Yunxi replied with a faint smile:
"Seventh Sister-in-law, you flatter me. Everything I know came from books. I was frail from birth, and although Divine Doctor Ye had tended to me for so many years, he had only managed to make my body no different from an ordinary person's. I still fell ill once or twice every year and simply could not take a single step outside the Prime Minister's Residence.
"Mother pitied me and feared I would be bored within the residence, so she gathered many books for me to pass the time. Whenever my elder brothers returned from their travels, they would also bring me little gifts they had collected, chat with me, and tell me of the sights they had seen outside, broadening my horizons.
"Although my elder sisters had married, whenever they returned to the residence, they would bring me novel little trinkets and keep me company by telling me about household matters to pass the time. Having heard so much, I naturally came to know more."
Su Wanying merely smiled without speaking. In her eyes, a person's breadth of knowledge could not be gained simply by reading a few more books or chatting more with one's brothers and sisters. Besides, she had heard Wei Anyu mention that his little sister had been so frail that they had not even hired a female tutor for her. Thus, she believed that rumor: Wei Yunxi was a noble lady, and one whose fortune soared to the heavens.
Not long after meeting Yunxi, Su Wanying returned to her natal home, the Ministry of Rites Mansion, and told her mother of her discovery. Madam of the Ministry of Rites was half-convinced and half-doubtful.
"Wanying, is that Wei Yunxi truly as mysterious as you say?"
Su Wanying nodded earnestly.
"She is