"Is there really such a thing?" Madam Jiang was so surprised she couldn't speak: "Given Lord Han's situation, marrying a good family girl should be easy. Surely many are hoping to wed him. Why would he seek your Fourth Sister?" If it were the Eighth Sister, perhaps she wouldn't be so shocked; after all, Tong Xiyan is not a maiden waiting for marriage but a woman who has already been divorced.
"Could it be..." Madam Jiang was startled, suddenly recalling a possibility, her face turning unpleasant: "Have they met?" With such strict gender separation, and Tong Xiyan's special status, if this gets out, her reputation would be ruined.
Xiqiu gently said, "Don't be alarmed!" Pausing, she continued, "At first, I had the same thought as you. Last night I thought it over and remembered that two years ago, at Zhi's one-year-old celebration, when Third Brother was drunk, didn't Fourth Sister stay in the room..."
