Chapter 220 - Su Luxi (10) (1/2)

”C-can you help me... cancel my engagement to the prince?” Midway she paused to swallow the invisible lump in her throat.

”Oh? Engagement again? No.”

”...” The female lead became speechless. Why ask for her if he would only say no to her? Wait, somebody else also tried to request this from the prophet? The prince?

The answer came out immediately since Jiang Li had no plans to play with words with a true a.d.u.l.t. The young boy laughingly added, ”Sorry about that, Miss. But I don't think you should bother trying.”

Jiang Li would not meddle with the plot for now. He was saving his two chances for the villainess who was his mission. Also, there was no way the plot would let the leads not end up with each other.

In other words, this girl would have no way of escaping the sick romance with the stupid ML. That was unless she could go against the plot by herself, or make Jiang Li be so moved that he would shoulder some punishments for a plot-change outside of the allowed chances. The question is, could she do that? Breaking the leads' ship would mean an extreme amount of work, how would he be willing to do it without a very strong reason?

'Bringing me somewhere in the palace when I collapsed in the hallway is not so big to make me move.' He indifferently thought, watching as despair crossed Rumina's eyes.

”Ask me something different. If it's within my capabilities, I don't mind answering or helping.”

'... What else can I ask though...' The girl was disheartened, but since she was someone whose mind was that of a twenty-year-old girl, she restrained her expression and simply said, ”Your Honor, my mind is simple. Please let me just leave the judging of what I should get as compensation to you.”

In other words, I leave it to you. You judge.

A corner of Jiang Li's lip rose up. It seemed like the woman's IQ returned, and that fast even. 'Quite witty.'

So he would be the one to decide how to return the favor? Was he counting on his titles, both as a prophet and an heir to a duchy, to make sure she would not receive a loss? Or maybe she was simply not counting on him much after receiving that initial reply?

'On account that you look like the young her, I'd then be more tolerant.'

While Jiang Li laughed and opened his mouth to say something which made the little girl stunned and rooted on her spot, another person listening and witnessing their conversation watched the expression on the boy's face with both interest... and something a bit darker.

...

Even before the day ends, the crown prince went to the Emperor to complain about Jiang Li's conduct. By then the latter was already escorted home by the church's people. When the news reached his ears, he laughed so loudly that the ducal couple was alerted.

”Son, son, what is the good news that made you so happy. Care to share it with your mother and me?” A smile hung on Duke Wade's face when he lovingly rubbed the white hair of his son.

Jiang Li looked at the maid who called for the two and glowered, then turned to the Duke with an amused expression. ”I heard the crown prince complained about me to the Emperor. I was simply imagining in my head how the Emperor responded.”

'I'm wondering whether he finally realized the truth through that audience with the old dude?' the thought flashed across his mind after he remembered how he purposely did not make the crown prince forget what took place in the break room.

Once the Emperor asked the guards following the prince and received an answer opposite of what that boy said, what would the Emperor do?

The next morning, he got the answer he wanted. The crown prince was scolded. Yet that was it.

Jiang Li knew the Emperor was saving face for the male lead, either through his own discretion as his father or forced by the plot.