The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 831 - 812: Strongest Fox Spirit 12

Jizhou is to the north of Chaoge, while Xuanyuan Tomb is to the south of Chaoge.

The distance from Xuanyuan Tomb to Jizhou is indeed not close.

It would take quite a while for the two demons to travel on their own, so Anning whisked them over directly.

Outside Jizhou City, Anning put the two demons down and looked in the direction of Jizhou City with a smile.

When Feng Anan saw Anning’s smile, she felt a chill in her heart.

She swallowed nervously, "Sister, how do we get into the Su Residence?"

Anning pointed at Shi Antian, "Transform into a young boy, remember to make yourself appear injured, you must look utterly disheveled."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Antian immediately transformed.

She turned into a clean and handsome young boy, wearing ragged clothes and covered in numerous wounds, looking so weak that she could almost collapse to the ground, appearing truly pitiful.

Anning then pointed at Feng Anan, "You change too, just make it similar to Third Sister’s appearance."

Feng Anan quickly transformed, pretending to have been brutally beaten up, injured, and barely able to make it.

Anning instructed the two demons, "You hide in the woods over there. In a moment, when someone passes by, you will rush out to ask for help."

Feng Anan nodded and pulled Shi Antian to hide in the woods.

Anning grabbed a handful of beans and scattered them, turning beans into soldiers.

She had just finished setting things up when she heard sounds coming.

Anning pointed and the transformed bean soldiers fiercely chased after the two demons.

Feng Anan and Shi Antian pretended to be terrified, running to the roadside, shouting for help while running.

Soon, a group of people appeared in front.

Leading them was a gentleman dressed in fine clothes, accompanied by a girl in a simple long dress.

Feng Anan saw these two people and quickly called for help, "Young Master, Miss, help, help..."

She knelt on the ground, grabbing the hem of the girl’s dress, "Miss, help..."

The girl looked at Feng Anan and Shi Antian’s pitiful appearance and felt a pang of compassion, she glanced at the gentleman beside her, "Bo Yikao, let’s help them."

Bo Yikao was also a soft-hearted person, he nodded and instructed his followers to deal with the group chasing from behind.

Shi Antian held the fainted Feng Anan, crying and thanking the girl, "Thank you, Miss, thank you, you are truly kind-hearted, you saved my sister and me, we have no way to repay your life-saving grace, my sister and I are willing to work as hard as bulls and horses to repay you."

And Feng Anan, who gradually woke up, knelt again, "Miss, my brother and I have nowhere to go, if you saved us, save us to the end and take us in as slaves. My brother and I eat very little, we can do a lot of work, please help us."

The girl was truly soft-hearted and kind.

She saw Feng Anan crying so pitifully and thought, taking these two as slaves is not a big issue, seeing these two are almost unable to continue, if she ignores them and goes back, her conscience would trouble her, so it’s better to help them to the end.

She nodded, "Then you can come back to the residence with me."

Feng Anan couldn’t even walk, so the girl had a follower carry Feng Anan back.

Anning watched this play unfold, smiling as the group left. After tidying things up, she found a place to stay outside the city.

The girl who saved the two demons was Su Daji.

Since Su Daji was born, she had rarely left the Su Residence.

Su Hu and his Lady were loving, and they cherished Su Daji greatly, raising her pure and innocent.

This time, when Bo Yikao visited Jizhou, Su Daji went out of the city with him for a breath of fresh air and unexpectedly encountered someone asking for help.

She was not a cold-hearted person who would ignore those in need, thus, when they returned, there were two additional people in the team.

After entering Su Residence, Su Daji had the two demons settled, instructed her maid to fetch some medicine for them, and send them food, letting them rest well.

After settling the two demons, Su Daji went to find Lady Su.

Lady Su already knew about Su Daji’s rescue.

She didn’t think much of it, just considered it an act of kindness from Su Daji, moreover, adding two servants to the household wasn’t quite an issue.

