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

Chun Tao must have been too excited. Ke'er usually seemed quite composed, but she was not as steady as Lian'er. Although both of them were sent by Madam Wen, she didn't have much to hide. Keeping two capable maids was a good thing.

It would be even better if they were all loyal to themselves.

Lost in thought, Du Mingxian found herself outside the office where Lord Wen was working, where Lord Wen's servant was standing.

The servant was quite surprised to see Du Mingxian enter with several maids. "Young Miss."

"The guard at the gate told me to bring it in myself, so I came in." Du Mingxian told Chun Tao and Ke'er to put the food aside. "Then I'll go back first."

The servant thought, "The young lady has finally come in; it wouldn't be right for her to leave like this." So he quickly called out, "Young lady, please wait a moment."

After saying this, the servant hurriedly ran into the room. A moment later, the servant came out and said, "Miss, the master invites you in."

Du Mingxian frowned. Since Lord Wen knew she was an imposter, how could he allow her to go in? This was too frivolous. "That's where my father handles official business, so I won't go in. It's not convenient for me to go in anyway, so I'll go back first."

"Miss, it's so hot today, why don't you... go inside and sit for a while before you leave?"

"No need, we're leaving now." Du Mingxian hurriedly walked out.

Even inside the carriage, Chun Tao's face remained expressionless, while Ke'er and Lian'er showed no outward signs of anything, sitting quietly.

Back in the room, when only Chun Tao and Du Mingxian were left, Chun Tao questioned her, "Miss, don't forget our purpose. We could have gone in, so why didn't you?"

"Haste makes waste. You can't just leave something so important out there for me to see." Du Mingxian said coldly, "If this matter were really simple, it wouldn't have taken so long to plan and let us handle it."

Chun Tao shut up. This is precisely because it's difficult to do that we're trying every possible way to create opportunities.

"We'll approach little by little. Only by showing that we have no interest will we have a chance to go in. Do you want to be guarded by others when you go in, or do you want to appear very resistant so that when you can go in, Lord Wen won't be on guard at all?"

Chuntao realized she had been too hasty and quickly apologized, "Miss, I'm sorry, it was Chuntao who was too hasty."

"Don't just look at the present, look at the long term."

"Yes."

Du Mingxian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the girl Chuntao assigned to her wasn't particularly shrewd. This girl probably used to focus all her attention on medical research, and the little bit of attention she had left was on the prince behind her.

Her lack of thorough understanding of some things actually made things easier for her.

This was based on her experience from several lifetimes, but that was exactly how she had to act—normally—so as not to arouse suspicion from the prince behind her.

Chun Tao may be naive, but that doesn't mean the person behind her is naive. Chun Tao will definitely report back her every move and word. Only when everything is normal will there be more opportunities.

For the next two days, Du Mingxian continued to personally deliver food, but she only delivered it to the door and did not go in to disturb Lord Wen while he was handling official business.

The day before the Feng family's banquet, Madam Wen specially sent someone to deliver clothes. They were custom-made for her, without any impurities, and were genuinely fine clothes.

The jewelry and headdresses that were sent were also of the highest quality.

Lian'er explained from the side, "These were all specially made by the best goldsmith in the capital, commissioned by Madam. When Miss wears these pieces tomorrow, she will definitely outshine everyone else."

Du Mingxian: "..." I don't want to be the first to stick my neck out and be watched by others.

“These things are pretty, but Shiyan is too young. She can wear them for the next couple of days and tomorrow. We’ll save the rest to add to her dowry when she gets married.”

Keep the things; she can take them with her when she leaves the Wen family. Anyway, she doesn't want to have her head covered in hairpins tomorrow.

Lian'er was delighted to hear this. "If Madam knew that the eldest young lady cared so much about the second young lady, she would be extremely happy."

“Miss, the things Madam sent are for you. You should wear them all. Tomorrow is your first time visiting the Feng family. You are engaged to the second young master of the Feng family, so you are practically a hostess. It’s different from other families.” Ke’er advised from the side.

Du Mingxian had no interest in these things. "Lian'er, put them away."

Ke'er wanted to say something, but Lian'er glanced at her and said, "Yes, this servant will put it away right away."

Ke'er was glared at by Lian'er and then realized that she was a servant and these words were not hers to say. The young lady had been too good-tempered and had spoiled her too much.

Before going to bed that night, when only Chun Tao was in the room, Du Mingxian mysteriously pulled Chun Tao to the clothes she would wear the next day and said, "Chun Tao, can you help me check if there's anything that shouldn't be on these clothes?"

"Miss is afraid of this?" Chun Tao was both amused and exasperated.

"That's how it's always said in storybooks: when the mistress of the inner quarters sees someone she's unhappy with or doesn't like, she'll resort to underhanded tricks. That's why I'm afraid of that too."

Taking this opportunity, Du Mingxian immediately tried to get closer to Chun Tao, saying, "Besides, in the entire Wen family, the two of us are the closest. Naturally, I trust you the most. Please help me investigate."

Chun Tao had already seen the things when they arrived today, but she hadn't looked at them closely. Now that she had the chance, she took a look.

After a long pause, she finally said, "Miss, you can rest assured that there is no problem with these clothes and jewelry."

"That's good, that's good." Du Mingxian pretended to be scared. "You don't know, I was very worried about these things being delivered today. You didn't check them, and I was afraid that someone would harm me without my knowledge."

Chun Tao chuckled, quite pleased with Du Mingxian's dependence on her. "Miss is overthinking it. With Chun Tao here, Miss will be fine."

Du Mingxian quickly grabbed her, "Yes, yes, Chuntao, you must protect me. How can I live without you?"

"Don't worry, Miss."

After getting to know Chuntao better, Du Mingxian said some touching things, which finally made Chuntao leave.

The next day, Du Mingxian got up early to wait. Ke'er was skillful and tidied her up. After breakfast, Du Mingxian felt a little sleepy.

Today, Wen Shiyan was even more proactive than Du Mingxian. She came over very early and was very satisfied to see that Du Mingxian had already gotten ready. However, she was quite unhappy to see that Du Mingxian didn't have much jewelry on her head.

"Sister, didn't Mother send over a lot of things? Why do you only have these two items on your head?"