Zu An didn’t get angry and simply replied with a smile, “I was only speaking in a closer manner because we’ve already had some physical intimacy. If your highness wants to act so distant, let’s just treat things as official business. If your highness needs something in the future, please contact me then.”

He picked up Snow, intending to leave on the spot. Her condition was extremely poor and she needed to be detoxified as quickly as possible.

Seeing that he was about to leave, the Second Empress quickly extended her hand and asked, “What are you doing?”

“Leaving this place, of course,” Zu An said in confusion.

The Second Empress said seriously, “You cannot. There are Golden Crow Guards everywhere outside; you will be easily found out if you leave. If you are caught, that will affect me too.”

In her position, she obviously wouldn’t believe something like a promise. Even if Zu An continued to say he wouldn’t sell her out, if he really were caught and tortured, no one could hold all that information in.

Zu An knew that what she said was the truth. There were indeed Golden Crow Guards everywhere outside at that moment, all intending...