TSFLIP Chapter 539

“Fengguang, don’t worry. I will never fall for that woman.”
The tall, straight-backed man took the girl’s hand. “In my heart, the only one I see as my wife is you.”

“I believe you,” Fengguang replied, full of trust, only to be pulled into his embrace the next second.

Her brow twitched, and she barely stopped herself from drawing a knife. She and Meng Xi were childhood sweethearts. No matter what world they were in, she had to accept the emotional ties that came with it. Naturally, the current her still shared those old feelings with Meng Xi.

To be honest, none of the male leads were unattractive. Meng Xi was especially good-looking—commanding yet gentle, the kind of man women easily fell for. After being around him for so many years, if Fengguang hadn’t constantly reminded herself that he wasn’t meant for her, that she was supposed to end up with the second male lead, Jun… she might’ve fallen for him too.

Meng Xi’s brown eyes were filled with affection as he spoke slowly:
“This arranged marriage—I can’t refuse it. But one day, I swear, I’ll find a way to divorce that woman. Fengguang, will you wait for me?”

“I will,” she nodded shyly, while screaming inwardly: Like hell I will!

Still talking about divorcing that woman? Please. In the end, didn’t you go crawling back to her, begging to marry her again?
And let’s not even talk about the fact that you got her pregnant five years ago—do you even know that?

While she played along with Meng Xi on the surface, Fengguang was busy ranting internally. She didn’t even notice when he left.
Five years ago, she’d had the chance to stop Meng Xi from going to Liubi Kingdom. But she’d chosen not to interfere—because she never meddled with the emotional arc of the male and female leads…

Well, actually… in the last world, she might’ve accidentally broken them up…

She went silent for a moment, then started heading toward her palace. A group of maids followed closely behind, heads lowered.

Fengguang was the only princess in the imperial palace—the sole daughter of the emperor and empress. At birth, she’d been granted the title Princess Changning, a clear sign of how deeply the emperor doted on her.
Yet ironically, the emperor and empress had a strained relationship.

Her maternal grandfather, Wang Xian, had served as prime minister for two reigns and held immense power. The Wang family’s influence was formidable in both court and society. Add to that the fact that the eldest daughter of the Wang family was the current empress—her status second only to the royal family itself—and naturally, Emperor Xia had always been wary of the Wangs.

As for the empress, his wife from the Wang family, he’d only spent one night with her—their wedding night. He never expected that one night would lead to her getting pregnant, which is how Fengguang came to be.

Fengguang still remembered how, when she was a child, her mother would smile gently and hold her on her lap, saying:
“Thank goodness my Fengguang is a girl…”

Everyone in Fengyi Palace pitied the empress for not having borne a prince. But only the empress herself never seemed to mind. She used to say she was lucky Fengguang was a girl.

And she was right. If Fengguang had been born a boy, it would’ve meant open war between the Xia Dynasty and the Wang family.
Having once received an education in the ways of rulers, Fengguang understood this well. A prince born of the Wang family’s daughter… should never have existed.

Still, as much as the Xia court and the Wangs were at odds, the emperor showed immense affection toward Fengguang. Maybe it was because she was his only daughter—the only child he’d truly watched grow up.
The palace wasn’t lacking in princes—Fengguang had one older and one younger brother—but two sons and one daughter was still a rare count for a royal family.

Emperor Xia had yet to name a crown prince and showed no obvious preference for either son. As a result, the ministers didn’t dare take sides.
At one point, Duke Lin Qiu, Lord of State, even joked:
“Why not just let Princess Changning inherit the throne instead?”