Forbidden City (V): The Ninth Princess
Alex and Louis made their way down a hallway and out into a small garden, they've been isolated for days now, which was understandable. They were guests of the emperor and his birthday banquet was drawing close, all preparations were in full swing and the personal of the palace would rather not have unauthorized guests walking all over the place. But the section of the palace they were placed in was large enough, so far in the eight days they've been here, they've had meetings with tailors, had a few training exercises and a visit from Zhang Sanfeng, but apart from that they've not met anyone else, especially in the case of Alex who honestly had no idea what his future bride looks like apart from paintings he saw by chance.
Apparently the princess was a very private person, and she was currently in the kingdom of Australia in the elite joint academy of all the still functioning global powers of earth, training.