The Song Ends, but We Remain

She is a Minister of Rites' daughter, whose fiancé died and who is rumored to bring husbands to ruin. He is a dissolute prince. An imperial decree of marriage binds together two people who barely know each other.

On their wedding night, she smiles and says, “Your Highness, why don't you take my pulse?”

Looking into her eyes, he replies, “If the Princess Consort wants to inspect the goods, I shall gladly oblige.”