Whenever someone proposes, who doesn't first discuss in private before sending a matchmaker? This way, if it doesn't work out, it won't be too embarrassing, right?
But this Prince of Beiyan goes against the norm, openly and formally seeking to marry the girl he admires in front of so many people. How could such sincerity not move hearts? How could it not evoke admiration?
Some screamed, some whistled, while many more were intensely curious about who this female disciple of Old Mr. Meng is.
Many present had already heard that Meng Songguan had taken on a female disciple, and that this disciple had created a craze among scholars and literati with her words, though she had only published one piece, which was already widely recited.
But few people knew who this female disciple was, as she had always been extremely low-key and rarely appeared in public with Old Mr. Meng.
