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

To save Aunt Xu's life, they needed to know the cause. Since she had fainted, Du Mingxian didn't have time to wait for her to wake up. She took a needle from her spatial storage and inserted it into Aunt Xu's philtrum.

In just a moment, the person slowly woke up.

"Auntie, you're finally awake! I was just about to ask you what happened when you fainted."

Aunt Xu was still feeling unwell, but she knew she couldn't faint. "I spent a little longer at that garment workshop. It was really nice inside, so I asked someone to write home and call my sister over."

“My sister is even better at cooking than me. She was selected to work in the inner courtyard just a few days after she arrived. I’m so happy. Who wouldn’t want to make money with such a good job?”

"However, after moving to the inner courtyard, my sister became very busy. She came to the capital alone, but she didn't have much money. She couldn't rent this courtyard at the time, so she rented a room near the clothing workshop."

"She went missing a couple of days ago."

“I couldn’t find her, so I went to wait near the garment workshop, but I still didn’t see her. I suspect something happened to her, and the thought of that scares me.”

“I…” Aunt Xu looked up at Du Mingxian, her eyes full of apology.

The lighting was dim, and Du Mingxian couldn't see clearly, but she could sense it. However, she didn't speak and just stared at Aunt Xu, waiting for her to continue.

“I suspect there’s something fishy about the garment workshop. It’s not an ordinary place. So for the past few days, I haven’t been trying to get anyone to go in. Instead, I’ve been wandering around asking about the wages for this kind of work in the capital.”

“Although our home is close to Beijing, we’ve never been here before, and we didn’t know the prices here. Now that we know the difference in labor costs is so big, how can I not be nervous?”

"I didn't expect... Even though I went out for a walk these past two days, I always felt like there was a pair of eyes watching me from the shadows. I'm scared, I'm really scared."

"Today I felt like I was going to die, but then the suffocating feeling went away, so I rushed back. I... I felt like I wasn't going to survive."

"But my son, my son has a talent for studying. Even if he can't become the top scholar, he can definitely pass the exam. Now, because I was greedy for the high price offered by them, I have offended those people."

Du Mingxian had many questions in her mind. "Auntie, your sister is missing. Didn't you go and ask the people in the workshop directly?"

"You can't ask. There are rules in the workshop. Relatives can't go in. Only people who are not related can enter, and it's best if they are family members of students taking the exam."

"So you hid something from me when you sent your sister here?"

"Yes, I had my son write a letter and ask someone to take it back. The letter clearly stated that my sister found her best friend and used her identity to come over. Moreover, the travel permit and household registration were also obtained through her friend."

“I think my sister must have promised them benefits. She has a lot of things to do at home. If she weren’t so poor, who would want to come here? So she probably wants to come and work hard, earn some money, and then go back.”

“My sister went in, but I didn’t introduce her to anyone. I pointed out someone to her so she could meet them and then someone else would take her in. So… I don’t dare to ask now, and I can’t ask.”

Du Mingxian felt that this Aunt Xu was quite clever. For a woman from the village to think of so many things showed that no one should be underestimated.

"What should I do now? All I've done is these things. We've only been in the capital for a short time. I really don't know who wants to kill me. I haven't offended anyone since I came to the capital."

Du Mingxian stared at Aunt Xu with a serious expression, "Aunt Xu, if you don't tell the truth now, I won't be able to help you."

"I'm telling the truth."

Du Mingxian stood up. "Auntie, if you don't believe me, then I won't care anymore."

Seeing that Du Mingxian was about to leave, Aunt Xu hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her hand, "No, don't go, don't go, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything."

She didn't sit down, but looked down at Aunt Xu.

Aunt Xu stood up and whispered something in Du Mingxian's ear. Du Mingxian's heart jumped when she heard it, and then she turned to look at Aunt Xu again, "Auntie, your son may not be able to participate in the imperial examination."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Xu burst into tears. "What am I going to do? My son is focused on his studies. He wants to study hard and take the imperial examinations."

“You and your son are together. Even if you die, they won’t let your son live. What they do is top secret and cannot be revealed at all.”

"You've already lost one life; do you really want to lose both you and your child as well?"

Du Mingxian had previously thought of saving Aunt Xu, but now it seems she can't. She has to use other methods. The other party can't just kill one person; they must have killed them all.

"Auntie, you should think it over carefully."

"I, I..." Aunt Xu was extremely nervous. She didn't know what to do. She wanted her son to take the imperial examination, but now that she had caused trouble, it seemed that she really couldn't stay in the capital.

"If we leave the capital and go straight home, will they let us go?"

"Probably. If you leave with a good excuse and don't have any contact with the government, they probably won't bother with you, nor will they have the time or energy to keep an eye on you."

But whether they can survive is really hard to say.

Aunt Xu had been driven to the brink of madness these past few days, and in no time she made up her mind, "We're willing to leave the capital, we're willing to leave the capital, please help me, okay?"

"I'll go back to my room first. About half an hour later, have your son come to our room and tell him that he left something there and needs to look for it."

"Okay, okay." Aunt Xu kept agreeing, tears streaming down her face, but she didn't lose her head. "Girl, who exactly are you?"

Don't ask what you shouldn't know.

"it is good."

Du Mingxian got up and left. She returned to her room, and Xu Chang hurriedly got up and left when he saw her return.

Seeing that her expression was strange, Ling Silang was about to ask her something when Du Mingxian closed the door, turned around and pulled him into the space.

"Aunt Xu said that the clothes made in the inner courtyard of that garment workshop were soldiers' uniforms."

Ling Silang's expression also changed. These kinds of things are usually controlled by the imperial court. How could they be made by others in private? There must be someone plotting a bigger conspiracy behind the scenes.

Moreover, making it in private is a capital offense.

“Aunt Xu said she wanted to live, so I wanted Xu Chang to pretend to be seriously ill and then let them leave the capital. Once they were out of those people’s sight, we would secretly hide them away.”

She only believed seven-tenths of what Aunt Xu said; even as an ordinary person, she was afraid that the other party might betray her behind her back.

Ling Silang and Du Mingxian had a tacit understanding: "Do you need me to prepare the medicine?"

"need."

Ling Silang immediately went to make medicine. Fortunately, when they had nothing to do, they would prepare some strange and unusual medicines to keep, so it was not difficult for them to prepare a medicine that would make someone seriously ill.