Zhao Fu remained calm as he asked, "What exactly is going on? Tell me first. Your purpose should be for this, right?"
The beautiful woman gave a coquettish pout. "Young master! You truly have no sense of romance."
"Now I'll tell you. The eldest princess of the Mountain River Kingdom is the next heir to the throne, but she has no husband. So the current king wishes to find a marriage match for her."
"Various royal descendants and nobles have been selected. The current king intends to have them compete and choose the most outstanding one as the eldest princess's husband."
"Those people come from all sorts of factions and want to use this chance to control our eldest princess, extending their own influence throughout the kingdom. More importantly, the eldest princess does not wish to marry, so she ordered me to choose a suitable man to be her husband."
"That way, the eldest princess can control everything. She won't be watched greedily by the various factions, and she won't have to truly marry a man. It will merely be an act."
Zhao Fu chuckled. So it was only a sham marriage. Naturally, the person she chose would be under her control, like a puppet. That was the eldest princess's true aim.
"I'm afraid I can't agree to that, because I'm merely passing through and do not intend to stay for long," Zhao Fu said as he looked at the beautiful woman in his arms.
The beautiful woman smiled softly. "This servant already knew that young master was no ordinary person, which is why this servant asks young master to speak with our eldest princess. There will be great benefits. Will young master trust this servant just once?"
After pondering for a while, Zhao Fu agreed. Among the nearby kingdoms,