story Two: The supporting female character in a farming story
They both save the male lead. The kindhearted heroine becomes a noble heir’s wife and enjoys a lifetime of favor, while the beautiful supporting character is sold as a concubine to a wealthy family by her gambling-addict brother. In the end, she harms the heroine out of jealousy, gets skinned by the male lead, and dies miserably?
Whoever wants to save that ungrateful male lead can do it. Since her big brother loves gambling, let’s make it a really big bet!
More stories will be added later.
P.S.:
1. This is a fictional setting with countless original details. Don’t overanalyze it.
2. The male lead won’t be split into multiple versions.
[This novel will become a paid read on Saturday, January 15, with three chapters released that day. Please continue to support it.]
Blurb for The Cannon Fodder of Ancient Times Climbs to Success Through the Imperial Exams:
Han Shiyu had heard that ancient imperial examinations were grueling, and that one small mistake could cost you your life. Then he transmigrated into the body of an unlucky man who had died in the provincial examination hall.
The original owner was an only child. His father died when he was young, and he was already married. His widowed mother and wife had burned the midnight oil to support his studies, but his frail body and the stench of the examination hall proved too much, and he collapsed during the exam, leaving his mother and wife alone and helpless.
Han Shiyu looked at his mother’s hair, white from worry, then at his wife, so thin it seemed a gust of wind might carry her away, and finally at their desperately poor home. Well, he’d better find a way to earn money and support the family, then study by lamplight and keep fighting for success in the exams.
Later, he passed the provincial examination as its top candidate, then passed the metropolitan examination as the top scholar. He rose steadily through the ranks and became the youngest chief minister.
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Shen Jiahe spent eight years pretending to be a man and taking her brother’s place as the Champion General. She reclaimed lost territory and earned countless military honors, becoming a hero in everyone’s eyes. But she also had a sworn enemy she had never met.
The chief minister, Lu Jingzhen, never missed a day of impeaching, arguing with, and scolding her at court. He even accused her of treason.
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During a trip back to the capital to report on her service, Shen Jiahe was ambushed. She caught a handsome young man and spent a night of passion with him.
Later, in the court hall:
“Did the chief minister impeach General Shen today?”
“No.”
“Did the chief minister scold General Shen today?”
“Not that either.”
“Why has the chief minister stopped scolding General Shen?”
Lu Jingzhen glanced at the face he had spent a night with and remembered what had happened. How the hell was he supposed to scold her now?
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Everyone said the all-powerful Chief Minister Lu was ruthless and kept everyone at arm’s length, but no one knew he had a woman treasured in his heart.
She was the beloved daughter of the Prince of Yubei: Shen Jiahe.
But she was sacrificed in the struggle for power within the Prince of Yubei’s household.
Lu Jingzhen spent his life trying to convict General Shen of treason, and at last he obtained conclusive evidence.
On the day General Shen was to be executed, the chief minister who had wanted him dead suddenly seemed to go mad. The frail scholar, who couldn’t even truss a chicken, trembled as he raised a knife and declared he would storm the execution grounds.
It turned out the person who died years ago was Shen Muhe, the real Champion General. The current General Shen was his beloved, Shen Jiahe!
It had all been a misunderstanding. Even the evidence in his hands had been forged!
Reborn, he returned to the time when Shen Jiahe came back to the capital to report on her service after eight years away. Knowing she would be ambushed, he waited along the road where it would happen...
Blurb for Has Madam Divorced Today?
Rong Shu had lived a life of splendor and success.
As the legitimate eldest daughter of a duke’s household, she was born with extraordinary beauty. At fifteen, she married the young God of War, Han Lang. He cherished her like a precious jewel and promised she would be the only woman in his life. What woman in the capital wouldn’t envy her?
Who could have guessed that one day her husband would bring home a pregnant woman, making her the biggest laughingstock in the capital?
Han Lang’s face was full of remorse. “A Shu, I’ve fallen in love with two people. I can’t help it, and I can’t let either of them go. You’re the kindest person I know. Please let me have my way.”
Everyone urged her to accept what had happened and be generous, like a virtuous wife.
Wei Rui was a young emperor of peerless beauty, with the power of the realm in his hands. Women everywhere flocked to him, yet one young woman lived in his heart. He thought they were fated to miss each other in this life, but then he heard she wanted a divorce.
Wei Rui’s eyes lit up. A gift from heaven!
He asked every day, “Has Madam divorced today?”
Later, Han Lang regretted it and knelt before Rong Shu. “A Shu, come back with me. Let’s start over. This time, I’ll never let you down.”
Wei Rui wrapped an arm around Rong Shu’s slender waist from behind. “How did you know I planned to make A Shu my empress, my dear subject? Why such a grand bow?”
Han Lang stared in shock as Rong Shu nestled coyly in someone else’s arms. He regretted everything.
P.S.: The husband chases his wife after losing her, but the ashes have already been scattered.
Blurb 1 for You Can’t Reach That Cannon Fodder:
How could the male and female leads have lives full of twists, glory, and triumph without a cannon-fodder character?
Need a stepping stone? Bring in a cannon fodder.
Need a golden finger? Bring in a cannon fodder.
Need a shield? Bring in a cannon fodder.
Need to humiliate someone and punish scum? Bring in a cannon fodder.
There’s nothing a cannon fodder can’t solve.
Xie Donglai: ...Sorry, you can’t reach me anymore!
No CP, a hugely satisfying story.
Recommended: my friend’s completed quick transmigration novel, The Black-Hearted Supporting Female Character Gets the Good Person Script (Quick Transmigration), ID: 5286392
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