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

What was an unintentional act by a young woman, even if taken as mere gossip, has now seriously affected court officials. The emperor was furious and directly punished a number of people.

The favored concubine was demoted, and another daughter of the Minister of War was sent to a nunnery to become a nun, where she would spend her life with only the company of the Buddha and the lamp. The Minister was dismissed for failing to manage his household properly and went home to retire.

Serious, extremely serious. Because of these rumors, the Minister of War lost his post, which shows how furious the Emperor was.

After this incident, no one dared to spread those rumors anymore, and everyone tacitly agreed on one thing: the third-ranked scholar was more talented than the top-ranked scholar, and it was because of his appearance that he missed out on becoming the top scholar.

With the position in the Ministry of War vacant, a number of names were quickly submitted. The Emperor finally issued an order: Wen Yicheng, the Minister of History, was to be transferred to the Ministry of War. One of the former Vice Ministers of History was promoted to Minister of History.

When the news reached Du Mingxian's ears, she was lying on the chaise longue reading a storybook. She had no reason to go out recently and nothing to do at home, so she asked someone to find some storybooks.

Having followed Wu Daniu throughout his life, he toiled for the first half of his life, then devoted himself to his children in his old age, and later... he met a bad end. So... he had never actually read any stories from the Da Shun Dynasty, only novels in his previous life.

Seeing Zhenle, Chuntao walked in and said, "Miss, the master has been transferred from Minister of History to Minister of War."

Du Mingxian's smiling expression slowly froze. The person behind this was really powerful, managing to make Wen Yicheng the Minister of War so quickly.

After a moment of stunned silence, she noticed that Chun Tao's gaze was off, so she immediately forced a smile and said, "That's wonderful, becoming the Minister of War is wonderful."

Chuntao blinked. "Yes."

Du Mingxian glanced at Ke'er and Lian'er who were guarding the room. "Ke'er, I want to eat some pastries. Lian'er, go out and find out if the family wants to celebrate Father's transfer."

"Yes."

After the two left, Chuntao said, "Now that Lord Wen has become the Minister of War, Miss, you must think of a way and hurry up."

Du Mingxian's eyes darted around. "Chuntao, you have to help me. I can't handle something this big by myself."

"Don't worry, Miss. I'm by your side to help you complete your mission, so of course I'll help you."

"That's good. Let's prepare some commonly used medicines first, just in case we need them. It would be troublesome if we didn't have them."

"Alright, but there's not much medicine at home."

Du Mingxian waved her hand, "What's the big deal? I'll have Ke'er and the others prepare it. You write a prescription, and write down some useless medicines, or several medicines combined into one."

"Yes, the servant understands."

Soon Chuntao wrote down four prescriptions, and Du Mingxian asked Ke'er to get the medicine. Ke'er was a little embarrassed, "Miss, these medicines... this servant has no money."

"Go ask Butler Wen for it, and tell him I want it."

Ke'er probed, "What if Steward Wen asks what the prescription is for? How should I answer?"

"There are also scar removal creams and beauty and skin care creams."

Ke'er happily replied, "Okay, this servant will go right away."

Soon, Du Mingxian started making medicine with Chuntao. This was not kept secret from everyone, and the entire Wen family knew that Du Mingxian was making scar removal cream in her own yard.

Lord Wen heard the news when he returned these past two days. After returning, he went straight to Du Mingxian's courtyard. When he arrived, Du Mingxian had just finished dinner and was stretching her arms and legs in the courtyard without any regard for her image.

The father and daughter stared at each other, Du Mingxian frozen in place, while Lord Wen frowned deeply, "You have already returned to the Wen family, and you are now the eldest daughter of the Wen family."

"I...I just finished eating and was thinking of stretching a bit." Du Mingxian gave an awkward laugh. Seeing that Lord Wen still had a dark expression, and remembering that she needed to build a good relationship with this adoptive father, she quickly said, "Father, did you come here for something?"

Lord Wen glanced at her and said, "I heard you spend all your time in the courtyard researching scar removal cream?"

Du Mingxian reached out and touched the scar on her face. "Women all love beauty. If there's a chance to remove the scar, my daughter would definitely want to."

"Hmm, this is for you." Lord Wen handed over the ointment he had brought. "It's from the palace."

Du Mingxian thought of the ointment Ling Silang had used. "Thank you, Father."

"Stay at home and stop thinking about useless things, or you'll make a fool of yourself."

"Yes."

Lord Wen turned to leave, but suddenly thought of the Feng family's affairs and felt a little reluctant. However, the two families had already arranged a marriage, and the old lady and madam would definitely not be willing to marry Shiyan off to them. So this person of unknown origin... was just right.

"Tomorrow is a day off, and the Feng family is coming to propose marriage."

"Oh." Du Mingxian acted as if it had nothing to do with her.

Lord Wen reminded her, "The Wen and Feng families have a marriage agreement. You are the eldest sister. The eldest son of the Feng family is already engaged and will get married this year. The second son of the Feng family is about your age."

Du Mingxian already knew about this, but she still feigned surprise and respect, "For...for me to arrange a marriage?"

"Well, you're getting on in years. I'll talk to the Feng family and ask them to let you stay for another year."

"What's the second young master of the Feng family like? What's his character like? What's the situation with the Feng family?" Du Mingxian asked, looking like a well-behaved child.

Lord Wen met Du Mingxian's eyes and narrowed them slightly. "The Feng family is well-off. Lord Feng is an upright man, and his family has a good tradition."

"Where is Young Master Feng?"

"As for the younger generation, I really don't know much about them. You can find out for yourself afterward. Regardless of whether he is good or bad, you will be the legal wife after you marry him. As long as the Wen family is there, the Feng family will not dare to mistreat you. You can rest assured."

Tsk tsk tsk, thank goodness I'm not the original owner of this body. Look at this father, he seems to care, but he doesn't care at all. What kind of talk is that? The two families are about to get engaged, but he hasn't even checked the other party's child's character. It's obvious he doesn't care about his daughter.

That makes sense, though. If he truly cared about his daughter, he wouldn't have left her in the countryside for so long without bringing her to the mansion.

"What if Young Master Feng is a scoundrel?" Du Mingxian cried. "After all, I'll be living with him in the future."

Lord Wen stared at Du Mingxian, feeling that this daughter of his was just looking for trouble. "What do you intend to do?"

"My daughter wants to go out on the street every day to find out about the character of Young Master Feng, and then decide whether or not to marry him."

"You can go and inquire, but marrying Feng Er is a done deal, there's no going back."

Du Mingxian bit her lip tightly, "Father, I don't want to get married."

"It's not up to you." Lord Wen said and left, ignoring Du Mingxian.

Du Mingxian watched Lord Wen leave, then looked at the exquisite porcelain box in her hand, somewhat puzzled.

Chuntao stepped forward and asked, "Miss, would you like some?"