Chi Lian could see that Mei Mei was still battling with the betrothal so she decided to reveal something to her daughter that she was not aware of. "Meilin, all of your brothers and younger sister also have potential marriage partners already lined up so kind of like betrothals.
After what happened with you, your great grandfather did not want to play with the marital affairs of the younger generation. He and other patriarchs of noble families met and came up with an agreement to give their children an approved list of partners from which they could choose a husband or wife.
This is done on their eighteenth birthdays. Jun Yi for example has a list of twenty six men from noble or royal families to choose from. She can date anyone from that list and if she finds the one for her, they can make it official.
If she goes beyond the list then she has a lot to prove before that person is approved of."
