The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Immediately, others chimed in, "That's right, that's right! Let her take off her veil. Rouzhen is a beauty, and there's no rush to fight over her. But what if she's an ugly duckling? Wouldn't this damage the harmony between brothers?"

"Exactly, look at the face under the veil first, then talk about everything else."

A group of people surrounded her. Du Mingxian shrank behind Chun Tao, who protected her and watched the people approaching warily. She shouted, "Our young lady is the eldest daughter of the Minister's mansion."

"Miss of the Minister's Mansion? We've seen all of them before. You're obviously a fake. Brothers, let's get started."

As the crowd gathered, a smile flashed in Du Mingxian's eyes. She was about to say something when a low growl came from behind her, "Stop."

Immediately following was the sound of someone running closer. Du Mingxian smiled, knowing that Wen Shiyan would be watching from the shadows, and that she couldn't hold back any longer.

She turned her head and saw Wen Shiyan rushing over, spreading her arms to block Chun Tao. "What are you doing?"

"Oh, isn't this Miss Wen? Do you know this lady behind you? She says she's the daughter of the Minister's family. Could she be from your household?"

No one noticed that Feng Er, standing to the side, was completely frozen in place, as if struck by lightning.

He remembered that his mother had said she wanted to marry the eldest daughter of the Wen family to him. He had heard that she was left behind by the previous Mrs. Wen, and that she had been sent back to the Wen family's hometown to be raised for some reason.

To put it nicely, it's the Wen family's hometown, but everyone knows it's the countryside. They want to marry Feng Er a country girl? How could that be allowed? He refused, but it seems he said: If you bring that country girl back for me, I'll run away from home and never come back for the rest of my life.

So, this beauty was originally meant to be his wife, but he pushed her far away.

Wen Shiyan looked at the person in front of her with a stern face, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, that's my family, our Wen family's eldest daughter, my sister."

This news shocked everyone.

Zhao Er couldn't believe it, and neither could the others. A young master from a vice minister's family stepped forward and said, "Since we're all from the Wen family, it's fate that we've met. Why don't you take off your veils and let everyone get to know each other? That way, we won't be strangers when we meet again and make a fool of ourselves. What do you say?"

"No way."

If the news of Wen Huan's injury gets out, I'm afraid Feng Er won't be willing to marry her. The Wen and Feng families are going to form a marriage alliance, so wouldn't that mean she has to marry into the Feng family?

No, no, no, we can't. We have to keep Wen Huan's face a secret.

"Who are you? You think you can just watch whatever you want? You're dreaming. What do you take our Wen family for?" After saying that, Wen Shiyan was afraid that these people would continue to pester her, so she grabbed Du Mingxian and ran away.

He was left behind by a group of people who were talking.

Wen Shiyan pulled the woman upstairs before forcefully shaking off her hand. "What are you doing? Enjoying men's adoration? I'm going to tell my grandmother about this when I get back, so she'll know what kind of person you are."

Du Mingxian felt that this person was simply being unreasonable. She was the one who started the trouble, and now she was the one causing a scene.

She didn't say anything, letting this naive girl think whatever she wanted. She knew that if she told Old Madam Wen the truth, she couldn't just believe her side of the story. She hoped that Wen Shiyan wouldn't regret the results of the investigation.

Wen Shiyan left as soon as she finished speaking, without waiting for her.

Chuntao stepped forward and called out softly, "Miss."

"It's alright, let's go." Du Mingxian followed Wen Shiyan to the private room.

The door to the private room was open, and as she entered, she saw an elegant young woman in purple sitting at the table, staring at Wen Shiyan and asking with concern, "What's wrong? Why are you still unhappy after going out? Who upset you? Tell your cousin, and I'll have my brother get revenge for you later."

Wen Shiyan didn't mention the person's name directly, but vaguely replied, "Who else could it be, someone who's blind?"

"Those blind fools should have their eyes gouged out. Look what our Shiyan has done. Our Shiyan has always been a source of joy. When has she ever suffered such injustice?"

"My older cousin still loves me the most, but... wouldn't it be a little scary to gouge out my eyes?"

"I'm so angry! No one is as important as Shiyan."

Wen Shiyan happily raised her head and said, "Of course."

The girl seemed to only then notice Du Mingxian who had followed her in. "This is... Miss Wen?"

"Mmm," Wen Shiyan replied listlessly.

The girl stood up and greeted Du Mingxian, "Come and sit down."

Du Mingxian went over and sat down, pretending not to see the other party's hostess-like behavior. She had heard from the old lady that the Wen family had paid for the private room.

The girl almost lost her smile; this woman who had just returned from the countryside was so rude.

She turned to Wen Shiyan with a wronged expression, "Cousin, should I leave first? Miss Wen doesn't seem to be very welcoming to me."

"Cousin, please sit down. Grandmother has always liked you, how could she allow anyone to bully you?"

"After all, my great-aunt..."

Wen Shiyan reached out and pressed the person back down to sit. "Cousin, please sit down. She didn't know the rules. I'll have her apologize to you."

The girl sat back down, looking at Wen Shiyan with a wronged expression, and whispered, "How about... we just forget about it?"

Wen Shiyan gave her a reassuring look, then turned directly to Du Mingxian and said, "How could you be so rude and give your cousin such a hard time? Apologize to your cousin right now."

Du Mingxian stood up nervously. "I didn't! Why would I give your cousin a hard time? We've never done anything before, and besides, it was our first meeting, I..." She stopped abruptly and turned to the woman beside her, "I..."

"I know you didn't mean it. You probably just don't like my aunt, that's why you're doing this. But... I'm also your grandmother's grandniece. Don't you even like my great-aunt?"

Du Mingxian realized that the seemingly innocent woman in front of her was of a slightly higher level than Wen Shiyan.

"I... Miss, I didn't even speak to you when I came in. How did you get away with bullying me? And why are you feeling so wronged?"

“I invited you in to sit down, but you didn’t say anything. I was worried that you were annoyed by my presence in this private room, so you did that…”

Du Mingxian waved her hand, "No, Grandmother said you would be with us, of course I know that, and why would I complain? Miss, you're overthinking it."

"I...I was talking, but you didn't say anything."

"Oh, this?" Du Mingxian suddenly laughed awkwardly, then said with great embarrassment, "This is because the Wen family hosted the event and invited you, Miss. As the hostess, I should be the one having the guests entertain me, so I felt really embarrassed. In the end, I didn't know what to say, so I simply didn't say anything. I really didn't mean to look down on anyone, Miss, please don't feel wronged."

Her words were quite direct. Of the two people present, only Wen Shiyan didn't understand, but Cheng Jinyun did, and she immediately blushed.