Su Daji reported this matter to Lady Su, afterward neither of them dwelled deeply on this.

However, in a few days, there came a decree from Chaoge, stating that Emperor Shang ordered Su Hu to offer his daughter to Chaoge.

Su Hu was reluctant. He only had a son and a daughter, his daughter had been pampered since young, truly cherished, how could he bear to let her suffer in the Royal Palace?

Moreover, Su Daji was on good terms with Bo Yikao, and Su Hu and Marquis Xibo had intentions to form an alliance through marriage, how could they let Su Daji enter the palace?

Yet, with the emperor’s decree, rejecting it would surely lead to the court’s army besieging Jizhou, bringing inevitable havoc and tumult.

Marquis Jizhou was truly troubled.

Unwilling to defy the decree, yet also unwilling to send his daughter, he was truly in a dilemma.

Bo Yikao was also very anxious.

He liked Su Daji and had already regarded Su Daji as his wife, how could he allow Su Daji to enter the palace?

He approached Su Hu, claiming he wanted to return home to ask Marquis Xibo to help plead for leniency.

Su Hu shook his head and said, "This is not feasible, the Great King has become increasingly stubborn and listens to no one, besides, he already fears your father. If Marquis Xibo begs for leniency, it might bring disaster upon Xiqi, no, definitely not."

Just as they were furrowing their brows in distress, they heard servants outside say, "Marquis, Miss Feng whom the young lady rescued seeks an audience."

Su Hu was momentarily stunned, initially intending to refuse, but upon considering this was his daughter’s rescue, he said, "Let her in."

Feng Anan followed the servant into the room, and as she entered, she knelt down with a thud.

"Slave heard people talking about the Emperor’s summon for the young lady to enter the palace, and also listened to the young lady claim not willing to enter the palace, knowing the royal command is hard to defy, today slave specially came to beg the Marquis... slave is willing to replace the young lady and enter the palace."

Huh?

Su Hu stared at Feng Anan, with a flicker of a fierce light in his eyes, "Who taught you such words?"

Feng Anan kept kowtowing, "No one taught this slave, it’s all slave’s own idea. That day the young lady saved slave and slave’s brother, a life-saving grace that hundreds of deaths could not repay, slave is not ungrateful, willing to relieve the Marquis and young lady of worries."

Su Hu scrutinized Feng Anan, as Feng Anan looked up at him, her large eyes filled with gratitude and determination.

Su Hu observed for a while, certain that Feng Anan held no malicious intent, then said, "Alright, I understand, we shall discuss this matter further."

Bo Yikao bowed and said, "Uncle, I think what this young lady says is quite reasonable, the Great King merely requested the daughter of Marquis Jizhou to enter the palace but did not specify that it must be Daji. If Uncle acknowledges this young lady as his goddaughter, perhaps..."

Su Hu was truly reluctant to part with Daji, upon taking a closer look at Feng Anan realized that she was genuinely extraordinarily beautiful.

Even in her current disheveled appearance, with a sallow complexion and feeble demeanor, he could still discern the delicate features of her face.

Most importantly, Su Hu found that Feng Anan’s brows and eyes bore some resemblance to Daji.

Having realized this, a thought struck him, "Stand up then."

Feng Anan cautiously stood and respectfully stepped aside.

Su Hu then asked Feng Anan, "What is your background, and why did you appear outside Jizhou City?"

Feng Anan replied quietly, "I am also from an official family, my ancestors served in the palace, but later, due to a downturn in family fortune and being harmed by villains, I had no choice but to flee with my brother. That day, we happened to escape to the outskirts of Jizhou City and were rescued by the young lady."

She softly recounted her ancestry and the sequence of their misfortunes.

Su Hu nodded upon hearing this, "Alright, I shall acknowledge you as a daughter, from now on, you shall be the Second Miss of Su Residence."

Feng Anan quickly knelt and kowtowed, "Anan greets father."