At the Lantern Festival banquet, Chu Xiyu, the legitimate son of the Duke of Zhenguo, and Qi Mingyi, the only son of Minister Qi, both petitioned the emperor to become my consort.
"Who will it be? Her Highness the Princess must give us an answer today!"
I took a bite of the huge pig's trotter in my hand and asked cautiously,
"Could I... take them both?"
The new emperor looked at me with an inscrutable smile, and my heart skipped a beat.
