Chapter 166 It made me accept my fate, but I refused to...
Xiao Qiluo sat there, her face expressionless. After hearing what her mother said, her condition did indeed improve.
Looking at Cui Fang, she no longer felt that everything about him was perfect, unlike before.
After scrutinizing him, all sorts of previously overlooked flaws came to light. He was clearly an arrogant, conceited, and blindly confident man.
I used to think he was good-looking enough, but now it seems he's just someone who's prone to impotent rage.
Leading troops into battle, even in situations where victory was assured, he was still betrayed, leading to the deaths of innocent soldiers.
Why would I have fallen for someone like him? And why would I have disguised myself as a man and gone to the military camp because I was worried about him?
She herself couldn't understand her actions at the time, only feeling that it would be very dangerous for Cui Fang to go there. After saving him, she was glad that she had followed him.
Looking back now, it would have been better if we hadn't gone through that. He died back then, and none of these troublesome things would have happened later.
Seeing Xiao Qiluo staring intently at him, Cui Fang smiled smugly. He knew Xiao Qiluo couldn't live without him.
“This is my courtyard, why can’t I be here? But you, Prince Consort, why didn’t you have someone announce your arrival so late at night?” Xiao Qiluo asked Cui Fang.
Upon hearing this, Cui Fang's expression grew even angrier, and his face turned noticeably grim. He strode up to Xiao Qiluo and shouted, "Xiao family, you've become increasingly audacious! Not only are you having people obstruct my entry, but you're also daring to target Rou'er in private!"
Xiao Qiluo knew that it was Xiao Qiluo who personally gave the order to prevent Cui Fang from entering the princess's residence.
Why does she have no recollection of when Ruan Rou'er's incident occurred?
Xiao Qiluo's hand rested on the hilt of her sword, her gaze falling on Cui Fang. She thought that killing him directly would be too easy for him. She would stab him first, then gouge out his eyes. Her eyes had been healed thanks to her, and if she didn't need them, she could donate them to someone who did.
"I'm talking to you, Xiao Shi, are you even listening?"
"I heard it, I heard a dog barking."
Xiao Qiluo walked over and slapped Cui Fang across the face. Cui Fang was knocked to the ground, spitting out blood and several teeth.
The crisp sound of the slap echoed loudly in the room. Xiao Qiluo looked at Cui Fang and said, "Now the dog doesn't bark anymore."
Stared at by Cui Fang, Xiao Qiluo merely covered her mouth and let out a half-hearted "Ouch, Prince Consort, it's just a slap, you won't die, will you?"
"You hit me?" Cui Fang covered his cheek and looked at Xiao Qiluo in disbelief.
How dare you hit me!
Cui Fang was met with another slap.
"If we want to fight, we just fight. Do we have to pick an auspicious day?"
"Xiao Qiluo!"
Xiao Qiluo clenched her fist and punched Cui Fang in the stomach. Cui Fang clutched his stomach and fell to the ground, curling up in pain.
"How dare you! Who gave you permission to address me by my given name!"
Cui Fang looked at Xiao Qiluo, his eyes filled with disbelief, "Are you crazy?"
When Xiao Qiluo met Cui Fang's gaze, she suddenly laughed. As she laughed, she winked at Cui Fang, and her expression instantly returned to normal.
She still wanted to know what methods Cui Fang had used to make her act strangely whenever she saw him, so much so that even her mother hadn't noticed.
She reached out and helped Cui Fang up.
Cui Fang tried to push Xiao Qiluo away, but found that he couldn't move her no matter what he did.
Xiao Qiluo looked at him with a smile, but a chill inexplicably rose up on Cui Fang's back.
The system scratched its head. "Ah, has the female lead's halo failed?"
Xiang Bei rested her chin on her hands and said, "No, I was just teasing the dog."
"Your Highness, why are you lying on the ground? Don't catch a cold, get up quickly."
Cui Fang looked at Xiao Qiluo, who had helped him up, his eyes still filled with curiosity.
"My lord, why are you looking at me like that?"
"You just now..."
"What happened to me just now?" Xiao Qiluo looked up at Cui Fang.
Her expression made Cui Fang hesitate, wondering if what he had just seen was just his imagination.
But the beatings I received were real and painful.
Cui Fang, filled with rage, glared at Xiao Qiluo, but suddenly didn't know how to vent his anger. Looking at everything before him, he felt a wave of insecurity wash over him, as if something had slipped out of his control.
