Mrs. Li heard the noise and came out of the room to ask the coachman a few questions, then she felt a surge of fear and decided that from now on, her daughters must be accompanied by hired help when they go out.
"Qing, what happened?"
Ye Luoqi was over 16 years old and still not betrothed. It wasn't for lack of proposals; since she was ten or eleven, with each passing year, matchmakers had come to propose marriage.
Her parents felt they should keep her for a few more years, and in these past one or two years, they thought the suitors the matchmakers spoke of were not quite satisfying, preferring to miss out rather than settle, so she was over 16 now.
She hadn't been betrothed, although she had already had her coming-of-age ceremony, and as such, she was eligible for marriage.
"Qing, has someone been bullying you?"
