She only felt pity.
But to have that young girl become her daughter-in-law, she was utterly unwilling. Even after the girl's status had risen, becoming related to the royal family, being the granddaughter of Pan Zi'an, and her grandfather being ennobled as a baron... Even when the elders said the Old Fairy had destined the young girl for great wealth and honor, she still did not want it. She herself, her maternal and paternal families' brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces, which one of them wasn't already wealthy?
Her son was so outstanding, tall, handsome, and the Heir of Duke Weiguo, holding the office of a Third Rank at a young age. Although a military officer, a Scholar General who understood military tactics and formations was very different from a brute. Many women of good families wanted to marry him, and the Princess Shou had hinted as much several times.