Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 82 The Entanglement of Fate Begins

"How dare you!" Princess Li Cen clearly noticed Lu He, who neither bowed nor looked at her with respect.

"Where did this brat come from, daring to look at Her Highness the Princess with such a lowly gaze!" The maid behind him stepped forward, about to slap Lu He.

Lu He hurriedly took a step back: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! Your Highness, I am a woman, a woman, and I have no lewd thoughts whatsoever!"

Hearing her shout, Li Cen raised his hand to stop the maid who was about to chase after Lu He.

"You are a woman? Why are you dressed as a man here?" Li Cen had a very obvious sense of distance from people. Unlike those princesses and princes, she did not deliberately create a persona of being approachable.

Lu He also felt that if she were to be careless and anger the princess, she might be executed.

"I am a Taoist practitioner," Lu He said, using the pretense of being a Taoist practitioner to save his life. Usually, nobles and royalty are still somewhat wary of such talk of ghosts and gods. "I disguised myself as a man so that it would be easier for me to go down the mountain to cultivate."

"Oh? Just a junior monk?" The princess's expression finally softened, but her emotions remained unreadable.

“You can call me Mr. Lu, and you can also ask me for divination about your future…” Lu He said deliberately, then looked at the princess with a meaningful gaze.

Future prospects? Li Cen frowned slightly. Could this person really see something? Other fortune tellers and women ask about marriage, why is he asking me about my future prospects?

Li Cen hesitated, looking at Lu He, then glanced at the main hall, and said to the maid beside him, "Let's call Chengde out first..."

The maid went in and came out quickly: "Your Highness, the Second Princess is not in the hall."

"Never mind, perhaps she knew I was coming and slipped away." Li Cen knew that her younger sister was quite afraid of her and usually avoided her like the plague. Ultimately, it was because of that year when she had acted foolishly and laid a hand on her own sister… Li Cen actually regretted it…

Then, as if lost in thought, she looked at Lu He again: "Did you come with your younger sister?"

“Uh,” Lu He hesitated for a moment, then decided to tell the truth: “Yes, sir…”

“I knew Chengde was able to cause such a ruckus at just the right time. It turns out he had a master to guide him…” Li Cen’s eyes turned cold again. “It seems your information network is indeed very efficient, sir.” To be honest, Chengde’s accurate knowledge of the time and place, his preemptive interference in the marriage between the Chao and Nie families, and his even faster information than the secret agents, is truly alarming. If such a person cannot be used for one’s own purposes, then he must not be allowed to live.

"I can tell fortunes, have you forgotten..." Lu He said with a forced smile, "Because Her Highness the Second Princess asked me about her marriage to the General of the Central Army, that's why..."

"General of the Central Army?" There are two Generals of the Central Army in the court; she must be referring to Chao Huaiyuan. Li Cen immediately understood Lu He's meaning. She could predict Chao Huaiyuan's marriage, and naturally, she could also predict his marriage with Miss Nie.

But can fortune-telling really be this detailed? If so, that's truly terrifying—it can predict every single step of the way, but who would it be serving…?

"Are you a retainer of Princess Chengde?" Li Cen asked tentatively.

"For now, I guess..." Lu He replied.

"What does this mean?" This was the first time Li Cen had encountered someone so unfathomable.

“I came down the mountain this time to find the chosen one… Princess Chengde, she… is not…” Lu He did not answer Li Cen’s question directly.

"So, have you found it yet?" A playful smile appeared on Li Cen's lips.

"Now... we are waiting..." Because Nie Qing was by her side, and the princess also had a maidservant by her side, Lu He could not speak too bluntly.

The rest is up to Li Cen to guess. I'm sure someone as clever as her will understand what I mean.

Today, Lu He has only met three members of the royal family: Chengde, the Third Prince, and the Eldest Princess. Since it has been stated that it is not Chengde, then it must be either Li Yun or Li Cen.

The eldest princess did not speak, but simply looked at Lu He quietly for a while, her eyes filled with a deep and dangerous emotion that was hard to fathom.

Standing beside Lu He, Nie Qing could already feel the oppressive aura emanating from the Princess's gaze—an aura that most people couldn't withstand. This Princess was no ordinary woman; her demeanor was like that of a seasoned courtier, steady as an old dog, yet she also possessed the heavy, oppressive presence of an emperor, like a sleeping dragon with its tail drooping.

This is the demeanor that royal offspring should have. This composure alone puts Chengde and Li Yun far ahead of each other.

"Do you know why only the Second Princess, Li Zhende, was granted a title?"

So Chengde was her title? Lu He had always thought that was her name. It turns out her name was Li Zhende. The system didn't even tell her that. Luckily, it didn't test her by asking her to say Princess Chengde's original name. Otherwise, it would have revealed that she couldn't tell fortunes. What a close call!

Seeing that Lu He didn't answer, Li Cen assumed she didn't know: "Because she's been preparing for a political marriage since she was little, so don't give her any more hope. You know what I mean..."

She was saying that Chengde should no longer harbor any delusions about marrying Chao Huaiyuan.

“Actually, I already knew…” Lu He looked directly into the princess’s eyes again.