Nangong Yu wiped away the tear beads on her cheek, choking back sobs she said, "Imperial Mother need not worry about me anymore. I have decided that I will marry no one in this lifetime, and will live cleanly and simply by myself forever!"
"Yu'er, why must you insist on this? There are plenty of good men in the world, why must you fixate on Zi Qi alone? Your eldest cousin is stubborn, and even Imperial Mother can't do anything about him. Even if I could, I wouldn't dare let you marry him. How could you possibly provoke the Empress's own younger sister? With the Empress's formidable influence, if you upset her sister, your little life could be taken at any moment!"
