The Cast-Off Consort Strikes Back: My Ex-Husband, Who Rules the World, Begs Me on His Knees

When I took the assassin's poisoned arrow for Xiao Che, he had his arms around his beloved, saying, "If she dies, that's perfect. It'll make room for you."

Later, he returned in triumph, only to find me treating his sworn enemy, the Heir of the Prince of Jingbei, in public at the gates of his manor.

"A Ning, come back with me." He knelt before me, his body covered in blood and grime.

I didn't even look up. "You've mistaken me for someone else, Your Highness. I only save those who are dying."

Later still, a plague ravaged the enemy kingdom. He caught the disease and was disfigured, then crawled outside my apothecary, crying out,

"Please... look at me one more time..."

I picked up the medicine I'd just finished boiling and poured it onto the scorched earth at my feet.

"I'm sorry. My medicine only saves the living."