Just this attentiveness alone shows how much the master values his future Lady.
"To encounter the Lady is also the master's good fortune," Xiao Eleven said earnestly.
"Mm-hmm," Xiao Jiu nodded in agreement, uncharacteristically not singing a different tune from his brother and silently blessing the master and his future Lady in his heart.
...
The news of Xiao Ruiyuan's betrothal spread its wings and flew swiftly among Jing City's upper crust.
As the most promising young man, many families with marriageable daughters considered Xiao Ruiyuan the best son-in-law candidate. Even widespread rumors of his preference for men did not deter those families' intentions of connecting through marriage. After all, the threshold of the Lord Wei Yuan House had been worn down by visitors, but they would never take the hint and openly discuss the matter. Unexpectedly, he was now betrothed by Imperial Edict, and his fiancée turned out to be the freshly titled Princess Hejia.
