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

Lord Wen was very pleased. "Don't worry, if you encounter any difficulties while you're out there, you can write to me."

"Father, don't worry, I will write to you often. I'm just afraid that you will find the letters too frequent and get annoyed."

"How could that be? I would never find it offensive."

After saying a few sentimental words, Du Mingxian left with Ling Silang. In the capital, she only knew the Wen family and didn't have any other new acquaintances to say goodbye to.

The day before they left, Du Mingxian and Ling Silang made arrangements for the servants in their household.

They didn't plan to bring the cook with them; she wasn't skilled and would likely just be cannon fodder. They decided to leave her in the capital to look after the house, and she would return to the Wen family once the house was rented out.

The skilled coachman and the skilled servant who were previously employed were kept.

Du Mingxian has three maids, one given by Lord Wen and two by the Crown Prince, but they should all be exceptionally skilled.

The same applies to Ling Silang's side; there are three people plus a servant, making a total of four.

The group of ten people prepared to set off early the next morning by harnessing their carriages.

Ten people, three horse-drawn carriages.

One car, with Du Mingxian and Ling Silang sitting in it, and the two of them carrying things.

The coachman and Xiangyang drove the first carriage, the two maids given by the Crown Prince drove the second, the last carriage was driven by a servant, and the rest rode on horseback.

After leaving Plum Blossom Lane, Du Mingxian headed towards the city gate. As she passed a teahouse, she sensed something was amiss. Lifting the curtain, she saw the Crown Prince sitting on the second floor, looking down at them. He was probably seeing them off.

Upon reaching the city gate and exiting the city, the coachman stopped the carriage. "Master, Madam, Lord Wen has arrived."

Upon hearing this, Du Mingxian got out of the carriage and saw Lord Wen's carriage parked by the roadside, with Steward Wen by his side. She hurriedly jumped off the carriage and walked over quickly.

"Father, what brings you here?"

"Since you're leaving Beijing today, I thought I'd come and see you off."

"Okay." Du Mingxian didn't say anything, she just agreed.

Lord Wen gently patted Ling Silang's shoulder as he followed behind, "Take good care of her. If anything happens, you can tell me. Don't bully her."

"Yes, I will take good care of her, father-in-law, please rest assured."

Lord Wen waved his hand, "Alright, let's go. Be careful on the road."

Du Mingxian felt truly cherished by her father and was very happy. "Father, take good care of yourself and wait for us to return to the capital."

"it is good."

The carriage started moving again, and after traveling about a mile, the driver handed a small box into the carriage. "Miss, this is what Master Gang gave me."

Du Mingxian knew from the way the coachman addressed her that he was a shrewd man. He had called them "Master" and "Madam" before, and now he was calling her "Miss." He didn't want her to refuse Lord Wen's kindness.

"This is a one-time exception. If you continue to act on your own initiative while working for us, we don't need someone like that."

"Yes, little one understands."

Du Mingxian took the small box. "From now on, you will be our Fourth Master and Fourth Madam. There are also the Old Master and Old Madam in the family."

"Yes." The coachman agreed to everything, secretly relieved. Just now, Butler Wen handed him the things and told him not to make a fuss and to give them to the young lady when they were a little further away. He was really scared.

He didn't want to accept it, but he dared not refuse what the butler had given him, so he had no choice but to reach out and take it. However, he would be the young lady's person from now on, and it would not be good to make decisions on his own. He might even be disliked by his master, which would be very troublesome.

Thank goodness, thank goodness, Master wasn't angry, thank goodness Master wasn't angry about this.

He should follow such a good master from now on.

Du Mingxian held the box and felt it was very light. "I don't know what it is. My father didn't give it to me himself. Instead, he had the butler give it to the coachman. I didn't even see when the coachman took it."

"Wen Guanyou definitely didn't want us to see it, so he secretly gave it to the driver. He probably intended to give it to us, but he was afraid we wouldn't want it, so he did this."

“I’m afraid my father will give me money. I’m a daughter who has no relation to the Wen family. When I got married, my father gave me eighty-eight loads of dowry, which was more glamorous than many noble ladies in the capital. The key point is that the dowry was all real and not just given out to make up the numbers.”

"That's why I can no longer accept my father's kindness. This father is so good to me. I didn't have a father's love when I was a child. I never expected to find such a good father by accident," Du Mingxian joked.

Ling Silang actually smiled, "This may be fate between you two, so just accept it. From now on, Lord Wen will be your biological father."

Du Mingxian picked up the box and shook it gently twice. "Don't worry, even without what's inside, Lord Chongwen has been so good to me before, I will still treat him like my own father."

Ling Silang smiled without saying a word.

Du Mingxian gently opened the box, and inside... was indeed a thick stack of silver notes. "Just as I thought, I knew Father was worried about me, afraid that I wouldn't have money to spend when I went out. But I did bring silver notes with me when I got married, he must have forgotten."

"It's definitely not because he forgot, but because Lord Wen wanted to give you more. We're going on a long trip, and it might be difficult to get by in the Ming King's territory. So Lord Wen was worried that we wouldn't have enough money, which is why he gave us these things. Just take them with you."

"Yes, he secretly had Butler Wen give it to me in this way, so of course I have to accept it. I can't let his kindness go to waste."

"it is good."

Du Mingxian reached out and counted the banknotes, then stood there somewhat stunned.

"I thought it was a few thousand taels, but I didn't expect it to be... thirty thousand taels. How could my father be so good to me? This is too good, it feels unreal."

Thirty thousand taels of silver is something that wealthy families in the capital can afford, but to give so much money to an adopted daughter is something most people couldn't do, especially since this daughter had only been married for a few days and had taken a considerable amount of dowry with her when she got married.

Ling Silang was also puzzled. Giving some silver was no problem, but to offer 30,000 taels was really no small sum.

"Let's keep it for now. If there's any other meaning behind it, we'll figure it out later. But for now, it seems that Lord Wen doesn't have any bad intentions towards us."

"Of course, my father has always hoped that I would be alright."

"Yes, yes, yes, my wife is the best person in the world, so it's normal for her to be loved by others."

Du Mingxian was amused by his tone and rolled her eyes at him, "You haven't learned anything else since coming to the capital, but you've certainly gotten better and better at talking."

"I am a censor, and sometimes I need to engage in verbal battles. This is just practice, and I will definitely have a chance to use my skills in the future."

"Haha, that depends on how well this project is completed."

"With your help, I'm sure I can get it done."