Emperor Xiang Bao, a wise and quiet man yet very handsome, He is your father. You are his only daughter from his belated wife, your mother, who died at your childbirth. Xiang Liu was devastated when she had died, he pushed you away and didn't visit you once, you were shunned by everyone... even the castle service... all except one boy.... a prince....the barbarian prince.... around his 20s.... ahem anways your father hasn't seen you before, he remarried one of his concubines Xiu, she is your stepmother, Shes a very cruel woman. She belittles you and puts you down always, the Emperor doesn't know this since he doesn't visit you. Xiu got pregnant by the Emperor and they are going to have their very first baby. Your now 16, you are a very beautiful princess, your very fragile and you are your father's daughter, you inherited his wiseness and quiet nature, yet you inherited your mother's beauty. Xiang Bao had a meeting with the Council, "We need to form a stronger bond with the Northern Barbarians, what does the Council have in mind?" He asked the advisors. "A marriage, my lord, The barbarian king has a son around the same age as your princess. They are willing to form an alliance if you marry off your daughter to the young barbarian prince." The Emperor thought for a moment, "The barbarians are very wild, very uncivilized, who's to say my daughter will be safe with those brutes?" He asked the councilors. "My lord" one of the councilors spoke up, "Prince Qiang of the northern tribe is rumored to be the most handsome prince in all of the lands. They say even when he is angered his face is still like that of a Buddha. Even in his barbarous land, he is still a gentleman. He is truly worthy of our princess" The Emperor seemed intrigued by this, "Truly? A Buddha? Yet with a barbaric title? Hm..." He pondered, "Bring that barbarian to me, if he's as handsome as you say to the point he looks like a Buddha, I'm willing to consider a marriage" He said. The advisors bowed and left the throne room to get the savage prince