"What did you say?" Emperor Dai's face immediately darkened.
He had never imagined that the first person to object would be Zhu Zhuyun rather than Zhu Zihao.
Hadn't Zhu Zhuyun always been close to Weisi? How could she possibly...
Could all of this have been instructed by the Zhu Family?
"I said I refuse. I don't like Dai Weisi, and I won't marry him." Zhu Zhuyun's voice was firm, with a trace of finality. Whatever happened, she would never agree.
If she truly had no other choice, she would prove her purity with her death.
She would not allow anything filthy to sully her purity.
"My minister Zhu, what is going on? What exactly does your Zhu Family intend to do?" Emperor Dai's face was livid as he spoke gravely. His voice held boundless fury.
As an emperor, being toyed with like this left him feeling humiliated.
Since ancient times, who had dared break an engagement with the imperial family?
Zhu Zhuqing had already been an exception. Back then, Zhu Zhuqing had gotten together with Xu Ran, that peerless genius, and he had endured it. He did not want to offend a peerless genius either.
But now? Zhu Zhuyun wanted to break her engagement to the crown prince too?
The crown prince was the heir to the nation. If his engagement was broken off, how could he succeed to the throne?
The Zhu Family...
"Your Majesty, Zhuyun wishes to choose a husband she likes. As her father, I cannot stop her. If possible, Your Majesty could choose another educated, well-mannered young woman from the Zhu Family's younger generation to enter an engagement with His Highness the Crown Prince," Zhu Zihao said with a frown.
He wanted to reveal the relationship between Zhu Zhuyun and Xu Ran, but after some thought,