Jiang Ze heard this and immediately knelt to refuse. "Your Majesty, I am truly grateful for your kindness, but I already have a fiancée—a woman of the Lan Clan from Nanjiang. She saved my life, and I cannot betray her."
"Oh, you young rascal." Emperor Youning did not take offense; he raised a hand to signal him to rise. "You’ve certainly kept it well hidden. I shall look forward to that wedding wine, then."
Only then did Jiang Ze let out a sigh of relief.
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