The Dynamic Duo

She continued;

"I sent my guard home to deliver our conditions and also told her to tell my mom that I would do all I can to make sure I return with you in five years, but I never knew I would come to love you so deeply in less than four months…"

Then the princess paused as Min Hong braced for the massive bombshell which was the endpoint of all the historical narration so far...

"But contacted my mom contacted me yesterday whilst you were asleep, and told me the grand elders have begun to pester her the more, meaning they are getting impatient…"

"Though my mother didn't explicitly tell me how much time I have left, but I have lived around the old women so much that I know how they behave and think, and I can tell that I have less than two years at best, before they tell me to come home, or send people to come bring me home…"