"The princess aside, she's quite pretty."
"Not bad."
"If she were ugly, I wouldn't even bother taking her." Zhu Ying glanced over and was fairly satisfied after seeing Li Qingchen's appearance.
Up on the high seat.
The gazes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao also fell upon her.
Seeing that the Joseon Princess was courteous and not lacking in looks, both men nodded in satisfaction.
The concubine of the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Eldest Grandson would also become a future Concubine, so naturally, her appearance had to be outstanding.
"Rise and speak."
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke slowly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty."
Li Qingchen answered respectfully, then slowly rose to her feet, her face carrying a trace of unease.
She was not very old, barely eighteen. Though she was a princess, she had only recently become one. Before this, she had merely been the Great General's daughter. In this era, under the influence of Chinese culture, women, like Han women, possessed little real authority.
Coming to the Ming Dynasty this time, she had in truth been filled with apprehension.
The name Marquis of Victory.
Naturally, she had heard of it.
He had dealt a crushing defeat to the vast empire of Great Yuan and had even personally captured that empire's emperor.
As for the Ming Dynasty.
Perhaps within Joseon, most people only knew that it had driven Great Yuan out of the Central Plains. It was a newly established empire, and its might was built upon the prestige it had earned by defeating Great Yuan.
To small foreign states like theirs, the existence of the Ming Dynasty naturally inspired immense awe.
Of course.
What they feared even more was Great Yuan.
After all, Goryeo had once been a vassal state of the Yuan Court. Its strength had been