"To be honest, I'm the young prince who's being matched with a bride."
"..."
"To be honest, I'm the unmarried daughter of an official of at least the sixth rank, past the age of majority."
I am the second daughter of the Jiang family. My father, Jiang Cheng, is a great general at court. I am nineteen, and supposedly have been frail and sickly since childhood. I have been cultivating my health at a Taoist temple and rarely return to the capital, which is why I am still unmarried.
Si Luo is a young prince of the realm, the late emperor's youngest brother. He is twenty-three, cares only for mountains and rivers and has no interest in politics. He spends most of his time traveling, which is why he, too, has yet to marry.
"Hahahahahaha, frail and sickly? Cultivating your health? Is going to the gambling house with me every day to bet on cricket fights how you cultivate your health?" Si Luo mocked me.
I wasn't about to let him get the better of me. "You're twenty-three and still unmarried? Your Highness, is there some unspeakable difficulty? Is it so serious that the emperor has to issue a royal edict to find you a bride?"
