A woman kneels before her king, offering something in exchange for canceling her wedding. She reveals her fiancé, Martin, cheated with his cousin Joanna and planned to make Joanna his co-wife. The woman declares she will not share her husband and begs for her freedom. The king, outraged by Martin's betrayal and sympathetic to the woman's father's sacrifice, agrees to cancel the wedding. He also retracts his offer to promote Martin and recalls the physician sent to tend to him. To salvage her reputation, the woman proposes finding a man willing to marry into her family to continue her line and protect her assets. She hints at a candidate but needs his family's approval first, leaving the king curious about his identity.