Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle
Chapter 524: Cannon Fodder Princess Consort (17)

Chapter 524: Cannon Fodder Princess Consort (17)

Lu Xiao watched Luo Ning’s mocking expression, and he became even more confused.

He couldn’t help but ask, "You said that day you went to lead the pursuers away to help me? How can I believe you?"

Luo Ning sneered, "I didn’t expect you to believe me."

"However, I also don’t want to shoulder the blame for abandoning you and running away alone."

She continued, "That day, I accidentally heard you were being hunted down and, in a panic, found a horse and rode to find you."

"I searched for a long time and finally found you, injured, and then you passed out."

"I helped you onto the horse and found a cave on Mountain not far from where we were, and then I carried you inside."

"I found the golden sore medicine on you and dressed your wounds using strips torn from your undergarment."

"I’m not skilled at bandaging, so I still remember, after I finished bandaging you, the knot was a butterfly knot."

"Later, while you were unconscious, you were murmuring for water, so I ran to find some."

"On the way, I realized that your pursuers were searching, so I hurried back to give you water, then took off your overcoat, wore it myself, took off your Jade Crown from your head, changed your hairstyle, and then rode the horse to lead the pursuers away."

"By then, it was almost dark. Wearing your clothes and with a hairstyle like yours, those men mistook me for you and chased me down the Mountain."

"I later saw another group from afar, who didn’t seem to be from the same party, dressed in the uniforms of the official soldiers, so I charged towards them."

"But who knew, I would be shot by an arrow from your pursuers, hitting my back and then falling from my horse, and I passed out."

"When I woke up, it was several days later, and I was already back home."

"I even thought it was you who had someone send me back."

Luo Ning raised her head, her eyes reddening with anger as she glared at him, "Seeing the state you’re in now, it wasn’t you who sent me back. And you even dared to accuse me of running away."

"I really shouldn’t have saved you; you are an ungrateful wretch. I was right to divorce you."

She raised her hand bravely, wiping away a tear, as if not to let herself cry, "Lu Xiao, I hate you!"

Playing the role of a weeping white lotus flower, she was still capable of that.

Having said that, Luo Ning stomped her foot and walked briskly towards the main door.

Lu Xiao was utterly stupefied.

He began to recall the situation in the cave.

The person he saw upon waking up was not Luo Ning, but Luo Chun.

At that time, Luo Chun was disheveled and appeared somewhat shabby.

Seeing him awake, she was very excited.

He never expected to wake up to his fiancée’s half-sister instead of his fiancée.

Then he asked if it was her who saved him, and Luo Chun implied that it was.

He asked about Luo Ning, and Luo Chun’s eyes flickered, saying she hadn’t seen her.

He had thought that Luo Ning, fearing he would be a burden, had left him behind and run away, whereas Luo Chun had saved him.

He also ended up developing feelings for Luo Chun over time, gradually preferring her over his fiancée because of the choices each had made.

Indeed, his overcoat was gone, and his hair was disheveled.

He had assumed that his Jade Crown must have come off accidentally while Luo Chun was saving him, and perhaps she had discarded his clothes because they were too bloodied.

He vividly remembered the butterfly knot in the bandaging.

It was the first time he’d encountered such bandaging, and he jokingly told Luo Chun that her butterfly knot was pretty well made.

Luo Chun didn’t say anything, just shyly glared at him and turned her face away.

She didn’t directly admit that she had made the butterfly knot, but her actions suggested otherwise.

Later, he asked Luo Chun how she had avoided the pursuers and carried him to the cave, but she changed the subject, and he considerately didn’t press further.

In the middle of the night, his men found the cave, and they left.

At that time, he still felt somewhat relieved that they were lucky—the pursuers had not come searching the cave.

Looking at it now, it wasn’t that no one had chased him to the cave; they had been led astray by Luo Ning.

He wasn’t a fool. The detail Luo Ning provided, coupled with Luo Chun’s behavior at the time, certainly raised some suspicions.

Luo Ning had ridden a horse to find him, and the spot where he had collapsed wasn’t close to the cave at all.

It would have been normal if he had been dragged there by horse.

But how could Luo Chun, a woman with no strength to truss a chicken, have carried him such a distance?

Details previously overlooked suddenly came to the fore.

He felt a rage at having been deceived and an added sense of the absurd.

If his true rescuer had been Luo Ning, his fiancée all along, then all the affection and help he had poured into Luo Chun over the years, and his schemes against Luo Ning, were a joke.

Then he thought of the divorce paper. No, he could not divorce Luo Ning.

So, when he came back to his senses and wanted to speak with Luo Ning, he discovered she was no longer there.

Imagining Luo Ning holding back tears with reddened eyes, expressing hatred toward him, made him anxious.

"Where is the Princess Consort?" he asked the steward, turning his head.

The steward was baffled; the Princess Consort had left right under the Prince’s nose!

But not daring to question, he immediately replied, "The Princess Consort has already left with her attendants."

Lu Xiao chased after her without a second thought, but there was no one at the gate anymore.

The steward, following out, cautiously suggested, "The Princess Consort likely left by carriage."

Lu Xiao felt bewildered.

He had loved the wrong person and driven the one he should have truly cherished away. What had he done?

Why hadn’t he thoroughly investigated at the beginning instead of simply taking Luo Chun’s word for it?

Unable to restrain himself, he rode the carriage back to the palace.

He also instructed his men to quickly locate the whereabouts of the Princess Consort.

Officially, he went to the Emperor to admit fault, claiming Luo Ning was feeling unwell, so he had sent her home first.

He didn’t mention the divorce, deep down not willing to accept that things with Luo Ning were truly over.

As the palace banquet neared its end, he gave Luo Chun a look, and they found an opportunity to slip away separately.

This time, Lu Xiao was smarter and had his attendants stand guard for them.

Seeing Lu Xiao return, Luo Chun was still sweetly deluded, thinking he couldn’t let go of her.

Feigning distress, she worriedly asked, "Ah Xiao, did you console your sister? Did you get the letter back?"

At that moment, as he looked at her, Lu Xiao found her façade more and more insincere.

He watched her steadily and said, "I didn’t console her. I’ve given her the divorce paper, and she has given me that letter."

Then he saw a flash of joy in Luo Chun’s eyes, which quickly transformed into surprise and helplessness.

"How can your sister be so willful, to divorce like this, leaving you in such a position, open to outside judgment?" Luo Chun feigned concern for Lu Xiao.

Not only did it look fake to Lu Xiao, but it also sounded fake.

He suddenly remembered what Luo Ning had said before, calling him blind.

Now, he had to admit he truly was blind, not having seen through the pretense and deceit of the woman before him over these years.

His face somber, he said, "I don’t know how others will see me, but you must be quite pleased."

Luo Chun missed the underlying message in Lu Xiao’s tone and flirtatiously scolded him.

"I do wish to have you all to myself, but that doesn’t mean I’d be pleased with your divorce."

The man Luo Ning loved had divorced for her sake, and yet her heart was brimming with triumph.

From now on, she would watch Luo Ning, a divorced wife stripped of her title, and see how she would manage to live.

The spit from the populace of the Capital City alone could drown Luo Ning, a thought that made her giddy with anticipation.

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