The topics the common people discuss over meals are either household matters or Prince Han, Zhao Yao.
A middle-aged man finished eating, picked his teeth, and said, "When will Prince Han, Zhao Yao, return from his visit to Annan and Johor?"
A middle-aged woman asked with a worried face, "Could anything have happened to His Highness? Wouldn't the people of Annan harm His Highness?"
"Those foreigners wouldn't dare harm our Prince."
"Yes, yes, our Prince is very formidable; those foreigners are no match for him."
"I heard that those foreigners want to arrange a marriage for our Prince." The elder women gathered to discuss. "The foreign royal families want to marry their princess to our Prince as a princess."
"Those foreigners keep sending beauties to His Highness, but he doesn't want any of them."
"Our Prince still hasn't taken a princess consort, nor does he have a single maid around him. People say our Prince likes men, but there are no men around him either."
