However, the young men selected by Lady Feng were either from families of excessively high status unwilling to consider Feng Wan, already betrothed, or were licentious, idle heirs squandering family fortunes. No choice seemed satisfying. When Lady Feng lowered her standards somewhat, she felt it would wrong Feng Wan, and so, the matter was gradually deferred. By mid-year, Marshal Fang's eldest legitimate son, Fang Chuning, lost his fiancée to an untimely death, and the Fang Family sought another match. As Lady Feng and Mrs. Fang had been like sisters in their youth and frequently visited each other, Lady Feng intended to have Feng Wan married to Fang Chuning. The mothers from both sides had tacitly reached a verbal agreement.