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Essay / The Story of Princess Huo's Daughter - 597
The Story of Princess Huo's Daughter is the story of a man named Li Yi. Li Yi came from a good family and showed promise and brilliance. Even top scholars admired him. At twenty-one, he hoped for a beautiful and accomplished wife. In Chang'an, Li asked a matchmaker named Bao to find him a wife. Li gave her expensive gifts and she was very fond of him. One afternoon, a few months after speaking with Bao Li, he was sitting in the south pavilion of his lodgings when he heard continuous banging. Bao entered and Li asked her, “What brings you here so unexpectedly, ma’am.” Boa had found Li a perfect match for a wife, and with the good news, Li was elated and jumped for joy. Saying “I will be your slave as long as I live!” Bao informed her that she was Prince Huo's youngest daughter. Her name is Jade, her mother was the prince's favorite slave. When the prince died, his sons refused to keep the child, so they gave her wealth and sent her away. She changed her name and people don't know that the prince was her father. She is the most beautiful...