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After Yelu Yan came of age, Yaduo began to arrange his marriage.
Yelu Yan, tall and handsome, valiant in battle, with a backbone of steel, was the dream husband for many women.
When it was heard that Yelu Yan was to marry, many high-born ladies came knocking at his door.
Yaduo easily gathered beauties of all types:
The gentle and graceful ones, the lively and cheerful ones, the knowledgeable and reasonable ones, the valiant and heroic ones...
They were of unblemished background, beautiful as flowers, and simply looking at them would evoke affection.
But Yelu Yan rejected each one under the excuse of being preoccupied with the affairs of the world.
The grandfather and grandson would often part on bad terms over these matters.
Ten years flickered by in this manner, with Yelu Yan remaining obstinately unenlightened, and Yaduo, her heart grown cold, finally left him to his own devices.