Only In Names

Hue Chi stepped forward to allow others to see him clearly. His eyes remained unmoved and expression uninterested of the topic at hand down to the people in the hall. In a low stern voice, he announced crisp and clear. "If I must pick someone here today, I want to make it clear, we will only be married in names, and will live separately for our entire life for this soul was long betrothed and this heart was long possessed... by her."

A whipped of wind slashed through the hall accompanied by a roar of the King's voice. "HUE CHI!!" People gasped, startled of the King's anger that they have not witnessed before but heard rumors of.

The reaction of the King and hall below didn't bother Hue Chi at all. He continued with allowing himself pulled into the chaos. "There should be no heirs. Anyone willing, they can submit their names and will be randomly drawn." As soon as he finished, he stepped back while the hall drowned in the voices of the people's chaos mind.