Hongfu Su's face turned pale with shock as she heard this, and she lifted her head in disbelief and confusion.
"What? Are you unwilling to abandon your old surname? If that's not the case..." Gu Changsheng saw her reaction, raised his eyebrows slightly, and was about to continue.
"No! It's not that I am unwilling!" Hearing this, Hongfu Su immediately prostrated herself on the ground, "It's just that Hongyan is among the six most supreme and noble surnames in the Southern Borderlands, and though I am kin through marriage, I have no right to carry their surname! I am grateful for the Sovereign's regard; it's not that I fail to appreciate kindness, but this matter is of great significance, and I cannot accept Your Majesty's favor!"
"But, after all, the Hongyan Clan has withered due to the affairs of my maternal family..." Gu Changsheng's face darkened as he thought of the Hongyan Clan, now left with only six men.
