Choosing the Stronger Branch - Episode 8

Zoe defiantly refuses her father's order to marry George, a politically powerful but lowborn man, insisting he promised her to Jason instead. Her father reveals the marriage is a strategic alliance to secure George's support for Prince Daniel in the throne succession, declaring Zoe's duty to the family. Enraged, Zoe threatens to hang herself rather than comply. Her father retaliates by threatening to destroy her entire maternal family if she dies, then orders her confined. Her powerless mother can only apologize as Zoe is taken away, leaving the marriage ultimatum and the threat of ruin hanging over them.