To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Thinking of this, Su Mingyue waved her hand at Xiao Zhan: "Forget it, you're not someone of high status, so whether you're his fiancé or not doesn't really matter."

Fu Jingsheng is currently a compiler at the Hanlin Academy, a low-ranking position. Su Ziyu, on the other hand, has a high status; she is the daughter of the current Grand Secretary, and the Prime Minister Su behind her is Fu Jingsheng's asset.

Xiao Zhan narrowed his eyes as he watched the woman's words change.

He suddenly spoke up: "If I agree to your request, you have to agree to one thing in return."

“I can make requests of you, but you can’t make requests of me.” Su Mingyue wasn’t stupid: “You owe me a favor, not the other way around. You need to understand that.”

"Your request doesn't require me to repay the favor I owe you; it's like we're cooperating on equal terms. You need a fiancé now, and I need a queen, don't you think?"

Hearing the second half of his sentence, Su Mingyue was startled: "What the heck?"

"My name is Xiao Zhan, didn't I tell you that already? Don't tell me that after all these days, you still don't know the identity of the person you saved that night?"

Su Mingyue couldn't remember for the time being.

At the time, people thought the man's status was probably not low; who would have thought he was a member of the royal family?

"You're a prince? Which prince?" Among the princes in the capital, the one whose name she knew didn't seem to be the one in front of her.

"Prince Zhan."

"You're the War Prince Xiao Zhan, who recently returned to the capital after a victorious battle?"

"You remember now?"

"You're really unlucky, being assassinated as soon as you got back." Su Mingyue felt a bit more sympathy for the man in front of her.

"Let's leave those things aside. The Emperor wants to arrange a marriage for me, but I don't mean it that way. You can be my fiancée, and I'll be your fiancé. After a year, we can find another opportunity to break off the engagement. What do you think?"

Hearing his words, Su Mingyue felt extremely guilty: "This is probably inappropriate. The Emperor would never agree to our marriage."

Even disregarding her true identity as the daughter of the Su family, the fact that she had been married to Fu Jingsheng and then divorced makes it impossible for the Emperor to allow the current Prince Zhan to marry her.

"What exactly is your disagreement?"

"I've been divorced," Su Mingyue stated the facts directly.

"This is nothing. I have always acted unconventionally. Your personality is more in line with me."

Su Mingyue: "..."

Was this a compliment or a criticism? Something about it sounded off to her.

"How exactly will this cooperation work?" Su Mingyue decided to listen to the details first. Her immediate priority was to make things difficult for Fu Jingsheng and Su Ziyu, so she definitely needed a partner. This partner's status and position wouldn't be inferior; at least better than Fu Jingsheng's.

"To the outside world, you'll be my fiancée, and I'll be your fiancé. At home, we won't interfere in each other's lives. Of course, we'll still go out together occasionally, and we'll attend certain necessary occasions together."

"Being your fiancée is too risky. What if the Emperor doesn't agree? I won't agree if the benefits aren't good enough." Su Mingyue thought for a moment. He was the War King. If she agreed, there might be even more people who wanted to kill her.

For the sake of her own life, she wouldn't agree unless the other party offered her something that would tempt her.

If the other party's conditions are tempting enough, she might as well give it a try.

"Your situation doesn't seem to be very good either. I promise you that during the year you cooperate with me, I will be obligated to protect you. Of course, if you have any enemies you want to deal with, I will also help you take action as appropriate."

Su Mingyue found it somewhat amusing: "You call this a condition?"