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

Her intuition told her that Luo Xiu and the people who were following Aunt Xu were definitely the same group. The only group that the two of them could be from was the clothing workshop.

"Continue to investigate separately tomorrow, but be careful. It would be best to find out who is behind this."

"Yes."

After the two left, Du Mingxian quietly went back and told Ling Silang what had happened.

Because it was so late, the two stopped talking and went straight to sleep.

Du Mingxian had something on her mind, so she got up early in the morning. When she heard some noise in the yard, she deliberately went to fetch water. She was surprised to see Liu Ya and Aunt Xu standing in the yard talking.

The two of them weren't bothered by the cold; they stood together making clothes and such, doing so intermittently.

Since they knew each other, Du Mingxian carried the empty bucket over.

"Aunt Xu got up quite early today."

"When you get old, you can't sleep." Aunt Xu had been looking unwell for the past few days, so when she said this to Du Mingxian, she didn't seem to be in a good mood.

Liu Ya looked at Du Mingxian with surprise, "You got up quite early today too."

"Yes, I was thinking of earning more money, so I got up early to make breakfast for my husband and then went to work."

Liu Ya smiled, "Then work hard. Once you get into the inner courtyard, the wages are quite high."

A flicker of fear crossed Aunt Xu's eyes, and her body trembled involuntarily before she said, "It's all the same no matter where you work. The work at the outer courtyard is quite good, and it's more flexible. The most important thing for us to do here is to take good care of the students at home, isn't it?"

"So, Xiao Du, if you can make money, then make it; if you can't, then don't."

Du Mingxian kept her eyes on the two women and didn't miss their expressions. She clearly saw the fleeting fear in Aunt Xu's eyes and the words she uttered.

This is unlike what Aunt Xu, who was full of energy just a few days ago, would have said.

"Why hasn't the old lady gone over these past few days?" she asked deliberately.

Aunt Xu smiled sheepishly, "I'm busy looking for people outside. As I've said before, I'm old and my eyesight isn't good, so earning a referral fee is good too."

"Auntie, we are very grateful to you for introducing us to the past," Liu Ya said sincerely.

Seeing that the two wouldn't talk privately, Du Mingxian simply said she was going to fetch water. But her ears were perked up, listening to their movements. Luckily, she had used a lot of spiritual water, so her hearing was quite good now.

Aunt Xu asked, "You didn't tell her about these things, did you?"

"No, I didn't dare to say it. Thank you for telling me all this, ma'am."

"I'm the one who introduced you there, so naturally I can't just watch you go into the kang (heated brick bed). If they want to fire you because you didn't go into the inner courtyard, then come back and quit. Remember, sex is important."

Liu Ya nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, Auntie, I definitely won't go to the inner courtyard."

Both women turned to look at Du Mingxian, who was standing with her back to them and moving slowly. Liu Ya asked, "Auntie, what about her? She's a really nice person."

"She hasn't caught his eye yet, and it's not time for her to enter the inner courtyard. I... I'll try to find an opportunity in the next couple of days to see if I can tell her directly."

"Okay, it would be best to tell her in advance if possible. As long as she doesn't show her face, she can stay in the outer courtyard." Liu Ya said with a satisfied expression.

Aunt Xu didn't say what she was about to say, "Alright, you go ahead and do your work, I'm going out for a walk."

After Aunt Xu left, Du Mingxian carried the water into the house.

Ling Silang also got up. Seeing that Du Mingxian's expression was off, he asked in a low voice, "Did you hear something?"

He also heard several women greeting each other in the courtyard.

“Aunt Xu probably knows something about the inner courtyard, which is why she doesn’t want us to go in. She might have told Liu Ya the real reason, and now Liu Ya isn’t going either.”

"They stopped talking when I went over, but started talking after I left. Aunt Xu probably didn't want me to know, and she didn't want me to be selected."

Ling Silang was silent for a moment before saying, "Don't think too much about it. Aunt Xu is just an ordinary woman. She's new to the capital and it's impossible for her to have made enemies with anyone. We'll find out after Xia Yu finishes following her today."

"Hopefully, that place is just mysterious and not a gathering place for bad people."

"Okay, I hope so. I'll go cook."

"Okay, then you go do it. It's too cold outside, I don't want to go out."

If she hadn't overheard Liu Ya and Aunt Xu talking inside the house, she wouldn't have gone out to fetch water; it's so cold.

I didn't hear any useful information either.

After finishing her meal, Du Mingxian headed towards the other courtyard. Halfway there, it started snowing, which made her quite happy.

The whole day was uneventful, nothing happened. After Du Mingxian returned, she went straight into the space. A little while later, a scholar-looking man came out and asked for directions.

"Excuse me, does Ling Ziming live here?"

Du Mingxian was originally in the space, but even now, she still puts some energy into listening to the sounds outside. The sound was very familiar.

The voice that answered him was Guo Chen, "Yes, I saw him go in then, and he never came out again."

"Thank you, brother."

Du Mingxian hurriedly pulled Ling Silang, who was reading a book, out of the room. There was already a sound at the door; someone was knocking.

Du Mingxian gave Ling Silang a look, and Ling Silang quickly went to check the door. He was quite surprised to see who it was.

"Ling Ziming, there are some things I want to talk to you about in private."

Ling Silang didn't recognize who the person in front of him was, but Du Mingxian recognized his disguise at a glance; it was Wang Fu.

She quickly stepped forward and gently poked Ling Silang in the lower back. Ling Silang turned around, and Du Mingdi gave him a look. Ling Silang hurriedly let someone in.

Ling Siling invited the man in, stood still and closed the door. When he turned around again, he saw his wife and the man who had just come in talking very close to each other.

He was extremely surprised. He knew all of Du Mingxian's friends or serious people. This person had come to see him under the pretext of doing this, but what was she doing now? The two of them were standing way too close.

Before the two could finish speaking, Ling Silang quickly stepped forward and pulled the person who had just entered aside, saying, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't get so close."

Du Mingxian knew that Ling Silang was a little jealous because a strange man had come in and was standing so close to her.

“It’s Wang Fu,” she whispered in Ling Silang’s ear.

Ling Silang was surprised. When did Wang Fu grow up like that? But when he turned around and looked closely at the person who had gotten up from the ground and was approaching them, he realized that he did indeed have a bit of Wang Fu's shadow.

"You're here, so why are you dressed like this?"

Wang Fu wasn't angry. Ling Silang pushed him away, saying, "Master, I don't dress like this because I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion."

It was Chunfeng and Xiayu's idea to dress him up as a scholar and come in; he was just a tool to deliver messages.

Ling Silang wasn't stupid. He immediately knew from Wang Fu's words that something must have been inconvenient for him, and he was in a hurry, so he had to come to him as soon as possible.

Du Mingxian said from the side, "Go back and tell Chunfeng and Xiayu to follow along and see if there are any other plans."