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

The meal went quite smoothly. After the meal, it was time for the younger generation to offer New Year's greetings. Everyone prepared auspicious words, and Du Mingxian naturally prepared one as well.

But the master's favoritism was so obvious that he gave Du Mingxian a very large red envelope.

Wen Shiyan had an opinion, but before she could say anything, she was met with a cold look from Lord Wen, and she immediately shut her mouth and dared not speak again.

The New Year's greetings event quickly came to an end, and Du Mingxian received several red envelopes. Although the second and third wives now knew that Du Mingxian was not a member of the Wen family, they still gave her the red envelopes that had been prepared beforehand.

As long as Lord Wen acknowledges it, Du Mingxian is the eldest daughter of the Wen family.

After the New Year's greetings, people are free to do as they please. They mostly stay in the hall, where the younger generation prepares activities like pitch-pot, with the elders acting as referees. Everyone joins in the fun and sometimes even offers prizes.

Du Mingxian felt uneasy, thinking that Ling Silang was still all alone.

Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei remained in the hall, neither showing themselves nor leaving.

Lord Wen called Du Mingxian over to play chess. After a short while, Lord Wen noticed that Du Mingxian was not concentrating. "Don't leave yet. I'll send someone to fetch the imperial physician. Once the physician's business is finished, you can go and keep him company."

Du Mingxian understood Master Wen's arrangement and was immediately moved. "Thank you, Father."

"Alright, can you play chess in peace now? You didn't give it your all, so the game wasn't very enjoyable."

Du Mingxian smiled and began to play chess seriously.

Wen Yibin sat to the side and watched without saying a word. Watching the two play chess, he finally understood why his elder brother was willing to acknowledge Du Mingxian as his confidante.

This girl is really quite skilled. He's not good at chess, but every time he plays, he feels that Du Mingxian is his equal.

He played chess with his older brother, but he couldn't last long. Now, watching the two of them play, he understood. This girl could create the illusion that she had tried her best and that everyone was evenly matched no matter who she played chess with.

Having such a wonderful person as an adopted niece is indeed a good thing; at least she's practically family.

Before long, the steward brought in the imperial physician, who was the vice president of the Imperial Medical Academy and had excellent medical skills. The Wen family all knew this imperial physician.

Lord Wen looked away from the chessboard and turned to the imperial physician, "Please have the physician examine that person's eyes and see if there is any cure."

Du Mingwei clenched her hands tightly, extremely nervous. She hadn't expected that the imperial physician would arrive so soon after she had just agreed to invite him and finished eating. Didn't imperial physicians have to celebrate the New Year?

Wu Erniu was also extremely nervous. His heart was in turmoil, and he was not as calm as Du Mingwei. He didn't even know what to say and just sat there dumbfounded.

She watched helplessly as the imperial physician approached, examined Du Mingwei, and took her pulse.

All activities in the hall stopped, and everyone watched as the imperial physician treated Du Mingwei. Everyone was quite curious, but more than that, they were suspicious.

I doubt whether Du Mingwei is truly blind. So many doctors have examined her, but none of them could help. It seems so unbelievable.

After the imperial physician finished examining the patient, he did not speak, but looked at Lord Wen. Lord Wen stood up and said, "I am truly sorry to have invited you here for the New Year. Let's talk in the study."

Lord Wen took the imperial physician away. Before leaving, he gave Du Mingxian a look, and Du Mingxian understood. She could go directly to find Ling Silang.

The room full of people waiting to hear the results became increasingly anxious as the imperial physician left.

Only Wen Shiyan was genuinely concerned, and couldn't help but call out to the imperial physician's retreating figure, "Father, is there something you can't say here? I also want to know about Sister-in-law Wu's condition."

Lord Wen replied, "I will tell you myself."

Seeing that there was no hope, everyone simply went about their own business and stopped being curious.

Du Mingxian quietly left the hall, avoiding people, and climbed over the wall to leave the Wen family's residence, heading towards Ling Silang's place.

Ling Silang had only eaten a couple of bites beforehand, and hadn't eaten a proper meal. He had been waiting, listening to the noisy laughter outside, and he felt a little homesick.

I miss my parents, my older brother and sister-in-law, the children in my family, and all the familiar faces in the village. I wonder what they are doing right now.

Just as he was lost in thought, Du Mingxian came in and gently patted him on the shoulder. "What are you thinking about?"

Ling Silang snapped out of his reverie and smiled, "Thinking of you."

"I knew you'd miss me, so I rushed over." Du Mingxian didn't want to talk to Ling Silang here, so she directly led him into the space.

There was food in the space, so she prepared some, set up a table, and started eating right there by the field.

The two ate and talked.

"Before dinner today, we went to the old lady's courtyard. You have no idea how difficult she made things for us..." Du Mingxian started her rant, and Ling Silang ate his meal while listening to her.

Only after Du Mingxian finished recounting what had happened that day did Ling Silang quietly say, "I'm afraid everyone can guess that Du Mingwei is pretending to be blind, and Wen Shiyan won't believe it either."

"It's alright. Never try to wake someone who's pretending to be asleep. She's willing, who can force her? But she'll have a hard time if she marries into the Wu family."

Wu Erniu was no good in his past life; he was a ruthless man. When Wen Shiyan had money, she might have fared better, but when she ran out of money, she would truly suffer.

Ling Silang nodded in agreement, "This matter has little to do with us. It's fortunate that you told Madam Wen about it beforehand, otherwise... if Wu Erniu had said those things at the banquet, Madam Wen would have been the first to stand up for him."

If anyone else stood up, Lord Wen could refute them, but only if Old Madam Wen stood up, even if Lord Wen wanted to refute her, he would have to be mindful of the appropriate measure.

"Yes, at the time I saw Madam Wen scolding Lord Wen, and I thought I should speak up about this. Wu Erniu is not a person who can tolerate things, so it's better to speak up first. When Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei spoke up, Madam Wen didn't say a word."

She initially thought this somewhat sensible old lady might cause trouble, but to her surprise, the old lady was quite sensible and knew that her eldest son shouldn't be offended.

Ling Silang gave her a reassuring look, "Now that things have been explained, we can start preparing now. When the opportunity arises, you can regain your identity."

"I don't think I need to fake my death. Lord Wen has already told the Wen family. The Wen family won't keep secrets, so it's better to just tell them directly. That way, I'll become the Wen family's adopted daughter, which is a good thing."

"Alright, let's discuss this matter with Lord Wen. If there are no problems, then let's leave it at that. Fake death isn't a good thing; it's risky. This is for the best."