Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Yu Xiangwan's expression remained tense as always. Seeing that Yu Zhuo was still unaware, he hesitated for a moment before telling Yu Zhuo.

"The late king has been asleep for over five hundred years, and the current merfolk royal family all revere the current king, Tamo. Upon seeing the late king awaken, Tamo attributed all the credit to the resurrection ceremony and insisted on carrying it out to the end, in order to select an Alpha for the late king."

Yu Zhuo's eyes flickered slightly: "Do they still want you to marry him?"

“No, it’s not me.” Yu Xiangwan’s clear blue eyes slowly looked at Yu Zhuo. “They want to choose you.”

Yu Zhuo: "..."

Zhou Yanshu's awakening is undoubtedly a catastrophe for Tamo. Most of the merfolk still adhere to the faith of the former king, and if Zhou Yanshu tries to reclaim the throne, he will inevitably unleash a bloodbath in the deep sea.

Tamo wanted to plunge Zhou Yanshu into a quagmire from the very beginning to ensure that Zhou Yanshu would never dare to have any thoughts of rebellion or vying for power again.

His initial choice to have Yu Xiangwan marry the late king was merely a ploy to deceive the public with their rank. Now that Zhou Yanshu has awakened, if the 3S-rank Yu Xiangwan were to go there as well, their combined efforts would only overwhelm Tamo.

So Tamo changed his target to Yu Zhuo. Yu Zhuo was a good-for-nothing with only a C-level rating, and he was also gloomy and inarticulate. If he were to mark Zhou Yanshu, Zhou Yanshu would probably be living a life worse than death.

Yu Xiangwan knew that Yu Zhuo was nothing more than a victim of this power struggle. With such a low rank, his compatibility with the late king was probably less than 10%, and once he left, he might never return.

Even if Yu Xiangwan didn't know Zhou Yanshu's temperament, emperors' minds were always unpredictable, and how many of them were truly kind-hearted?

Now, Zhou Yanshu has been humiliated by Yu Zhuo and forced to submit. He probably won't let Yu Zhuo off easily in the future.

Even though Yu Xiangwan wasn't close to Yu Zhuo, she couldn't help but feel a little sad at this moment: "Yu Zhuo, if it really doesn't work, you can pretend to be sick and postpone it..."

"Brother, I'll go buy a formal dress and a suit this afternoon." Yu Zhuo strode up the stairs, his voice clear and crisp. "Let me see how much money I have left!"

“You…” Yu Xiangwan stood up and looked upstairs. He saw that Yu Zhuo’s door was wide open and he was still rummaging through drawers and cabinets inside.

Yu Xiangwan twitched the corner of her lips. It seemed that her younger brother had never been thinking straight.

*

Yu Zhuo still had some pocket money in his room, perhaps saved up in the past, but it didn't amount to much. After buying a suit, it was all gone.

Yu Zhuo didn't care at all. The suit he chose had a good cut, top-quality fabric, and was similar to the ones he had worn before.

It does evoke fond memories.

Yu Zhuo styled his hair in advance on the day of departure. His white hair was naturally curly and spread out in all directions, and he had to use hairspray to barely keep it in place.

The wedding car had been waiting outside for a while. The servant who came to pick up Yu Zhuo stood to one side of the door. He glanced at his watch and politely knocked on Yu Zhuo's door.

"Mr. Yu, are you ready? The wedding car has arrived, we should set off."

"Okay." The man inside responded quickly, and the servant stood aside, waiting for Yu Zhuo to come out.

The doorknob turned twice, and then the entire door was pulled open from behind. The servant looked up and was taken aback.

Yu Zhuo was dressed in a pure black suit, with a red tie tied neatly at the neck, falling properly to his chest. He was tall, with his long legs encased in trousers that hung down, revealing only a small section of his fair but noticeably slender ankles.

Rumors circulated that he was particularly sickly, and his attendants even mistook him for someone with sunken cheeks and emaciated appearance.

I never expected to see Yu Zhuo in person today, only to find that his complexion was quite ordinary. Although his skin was several shades lighter than that of an average person, he had no signs of illness. His eyes were long and narrow without any sinister aura, and his golden pupils shone brightly. Standing there, he naturally exuded the noble air of a young master from a prestigious family.

This is hardly some inferior, ugly toad; just based on its appearance alone, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to give Yu Zhuo an award.

"Excuse me, is it still possible?" Yu Zhu asked when he saw the servant staring at him without saying a word.

He spent more time today, which might anger these royal attendants from the deep sea.

The attendant suppressed the tremor in his heart; after all, he worked for the royal family. He smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty, there is plenty of time. You don't need to rush. This is a mask for you."

...the late king and queen.

Yu Zhuo paused for a moment, then took the mask and naturally put it on his face: "Okay."

This is a custom among mermaids: both partners wear mermaid masks during the wedding ceremony and can only remove them at the end of the entire ceremony.

This mask is said to be carved from the bones of a deep-sea monster, covered with colorful scales and adorned with dozens of gems and pearls. It is particularly heavy, simply covering only the upper half of the exquisitely crafted face, revealing the thin, red lips beneath.

The attendant saw that Yu Zhuo had put on the mask before he went downstairs.

The wedding car was parked downstairs in advance, and the attendants who came to pick up the guests stood on both sides, leaving the central aisle completely clear.

Yu Zhuo glanced back and saw that Yu Yuanshan and the others were standing not far away. They were not allowed to get close and could only look at Yu Zhuo from a distance of more than ten meters.

This wedding looked more like an execution ground for prisoners. Not only strangers, but even relatives were turned away.

Yu Zhuo looked back, his gaze lingering on Yu Yuanshan and his wife for a long time before turning to Yu Xiangwan. Yu Xiangwan stood outside the railing and simply waved to him.

Yu Zhuo withdrew his gaze, did not linger, and got into the car to sit in the back seat.

The journey to the mermaid tribe is long; it takes them an hour to reach the coast.

Fortunately, they weren't so outrageous as to hold the wedding in the sea. Yu Zhuo wasn't a good swimmer, and King Tamo didn't want Zhou Yanshu to approach the royal area in the center of the seabed. In the end, they decided to hold the wedding in the mermaid temple in the ancient forest on the shore.

After traversing several intricate mountain paths, Yu Zhuo alighted from the carriage with the attendants in front of him. He looked up and saw a large number of guests gathered around the temple, toasting and conversing with each other; they had been there for some time.

As soon as Yu Zhuo got out of the car, he attracted the attention of many people. Their expressions changed repeatedly as they looked at Yu Zhuo and whispered among themselves.

Yu Zhu ignored this and followed the attendants into the temple, bowing to the merman king Tamo, who was sitting at the top: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Today is your wedding day, there's no need for formalities," Tamo laughed twice. "Get up."

His appearance was similar to what Yu Zhuo had found before, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, but his figure was slightly bloated. He did not wear many gold ornaments, but simply wore a royal robe.

"Our late queen has arrived, but where is Yan Shu?" Tamo swirled his wine glass between his fingers. "Tell him to hurry up, we're all waiting for him."

Yu Zhuo stepped aside and said nothing more.

The surrounding servants all bowed their heads and remained silent, and the ministers who came to attend the wedding dared not speak loudly, all sitting aside exchanging pleasantries.

About ten minutes later, there was some noise outside.

"Your Majesty, he is here."