"Hmm! I guess so! Don't ask any more questions, just pack your things and come with me!"

Li Lao Er frowned deeply. He never expected that the woman would be a princess. Now that she's back, she'll probably think of them sooner or later. If they don't leave now, they'll just have to wait to die.

"Then you should leave! I'm a member of the Cui family, and I'm known as a widow. What kind of person would I be if I went with you?"

Upon hearing his words, Widow Cui immediately turned hostile.

"What? What do you mean?"

Li Lao Er stared at the woman in front of him in disbelief.

"It means you should run away on your own. If I leave, those old guys from the Cui family will come after me, and our relationship will be exposed. We'll be despised by everyone. So I'm not leaving. You should secretly escape Li Family Village now, and come back when things calm down."

When Widow Cui saw Li Lao Er glaring at her with an angry expression, she rolled her eyes and then said with a fawning yet awkward smile.

"You're not thinking of cutting ties and finding another man, are you?"

Li Lao Er looked at her suspiciously, clearly not believing that she wanted to wait for him to come back.

If Widow Cui could accept him climbing over the wall in the middle of the night, she would definitely agree to other men coming to her bed in the middle of the night.

"How can we? We both have a son. If you don't think about me, you should at least think about your son. If we leave Lijia Village, he'll have to run away from home. How will he survive if he's constantly on the move?"

Widow Cui glanced elsewhere, then smiled obsequiously at the man, telling him he had to leave the Cui family immediately, or he would be in deep trouble if the princess set her sights on him.

After a long silence, Li Lao Er glanced at the woman before him with a complicated expression, then smiled and hugged the widow.

“You’re right. I can still escape now, but my son really can’t come with me. So, wait for me. I’ll come back in three months. By then, that princess will probably be gone.”

"Oh dear! What a loving couple having an affair! I've had my fill of this show today. Li Lao Er, you don't need to wait three months anymore. This princess is right here on your roof. Are you going to escape east or west? Tell me! I'll get there early and ambush you on the way."

Seeing that the two lovers were about to go their separate ways because of their disagreement, Cen Xi felt very sorry for them and spoke up.

"Ah! Who?"

Li Lao Er was already like a frightened bird, and when a voice suddenly came out, he reflexively shuddered.

"I'm the princess you've been thinking about day and night? You were just talking about me a moment ago, so why don't you want to see me now?"

Cen Xi flashed down and hid behind Li Lao Er, gently patting his shoulder.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Li Lao Er screamed in fright and fled towards Widow Cui's place.

Hiding behind Widow Cui, they hadn't realized who it was for a long time.

Widow Cui was also terrified. Her face was pale, and she asked in a trembling voice:

Who are you? What do you want?

“I’ve already told you, I am the Princess. Why don’t any of you believe me? Even if you haven’t seen me, you must have seen Su Nianniang. My face looks exactly like hers.”

Cen Xi couldn't understand why these two were reacting so strongly. They might have seen each other during the day. Was it because it was dark and the light was too dim?

"Your Highness, spare me! Your Highness, spare me! I was blind and didn't recognize you. I was out of my mind and did such a terrible thing. Please forgive me this once, and I will serve you like a slave from now on."

"Spare me!"

Li Lao Er finally understood who was following him, and he knew that the other party would definitely not let him go.

He just didn't expect time to pass so quickly, so quickly that he didn't even have a chance to escape.

"You've been blinded by greed, hmm! That's a perfect description! What terrible thing have you done to be so afraid of me? Actually, I just got lost and came in to ask for directions."

"I never expected to overhear an affair after entering the house. Wow, the customs of Li Family Village are a bit too open. It's quite a wonder that a widow and a hooligan can get together!"

"I wonder what the villagers will think if this gets out?"

Cen Xi repeated Li Lao Er's words, clicking her tongue in a flat, indifferent tone. But the meaning behind her words was so unbearable to listen to.

"Your Highness, spare my life! I am not a woman who does not uphold virtue. It was only because this old rogue harassed and coerced me that I had no choice but to submit to him. Please spare my life!"

Hearing the mocking tone, Widow Cui's heart trembled, and she quickly begged for mercy.

She was a very famous widow in Lijia Village. The elders of Lijia Village even gave her a chastity arch and took good care of her. If they knew that she had cheated on Cui Daneng, they would probably be so angry that they would drown her in the pond.

So she silently shed tears, looking at Cen Xi with a pitiful expression, hoping to gain some sympathy from her.

"They're all begging me to spare their lives! Should I spare them or not?"

Cen Xi pretended to be embarrassed and touched his chin.

"Of course we'll forgive you. Your Highness, I haven't done anything too wicked in the past. Besides, you personally agreed to Wang Dashan's marriage. We didn't force you."

Seeing that Cen Xi was still thinking, Li Lao Er's father started to get lively and continued to try to clear his name of his crimes.

"If I hadn't agreed back then, you and your other companion probably would have used some tricks to make me agree. Besides, on the way here, you two were plotting to rape me, weren't you? And you still say you have no bad intentions towards me."

"Do you judge evil intentions by the standard that if things don't succeed, there's no sin?"

Cen Xi didn't want to let this person off easily, but he still hadn't figured out how to deal with this kind of person.

However, she had already planned to scare him first.

"Your Highness, I... I know I was wrong! Please... please give me a way out!"

As soon as Cen Xi casually uttered those words, Li Lao Er knew he was in for a world of trouble. So, disregarding his image, he knelt down in front of Cen Xi and, without a second thought, grabbed her leg and began to wail.

Cen Xi was startled by his actions, then swept her leg away, sending him flying far away.

Ha! This bastard, seeing he couldn't win an argument with her, actually tried to hit her. He's utterly despicable.

"puff!"

Li Lao Er was thrown and crashed into a wall. After falling, his throat instantly filled with blood. He vomited several times before he could expel the blood from his mouth.

"Husband, how are you?"

When Widow Cui saw that Li Lao Er had fallen so badly, she stopped pretending to be pitiful and rushed over to help her sleeping husband.