Episode 1 recap: The Protagonist Princess Welcomes the Red Marriage
In the first episode, at the lively Red Marriage Inn in Fuyu City, there was a storyteller named Sheng Tiangang who particularly enjoyed gossiping about the scandalous affairs of the young heiress of the Chang Le Wang family - Princess Changsheng. This gossip caused the Sun family to pack up and leave town in a hurry. Why? It was because the men who had pursued the princess all met disastrous fates, like the blind lute player at Kang'an Lake and the widower from Dongheku, which made people's hearts race just hearing about them.
The princess's reputation had been so distorted that she was on the verge of becoming an old maid, and Sheng Tiangang's big mouth just wouldn't stop.
When the new year arrived, the princess dressed in men's clothes to go out for some fresh air, but Sheng Tiangang saw through her disguise right away. The common people, seeing that it was her, got scared as if they had seen a ghost and ran away. The princess jokingly said that if she couldn't get remarried this year, she'd marry Sheng Tiangang, which made his eyes nearly pop out of his head.
But the princess had a plan - she had heard that the Phoenix Pearl from the Red Marriage Inn could bring good fortune in marriage, and she was determined to get it no matter the cost.
Meanwhile, Prince Lv Jing, the third prince of the Great Tan Kingdom, had returned with the precious imperial sword of the Great Yu as a birthday gift for the king. Not only did he avoid punishment, but he also gained a lot of prestige. The Fuyu Kingdom sent someone to propose a marriage, and the Great Tan King, seeing that his son Lv Jing was still single, decided to send him to Fuyu to explore the possibility.
At the Phoenix Pearl auction in Fuyu, the third young master of the Xiao family, Xiao Ziyu, came to join the fun. The princess managed to win the bid for the pearl, but just as she got her hands on it, Prince Lv Jing was attacked by assassins, and the princess was injured in the process, and the pearl was shattered. However, Prince Lv Jing heroically rescued her.
Sheng Tiangang said the scar on the princess's hand was a turning point in her fate. While Prince Lv Jing was busy interrogating the assassins, he discovered that the plot was hatched by a spy within the Great Tan Kingdom.
The two hurried to investigate the truth in Fuyu City. The Fuyu Emperor, Liu Yu, had his eyes on the Princess Changsheng and wanted to match her with Prince Lv Jing, as this would give him an extra ally in times of war. Chang Le Wang was unhappy about this, but he couldn't disobey the emperor's order.
The princess was worried about how to deal with this unexpected "marriage," when her father told her to receive Prince Lv Jing and mentioned the matter of marriage alliance.
Hearing that Prince Lv Jing had a bad reputation, the princess plotted to "deal with" him using some old fabrics, plants, and Liuan melon slices tea. But to her surprise, Prince Lv Jing not only didn't mind, but also seemed to enjoy it, leaving the princess completely baffled. She vented to her good friend Xiao Jin, and Xiao Ziyu also had a few words with her, but when she went back home, she realized that getting married might not be a bad thing after all.
While she was pondering, Prince Lv Jing's pet duck, Xiao Ke, suddenly flew into the princess's boudoir, startling her with its loud quacking. It was a scene that was both funny and exasperating.
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