Step One
Qian Zhou
You first my son.
Qian Taio
All I wish for is for your majesty's health and to live a long life.
Qian Taio
Having your majesty's blessing to marry the woman I love is enough for me.
Qian Zhou
And you, my child?
Qian Zhou
What shall I grant you?
Gu Xiaolian
Will his majesty really grant me my request?
Gu Xiaolian
I would like to end my engagement to the sixth prince.
Everyone was equally shocked and surprised as the Emperor after hearing my request.
My parents and brother also looked shocked and relieved at the same time.
This is the first step of my revenge.
Break off my engagement to him.
Qian Taio
What are you doing?
Qian Taio
What nonsense are you say?
Qian Zhou
Why would you request something like that?
Qian Zhou
When the reason for this banquet was for your engagement.
Qian Zhou
Do you take me for a fool?
Qian Zhou
Me, the Emperor?!
Qian Zhou
Let's talk in private.
Everyone left expect the sixth prince and my father.
Qian Zhou
Explain yourself child?
Qian Zhou
Just know if your answer is unreasonable then you'll be severely punished.
Qian Zhou
I said, silence.
Gu Xiaolian
I have made a great mistake.
Gu Xiaolian
And I'll accept any punishment that I'm given.
Gu Xiaolian
I have falling in love with someone else.
Gu Xiaolian
It's true that the sixth prince and I once loved each other, but I have noticed that it has faded away.
Gu Xiaolian
And I can't marry someone I don't love.
Gu Xiaolian
If I was to marry the sixth prince, it will be a one-sided love. And that won't be fair to his highness.
Gu Xiaolian
I want him to marry someone he really loves and who loves him back.
Gu Xiaolian
That's all I wish for him.
Gu Xiaolian
I want him to be happy.
But in truth, I want to see him suffer by taking away his army.
The Gu family is a military family that served the past emperors and is the largest and most powerful one in the kingdom.
My father is the General and my brother is the heir.
When I marry the sixth prince, he'll receive half of that military power.
And a kingdom is only as strong as it's military.
By taking that away, he's left with no easy way to become the Emperor.
Qian Zhou
Is that really it?
Gu Xiaolian
Yes, your majesty.
Gu Xiaolian
My mother and father would tell me stories of how they met and fell in love. And how his majesty was very supportive of their marriage.
Gu Xiaolian
It's the same for my brother as well.
Gu Xiaolian
I just want to have a life like the one my parents and brother have.
Gu Xiaolian
And I'm afraid to say that it's not with his highness.
Qian Zhou
You have raised quite a daughter, General Gu.
Gu Mo
My apologies, your majesty.
Gu Mo
I take full responsibility for her behavior.
Qian Zhou
If that's the reason for your request, then may I ask who is the person you fell in love with?
Gu Xiaolian
He was my official fiancee, the seventh prince.
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