The Vicious Supporting Actress Survival Manual

"The ceremony is complete - entering the bridal chamber." A strange and sharp voice pierced my ears, causing me to instinctively furrow my brow. I tried to lift my hand, but found that my body was unable to move. The voice continued in my ear, "Congratulations to Lord Jin on his new wife..." "Miss Rose and Lord Jin make such a talented and beautiful couple..." It wasn't until I felt my buttocks touch the bed and the voice gradually quieted down that I realized I finally had control over my body again. Eagerly tearing off the veil on my head, I looked down and saw that I was holding a wedding veil. Looking at my own clothes, I was wearing a white wedding dress. When I raised my head, I saw that I was in an ancient room with flickering candles. I stiffly turned my neck and saw a delicate-looking maid who appeared to be around sixteen or seventeen years old. She looked flustered and quickly took the veil from my hand and covered my head again, saying, "Miss, on your wedding night, the groom, Lord Jin, is the one who should remove your veil. How can you do it yourself? It's not proper etiquette!" After my vision was once again dominated by the color white, I was dumbfounded for a moment. Combining the compliments I heard along the way with Lord Jin and Miss Rose, which sounded particularly familiar to me, and the maid's words that confirmed my suspicions, "Miss, now that you have married into Lord Jin's household, things will not be as free as they were in the Rose household. The madam has repeatedly reminded us..." Lord Jin, Rose household... I tentatively spoke out, "Nina?" "I am here," came the response. After hearing the answer, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, trying to restrain the urge to speak out. Because the name I just called out was the name of a Maid I had been following in a novel I stayed up late to read, so now I... have I time-traveled to the world of the novel? Just because I stayed up late reading, couldn't resist taking a nap at work, and now I'm married to the male lead in the novel I was reading - Felix Austin. As a 23-year-old young woman who had just graduated from university, it was supposed to be a good age for me to make my mark in the world, but how did I end up time-traveling just by taking a nap? Trying to suppress my jumbled emotions, I once again took off the veil. Ignoring Nina's protest, I awkwardly spoke up, "Nina, could you... help me prepare some hot water? My body... feels tired." "But we have to wait for Lord Jin..." Nina started to say. "He's not coming." I interrupted her and walked straight to the mirror, starting to remove the phoenix crown. Because the original owner of this body that I time-traveled into was not the female lead in that novel, but the most disliked white lotus female second lead. As the most detestable and malicious female second lead in the novel - Estella Rose, she was quite skilled in scheming and ruthless in her actions, just like all the malicious female second leads in romance novels. The wedding today was also planned by her in the original novel. She first pretended to lose her virginity to the male lead by drugging him, and then pretended to attempt suicide to prove her innocence before finally marrying into Lord Jin's household, which was a common trick used by white lotus flowers. Fortunately, although the male lead married her in the novel, he never touched her, probably because the author had a psychological aversion to it, which also made me breathe a sigh of relief. The maid behind me, Nina, hesitated for a while but eventually withdrew silently to do as I instructed. In front of the dressing table mirror, I saw a stranger's face. The person in the mirror had a beautiful appearance, full of charm and grace, which was what men liked the most and women hated the most. As graceful as a willow, as venomous as a snake. These eight words were my comments on the female second lead after finishing the novel. Her father was the current prime minister, and the Rose family was also a noble family. She was born with a gentle and innocent appearance, and was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but unfortunately, she played her hand so badly. The original Estella Rose and the male lead Felix Austin knew each other since childhood, but he only fell in love with her after a misunderstanding early on. The real female lead's name was Lisa Stein, and her father was a governor of a border city. Due to his outstanding achievements, he was transferred to the capital, which began this triangle love affair. Sitting in the steaming hot bath, my heart was still hanging in the air. On the one hand, it was the shock of me time-traveling for no reason, and on the other hand, I was afraid... The ending of the female second lead in the novel was extremely tragic due to her maliciousness. The author arranged a satisfyingly tragic ending for her - she fell into a brothel and then died a painful death. When I read it, I felt relieved, but now that it happened to me, just thinking about it made my heart ache. I could only blame the timing of my time-traveling being so unfortunate. Today's wedding was a turning point in the novel because ten days after the wedding was the day when the female lead's family was beheaded. The charge was "treason" fabricated by the father of the female second lead, Ralph Rose. Before this, the female lead was not arrested with her family's protection. She wanted to seek help from the male lead but accidentally stumbled upon the wedding of Felix Austin and Estella Rose, who had always pretended to be her good sister. In despair, she revealed her whereabouts and was hidden by the male lead. Later, she helplessly watched her loved ones being beheaded at the Wumen Gate, and began to hide in Lord Jin's mansion, while deeply in love with the male lead and investigating the truth. Following the plot of the novel, the female lead, Lisa Stein, would awaken to her dark side and embark on a satisfyingly rebellious path. With the protection of her halo, she not only found evidence of the Rose family's crimes, but also opened up to the male lead. With his help, she finally faced the emperor and revealed the truth, resulting in the Rose family suffering the same fate - the men were beheaded and the women were enslaved. Lost in my memories, I didn't even notice the water in the bathtub had gone cold. It wasn't until Nina's voice behind the screen interrupted my self-pity that I snapped out of it. "the... lord drank too much in the front hall, so as not to disturb you, he asked someone to pass on the message that he will rest in the study tonight." Sure enough, just like in the novel, the male lead should have discovered the female lead's whereabouts, and the two were now performing a deeply emotional scene of their love-hate relationship. I splashed some lukewarm water onto my face to clear my muddled mind. Then I got up to change my clothes. I needed to sort out my thoughts and not worry about them for now. Although I didn't know why I ended up here, the situation I was facing was not optimistic. Instead of complaining about useless things, I needed to quickly accept it and find a new way out. After all, I am not the original host Estella Rose, and I can't just sit and wait for death. So the first problem now is the female lead, Lisa Stein. The original Estella Rose has done so many bad things, and now that Lisa Stein has just seen through her true face, even if I kneel in front of her and commit suicide by cutting my belly, she may not forgive me. So I can only find another way and take it slowly. The second problem is the male lead, Felix Austin. He currently likes Estella Rose because he mistook the girl he met when he was a child for her. Now only Lisa Stein and I know about it. This matter is like a time bomb that must be told to Felix Austin from my mouth. If Lisa Stein tells him, I'm afraid I will have no place to die. But in the novel, it took more than two hundred chapters for Lisa Stein to tell him the truth. Now I have about a hundred chapters left to change the plot, at least to change Felix Austin's view of me and make him feel indebted to me. In the future, when I reveal this matter, it can offset each other. Otherwise, if I go to him now and say it recklessly, the cruel male lead will probably just take out his knife and kill me. The future is unpredictable, so I must take it as it comes. My only thought now is to... stay alive.