Why aren't you saying anything?
Cui Fang tentatively looked at Xiao Qiluo, "Don't you remember what happened just now?"
"I only remember that the prince consort hadn't returned for a long time, so why is he so angry as soon as he comes back?"
Cui Fang's gaze swept over Xiao Qiluo, making her look up and down. The Xiao Qiluo from just moments ago seemed like a completely different person. If it weren't for the lingering pain in his cheek, it would have felt like a dream.
After looking for a long time, Cui Fang finally spoke, "Why are you still in Mother's courtyard so late?"
"Your memory seems to be a bit off. Is this my courtyard?" Xiao Qiluo asked Cui Fang.
"Your yard?"
Xiao Qiluo nodded, looking at Cui Fang with a serious expression, "I am a princess, isn't it only right that I live in the main courtyard of the princess's residence?"
Cui Fang choked for a moment, then asked, "What about my mother?"
“Of course we moved out. How could we let her overstep my bounds? If people find out, they’ll say your family is impoverished and doesn’t know the rules.”
Upon hearing this, Cui Fang frowned instantly. His family background was also a sore point for him. His main family did not recognize them as a branch of the family and had even treated them like beggars for breakfast.
Back then, young Cui Fang even shouted the slogan "Don't underestimate a young man's potential" at his family's doorstep.
At this moment, Cui Fang was truly furious. He pointed at Xiao Qiluo and said, "You actually made my mother move out of the courtyard? Are you crazy? That's my mother! Do you even know what a daughter-in-law you should be doing? Do you know how hard it was for my mother to raise me? How could you treat her like this?"
Xiao Qiluo almost burst out laughing. A prince consort was criticizing her, a princess, for not behaving like a proper daughter-in-law.
Does he even know what a princess is or what a prince consort is?
Xiao Qiluo looked at Cui Fang seriously, "That's your mother, not mine. My mother is the Empress. Even if we're going to be filial, I should be filial to my own mother. Since you know how hard your mother worked, why aren't you filial to her yourself, and why do you expect me to be filial to the mother who gave birth to you and raised you?"
Cui Fang looked at Xiao Qiluo with annoyance, "A man should do great things, what do you, a woman, know?"
“But from what I see, apart from finding another woman outside, you haven’t done anything else?” What Xiao Qiluo couldn’t understand the most was where Cui Fang’s confidence came from.
Who gave him the confidence to disregard imperial power?
Enraged, Cui Fang didn't explain his intentions but instead accused Xiao Qiluo of speaking rudely, "Fine, now you've really revealed your true feelings. You said you like me and won't marry anyone but me, but behind my back you've been humiliating my mother like this. I think you want to kick me, your husband, out of the princess's residence as well."
"That's what I was thinking, so I didn't let anyone let you into the manor. By the way, how did you get in?"
Cui Fang's face twitched; he couldn't very well admit that he had climbed over the wall to get in.
"Have you forgotten that your mother died long ago? Didn't I tell you before that my mother is your mother from now on? You must treat my mother as your own mother and be filial to her. You must kneel and kowtow three times and kowtow nine times to invite my mother back."
"Keep dreaming. The only reason I didn't break your mother's legs is because I'm kind and benevolent."
"you……"
Xiao Qiluo's attitude had changed so drastically. Cui Fang stared at her for a while, then sneered. He was sure Xiao Qiluo was playing hard to get; she was head over heels in love with him.
He stared at Xiao Qiluo for a while, then finally sighed and looked at her face with deep affection. "Qiluo, I know that Rou'er has caused you some grievances in this matter, but she is my savior, and I can't abandon her. You don't need to deliberately torment my family because of this. You have always been an understanding woman, you can understand me, right?"
Xiao Qiluo raised an eyebrow. "So, you want to?"
There's something I'd like to discuss with you.
Xiao Qiluo didn't respond, so Cui Fang continued on his own, "Rou'er has a heart ailment. The doctor said it's a disease she was born with and needs to be cured. She needs a heart with seven orifices to be replaced."
"A mind with seven orifices of exquisite beauty".
"That's right, I've inquired, there's only one person in the world with a mind that is exquisitely intelligent."
"Could it be me?"
"That's right, it's you. Qiluo, it's because you made things difficult for Rou'er many times that her heart disease flared up prematurely. To make amends to her, give her your exquisite heart, which can also atone for your sins."
