Xiao Moqing’s restraint and patience…
If their different status was an obstacle he couldn’t overcome, then he would climb to the top and claim what he wanted himself…
“Elder Sister, you know better than anyone: if you marry me, my unparalleled betrothal gifts will all be yours, and I alone will provide your dowry.
Look across all of Great Qing, over its vast lands, and you’ll never find anyone as devoted to you as I am.”