I finally fell for him, but then I met a jerk who was two-timing me.

I'm not someone to be trifled with. He was seeing me while also seeing another woman. How could I tolerate that? I just crippled him.

Although it was very satisfying.

When I'm alone in private, I still feel very sad, because I gave it my heart.

I didn't want to stay in the capital anymore, so I thought I'd go out and clear my head by myself.

My mother and the others did not object.

Over the course of a year, I traveled to many places. Whenever I arrived at a nice place, I would stay for a while, write letters to my mother and her family, and send them local specialties.

Until I was nineteen, I never met anyone who made my heart flutter again.

It wasn't that no one liked me or pursued me during this time, but I didn't accept any of them. Firstly, I was afraid of being deceived again, and secondly, I didn't have much feeling for them.

When I turned twenty, I was still unmarried, but I had matured a lot compared to before.

This year.

I returned to the capital.

As soon as I got back, I encountered a crazed horse. Seeing that it was about to crash into someone, I leaped up, lay down, grabbed its reins, and pulled hard to turn it around.

It took almost fifteen minutes of fiddling around.

I finally calmed this mad horse down.

While I was inspecting it.

A young man dressed in a purple robe approached me: "Young lady, you're amazing!"

He was fair-skinned with big eyes, but looked somewhat immature, no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.

I looked at him and said, "Why are you calling me 'girl'? I look older than you. You should call me 'sister'."

He didn't say anything, but leaned closer and started examining it with me.

Not long after.

We found several silver needles on the horse; it was clear that someone had done this on purpose.

Who are they targeting?

I recalled the previous scene and looked at him.

He realized what was happening: "Wait a minute, I've only been back in the capital for a short time, why would someone treat me like this?"

"You'd better watch yourself!"

I left after saying that.

He followed: "Miss, no, sister, what's your name? My name is Ji Yun, and I'm seventeen years old."

Seventeen years old?

Is he seventeen years old?

I ignored him and quickened my pace to leave.

I thought I would never see him again, but to my surprise, we met again not long after, at the celebration banquet that very evening.

At this time.

I only found out then that his father was the minister my elder brother had sent to build the Grand Canal for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Because his father built the Grand Canal so well, and also solved the problems of people in many places.

therefore.

The eldest brother valued his father highly, so he held this celebration banquet and promoted his father to the position of Minister of the Six Ministries.

This celebration banquet was held.

Ji Yun also learned of my identity, but when he met me again, he was still the same as before, and did not try to flatter me because I was a princess.

Ji Yun was also skilled in martial arts; he was not only a scholar who passed the civil service examination but also a military examination.

Even more so later.

He won the top prize in both the civil and military examinations at the age of eighteen.

My older brother was quite satisfied with him, so he had an idea. That night, he came to me and said, "Little sister, don't you know Ji Yun? What do you think of him?"

"Big brother, stop joking, he's younger than me."

I never thought about any of that, and I don't want an older man dating a younger woman.

Seeing that I had no opinion, he didn't say anything more for the time being.

Before we knew it, it was time for the autumn hunt.

My older brother asked me to go hunting with them in the fall, and since I was really bored, I went with them.