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Chapter 181 Marry me or die, choose one

"Your Highness, may I go home? My aunt will be worried if she can't see me."

Hearing the girl's soft, pleading words, His Highness the Crown Prince's smile remained unchanged, but his words were particularly heart-wrenching:

"Knowing my secret and still dreaming of leaving, should I call you naive or foolish?"

"I……"

"Marry me or die, the choice is yours."

The man's overly casual words stunned the girl, her beautiful eyes slightly opening, her pretty face momentarily blank.

He watched her with a leisurely air, waiting to enjoy the girl's painful and distressed struggle.

And whatever choice she ultimately makes, it will certainly...

What does shaking your head mean? Does it mean you don't want to?

Chu Junyan remained gentle and elegant, his handsome face devoid of any malice, yet he inspired even greater fear than a volatile tyrant.

Qin Su pursed her lips, seemingly suppressing the panic in her heart, and tried to speak to him gently and calmly: "Your Highness is of noble status, while I... I am of ordinary appearance, not favored at home, and my reputation... is not very good. I can not offer you any help, and may even implicate Your Highness. Why would you make things difficult for yourself by marrying me?"

She pinched her fingertips, mustered her courage to look at him, and said with exceptional sincerity, "Your Highness is kind-hearted and will not really kill me. As long as Your Highness lets me leave, I swear I will never appear before you again."

Unfortunately, the person in front of her was not moved by her sincerity.
"If you don't want to marry, why are you here today? Or is it because you think..."

Chu Junyan forcefully lifted the girl's pointed chin with his long, jade-like fingers, his smile both beautiful and cold: "I am not as good as him, that's why I am unwilling?"

When he said "not as good as him," His Highness the Crown Prince almost laughed at himself.

Is he worse than that brainless idiot?
joke.

Qin Su was forced to look into the man's beautifully shaped eyes, trying to find a familiar shadow in them.

Unfortunately not.

She lowered her eyes to hide the disappointment in them, her beautiful voice suppressing her grievance: "This humble woman dares not."

"Don't you dare?"

Chu Junyan smiled without any emotion, his eyes cold and deep.

For some reason, he, who prided himself on his exceptional patience and rarely got angry over external things, felt a surge of inexplicable anger upon seeing her trembling and submissive appearance.

He hadn't forgotten how vibrant, passionate, and clingy she was when she thought he was "him."

Just thinking about it made a flash of anger in the man's eyes.

For the first time in his life, someone chose that idiot instead of him, right in front of him.

"Since you dare not, then accept it."

His Highness the Crown Prince withdrew his hand, his cold words revealing a glimpse of the aloof and superior nature of a crown prince: "This is not a place you can come and go as you please."

With that, he turned and left, the golden dragon patterns on his black and gold robe shimmering with a dark light, seemingly imbued with his cold and domineering aura.

Almost the instant the man turned around, alarms went off in Qin Su's mind.

This man is not like a tyrant who can be easily appeased. If we let him leave like this, who knows how things will end up?

"Don't go,"

Ignoring the injury on her hand, she forcefully grabbed the man's robe, tears welling up in her eyes: "You promised me that you would let me leave the palace today."

Chu Junyan stopped and turned around, a half-smile on his face: "Did I promise you?"

If Eunuch Liu were here, he would surely be able to tell that His Highness the Crown Prince is on the verge of losing his temper.

He didn't show it, simply because he was good at pretending. And those who angered him usually didn't fare well.

Unfortunately, Qin Su didn't know this. She cried and acted spoiled, saying, "I don't care who you are, a real man keeps his word. Besides, you are the Crown Prince. A king's word is law. You can't bully a little girl like me!"

As if on cue, Eunuch Liu returned from delivering the imperial physician and witnessed this scene, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

His Highness the Crown Prince dislikes being pestered, and Miss Qin's actions might anger him!

Just as Eunuch Liu was hesitating whether to go all out and plead for leniency, the man who was being "entangled" surprisingly did not get angry.

The girl's crying and whining were somewhat similar to what I remembered, except...

Would she threaten him like that?

The smile that had just reached the corners of the man's mouth vanished for some reason, and he pulled away from the girl's hand: "Unfortunately, I just don't agree."

He spoke with an unusually strong emotion in his voice.

Qin Su was stunned for a moment, her blank expression somewhat adorable.

Chu Junyan decided to leave quickly, afraid that if he stayed with the idiot for too long, he would also catch the idiot's quirks.

Seeing that everything was alright, Eunuch Liu prepared to slip away quietly, but little did he know that if he hadn't moved, he would have been fine, because the moment he moved, he was caught.

"Eunuch Liu! Tell me, what should we do if His Highness the Crown Prince goes back on his word?"

Eunuch Liu was so shocked he almost jumped up from the spot.

"No, no, this old servant..."

Qin Su knew that the old eunuch would never dare to stand up for her, so she interrupted him before he could finish speaking, saying, "You see, even Eunuch Liu said it wouldn't work. You can't go back on your word."

As she spoke, she clenched the brocade robe in her hands tighter, unaware that she was drawing courage from the person who was threatening her.

Not far away, Eunuch Liu was practically pointing a trembling finger at himself: Me? I said something? What did I say? Don't slander me!

Unfortunately, neither of the two people opposite him looked at him anymore.

Even the young lady who spoke so readily, after "using" him, shed tears first: "If Your Highness still doesn't acknowledge it, then there's nothing I can do..."

The little girl's tears fell onto the man's robe, staining it a dark color. Just looking at her pitiful appearance, one couldn't help but condemn how hateful and heartless the person who bullied her was.

His Highness the Crown Prince realized that his previous views were too one-sided.

Small poor?
she?
It's clearly a cunning, shrewd, and quick-witted little fox.

The angrier he got, the gentler his smile became, leaving no trace of his anger: "Since you are so eager to leave the palace, then I will not force you to stay. Once your injuries have healed a bit more, you can leave."

The little girl suddenly raised her head, her eyes shining brightly: "Thank you, Your Highness..."

"Don't thank me yet."

Cool fingers landed on her soft, rosy lips, silencing her.

His Highness the Crown Prince smiled gently and elegantly: "I originally thought you were right. If I wanted a woman, what woman couldn't I have? Why should I compete with him for a mere one like you? If he likes her, I'll give her to him. But now..."

The man's smile deepened slightly, and with a little pressure on her lips, his pearly white teeth were revealed, exuding an indescribable ambiguity and domineering aura, like a kingly beast preparing to hunt its prey.

"No one has ever dared to threaten me like this,"

He leaned slightly closer to the stiff-bodied girl, his gentle breath falling on her lips, which made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end: "Your Highness, see you again in a few days."

Looking at the breathtakingly beautiful woman so close at hand, Qin Su's mind went completely blank.

It seems she... made things worse.