Chapter 59: Volume 1, Chapter 59: This Acting Is Truly Peerless

Rong Heng's mind twitched with anxiety as he recalled Rong Luoge's threat against him. He had actually already begun to waver just now—if she truly went all out and reported to the authorities, once the charge of murdering his legitimate wife was confirmed, he would absolutely not get off lightly.

Would Consort Ming risk danger to save him then?

She would surely avoid him without a second's delay, and would likely even kick him while he was down.

Besides, this daughter Rong Luoge was now both ruthless and venomous. Rather than dragging things out with her, it would be better to sever ties and have nothing more to do with each other from now on.

He had still been somewhat hesitant before, but now Chu Ke had given him an excellent excuse, so he immediately took the out offered to him and looked at Rong Luoge with a dark expression. "Fine, fine, fine. Since that's how it is, I'll grant your wish."

Chu Ke breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned to cooperate with Rong Heng, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, her fortune is too hard—we wouldn't dare keep her. Your father's health is poor, don't let her jinx him to death. Since she wants to sever ties herself, then from now on she has nothing to do with us."

Chu Ke's words brought a slight easing to the Protector Duke's expression. Yes—because Rong Luoge wanted to sever ties herself, and her fortune was too hard, jinxing both father and mother!

At this thought, the Protector Duke quietly hid the prescription he had earlier, mulling that he needed to get the original prescription back, but obviously Chu Ke could not be told.

Rong Luoge immediately went into the inner room, brought out paper and brush, and handed them to Rong Heng. "Write."

Rong Heng: …

Chu Ke looked at her husband with tear-filled eyes. "Husband, hurry and write it. Saving your life is what matters. I heard it myself—she wants to fight you to the death. If something happens to you, I won't be able to go on living either. Without Rong Luoge, you still have so many other children—every single one of them is well-behaved and obedient, and filial to their elders. Let's just consider it fate that we have no bond with her."

Rong Luoge wanted to applaud Chu Ke—this acting was truly peerless.

She didn't mention any of Rong Heng's shortcomings and even gilded his image at every turn. Her skill at coaxing people was indeed impressive—no wonder she had managed to get Rong Heng to marry her all those years ago.

Rong Heng thought the same. If Rong Luoge really fought him to the death, there would be no way to guard against it.

There's only a thousand days of being a thief—there's no thousand days of guarding against one.

He took a deep breath and nearly ground his teeth as he wrote the document severing ties, stamped it with his own seal, and tossed one copy to Rong Luoge. "Are you satisfied now? I'm telling you, once you walk out this door, you are no longer my daughter. Whatever happens to you later, don't come begging to my door! I will absolutely never help you!"

"You say that as if you ever took care of me before. I've only ever seen you scheme me to death, and never received the slightest care from you. A dog thing like you doesn't deserve to be called a father—calling you human is an insult to the word 'human'!"

Rong Heng trembled all over with rage. "Get out!"

Rong Luoge gave a cold laugh, put away the severance document, and walked out without hesitation. After a few steps, she suddenly turned back to look at Rong Heng. "Heaven's justice is clear, and retribution never fails. For scum like you, I will be waiting for your retribution!"

Chu Ke watched her husband flying into a rage and sneered inwardly—at this moment, she felt it was truly, utterly satisfying!

Once Rong Luoge left, Chu Ke helped her husband sit down and said with sighs, "I said we shouldn't push her too far. Rong Dai just had to rush into the Qi Wang Fu, which gave Consort Ming the chance to force you to scheme against Rong Luoge using the marriage arrangement. Well, now it's done. Fortunately she only wanted to sever ties—otherwise, if it really had gone to the authorities… what would become of our family in the future?"

Only now did Rong Heng remember the matter of the prescription. How had the prescription that was originally in his study ended up in Rong Luoge's hands?

He scrutinized his wife suspiciously, feeling that her arrival had been far too timely.

The moment Chu Ke saw her husband's gaze, her heart grew even colder. She said, as if casually, "When I was rushing over earlier, I heard Rong Luoge mention something about a prescription. Husband, what prescription? If Rong Luoge wants some kind of prescription, I'll go find it for her—no need to make things difficult for you."

Here she paused, as if suddenly remembering something. "A few days ago I happened to run into Rong Dai, and I heard her also mumbling about some prescription. Could it be related to this? But what would Rong Luoge and Rong Dai both want prescriptions for?"

"Dai'er wanted a prescription?" Rong Heng looked at his wife and asked.

Chu Ke sighed helplessly. "You know my relationship with her isn't good right now. That day I only caught a passing sentence—maybe I even misheard. Prescriptions, prescriptions—why does everyone want prescriptions? Ling Shan met with the eldest young lady of the Ming family a few days ago, and the other party was also looking for a prescription. She said Madam Ming had been bedridden and wasn't getting better. This year has truly been one bout of bad luck after another. I should go to the temple and burn some incense soon."

The matter regarding the senior Madam Ming had been slowly spreading recently, and Rong Heng had clearly heard about it too. He grew somewhat uneasy, not knowing whether his wife was making insinuations and indirectly referring to the matter of Rong Dai and her mother.

He coughed lightly and said, "Thank you for your trouble, my lady. I'll allocate some silver for you as incense money. Sorry to make you run the trip. I'm a bit tired—you may go back first."

Chu Ke offered a few more words of concern, then departed at a leisurely pace.

Only after returning to her own courtyard did she have the time to think about her own affairs. She had helped Rong Luoge achieve what she wanted on her end, and Rong Luoge had best not go back on her word.

However, Di Yue Nu had indeed not appeared to trouble her lately, and Rong Dai had also stopped clamoring to be entered into the family genealogy—whether that had anything to do with Rong Luoge, she didn't know.

In any case, Rong Luoge wasn't going anywhere. She could afford to wait a little longer.

On the other side, after leaving the Guo Gong Fu, Rong Luoge didn't return to Xi Cheng. Instead, she went to find the clan elder, showed him the severance document Rong Heng had written, and asked him to strike her name from the genealogy.

The clan elder was startled and was about to send someone to fetch Rong Heng for questioning, but Rong Luoge began to cry, saying that Rong Heng wanted to sell her again, that she truly had no choice but to clash with her father, and that Rong Heng had flown into a rage and written the severance document.

Rong Luoge cried as she recounted her grievances—she didn't want to spend every day worrying about being sold by her father for profit, and she begged the clan elder to show mercy and save her one more time.

The clan elder wasn't unaware of Rong Luoge's situation. He sighed and said, "You must understand, once your name is truly struck from the genealogy, there will really be no more connection. As a lone woman, how will you survive from now on?"

"I lived alone on the estate for all those years. Thank you for your concern, clan elder. I will survive. It will still be better than how things are now," Rong Luoge said firmly.

The clan elder knew her resolve was set, and with the severance document already written, he had no choice but to have someone bring the genealogy and strike her name from it in front of Rong Luoge.

The great stone in Rong Luoge's heart fell away. She thanked the clan elder repeatedly before taking her leave.

From now on, she was free!

Having received Chu Ke's help, Rong Luoge thought of what she had promised her. The letter she had sent to Di Yue Nu last time should have had some effect, but she still needed to tie up this loose end herself.

After some thought, she decided that before entering the Dong Gong, she needed to clean up this loose end as well, and planned to sneak into Di Yue Nu's residence again tonight.

She returned to the old residence to prepare. At midnight, she changed into night clothes and slipped out quietly—only her luck wasn't great. She ran into a patrol team the moment she stepped outside.