He Yang, badly wounded, is picked up and taken home by a young man. The young man keeps saying he wants to marry him and make him a live-in son-in-law.
So furious that he spits up blood, He Yang stammers, "How dare... cough, cough... you!"
He's the Crown Prince of Great Xia! How could he marry into a farm boy's family?
Why not? After the wedding, He Yang decides it's a pretty good arrangement. Living off his spouse is just too sweet.
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Great Xia has a law: if a young man or woman hasn't married by the age of eighteen, the official matchmaker must come and arrange a marriage by force.
Huo Zhu is about to turn eighteen. People keep rejecting him, saying he doesn't act like a proper young man, and every match falls through. His mother is beside herself with worry.
With the authorities about to marry him off to who knows whom, Huo Zhu goes hunting in the mountains and comes back carrying a handsome man, saying he wants to marry him.
Huo Zhu's mother is overjoyed. This is perfect! Not only is he handsome, but he'll marry into their family!
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Have you heard? Have you heard?
The frail, sickly Crown Prince is back!
And apparently, he's married into a farm boy's family!
The entire court is in an uproar. This is... this is outrageous!
He Yang says, "What's proper? I say what's proper!"
Theme: Stay optimistic and positive
