The Xiao Family and the Xiao Family are not the same, and the Dugu Family and the Dugu Family are not the same either.
If Xiao Xianghua could switch identities with Xiao Yixun, in the entire marriage market of the Great Tang's upper class society, she could choose as she pleased.
Unfortunately, she does not have Xiao Yixun's identity; she is merely a collateral branch split off from the Direct Lineage of Lanling Xiao Family Imperial Uncle's House, and a gradually declining collateral branch at that.
When the Direct Lineage got involved in dragging down nine generations, she was implicated; when the Direct Lineage reached success, all she could do was look up to them. Fate is so unfair.
A tree needs to prune excess branches to grow strong, and it's the same for a family; concentrating resources on the Direct Lineage ensures that the family always retains a place in high society.
Lin Wanwan does not know how to comfort Xiao Xianghua.
