Chapter 73: The Forceful Rejection of Marriage
Yun Jiao felt a burning fire in her chest and had the urge to tear the paper apart right then and there. Yet her face remained calm and composed, her voice as steady as ever.
“What is the meaning of this?”
“This is the marriage contract Father just wrote,” Ji Chen replied as he followed her into the room.
“No,” Yun Jiao blinked in disbelief. “Wasn’t he going to prepare my payment? Why did he suddenly send me a marriage contract?”
“This is the payment,” Ji Chen said matter-of-factly. “The most precious thing in the Demon King’s palace is, of course, the position of queen.” His tone was perfectly serious, but his eyes carried a hint of resentment—an expression that said: I treated you as my savior, but you want to become my stepmother?
What kind of casual nonsense was this demon realm running on?!
“Who said I wanted to be—” Yun Jiao had a hundred curses on the tip of her tongue.
Before she could continue, all the attendants in the room suddenly knelt before her and shouted in unison,
“Congratulations, Your Majesty the Queen!”