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

No one cared what was going on with Du Mingxian in the ancestral hall; everyone's attention was on Wen Shiyan's courtyard. In the middle of the night, Du Mingxian quietly left the ancestral hall and went directly to find Ling Silang.

Because it wasn't the day they had agreed upon, Du Mingxian was afraid of being discovered by the people following Ling Silang, so she was extra careful when she approached the courtyard.

As she got closer, she still didn't notice any outsiders with profound internal strength in the courtyard, which puzzled her greatly.

Du Mingxian didn't see anyone when she entered Ling Silang's room. When Ling Silang got up, she asked him, "Why didn't you find that person? Did you leave early today?"

"No, you can come here without worry from now on. The person has been transferred."

"Transferred? You're no longer being monitored? What happened?" Du Mingxian was very anxious.

Ling Silang shook his head, "No, it's probably because we don't have enough manpower."

Du Mingxian stayed at the Wen residence all day and knew little about what was happening outside. She often had to rely on Chuntao, and if Chuntao was unwilling to tell her, she would know even less.

"Something big has happened?"

"Yes, the princes are fighting fiercely, and His Majesty's health has been poor lately."

Du Mingxian laughed, "It's a good thing. With the person transferred away, it will be quieter and more convenient for you."

"Yes." Ling Silang was overjoyed. "You can come to me now, and you won't have to hide anymore."

"Today at the Feng family's house, Feng Zhiyuan wanted to see my face, so I let him. It turned out that he had prepared something in his room. I lit incense and then lured Wen Shiyan in. The two of them slept together. It might be necessary to arrange a marriage exchange."

Ling Silang's eyes were full of smiles, and even in the dim light, Du Mingxian could feel the burning passion in his eyes.

He said, "I guessed that something might happen to the Feng family, so I had someone spread some rumors to prevent the Wen family from marrying into this family."

"On my way back, I overheard people talking about this in the carriage, and it reminded me of you. But... did that person really not put anyone by your side?"

"Don't worry, I need to be wary of the people around me. He arranged this courtyard, and the people below are all his people. There's no chance that any of them are moles."

"Okay, I thought there really was no one left." Du Mingxian felt that this made sense.

Ling Silang was a little worried about her and went over to check if she was alright. "Such a big thing happened to the Wen family, didn't Madam Wen cause you any trouble?"

"Make me kneel in the ancestral hall."

"Don't wrong yourself."

"Don't worry, I went in and ate something, talked to the Wen family ancestors, and then came over secretly after dark."

Ling Silang chuckled, knowing that Du Mingxian had a spatial ability, so even in the ancestral hall she really didn't have to make herself suffer, and he was relieved. "Then stay for a while before going back."

"Yes, they won't bother me at night, they'll only bother Wen Shiyan."

At night, Wen Shiyan woke up and found herself in pain. After hearing the whole story, she was so angry that she smashed the house and cried and cursed Du Mingxian for ruining her life.

Madam Wen was heartbroken and kept trying to comfort her, but Wen Shiyan was too angry to listen to what Madam Wen was saying and just vented her anger.

When all the fuss was about to end, Madam Wen had no choice but to send someone to invite Lord Wen over.

Even after such an incident, Lord Wen did not sleep. Hearing the commotion from Wen Shiyan's side, a servant came to invite him, and he immediately went to Wen Shiyan's courtyard.

When Wen Shiyan saw Lord Wen, she was no longer as presumptuous as she was in front of Madam Wen. She even knelt down in front of Lord Wen, her face covered in tears, "Father, I don't want to marry Feng Zhiyuan. I don't want to marry such a scoundrel."

"Alright, you can get up now," Lord Wen readily agreed.

Wen Shiyan was overjoyed. "Did Father really agree that his daughter wouldn't marry someone like that?"

"You can marry me if you want, or not if you don't."

Upon hearing this, Madam Wen clutched her handkerchief tightly. She had seen more and more than Wen Shiyan. If a girl doesn't marry, the end result will be that she will spend her days in the Buddhist temple. How could someone like Shiyan endure such a monotonous life?

Wen Shiyan got up from the ground, her eyes pleading, "Father, my marriage to Qi Ji has been arranged. Why don't you let me marry him sooner?"

"Many people know about your affair with Feng Zhiyuan. Qi Ji will also be an official in the court in the future, so the news may not leak out for the time being, but we cannot guarantee that Qi Ji will not know about it later."

Lord Wen was also in a difficult position. "If you really marry him and he finds out about these things, I'm afraid your life will be even more difficult than if you stayed in the manor."

Wen Shiyan was stunned. She couldn't believe it. "Father, you are the Minister. With you protecting me, what can he do to me? Besides, by the time he finds out, we will already be married and maybe even have children."

"Even if... even if he gets angry at that time, I... I'm not afraid. With my child by my side, he can do whatever he wants. By the time my father retires, my child will have grown up, and I won't be afraid of anything then."

Everyone says Wen Shiyan is naive, but she's definitely not stupid, especially when it comes to scheming for herself. Her plans are exceptionally well-thought-out, and now that she's spoken, even Lord Wen looks at her with new respect.

Madam Wen looked at her daughter in surprise, feeling that her daughter had really changed a lot.

"This is feasible, but we still need to observe whether there has been any leak, especially since there are so many people here today."

Wen Shiyan held a sliver of hope for this matter, saying, "Everyone who went today has status and position. Qi Ji is just a poor kid who has just arrived in the capital. They are in different circles and would definitely not know about this. They would definitely not know about this."

"Alright, let's leave it at that for now. I'll do my best to help you. You..." Lord Wen glanced into the room, "Get some rest. We can talk about it tomorrow."

"Yes." Wen Shiyan had calmed down and was still clinging to the fantasy that the other party knew nothing, so she could immediately marry Qi Ji, the man she had fallen for at first sight.

Seeing that Wen Shiyan's emotions had stabilized, Madam Wen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After Lord Wen left, she comforted her daughter a few more times before departing.

However, while she was comforting her, Wen Shiyan was lost in her own thoughts and did not pay attention to what she was saying. Madam Wen could also see that her daughter was absent-minded and felt very sad.

Du Mingxian stayed in the ancestral hall all night, and no one came to see her. She slept soundly in her spatial dimension.

early morning.

Still no one came. Du Mingxian was annoyed with the Wen family. They had nothing to do with her, yet they insisted on locking her in the ancestral hall. What a bunch of idiots.

However, this also made her wonder why Lord Wen was punished to guard the city gate in her previous life, and why Lord Wen was not young at that time.

I just don't know what the Wen family's situation was like back then.

Lord Wen still specially sent someone to investigate secretly. The results were basically consistent with what Du Mingxian said, because Wen Shiyan ran there on her own, and when she arrived, Feng Zhiyuan was already lying on the ground.

Wen Shiyan ran forward to check on things, and then became somewhat delirious, getting entangled with Feng Zhiyuan. When she first started taking off her clothes, she hadn't completely lost consciousness.