"Ah Yin, the Second Prince has deep feelings for you," pleaded her mother. "Listen to me, now is not the time to hold onto your past ambitions. You should rid yourself of those thoughts as soon as possible."
Zhu Liusha thought Su Ying insisted on not marrying the Second Prince because she still harbored ambitions of climbing higher in status.
If the incident of Gai Yinyin gaining the Holy Emperor's favor had not occurred, Lord Duke Ying would still be in His Majesty's good graces, and she wouldn't have stopped her daughter from harboring such aspirations.
But now...
Being merely a name in front of the Holy Emperor at Duke Ying Mansion, it would be better for Su Ying to erase those thoughts sooner rather than later.
Zhu Liusha felt as bitter as bitter wormwood in her heart.
It was her own burden that had dragged her child down, otherwise, Su Ying would not have been so disheartened.
