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"Turn around and I'll tie it Liu", said an elderly woman dressed in a priestess robes. "Old Suyin is this whole marriage thing a good idea; what if the prince doesn't even like me", said Liu. She had trouble tying the back of the elegant dress that she was to wear to the castle of the Jade Prince. The old woman sighed, she had spent many years training Liu to take over for her when she passed on but this new development of the the prince choosing a bride among demons is of more importance. "You must understand the prince does not realize what he is getting himself into; but because of the treaties he has to consider the other beings. You must show him that you are the one he must choose, use what we have taught you here at the temple. You were trained to be a proper lady; and are fully capable of being a princess if not by birth but by training", said old Suyin as she put a beautiful jade comb in Liu's hair. "There you look exquisite, as beautiful as any princess, be thankful our prince is not required to marry a princess; but in order for his soul to remain you must marry him", she patted the young girl on the cheek. Liu smiled, "I will do my best grandmother", it would be the last time she would be able to call the elder priestess that had cared for her from birth by that name. The old woman smiled, and led her out to the carriage.

"Kong!", Suyin yelled a tall lanky man with disheveled hair popped up from a bail of hay. "Yes Lady Suyin!", he said in a surprised tone of voice as she had woke him from a nap. "The carriage Kong, you are to take Lady Liu to the place and be hasty about it, no nap breaks along the way", Kong made a disappointed face as he helped Liu into the carriage. "Yes... Lady Suyin...", he said with a sigh; Kong was notorious for stopping on errands and taking naps and returning totally forgetting why he was sent out. Liu giggled a little at the thought, but then she felt sad how she would miss every one at the temple; she waved to everyone as the carriage made it's way to the castle.

Surprisingly they made it to castle without Kong stopping for a nap, as Kong came around to help Liu she smiled, "Makes sure you tell grandmother Suyin that I love and will miss her deeply; could you give her that message for me Kong", the gangly man smiled a big toothy grin. "Yes, I will lady Liu", with that they went into the castle; Kong tried to make himself look less like a farmhand and more like the other guards. Standing straight, "Lady Suen Liu from the great Jade Temple shrine has arrived as requested by the Jade Prince", he said with a clear voice.