The Arrangement

Du Fen may be a Ger, but that doesn't mean he has to roll over for any man. No way! He has worked too hard up until now to be seen as a "real man" to throw it all away just because his father arranges his marriage... Even if that man is the Emperor himself!
The Emperor never asked for a bride, let alone a male one. If his father's wishes were not set down in writing and he didn't value that family so, he would not have agreed to such a thing at all. But you know, now that he's met the young master.... It would be a shame not to eat such a tempting morsel.