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

Ever since she heard that Cheng Yu had a man outside and that Wen Shiyan was not a child of the Wen family, Old Madam Wen has been particularly unfriendly to the Cheng family. She doesn't even want to see the Cheng sisters, who she used to like the most.

But Cheng Jinyun was thinking about Qi Ji, and after much pleading, she finally got to see Old Madam Wen.

"Great-aunt, are you feeling any better?"

"I feel much better. Get up and sit down."

Cheng Jinyun looked at Madam Wen hesitantly, "Grandma, you have always doted on me and treated me like your own granddaughter. Now that the Wen family has encountered such a thing, please don't hesitate to ask if there is anything you need from Jinyun."

"The Wen family is a large and wealthy family. As an unmarried girl, we really don't need your help. However... your father wants to send you to the prince's residence. Has he decided which prince it is?"

"No." Cheng Jinyun shook her head, and suddenly tears streamed down her face, her voice choked with sobs, "Grandmother, Jinyun doesn't want to go to the Prince's residence."

“Why wouldn’t you want to? You’ve done some good for your father in the past. The one he chose was definitely the one most likely to end up in that position. You’ll have your own place in the harem in the future.” Madam Wen said softly, “That’s good.”

Cheng Jinyun was extremely surprised. She could hardly believe that Old Madam Wen could say such a thing. Old Madam Wen had even said it to her before.

As long as she didn't want to enter the prince's residence, Old Madam Wen would find a way to help her, but now it feels like everything has changed.

"No, I don't want to, great-aunt, I don't want to at all."

"Then go home and talk to your father. He loves you and your sister the most. As long as you bring it up yourself, he probably won't make things difficult for you."

Seeing that the old lady had been talking for a long time without getting to the point she wanted, Cheng Jinyun could only suggest, "Grandmother, the marriage between the Wen family and the Feng family is settled, but the Qi family has also come to propose marriage before. Now there is no one who can marry into the Qi family. Why don't you talk to my father and let me marry into the Qi family?"

Madam Wen sneered inwardly, looking down on Cheng Jinyun even more. "How can this be? Even if I am your great-aunt, I can't make decisions for you. How can I let you marry into that family? Besides, the matter has already been settled. Huan'er will marry into that family."

"Is it okay if I ask my cousin Huan'er?"

"That's great. Huan'er grew up in the countryside and now that she's married into the Qi family, she'll be the head of the household right away. With the Wen family's help, her life won't be bad."

“Sister Shiyan will be heartbroken to hear that.”

Madam Wen didn't respond. She truly didn't care at all whether Wen Shiyan was heartbroken or alive.

What she wants to know most now is whether Cheng Yu's child was a frame-up. She has already sent people to investigate and she must find out the result.

Seeing that things weren't going well here, Cheng Jinyun had no choice but to go to Du Mingxian.

Du Mingxian had just returned from the front yard. She was in a good mood because she saw Ling Silang, and she was reading a storybook when she got back. When she heard Cheng Jinyun coming, she thought she was hallucinating.

Since she returned to the Wen family and moved into this courtyard, very few people from the Wen family have come to visit her. Cheng Jinyun was one of the few who could be considered to have caused her trouble.

Cheng Jinyun came in with a big smile on her face, "What is Huan'er looking at?"

"A storybook." Du Mingxian handed it over generously. Since they were about the same age, she was embarrassed to hide it from Lord Wen, but she really didn't feel any embarrassment in front of Cheng Jinyun.

When Cheng Jinyun saw the title "My Two or Three Things with the Quiet Widow" on the book cover, she blushed immediately and looked over in disbelief. "Huan'er, how could you... how could you read such things?"

"Huh?" Du Mingxian picked up the book and glanced at it, seemingly ignoring Cheng Jinyun's expression, and said with amusement, "This is great! You haven't seen the contents yet, it's very exciting."

Cheng Jinyun looked down on Du Mingxian, who came from the countryside, even more. "If Huan'er likes it, she can watch more of it, but I really don't like these things."

"Oh." Du Mingxian put the book away. "I forgot, my cousin might not like some folk tales."

Cheng Jinyun: "..." How was she supposed to answer? Should she say that the title of the book was erotic, and the content was even more unbearable to read?

Du Mingxian didn't want to see Cheng Jinyun being coy and interrupting her reading, so she simply asked, "Cousin, is there something you need?"

"There is something," Cheng Jinyun asked in a low voice. "Your family had previously arranged for you to marry the second young master of the Feng family, whose family is very well-off. But because of what happened between Sister Shiyan and the second young master of the Feng family, you can only marry Lord Qi, who has nothing."

Du Mingxian sneered inwardly. One was a spoiled young master, the other a rising star. Who was truly superior? Even a fool would choose.

“There’s nothing I can do about it. I went to the front yard today and heard with my own ears that Lord Qi is unwilling to marry me. I… I don’t really want to marry him either, but my father said that I should do whatever the family decides.”

She looked up at Cheng Jinyun, her eyes filled with envy. "Unlike my cousin, you can grow up by your father's side and solve some problems with your parents by acting cute. But I can't."

“I was sent to the countryside when I was a child. I’m already very lucky to be able to come back now. How could I dare to disobey my elders? I do whatever they say.”

"They're the ones they chose anyway, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"How can there be no problem? This is a huge problem." Cheng Jinyun was getting anxious. "Don't you think about it? Lord Qi has nothing, but what about the Feng family?"

"The Feng family's grand courtyard and their connections in the capital mean that, although Feng Zhiyuan is only the second son of the legitimate wife, he is still the legitimate son, and his elder brother will still help him in the future."

"What has Lord Qi done? He has nothing. What use is all that talent? In the capital, you need connections to get anywhere. So my cousin is just too unlucky."

Du Mingxian's expression changed several times, and she began to understand Cheng Jinyun's purpose in coming. Did Cheng Jinyun not want her to marry Lord Qi, but wanted to marry him herself?

"I'll do whatever my family decides."

"Cousin, aren't you going to fight for yourself again? This is a once-in-a-lifetime event."

Du Mingxian shook her head, "I'm someone who came back from outside, and I'm already very fortunate to have this much. I don't want to upset my family any further."

Cheng Jinyun wanted Du Mingxian to rebel on her own, but after all that, it turned out that Du Mingxian was just giving up and did whatever her family said. So what was the point of her saying anything?

She was furious and kept glancing at Du Mingxian, hoping she would finally understand, but Du Mingxian wouldn't even look at her and just stayed there feeling sad.