Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle
Chapter 527: Cannon Fodder Princess Consort (20)

Chapter 527: Cannon Fodder Princess Consort (20)

Luo Ning watched as Lu Xiao left, then returned to the rocking chair.

A bubbling discomfort born of emptiness quickly turned into a brisk, relieved, and carefree lightness.

This wasn’t her own feeling, but that of the original body.

It meant that the original Luo Ning, having seen Lu Xiao, had regretted and eagerly sought reconciliation, feeling very refreshed.

At the same time, she had completely let go of this man.

Indeed, it was a twist of fate. Without Luo Chun’s interference, the original Luo Ning and Lu Xiao might have ended up as lovers destined to be together.

But with Luo Chun added to the equation, plus Lu Xiao’s own blindness, a tragedy was set in motion early on.

Of course, judging by Lu Xiao’s blindness, as well as his inability to distinguish whom he really loved, it was clear he didn’t deserve the original Luo Ning’s lifelong commitment.

He had betrayed her love.

The next day, the news of Princess Rui’s divorce from Prince Rui and her moving out of the Prince Mansion spread throughout the Capital City.

It was said that it was Princess Rui who had initiated the divorce, and she did so with remarkable nonchalance.

Everyone was shocked. What happened to the loving couple they once were? Why had they divorced?

To give up her status as Princess Consort and become a divorced wife—had Princess Rui lost her mind?

In Dayan Country, the restrictions on women were not too stringent. After a divorce, a woman would not be particularly despised and could remarry.

Even widows could remarry.

But after a divorce, while men wouldn’t be much affected, women still would be.

At the very least, a second marriage would not be as favorable as the first.

Especially when the man was a prince with actual power who had once doted exclusively on Princess Rui, everyone was baffled.

Could it have been caused by the prince taking in several beautiful concubines?

But that wasn’t right either, for it was Luo Ning herself who had helped with the selection of concubines.

And many were waiting to see Luo Ning regret her decision, believing she would definitely come back begging to Prince Rui soon.

Even if she truly had no relations with Prince Rui, her life would surely not be good.

Not just the outsiders couldn’t understand, the Imperial Concubine in the palace was also confused upon hearing the news, thinking that her daughter-in-law had gone mad.

Although she didn’t particularly like Luo Ning, she had never thought of letting her son divorce.

Since the founding of the dynasty, this was the first divorce in the Royal Family.

The Imperial Concubine, upon hearing that it was Luo Ning who had sought the divorce, was even more displeased, feeling that Luo Ning was putting on airs.

So she ordered someone to summon Luo Ning to the palace, preparing to scold her and warn her to know her limits.

However, Luo Ning didn’t care about her former mother-in-law’s authority and feigned illness to refuse the summons.

She sent a message back to the Imperial Concubine, stating she was making way for a concubine.

Indeed, upon hearing the returned message, the Imperial Concubine pondered and then no longer wished to see Luo Ning.

A woman daring enough to divorce her son would become a divorced wife whom no one dared to marry; the Imperial Concubine wanted to see how Luo Ning would live her life.

As long as she didn’t come begging to her son again.

Now that the position of Princess Consort was vacant, it was indeed possible for her niece to make a move.

That was not only the Imperial Concubine’s thought but also shared by the women of the Prince Mansion.

Who wouldn’t want to be the Princess Consort?

Prince Rui was handsome and influential; becoming Princess Rui was undoubtedly a position of immense glory.

Thus began the fight amongst the ladies in the rear court, who employed all sorts of tactics to win favor.

Whether it was sending soup every day or arranging "coincidental" encounters.

Lu Xiao was quickly becoming exasperated by this group of women from the rear court.

Every day, he would go to the Charity Hall to help out, and incidentally, to see Luo Ning.

But Luo Ning simply ignored him.

This disbelief was shared by all onlookers.

Why was Prince Rui still visiting Luo Ning every day offering his attentions after their divorce?

Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

What surprised everyone even more was that not only did Prince Rui often visit Luo Ning, but Prince Chen also began to appear at the Charity Hall from time to time.

Moreover, after Emperor had sent Prince Rui on an assignment, Prince Chen started showing up at the Charity Hall even more frequently.

That day.

Just as Luo Ning finished inspecting the newly built workshop and was flipping through the account books, she saw Lu Xun coming over again.

She raised an eyebrow, "Prince Chen has been rather idle lately?"

Lu Xun sat opposite her, "There hasn’t been much going on recently."

He smiled and said, "Do you have some free time? I’d like to invite you to go boating on the lake."

Luo Ning could certainly feel that Lu Xun was pursuing her again, which was somewhat surprising to her.

After pondering for a moment, she agreed, "Sure!"

So the two of them went to the lake together, Lu Xun on horseback and Luo Ning in a carriage.

But they were also quite ostentatious, so very quickly, the upper echelons of the Capital City knew about it.

The noble ladies who were eyeing Prince Chen as a potential son-in-law were utterly dismayed.

Having remained unattached for so many years, Prince Chen, now in his twenties, had neither taken a wife nor a concubine, and yet he seemed to fancy a divorced woman, which was beyond their comprehension.

The young ladies of the inner courtyards didn’t know how many handkerchiefs they had torn in frustration.

Luo Chun in the imperial harem had torn up countless handkerchiefs and smashed who knows how many tea sets and vases.

She was furious not only at Lu Xiao’s heartlessness and emotional unfaithfulness but also jealous that Luo Ning had caught Prince Chen’s eye. She was also worried about the Marquis Mansion.

Recently, Lu Xiao had been blaming her for the deceptions on Duke Dingguo Mansion.

While Emperor had taken no action, Lu Xiao continuously sought to oppress the Marquis Mansion, instigating several reports, leading to increased reflection time ordered for Duke Dingguo.

Outsiders believed this was Prince Rui seeking vengeance for the former Princess Rui, but only Luo Chun knew this was Lu Xiao’s retaliation against her.

How could this man be so heartless?

What scared and worried her even more was that a few days ago, Emperor came over and suddenly mentioned that her son resembled Prince Rui.

She was startled and quickly claimed Emperor was joking.

She wasn’t anxious about her son’s paternity; after all, Lu Xiao had never touched her; they had at most embraced.

Yet she felt Emperor might have discovered their relationship, so the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.

Now with Prince Chen seemingly pursuing Luo Ning, she feared Luo Ning would speak ill of her to him or reveal her past with Prince Rui.

If Prince Chen then told Emperor, she would be ruined.

Because of all this, she was on tenterhooks every day, not only losing weight but falling ill as well.

Just now, upon hearing from a maid that Prince Chen and Luo Ning had gone boating, she was even more enraged.

Luo Ning was just a bit prettier, yet she managed to enchant Lu Xiao into infidelity and continued to pester him after the divorce, and now possibly stirred the normally indifferent Prince Chen’s heart.

She was nothing but the reincarnation of a vixen, detestable.

She was going crazy with jealousy, envy, and hatred, with acid constantly welling up within her.

Elsewhere.

Luo Ning sat in the boat, enjoying the cool breeze and admiring the lotuses around her.

Lu Xiao sat opposite Luo Ning, sipping on cool tea, admiring her.

After being watched by him for a while, Luo Ning turned her head to look at him, "I know I’m quite attractive, but there’s no need to stare like that."

Lu Xiao chuckled, it was the first time he had seen a woman compliment herself openly.

"Sorry, I was mesmerized," he said.

Luo Ning picked up a cup of chilled yangmei soup and took a sip; it was specially prepared by Lu Xun, obviously having heard that she liked drinking it lately.

She got straight to the point, "Are you pursuing me?"

Lu Xun nodded, "Indeed, I am pursuing you."

What he was doing was so obvious; if not pursuit, then what?

However, in the case of other women, they surely wouldn’t bluntly question him like this.

She was truly the woman he admired; he liked her confident and straightforward demeanor.

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