The news that the Princess would be choosing her own husband attracted a lot of bystanders. Even if these princes or masters had no hope of winning the favor of the Princess, still, they tried all sorts of ways to enter the palace, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Princess.
Since everybody assumed that the ceremony would not be suspenseful, their attention was solely focused on the Princess for the first time.
The Princess of the Stone Kingdom had recently turned 16. She was still an infant when she went into exile with her family in Jade City and had no impression of her homeland. But her two brothers and the wet nurse told her proudly almost every day, "You are a Princess, and you will marry a King in the future."