After the divorce, I was adorned in a phoenix robe, while my ex-husband's entire family dug up

Everyone in the Marquis's mansion regretted it.

Looking at Wei Zhaoning's past in the Marquis's mansion, they felt immense regret. How could they have been so deceived? Why couldn't they have seen clearly sooner and admitted it sooner?

Everything is in chaos. They want Wei Zhaoning back and want her to continue being the mistress of the Marquis's mansion!

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Wei Zhaoning now avoids Pei Yi like the plague, not daring to let him get any closer.

Ever since he learned about what happened that night, he's been like a wild beast in heat, no longer pretending. The gentle and reserved facade he had before has long been torn off.

Wei Zhaoning was filled with regret.

It wasn't that she didn't want Pei Yi to get close, but that night was just too...

She knew how miserable she was the next day, torn apart by pain. Heaven knows how many times Pei Yi did it that night. She simply didn't have the courage to endure it a second time. That one night was enough to cast a shadow over her for the rest of her life.

She knew that since she and Pei Yi were husband and wife, they would have to face it sooner or later, but she still felt that she couldn't accept it now, so she would just wait and see.

"Your Highness, Miss, oh no, the Princess is still sleeping..." Dongxu said at the door.

Pei Yi glanced thoughtfully into the inner room, a subtle smile playing on his lips. "Alright, then let her sleep."

He wanted to see how long Ningning could hide from him.

Hearing his mocking tone from inside, Wei Zhaoning's face flushed red, and she pounded the bed hard.

Pei Yi stood outside the door for a while before leaving.

Wei Zhaoning breathed a sigh of relief. "Dongxu, is he still at the Prince's residence?"

Dongxu chuckled. "The prince has gone out."

"Miss, why are you hiding from the Prince like this? Anyone who didn't know better would think he wanted to kill you."

While other newlyweds are all lovey-dovey, this is the first time she's ever seen a newlywed couple hiding from their husbands.

Wei Zhaoning glared at her. What was she supposed to say? Was she supposed to say that the Regent's size was so terrifying that she was afraid and that's why she was hiding?

Dongxu added, "By the way, Your Highness, before the Prince left, he told me to tell you that he wouldn't force you until you were ready, so you don't need to avoid him."

Wei Zhaoning asked suspiciously, "Really?"

Who was it that tried to sneak into the house to sleep in the middle of the night a few days ago and made unwanted advances?

She won't let her guard down.

Now that Pei Yi has finally gone out, she dares to get up. Lying in bed pretending to be sick all day is really boring for her.

She had intended to go out for a walk to clear her head, but she never expected to see Lu Zhufeng standing at the gate of the Prince's Mansion with red eyes as soon as she stepped out.

Wei Zhaoning almost didn't recognize Lu Zhufeng. He looked so dejected. Wei Zhaoning had never seen Lu Zhufeng like this before.

She instinctively took a step back.

Lu Zhufeng reached out his hand, but stopped in mid-air. He then chuckled to himself and lowered his hand, awkwardly clutching the hem of his clothes.

"Ningning." He pursed his lips, as if he had made a great decision before speaking, his voice trembling.

Wei Zhaoning turned her face away, "Don't call me that."

Lu Zhufeng's eyes were hurt. After a long while, he said dryly, "That's right. Now, I should call you Princess Consort."

He wasn't mocking Wei Zhaoning when he said that; he was actually mocking himself more.

Seeing Wei Zhaoning's rosy complexion and radiant appearance, he couldn't help but think of the figure in the firelight, so thin and pale, and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

He was the one who made it all possible.

"Ningning, I'm sorry, I..."

"I told you not to call me that!" Wei Zhaoning frowned subconsciously.

Lu Zhufeng swallowed hard and lowered his head. He really wanted to say that he was wrong, that he had let her down, that it was all his fault, and that he couldn't let her go.

But when he actually faced Wei Zhaoning, he couldn't bring himself to say these words. What face did he have? What face did he have to ask Wei Zhaoning for forgiveness?

He should be happy to see Wei Zhaoning doing well, but he couldn't help it. He was unwilling to accept it; Wei Zhaoning was clearly his wife.

Deep down, he wanted to persuade Wei Zhaoning to return to the Marquis's residence and continue being his wife.

Can.......

He hesitated for a moment, then finally mustered the courage to ask, "I did a lot of wrong things in the past, do you still hate me?"

Wei Zhaoning was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Zhufeng's reddened eyes.

He finally realized what he had done.

Wei Zhaoning felt a pang of sorrow in his heart. Ah, he finally saw things clearly. Two lifetimes, hahahahaha.

But so what? Does she still hate? She doesn't know. For her, these things are no longer important. She has a regent now, and she has her own family. She doesn't want to dwell on the past and hurt herself again.

She felt a pang of emotion, but she felt she shouldn't have any feelings about these messy things, let alone hate them. Hate was too draining, and she didn't think she should waste even a little bit of her energy on them.

She's doing very well now, and the past is no longer important.

"What makes you think you're worthy of my emotions? Hate? I'm too lazy to even hate you," Wei Zhaoning said coldly.

Lu Zhufeng felt as if he had been stabbed, his heart aching intensely.

He looked into Wei Zhaoning's calm, unwavering eyes, trying to find even a trace of concern for him, but he couldn't. Those eyes were too calm, devoid of any emotion.

How disappointed must Wei Zhaoning be in him that she couldn't even be bothered to show him any hatred?

The Regent Prince possessed Wei Zhaoning's affection and everything about her, yet he couldn't even share a trace of hatred with her.

Wei Zhaoning looked at him as if he were a stranger. In that instant, Lu Zhufeng was in a daze. He even doubted whether he and Wei Zhaoning had ever really been in love.

"You really don't..." Lu Zhufeng's eyes were bloodshot.

Wei Zhaoning said firmly, "Yes, I don't care about you at all."

"If you've come here to apologize, I can tell you straight up, I don't accept it, we can never reconcile. I'm just too lazy to waste time on unimportant people. I'm doing well now, so I don't want to bring up those old grudges, but that doesn't mean I forgive you."

"Lu Zhufeng, you realized this too late."

"Too late."

Wei Zhaoning walked straight past Lu Zhufeng with Dongxu, unaffected in the slightest.

"They sell plum blossom cakes over there, want some, you little glutton?"

Dongxu nodded. "Miss is the best! Let's hurry, or the roast goose will be gone!"

The two walked further and further away, laughing and chatting.

Lu Zhufeng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. At this moment, he realized with absolute certainty that Wei Zhaoning and he were no longer in the same world.

The chasm between them was too deep to cross. In Wei Zhaoning's eyes, he had become the past, a past she didn't want to mention, and could no longer participate in her life even a little bit.