Xiao Qiluo looked at Cui Fang in disbelief, "A person will die if they lose their heart, won't they?"
Cui Fang's expression changed again.
Xiang Bei couldn't help but say, "This face-changing is so skillful!"
They can change their minds in an instant, without the slightest hesitation.
Cui Fang instantly transformed into a roaring emperor, "Stop pretending. I've already inquired about it. People with a seven-aperture exquisite heart won't die even if their heart is taken."
"Who can live without a heart? Have you been fooled by a charlatan? I never imagined that you were not only arrogant but also hopelessly stupid."
Cui Fang was already impatient. "Rou'er has a heart ailment. Only your brilliant mind can save her. She is my benefactor. You must save her."
After a pause, Cui Fang continued, "This is something you owe her. You have to agree whether you like it or not. Xiao Qiluo, you can't refuse this matter. You'd better obediently agree, or you'll suffer less."
Xiang Bei didn't understand why the plot of taking the heart had been brought forward, but she was afraid it wouldn't be as Cui Fang thought.
[Qiluo, stop playing around! Where are the bodyguards your father gave you? Where have they all gone? Call them out and kill this bastard!]
Xiao Qiluo saw the comments and sighed. She had originally wanted to get some information out of Cui Fang, but apart from some confusing remarks, she didn't get any useful information.
She's not crazy; how could she possibly agree to something so absurd as to Cui Fang's request?
But at this moment, a voice seemed to be clamoring in her mind, "Say yes, say yes now! He is your husband, you should treat him as your heaven, how can you not listen to your husband?"
"Didn't you want to wait for his love? If you said yes, he would love you?"
"If he knew that you were the one who saved him, he would definitely regret it when he found out that he treated you like this for an imposter. Hang in there, hold on!"
The system suddenly let out a strange cry, "Host, it has appeared! The world consciousness has appeared in the female lead's mind and is preparing to control her to follow the plot."
Xiang Bei immediately perked up, "Can you lock onto it?"
"Yes, the target has been locked."
Xiao Qiluo felt as if her mouth was out of her control. She looked up at Cui Fang and said, "I..."
Realizing that she was about to say something, Xiao Qiluo immediately bit her lower lip.
The voice in my head was still screaming, "Say yes, say yes now! This is your fate, you have to accept it!"
"Commander, hurry up!" Xiang Bei urged.
Because of that damned protagonist's halo, she couldn't bring herself to attack Cui Fang.
"Speak up, are you going to agree or not?" Cui Fang urged impatiently.
If it weren't for the requirement that Xiao Qiluo personally agree to give up her heart in order to obtain a complete Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, Cui Fang would have simply tied Xiao Qiluo up and taken her away to have her heart replaced.
"Alright, host, we've got it."
Upon hearing the system's voice, Xiang Bei grabbed a baseball bat and shattered the world consciousness locked by the system with a single blow.
Xiao Qiluo only heard the sound of something breaking, louder than the sound she had heard before, and the voice in her mind that was advising her to listen to Cui Fang was also crushed to pieces.
She found that the feeling of wanting to control her had also disappeared.
He licked his lips, and the taste of blood from his bitten lower lip instantly filled his mouth.
[It's solved! Quick! Stab that bastard to death now!]
Xiao Qiluo sneered and slapped him across the face. "I'll promise you my ass."
"You still dare to hit me? I'll ask you one last time, are you willing to exchange your exquisite heart for Rou'er to atone for your sins?"
"I said, I don't want to!" Xiao Qiluo turned around and drew the sword.
Cui Fang squinted at Xiao Qiluo, then his gaze fell on the sword in her hand, and he threatened, "You still want to kill me? Don't force me to hate you. If anything happens to Rou'er, I will never forgive you."
Xiao Qiluo looked up at Cui Fang, smiled, and said, "I said I don't want to, Cui Fang. Are your eyes not working properly, or are you deaf too?"
Gripping his sword, he thrust it forward, saying, "Cui Fang, you've come here to die."
As Cui Fang retreated, he tripped and fell to the ground. Xiao Qiluo's sword pierced him off course, hitting his thigh but not his vital organs.
Seeing that Xiao Qiluo really intended to kill him, Cui Fang shouted at Xiao Qiluo with all his might, "Aren't you afraid that I won't love you anymore?"
As if she had heard a joke, Xiao Qiluo kicked Cui Fang in the chest, then her foot landed on Cui Fang's face, grinding it forcefully.
