"...What is this?" The Emperor finally asked, breaking the silent standoff that had been going on for too long.
Prince Yi knit his brows and then went, "I do not understand the question...Your majesty." He "respectfully" added after a slight pause.
The Emperor let out a breath and clarified, "What is it that you're planning now?"
Prince Yi raised his eyebrows and blinked up at him in "confusion", "Planning? I am not planning anything ... Unless a blissful marriage qualifies as a plan then perhaps I-"
"Stop with the games." The Emperor calmly interjected, irritated with prince Yi's coy response, "You must think that the fact that you still live means that I am foolish. Otherwise why else would you continue to be so brazen in your actions."
Prince Yi frowned, "All I ask is permission to marry. How is that being brazen? Al-"
