It was just to clean your name, but mostly his. That's how it was arranged. You both got married so he had an excuse to be able to enter the city with no issue, and for you to be protected from that pesky government. Philza and your father had worked in secret, and no matter how much you protested, they never heard a thing So that's how you found yourself in the same room as the blood god, just after the wedding. It was obvious he wasn't thrilled about it either as he laid down right away