The Emperor perked up upon hearing this.
"Tell me, perhaps I will allow it!"
Yun Jinnian lifted her gaze towards the Emperor, "Your Majesty isn't deceiving your subject's daughter?"
"A ruler doesn't make jokes, moreover, you haven't said what you seek. How can I grant it without knowing?"
Saying so, the Emperor carefully took a sip from his teacup.
Yun Jinnian stood up and then knelt down, "Your Majesty, what your subject's daughter seeks is to be able to decide her own marriage matters in the future!"
"Deciding your own marriage matters?"
"Yes, your subject's daughter hopes to have a say in her own marital affairs in the future. I do not wish to marry someone who doesn't delight my heart, or whom I do not delight. Someone who would marry me solely because Your Majesty decrees it, or because of parental orders, compelled to marry, as I am compelled to wed!"
The Emperor was silent.