"Is your love something so precious? Do you think I can't live without your love? Cui Fang, from beginning to end, you've always known you could control me, haven't you?"
Xiao Qiluo stepped on Cui Fang's cheek, which she had just slapped. The swollen cheek was being crushed forcefully, and Cui Fang stared wide-eyed, but he was powerless to fight back.
Pulling the sword out of Cui Fang's thigh, she raised it again towards him, this time aiming it at his neck, determined to leave him with no chance of survival.
The voice in her mind screamed again, "Stop! Stop it! How could you kill your husband?"
Xiao Qiluo ignored him and didn't say a word. Afraid that Cui Fang would run away, she still had her foot on Cui Fang's chest.
The moment the stab was made, the ground suddenly shook violently, and the tables, chairs, and benches inside the room all trembled.
Xiao Qiluo was also shaken by the sudden commotion and staggered a few steps before she managed to stand up by bracing herself with her sword.
"Princess, Princess, where are you? The earth is shaking!" Xingzhi's anxious voice came over.
The moment Xingzhi stepped inside, the candlelight in the room suddenly went out, a thunderclap exploded in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.
The burrowing stopped.
"Princess!" Xingzhi was startled when she saw the scene inside through the lightning.
The princess held a sword in her hand, the blade still stained with blood.
The blood had not yet congealed and was still dripping down.
"Don't come any closer!"
"Princess!" Xingzhi immediately stopped at the door.
Qiu Yan also came over, her clothes soaked through. She could only vaguely make out that there were people inside the house. "Princess?"
Xiao Qiluo couldn't see what was happening in front of her, but the words her mother said floated before her eyes, and she saw them very clearly.
The Empress Dowager said that at the moment of the earthquake, Cui Fang suddenly got up and ran away, and has now run out of the mansion.
He had a leg injury, yet he was able to run out so quickly. Xiao Qiluo immediately thought of the strange voice that had tried to control her earlier.
She told Xiang Bei about it, "Mother, could it be that strange voice protecting him? What is that thing that can cause the earth to shake?"
He was like a guardian angel.
She gives the male lead such a huge advantage, protects him time and time again, and this time she even wants to directly control the female lead, bewitch her to treat the male lead the same way as before, and even causes an earthquake to help the male lead escape. How can she not be the male lead's guardian angel?
Xiao Qiluo was silent for a moment. No wonder she was acting so strangely earlier; it was probably the guardian spirit on Cui Fang that was causing the trouble.
Gripping the sword tightly, Xiao Qiluo laughed, "It wants me to accept my fate, but I refuse. Even if it is a god, it cannot control my destiny."
Xiang Bei never expected that the world's consciousness here would go to such lengths for the male protagonist, causing the earth to shake and the mountains to tremble. It not only disregarded the female protagonist's life or death, but also the lives of others.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, something terrible has happened!" The old woman from the backyard rushed over in a panic, not even holding an umbrella properly. She was soaked to the bone and looked like she was in a real hurry.
"What's the matter that you're in such a panic?" Qiu Yan asked.
The old woman looked somewhat embarrassed. "I can't quite explain it. Please, Your Highness, come and see her."
Xiao Qiluo took her sword and went off. Xingzhi quickly grabbed an umbrella and followed, while Qiuyan also followed with a lantern.
In the backyard of the princess's residence, several houses collapsed.
Fortunately, no one lived here, and there were no casualties.
According to the servants who escaped, several huge rocks suddenly fell from the sky, smashing down the house and even creating a huge crater in the yard.
This uninhabited courtyard has been smashed into ruins.
The servants who heard the commotion came out and, seeing the huge rocks falling from the sky, began to discuss it, saying that it had suddenly moved, followed by a heavy rain, which brought the rocks down with it.
It was as if... as if they had been punished by heaven.
Xiao Qiluo turned her head and looked in the direction of the servants.
Is it divine retribution?
It looks somewhat like a warning. Is this Cui Fang's guardian angel warning her?
This time it was an empty courtyard, will she be alone next time?
Xiao Qiluo stared grimly at the deep crater in the courtyard, created by the boulder.
【Qiluo, hurry down and check that meteorite.】
Upon seeing the scrolling text, Xiao Qiluo immediately jumped down.
She tapped the boulder in the pit with her sword, and her expression immediately changed.
"That voice..."
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