Heir Xu, fiancé of Xiao Ruqiong, heir of Duke Ning. He was one of the capital's most famous noble sons, admired by great scholar Mu Zizhang. His grandaunt Princess Dowager Hui had once raised the current Emperor. Half a year ago he was sent south by imperial command to procure rare stones but encountered a flash flood that crushed his waist and legs. Imperial physicians declared he would never stand again. Xiao Ruqiong had a wheelchair built for him and publicly declared she would never abandon him.
