In the back courtyard of the Duke Mansion, the servants stood silently to the side, barely daring to breathe. The sound of things shattering was the only noise in the courtyard. Mrs. Gao entered, escorted by the servants.
Mrs. Gao also came from a prestigious family. Her father was a First-Grade Official of the current dynasty, and her grandfather had been a Cabinet Minister. The Gao Family had few descendants, teaching their daughters as they would sons. From a young age, Mrs. Gao followed renowned scholars to continue her studies, gaining fame as a talented woman in her youth.
After marrying into the Duke Mansion, Mrs. Gao was respected by her husband and favored by her mother-in-law, but she fell short in terms of offspring. Over the years, she only bore one son and one daughter. Her son studied at Shushan Academy, twenty miles outside the Capital, and was a classmate of Gu Zixuan. Her daughter, Kong Tianru, was engaged to Gu Yixuan.
