The pained look on Emperor Guang's face had Tianshi Xue all nervous. "But she's young," she said almost accusingly at the princess' brother. "You really don't mean to—"
"I don't," said the emperor with a quick shake of his head then collapsed at the chair in front of her. "For that exact reason. I don't want to get married to her, but all my advisors and councilmen are suggesting that I should."
Her eyebrows furrowed. "You're a decade older than her."
"They said that it would not matter much once she got older."
Goosebumps raised on Tianshi Xue's arms. Were royal councils really that cruel? Was this what it meant to be a royal in this New World? "Are you really thinking about doing it?!"
