"Is that woman with Mr. Qingzhou his wife?"
"...That's Old Marquis Xiao's eldest granddaughter, Xiao Wan'er. She's not Mr. Qingzhou's wife."
"She's just as the rumors say—a beauty that could topple nations. What a pity..."
"A pity about what, my friend?"
"A pity that beauty is so often ill-fated. I heard Xiao Wan'er has suffered from a serious illness since childhood, one that no medicine can cure."
"How could that be? She... she..."
"If not for that, why would she still be unmarried at her age? Alas, it's truly lamentable."
Most of the students at Guiyun Academy were from Shu State, so they were naturally familiar with the Xiao Family.
They had all heard stories about Old Marquis Xiao, Xiao Wan'er, and Xiao Jinghong.
In contrast, Chen Yi, the Xiao Family's live-in son-in-law, was someone the Guiyun Academy students had only recently become acquainted with.
