Volume 6, Chapter 3: Learning an Old Friend Has Come

  

Volume 6, Chapter 3: Learning an Old Friend Has Come


In the fourth year of Longsheng, when the Princess took off her mourning garments, the Prince of Qi visited the Prince of Yongding’s residence to formally propose marriage. The Princess agreed. Taizong was delighted when he heard of this and personally bestowed marriage.

At the time, Emperor Gaozu was still healthy and was frequently worried after the Prince of Qi became a widower. Hearing of the wedding, Gaozu was delighted and personally presided over the ceremony. During the wedding banquet, Gaozu took the Prince of Yongding’s arm and said, “Our two families will always be in-laws.” Gaozu further betrothed the Princess of Duanyi1 to the heir of the Prince of Yongding.

The Princess of Duanyi was Gaozu’s fourteenth daughter and was born of the Lady of Bright Demeanor, Lady Duan. She was serious, virtuous, beautiful, and fifteen years old. The heir of the Prince of Yongding, Liu He, had an earnest and good temperament, was well-mannered, lived a simple life, and was nineteen years old. With a bond so formed, the Liu family’s future was secured.—Yong Dynastic Records, Biography of the Princess of Jiaping

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