The Beggar Princess

In a fairy tale world. The king and queen want to make sure their daughter the princess (whose hand is highly sought after) is well cared for and that her husband is kind, so they send her out pretending to be a beggar or poor person or something, and whichever knight or prince or king is kind to her and helps her will marry her. Well, she runs into a few knights and princes and kings, but most of them don't notice her- and those who do treat her badly. She's having a horrible time, especially since she's never experienced anything like this. Eventually, when her spirits are at their lowest, she's noticed and more or less rescued from her plight- her rescuer takes her in out of the cold, and feeds her, and is kind to her. The only problem is, he's not a knight or a prince or a king, just a commoner- completely unsuitable, her parents say, and send her out there again and again and again, and each time she gets rescued by him. He doesn't pamper her like she's at court; he has a business to run and can't afford to give charity, so he has her do work for him. Over time she starts to fall in love with him. Eventually she ends up leaving the court to be a commoner- maybe after her parents finally cave and decide she's going to marry someone who was cruel to her in commoner guise. She's gone from being totally helpless to being fairly self-reliant and confident.

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