Su Yujiao turned her face away, resisting his touch.

"Let me go."

What exactly do you want?

Chu Zhongyuan smiled gently: "Marry me, and I will protect you."

"Otherwise, you will only be imprisoned by Chen Yunniang and made a blood slave."

"She will drain your blood and become the most revered saintess of the Southern Frontier Kingdom."

"She will also torment your two children, making you wish you were dead."

"As long as you marry me, I will kill her for you after I ascend the throne."

"Oh, right, she can't die, or you'll die too."

"Then keep her locked up until she dies of old age."

As the man spoke, he reached out and touched her smooth face again: "Jiaojiao, I have a heart full of love for you, so don't let me down again."

What if I don't marry?

Chu Zhongyuan smiled and said, "That's not up to you."

"You are no longer the Holy Maiden of the Southern Frontier Kingdom. For me to marry you is merely a matter of issuing an imperial decree."

"I am telling you all this now only so that you will marry me willingly and happily."

"On my wedding day, I do not want to be spoiled by anyone."

Not a saint?

Su Yujiao gave a self-deprecating laugh; the Dragon and Snake Jade had been taken away by Chen Yunniang.

She must be eager to return to the Southern Frontier Kingdom with the jade pendant and blood to hold a moon-worshiping ceremony.

At that time, Chen Yunniang will be a true saintess, and even the crown prince will be unable to stop her.

Perhaps the Crown Prince doesn't need to stop it. Who the Holy Maiden is is not important; what matters is that it benefits the Southern Frontier Kingdom.

As for herself, she had never revealed her identity as a saintess from the beginning, and she was even less so now.