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

Grandpa Wen still wanted Lin's daughter to stay; he truly loved her.

Not wanting to become a topic of gossip, Lin's daughter said that she had already lost feelings for him when she heard about the scandals involving the Wen and Cheng families, and said many hurtful things. Old Master Wen believed her.

Let her go.

After returning home, Old Master Wen became despondent. Seeing this, the Wen family had no choice but to quickly arrange for the Cheng family's daughter to marry into the family.

Whether it was because the Wen family had many offspring or because the daughters of the Lin and Cheng families were prone to pregnancy, the Cheng family's daughter also became pregnant after that incident.

After hearing the news that the Cheng family's daughter was pregnant, the previously somewhat dejected Old Master Wen gradually cheered up and also sent people to inquire about the Lin family's daughter.

But the Lin family is known for being tight-lipped, and we couldn't find out anything.

However, Old Master Wen's every move was under the surveillance of Old Madam Wen. When Old Master Wen sent someone to inquire about the Lin family girl, Old Madam Wen knew that he was still determined to succeed.

So Madam Wen secretly instructed the Cheng family to send someone to keep an eye on the Lin family and see if anything seemed amiss.

This investigation actually uncovered a problem: the Lin family woman hadn't miscarried; instead, she had secretly gone to another city to give birth.

The fact that she failed to marry into the Lin family had already angered Old Madam Wen, and now that the Lin family girl was still pregnant, how could she feel at ease?

Now that she has married into the Wen family, everything in the Wen family can only belong to the child in her womb.

Then... the Cheng family secretly plotted to frame him.

No matter how capable the Lin family members are, once they enter officialdom, they will inevitably have enemies. Chief Clerk Cheng and Minister Lin are both in the Ministry of Revenue, so some things are not that difficult for them to do.

Then... when the Lin family's daughter was about to give birth, all members of the Lin family in the capital were imprisoned for embezzlement.

When the Lin family women in the clan heard the news, one of them went into difficult childbirth. The rest of the Lin family had to worry about both the men and their daughter.

The servants in the house also knew that something was wrong with their master, making them even easier to bribe.

The Cheng family bribed their servants to steal the newborn child of the Lin family woman.

That is, the current Zhou family.

The Cheng family's order at the time was to kill the child after taking him out and then send him back. But since he was still a small life, the servants who stole the child were very afraid and did not dare to harm the child. Instead, they quietly threw him away.

When the women of the Lin family were searching for their lost child, the imperial court ordered the entire Lin family to be executed.

Because of the large sums of money involved, the people in the capital were beheaded in the capital, and the women who returned to their clans were not spared either. Officials came directly to their homes to take them away and execute them.

The most suspicious thing about the Lin family case is that... the Lin family did not find the embezzled money in the end.

The imperial edict was issued by the Emperor. Since no silver was found, everyone could only say that the Lin family knew how to hide it. The Emperor sent people to investigate, but many years have passed and the silver has still not been found.

Even if everyone thinks it's an unsolved case or a miscarriage of justice, who dares to say the Emperor is wrong?

No one dared to speak up, and besides, the Lin family members were all dead, so the matter was gradually forgotten.

The newborn baby of the Lin family was seen by a merchant who went up the mountain to burn incense. The merchant took the baby home and raised it. At first, everything was fine, but later the merchant lost money in business.

Then came the famine, and during the escape, the only surviving member of the Lin family was cleverly lost.

It was also because the Zhou family was destined to survive that they met their adoptive parents.

After hearing Du Mingxian's story, Madam Zhou was shocked and couldn't recover for a long time. She... she was actually from an official family.

After a long while, Madam Zhou finally managed to find her voice, "So that means... I... I and that Lord Wen who came that day are... half-siblings..."

"Yes."

As for whether Lord Wen or Lady Zhou is older, that needs further investigation.

"Mother, the Wen family's desire to reunite with their relatives is definitely not going to work out."

Old Madam Wen, a daughter of the Cheng family, has done so many things in collusion with the Cheng family, and even lost the lives of dozens of members of the Lin family. How can this matter be left like this?

“I… I did have dealings with Lord Wen before. He treated me like his own daughter. I never imagined that we were actually related by blood.”

Da Zhou felt dizzy; she couldn't believe these things were happening to her.

"Mingxian, Mother, Mother, I feel dizzy, I want to... I want to..."

Before she could finish speaking, she fainted. Du Mingxian hurriedly helped her up and gently placed her on the bed. She didn't know anything about medicine, so she could only go out and call for help.

Ling Silang was not present, so the servants brought in a doctor from outside.

After examining the patient, the doctor said it was due to excessive internal heat and prescribed medicine.

Du Mingxian didn't dare leave. Shortly after the man drank the medicine, he developed a fever and started talking incoherently, muttering, "Mother, Mother..."

Hearing Da Zhou call out "Mother," Du Mingxian felt a pang of heartache.

In her previous life, her mother died young, and she never left the Du family, let alone came to the capital. She had no contact with the Wen family, so she didn't know about the situation of the Lin, Cheng, and Wen families.

Because she made plans in advance, because Ling Silang was coming to the capital, because she wanted to bring her mother to the capital to see it, and coincidentally, she was very familiar with Lord Wen.

Lord Wen doted on her, so the Wen family met with her mother.

The truth, revealed after so many years, has been unearthed, a bloody injustice.

When Ling Silang returned home that evening, he found that Du Mingxian had not returned. After waiting and waiting for her without seeing her, he guessed that something might have happened and hurried home.

When Ling Silang returned, Da Zhoushi was delirious with fever. Everyone in the Ling family knew that Da Zhoushi was ill, and Ling's father was currently asking Ling Erlang to send someone to invite several doctors back to take a look.

Ling Silang entered at that moment. Upon hearing his father's words, he immediately refused, "Father, there's no need to ask anyone. I know medicine; I'll go take a look."

Ling's father didn't speak, but simply nodded, "Alright, go in and take a look."

When Ling Silang went in, Du Mingxian and Chunfeng were constantly wiping Da Zhou's arms and forehead, but the fever just wouldn't go down.

"Let me take a look." Ling Silang didn't see Da Zhou Shi on the bed; Du Mingxian and the others blocked his way completely.

Upon hearing the sound, Du Mingxian and Chunfeng hurriedly tidied up Da Zhou's clothes.

Chunfeng and the others stepped aside, and Du Mingxian hurriedly turned her head and said, "Then come and see quickly, Mother's condition is very bad."

Ling Silang could hear the panic in her voice. "Don't be afraid, I'm here. I've come to see you."

Ling Silang stepped forward and sat down by the bed to take his pulse.

Du Mingxian thought that Ling Silang would definitely go into the space to prepare medicine in a while, "Chunfeng, you guys go down first and guard the door."

"Yes."

The group left, closing the door behind them.

Ling Silang also stopped, and Du Mingxian hurriedly placed the medicine that she had prepared earlier but had not yet finished in front of him, "This is the medicine that the doctor I called this afternoon prescribed for Mother."