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

Seeing Du Mingxian's unusual expression, Madam Zhou was somewhat surprised. "Is there anything you and your mother can't talk about? Why are you being put in such a difficult position?"

Du Mingxian took a deep breath. "Alright, Mother, if you can't bear what I'm about to say, tell me in advance so I can stop."

"it is good."

“Mother, when the Wen family wanted to reunite with their relatives a while ago, Old Madam Wen’s expression was off when she saw you. We all noticed it at the time. Later, Lord Wen paid attention and even had people follow Old Madam Wen’s people to investigate. In the end, they found out about your background, Mother.”

Da Zhou was very surprised. "Mine? I remember when I was a child, my family treated me very well, but we got separated on the way we fled famine."

Now she has reason to suspect that, on the way to escape the famine, everyone was starving and thirsty, and her mother's former adoptive parents must have run out of food, so they simply abandoned her.

"Those are not your relatives, but they are your adoptive parents."

"what?"

Zhou's maternal family was surnamed Lin. At that time, the head of the Lin family was the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the Cheng family was a principal under the Left Vice Minister's jurisdiction.

Master Cheng fawned over Minister Lin and even wanted to become in-laws with his children, but Minister Lin did not want his daughter to get married early, nor did he want her to be involved in a political marriage.

In the end, he refused the Cheng family's offer, which made the Cheng family feel extremely embarrassed, and they became very hostile towards Lin.

The Lin family continued to live their lives as usual, while the Cheng family kept a close eye on the Lin family, fearing that they might make a mistake.

But after scrutinizing them closely, the Lin family's family traditions were upright, and there really wasn't anything wrong with them that could be pointed out. The Cheng family was getting anxious because of this.

Just then, the Minister of Revenue retired and returned to his hometown, leaving the position vacant. At that time, Vice Minister Lin was the most popular candidate. On the surface, the Cheng family was still on Vice Minister Lin's side, but behind the scenes, they had long been plotting how to destroy the Lin family.

Before the Cheng family could figure out what to do, Vice Minister Lin became Minister, and Old Master Cheng kept chasing after Vice Minister Lin, wanting the vacant Vice Minister position.

Minister Lin disliked that the old master of the Cheng family was only good at scheming and not capable of handling affairs, so he promoted another person to be in charge.

This really made the Cheng family hate the Lin family to death.

The Cheng family looked for opportunities, and finally they saw the Wen family as their opportunity.

The old master of the Wen family was the emperor's confidant and also his swordsman. He was an imperial censor, which wasn't a high-ranking official position, but he could reach directly to the imperial court.

The Cheng family and the Wen family had some connections, and it was the Cheng family who managed to get on board.

The Wen family was not in a good position at the time and dared not marry a daughter from a high-ranking family. They could only choose a wife from a family with a low official rank. At that time, the daughter of the Cheng family, who is now the old lady of the Wen family, was on the list of daughters-in-law to be chosen by the Wen family.

However, the Lin family had their eyes on Cheng's daughter. If she could marry into the Minister's family, who would want to marry into the Censor's family? Besides, the sons of Minister Lin at that time were all very talented.

The Lin family rejected the Cheng family again, which made the Cheng family resentful. So, at the Wen family's banquet, the Cheng family's daughter... Old Madam Wen directly plotted against the Lin family's daughter and the Wen family's son (Old Master Wen).

The Wen family is known for its romantic nature.

When Old Master Wen had a relationship with the Lin family's daughter, he realized something was wrong in the room and that he had been set up. He immediately sent the Lin family's daughter away. When the Cheng family arrived with their men, hoping to find something to hold against the Lin and Wen families, they found nothing.

Only the Cheng family woman (Old Madam Wen) personally witnessed the two people who were involved in traditional Chinese medicine getting together, and that's when she went out to devise a plan to have someone come and catch the woman.

So even if Old Master Wen reacted quickly, the Cheng family girl still knew.

After waking up, Lin's daughter knew she had been tricked, but she didn't know who the trickster was. Just as she was feeling lost, Old Master Wen secretly contacted her and told her that he would find a way to marry her.

After the Lin family daughter and Old Master Wen secretly met, they developed feelings for each other, and before long, the Lin family also learned about it.

The Lin family only knew that their daughter was close to the Wen family, and they immediately scolded her for not seeing them, but their daughter liked it.

Two months later, the Lin family daughter became pregnant. The truth could no longer be hidden, so she confessed. Her family members all knew by then that she had been framed at the Wen family banquet. If it weren't for the Wen family son's quick thinking, the scandal would probably be all over the place by now.

Knowing that the two children were interested, the Lin family had no choice but to accept it, no matter how much they disagreed.

When the old master Wen learned that the woman he loved was pregnant because of that incident, he immediately confessed the matter to his father.

Because of the child in the Lin family girl's belly, the Wen and Lin families began to contact each other to discuss marriage arrangements.

How could the Cheng family, who were pulling the strings behind the scenes, possibly want the two of them to get together? The matriarch of the Wen family at the time, the mother of Old Master Wen, actually quite liked the Cheng family girl.

There were not many restrictions on the Cheng family daughter when she went to the Wen family. The Cheng family daughter was generous and bribed the servants of the Wen family.

On the day the Lin and Wen families secretly arranged their marriage, Old Master Wen was very happy. In his joy, he drank too much, and then... Cheng's daughter (Old Madam Wen) immediately drugged herself and plotted against Old Master Wen, and the two ended up together.

This time, the two of them rolled around together and were even seen by the servants, which immediately caused a big fuss, and many people knew that the younger generation of the Wen family and the Cheng family had slept together.

Things are in a mess.

The Wen family had just arranged a marriage with the Lin family, but that very night, the Wen family's son slept with the Cheng family's daughter.

Only a small number of people knew about the engagement between the Wen and Lin families. The news would only spread on the day the man actually came to propose marriage. However, before the news could spread widely, the affair between the Wen and Cheng families became a hot topic throughout the city.

The Wen family was thrown into chaos.

Old Master Wen's father supported marrying the Lin family's daughter because she was carrying the Wen family's child. However, Old Master Wen's mother supported marrying the Cheng family's daughter. The Cheng family's daughter's affair had already been exposed, and if they didn't marry her now, the Cheng family's daughter might not be able to survive.

The controversy only occurred within the Wen family.

While the Wen family hadn't made a decision yet, the Lin family had. The matriarch of the Lin family at the time would take her daughter and eldest daughter-in-law back to their ancestral home, and after the daughter gave birth, the child would be raised under the names of her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law.

At the time, Lin's son and daughter-in-law were also willing.

They told everyone that it was born to the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lin family, and that was enough to cover it up.

The Lin family secretly informed the Wen family that the engagement between the two children should be called off. The Lin family acted decisively, and within three days, the three women of the Lin family, along with their servants, had already left the capital.

Old Master Wen is no good. The woman he loves is from the Lin family, not the Cheng family. He was tricked.

Old Master Wen chased after the Lin family's daughter outside the city, begging her to stay. He promised to handle the matter. However, the Lin family had a strong sense of family values, and the Lin family's daughter was a straightforward person.

She told Grandpa Wen that when the news spread, she had already taken an abortion pill and lost the baby. The reason she returned to her clan home was simply to relax, recuperate, and avoid hearing about the messy things happening in the capital.