"Zhihua, my dear, don't you think what we're doing is a bit too bold? If the Marquis disdains us, won't our elders back home be practically fumed to death when we return?"
"What's there to be angry about? If we do nothing now, our ultimate fate will be to marry husbands chosen for us by our families. With good luck, we might marry someone our own age and live in mutual respect; with bad luck, we could very well end up as concubines to some old man. On the contrary, once we succeed tonight—even if we only stay by the Marquis's side as maidservants—our families will be proud of us in the future."
"But what if we fail..."
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