That person is from the same generation as my father.
Although noble families and aristocratic families never considered seniority when they intermarried.
But they also need to be of similar age.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Helian Chen was considered a typical older single man.
But he can't marry an "auntie" who's so much older than him, can he?
"Don't worry, the young lady is only seventeen years old this year. Her father is Mu Jialan's uncle, and she is the youngest legitimate daughter in the family."
Young, unmarried, beautiful, fertile, and a good match in terms of social standing—she's the perfect partner.
"That doesn't make sense! Seventeen and still not engaged?"
Helian Chen had been away from the capital for three or four years, but he still knew the rules of the capital.
For wealthy families, the process of arranging marriages for their daughters usually begins when they are twelve or thirteen years old.
Because getting married also involves going through procedures.
The process of going through the Three Letters and Six Rites step by step usually takes two to three years.
In this way, when she is actually to get married, she will be fifteen or sixteen years old, which is just right!
Some families love their daughters dearly and are reluctant to marry them off at a young age.
However, they would choose a family in advance and then postpone their wedding.
There's definitely something wrong with someone who's still unmarried at seventeen.
"Well, it's not a big problem! The young lady from the Mu family was previously engaged to a certain family, but that family was caught up in the Tangquan Palace Coup—"
When the Prince of Guangling spoke of this, he seemed slightly guilty.
She rubbed her nose and forced a smile, "You can't blame the Mu family for this. They feel sorry for their daughter and can't bear to see her exiled with her husband's family."
"Don't worry, that girl is a good person. She even threatened to die to prove her loyalty. If it weren't for her elders pleading with her, she definitely wouldn't have broken off the engagement."
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