I needed to find a reason to refuse.
Under the gazes of the Great Heng Empress and Tan Chengcheng, Zhang Yuan heaved a deep sigh. His eyes brimming with affection, he said sincerely:
"Your Highness, your beauty could sink fish and bring down geese, shame the moon and make flowers hide. You truly are one of the finest women in the Five Realms Heavens. However, I already have a fiancée, so I cannot become your imperial son-in-law."
To be honest, this really was not an excuse.
If he hid it from Li Huixi and became an imperial son-in-law in the Great Heng Dynasty, once Li Huixi emerged from seclusion, it would not merely be a question of whether Tan Chengcheng and he would still exist. Even the continued existence of the entire Great Heng Dynasty would be in doubt.
Li Huixi had once been the Dust Realm Deputy Sovereign, and now she was the Five-World Heavenly Sovereign. Put plainly, did that not make her the chief of the devil lords?
Refusing to become an imperial son-in-law was for the Great Heng Dynasty's own good.
"You already have a fiancée? A trifling matter. Just repudiate her first, then marry Chengcheng. Wouldn't that solve it?" the Great Heng Empress suggested.
Zhang Yuan's expression changed drastically.
Woe is me.
The Great Heng Empress was going to get him killed. She really would say anything.
"What? Is there some other difficulty? If there is, speak freely. For Chengcheng's happiness, I can take care of it for you," the Great Heng Empress vowed.
Her expression suggested that whatever excuse Zhang Yuan came up with, she would resolve it.
Feigning difficulty, Zhang Yuan sighed. "To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, I am actually marrying into her family."
"Marrying into her family?"
Both the Great Heng