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

Lord Wen glanced at him and remained silent. He was now in a dilemma. He seemed indifferent to revealing Wen Shiyan's background, but after doing so, he would face too many rumors and gossip.

Although he is now a minister, who in officialdom doesn't have enemies?

If political enemies seize on this matter and insist on causing trouble, it will be very troublesome.

Du Mingxian had guessed some of it. "Father, Uncle, let's wait for the Wu family to make their move. They've seen me and they should be very anxious to expose me now. Compared to them, we should just wait to take their turn."

Wen Yibin didn't take the Wu family seriously, but he couldn't ignore Wen Shiyan's matter. After all, she had already been granted the title of Princess, and the Emperor's face still had to be given. "Brother, should we ask the Emperor for permission to marry Shiyan off directly?"

"Oh no, she just returned from a marriage alliance. Although Wen Shiyan did something foolish at the border, causing so many deaths, she still has the title of a princess in a marriage alliance. It's not good to be granted another marriage right after she returns."

Du Mingxian: "..." This is truly a dilemma.

Du Mingxian didn't stay in Lord Wen's study for long before returning directly to the courtyard.

A few days later, it was New Year's Eve. Du Mingxian had some free time and nothing much to do. However, Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei had been having a hard time eating these past few days.

Early in the morning, the Wen family sent them new clothes, and Wen Shiyan also came over for a walk before going back.

Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei sat together and talked.

"What opportunity can you find to restore your eyesight?"

Du Mingwei was also anxious, "Let's wait and see. We need to find a good time. It's not possible to recover at just any time."

"Alright then, tonight is the day to have dinner with the Wen family. I've been in the Wen family for quite some time now, and although my marriage to Wen Shiyan is arranged, I haven't met Lord Wen yet, so I'm a little nervous."

Du Mingwei was also nervous, but she was a little better than Wu Erniu, after all, she had lived two lives. "That's your future father-in-law, what's there to be nervous about? Just act normally."

"Okay." Wu Erniu nodded gently, still somewhat worried. "We need to hurry up with Du Mingxian's matter."

Du Mingwei waved her hand, "I was wrong before. I think this matter can't be exposed so quickly. We have to wait until you and Shiyan get married before we talk about it."

"No, that's too deliberate."

“If we expose Du Mingxian now, and Wen Shiyan is unwilling to marry you, all our previous plans will be in vain.”

Wu Erniu insisted, "Today is a good opportunity. We should meet. Even if you're still pretending to be blind, I've met Du Mingxian, and I can expose her directly."

"It's too hasty," Du Mingwei still disagreed.

“You’re wrong. I’ll expose Du Mingxian directly, and then she’ll no longer be the eldest daughter of the Wen family. I heard that the eldest daughter of the Wen family is going to marry some Lord Qi, and the mansion has already started preparing the dowry. If everyone knew that Du Mingxian was not a daughter of the Wen family, would they still give her so much dowry? Definitely not.”

Wu Erniu became more and more excited as he spoke, as if all the wealth was his own. "In the end, all this dowry will belong to Shiyan, and what belongs to Shiyan will belong to you and me."

Du Mingwei was tempted, and even felt that Wu Erniu was right.

"We'll play it by ear during dinner today."

"it is good."

The Wen family had their reunion dinner in the afternoon because during the Great Shun Dynasty, the emperor did not host banquets in the evenings; everyone celebrated their own meals. On the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year, all officials would bring their families to the palace.

Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei went with Wen Shiyan. When they arrived, no one came up to greet them, and none of the elders of the Wen family moved.

Wen Shiyan stepped forward, bowed, and briefly introduced Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei.

Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei were very nervous to meet so many important people for the first time. However, they were also a little angry, feeling that their saviors were not taken seriously by the Wen family.

The younger generation of the Wen family knew little about their elders, so they were quite enthusiastic towards Wen Shiyan, and also relatively enthusiastic towards Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei.

Wen Shiyan and Lord Wen went to Old Madam Wen's courtyard first, where Old Madam Wen pointed her finger at them and scolded them.

Everyone should be present for the reunion dinner, and since it was the New Year, Lord Wen still had to pay his respects to the old lady. He had just arrived at the courtyard and hadn't even entered the house when he was scolded by the old lady and made to stand in the courtyard as punishment.

Juniors have no choice but to obey the orders of their elders.

Du Mingxian and Lord Wen could only stand there respectfully, while the old lady of the house would occasionally scold them, all for Lord Wen's lack of filial piety. She would also occasionally scold Du Mingxian, saying that she was a worthless person for not coming to see her old woman.

Madam Wen was a woman of good judgment; she made the two stand in the courtyard for about 15 minutes before letting them into the room.

"He only thinks of me, his mother, during the Lunar New Year. In the past, did he wish I, his mother, were dead?"

"I don't have any," Lord Wen explained.

Madam Wen didn't believe it; she only believed what she wanted to believe.

Upon seeing the old lady's courtyard, Du Mingxian immediately knelt down and respectfully kowtowed twice to the old lady before silently raising her head, "Old lady, the reason why the master did not come is entirely because of me."

When Madam Wen heard Du Mingxian address her, she frowned and sat in the main seat, waiting for Du Mingxian to speak.

“I am not Wen Huan. I was able to come to the Wen family because someone else arranged it. Now that the person who arranged it is dead, I can leave the Wen family. The reason I haven’t left is because in front of outsiders I am still Wen Huan. It would be bad if I suddenly disappeared, so the adults have been thinking about this matter. It’s not that we’re abandoning you, our mother.”

Madam Wen clenched her fists, completely stunned. "Do you know what you're saying? How could you not be Wen Huan?"

“I am not Wen Huan. The real Wen Huan died in that massacre along with the Wen family members. I am an imposter.”

Madam Wen still harbored some resentment towards Lord Wen, but upon hearing Du Mingxian's words, she was so shocked that she couldn't recover for a long time. Her unfortunate son had only two daughters born to his legitimate wife.

One was supporting someone else, while the other died young.

"Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?" she asked Lord Wen.

Lord Wen didn't expect Du Mingxian to tell the old lady about this now, but he guessed it when he thought about going to dinner later.

"I haven't brought Huan'er's body back yet, so I haven't told my mother."

"Moved back? She wasn't buried with the Wen family?"

“I think she would prefer to stay with her mother.”

Madam Wen remained silent. Her intention to cause trouble was not so much to anger Master Wen, but more to get her son to ask for some dowry for Wen Shiyan.

Putting aside the Wen family relationship, Wen Shiyan is also her grandniece.