The Seventeenth Princess sighed melancholically, her expression somber: "Like means like, dislike means dislike, why speak falsehoods? However, I can lie to others, but somehow, I don't want to lie to you!"
Perhaps her candor made the young girl laugh.
The Seventeenth Princess continued: "As a princess, until one is married, no one knows when that day might come. I have come of age a year ago, yet my marriage remains unsettled. I truly fear that father might have such intentions!"
Upon hearing this, the young girl playfully handed her a small bottle and laughed: "Although we haven't known each other long, I quite like the princess's temperament. The princess's worries aren't impossible. So, I'm giving the princess something — there are two pills in this bottle."
When Han Shao explained the purpose of the medicine, the Seventeenth Princess nearly knocked over the teacup in her hand.
Her heart was gripped with fear, dread, yet a hint of excitement.
