Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian were both exceptionally clever, and naturally caught the implication in Xiao Zhan's words.
Unlike Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Xun'er was secretly delighted.
Uncle Xiao wanted this too.
He already considered her the Xiao Clan's daughter-in-law.
He was also hinting that, as women, she and Xiao Yi Xian should not be jealous. They should build a good relationship, serve Xiao Yan together in the future, and spread the branches and leaves of his Xiao family line.
Uncle Xiao wanted her to give the Xiao Clan descendants, but that put her in a bit of a difficult position.
She only liked having fun, not bearing sons.
Although people said a big bottom was good for bearing sons, she had heard the elders say that giving birth really hurt.
It was a pain that tore through the entire body, as though one's internal organs were falling out.
Just thinking about it was frightening enough to terrify her.
Gu Xun'er was still young, and pain was what she feared most.
She did love Brother Xiao Yan, but she was also afraid of that agony that made life worse than death.
Besides, after giving birth, a woman's youth would swiftly slip away, and she would age very quickly.
And things would sag.
Imagining herself, still in the flower of her youth, with a face covered in wrinkles and a sagging body was terrifying.
In stark contrast to Gu Xun'er, who was nearly bristling, Xiao Yi Xian remained composed at the implication in Xiao Zhan's words.
She did not mind having children at all.
It would only hurt for a little while. Compared with the backlash of her Woeful Poison Body, when ten thousand poisons gnawed at her heart, it would be countless times better.
She had endured the backlash