She said angrily, "Sending a prince to marry in alliance, wouldn't it arouse the emotions of the entire court? Self-destruction of our foundation? If it spreads, it would easily give the enemy an opportunity to attack us in public? It would also make the alien races look down on our dynasty, bringing countless harms and no benefits. Even taking ten thousand steps back, we should select some noble children, like the Princely Heir... This kind of play, discussing court politics recklessly, deserves execution, let alone smearing a female emperor in this way, what is intended by it? Ma Yan should be ordered to arrest and interrogate them all!"
She was furious!
Soon after, she began to feel afraid, thinking if Zhuang Xiaocheng and the others from the Kuangfu Society had used storytelling, plays, and other methods to slander her like this... who knows what kind of trouble it would cause.
Zhao Douan opened his mouth, held back for a long while, then said, "It's different here..."
