Possessing historical knowledge from a future era, Zhao Feng keenly understood that there was no such thing as free love in this age. Everything was dictated by one's parents and the words of a matchmaker. For a woman, the only choice was to wait for a matchmaker to arrive at her door with a proposal.
Women! This is their inescapable fate.
Of course, for the daughters of noble houses, marriage was almost always a tool for furthering family interests. For the daughters of commoners, there might have been a bit more freedom. They could fall in love with someone from their own village, then have a matchmaker or an elder arrange the proposal.
Regarding Wang Yan's identity, the moment he heard her surname was Wang and saw she was protected by a personal guard only a Main General would possess, Zhao Feng guessed who she was.