1.
At her eighteenth birthday celebration, he placed the half-moon crown on her head. She said, “I'm sorry.” He said, “A princess never needs to bow her head. You have nothing to apologize for.”
At her wedding when she was twenty-three, he knelt on one knee to place the Imperial-style crown on her head. Kissing her cheek, he said, “For the rest of my life, I will be your subject alone.”
2.
“You think he's a good person? Su Xu, you've never really understood how Lu Zeyan feels about your younger sister.”
“Su Xi has known him since childhood. Everything in her life seems to be her own choice: going to school, studying, socializing, having fun, working. He's never restricted her in anything. But have you noticed?”
“Your sister measures everything in the world against him.”
Theme: The trials and turmoil of life may temper you and confine your body, but they cannot dictate your fate.
