Su Qiao said bluntly, "I wasn't frightened. I just don't want to get too close to the Crown Prince anymore."
"Qiao'er..." Xi Muyan hadn't expected her to go back on her word, much less reject him so decisively. For a moment, he couldn't figure out what had happened to cause such a drastic change in her.
Whenever Su Qiao thought of how this man had used an innocent girl who was already unfortunate enough, deceived her feelings, and then even borrowed someone else's hand to kill her, she felt particularly disgusted.
"If I remember correctly, I'm your intended secondary consort, aren't I? You want your own woman to get close to another man?" Aren't you afraid of ending up with a green pasture over your head?
However, this man had never intended to let the original host live from the very beginning.
"You..."
Su Qiao had wanted to ask, Are you even a man?
But just as the words reached her lips, a sudden idea occurred to her.
"You don't care about me at all."
As she spoke, Su Qiao put on an angry expression and turned to leave.
Of course, she didn't forget to pretend to be lame.
Xi Muyan was rendered speechless and couldn't say a word for a moment.
After a pause, he let out an extremely helpless sigh and hurried after her.
"Qiao'er, what exactly is wrong? Didn't I explain the reasons to you clearly last time?"
"You saw it with your own eyes at noon, too. His temper is far too explosive. He'll even have officials beheaded whenever he feels like it, without caring at all about the occasion. If this continues, it'll only harm him and bring him no benefit."
"I asked you to keep an eye on him for his own good. I'm