Even if it's a princess or a county princess, discussing marriage must still take the opinions of the man's family into account. Only after both parties agree can the marriage be ordained, otherwise, if a marriage is arbitrarily decreed and one side harbors dissatisfaction, it will only lead to resentment. What meaning would there be in such a union?
The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "Their family has agreed."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor didn't raise any objections and asked with a smile, "Is Mother intending for your son to issue the marriage decree, or do you wish to issue it yourself?"
"You issue it." This itself was a kind of gesture, to ease the Sun Family's mind. But the main purpose for the Empress Dowager to seek the Emperor this time wasn't actually about the marriage decree, but rather...
