Seeing the surprise on Yun Zhao's face, He Lan Yun said uncomfortably, "Ms. Cao is a very good person. If it weren't for her younger brother, why would the legitimate eldest daughter of a Duke Mansion marry a widower? Governor Ding's first wife passed away from illness, leaving a daughter. The girl was only six when Ms. Cao married him. She has been raising the child as her own, and her life there has been decent enough."
Song Yunzhao listened to He Lan Yun. 'She must be quite close to that young lady from the Cao Family.' In this world, people were always faced with difficult circumstances and choices. It wasn't strange, in this era, for Miss Cao to make such a sacrifice for her brother.
In fact, it was the best choice. If they couldn't secure Cao Jitong's ducal title, what good end could she, the legitimate daughter, have expected?
If her own brother didn't become the Duke and the title went to another clansman, the fate of the siblings would have been grim.
