The Younger Generation of the Nine Great Surnames, the Thatched Cottage Poetry Society!

[You lightly raised your eyes, letting your gaze rest a few moments longer on the Li Clan's sixth young lady. Her face was like a flower and the moon. Remembering Xie Yuan's expression whenever he mentioned her—as though he had encountered a snake or scorpion—you could not help smiling and shaking your head.]

["Miss," Little Butterfly said in a lowered voice beside her, "I heard the mistress mention that Xie Yuan is a fine seedling for study, brilliant beyond compare. She even said he would surely enter that famous Academy someday and become a pillar of Great Qi. But I don't believe a single word of it! Isn't that just Old Wang selling melons and praising her own wares?"]

["Miss, as the old saying goes, good wine needs no bush. But what we've heard lately is hardly a good reputation. That Xie Yuan used to be a complete playboy, a regular at West Phoenix Pavilion, with heaps of confidantes among the fair sex. Ah, I truly feel sorry for you, Miss. With a beauty like yours, how did you end up entangled with someone like him?"]

["An ancient saying goes, a prodigal son who turns back is worth more than gold. But there's another saying: a dog can't change..."]

[You watched the maid stand up for her mistress while chattering away without pause. In private, she was rather like Parasol Tree.]

[Yet this also showed that the sixth young lady was a master who treated her servants very well and had a tolerant disposition. Otherwise, if she had been any other noble young lady, what servant would dare speak so freely?]

[The Li Clan's sixth young lady finally set down the book in her hands. A trace of helplessness appeared on her jade-like face as she smiled. "Little Butterfly, that