He was racking his brains trying to persuade the Emperor, when suddenly he received a secret report that Ah Jiu planned to make a public proposal of marriage. He was frantic and annoyed, immediately entering the palace to see the Emperor. After a lengthy private conversation, the Emperor finally relented.
Yang Mengchen...
Striding over to Yang Mengchen, Long Xuanmo seemed not to see the curious onlookers with their ears perked up, as he counted off the qualities that made him an ideal partner using his fingers: "I have power, prestige, and substance; I have no concubines, no secondary wives, and no flings. I know a thousand and one ways to dote on a wife, having mastered the husband's principles of 'three obediences and four virtues'. I can grace a hall as well as a boudoir, warm a bed, and fight off monsters... In short, only I, this peerless good man, am worthy of you!"