"He doesn't trust me? Thinks I would remarry? Marry someone else with all these secrets?" Jiang Li was astonished. "But I have said that I would not marry anyone else in my life."
"That was only a verbal promise," Jih Heng said with a smile. "Many people in this world can't even clearly remember what they themselves have said. The Emperor thinks you are the same."
"I didn't want to make this bet with him; it's a waste of time. I know the outcome. You are so stubborn and quite foolish, how could you engage in something as difficult as turning with the wind?" Jih Heng chuckled. "But I still agreed to it because only then would things be easier in the future. He wouldn't interfere in this matter again; a moment's patience is all it takes."
