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

Du Mingxian gave a forced smile, "Thank you so much."

Wu Daniu thought she was putting on a brave face and couldn't say it outright in front of the Ling family. He glanced at the Ling family elders again and finally said to Du Mingxian, "What I just said will always stand."

After saying that, he left gracefully, leaving Du Mingxian standing there extremely embarrassed.

Ling's mother and father trusted Du Mingxian, but the sudden appearance of a man saying such things, especially since their son was still in jail, made them very uneasy.

"Mingxian, who was that person just now?"

"Wu Daniu".

Ling's mother didn't react immediately. Which big shot?

"If I hadn't swapped marriages with Du Mingwei, I would have married Wu Daniu."

“It’s him.” Ling’s mother and father had some recollection of him, but the current Wu Daniu was very different from the person they had met before.

Du Mingxian gave an awkward laugh. She wanted to explain a bit, but fearing that the more she explained, the worse it would get, she decided to say nothing. "Father, Mother, you should go in and rest for a while. The search is over. We'll see when everyone can come and go freely. I'm going to check on Master Huang."

"Okay, go ahead." Ling's mother was a little worried, her brows furrowed.

Du Mingxian quickly went into the room, released the emperor from the space, and then took out cosmetics to fuss over the emperor's face. After she was done, she fed the emperor the antidote.

The antidote for the sleeping potion had to be taken orally. The emperor woke up quickly and saw that Du Mingxian's face was very dark.

Du Mingxian could sense the Emperor's displeasure. Having been in a high position for so long, his current unhappiness and the oppressive aura emanating from him made her very uncomfortable.

“Mr. Huang, someone searched the place just now. I didn’t have time to explain, and I was afraid that your act of being sick wouldn’t be convincing, so I gave you some sleeping pills. The searchers have already left, so you can rest assured.”

The emperor was still angry. How could he, the emperor, faint just because this girl said so? Didn't he have any dignity?

If word gets out, where will he, the supreme ruler, put his face?

"They're gone? Why didn't I hear a sound?"

Du Mingxian was speechless. Was the Emperor's distrust of people ingrained in his very bones? "Then why don't you get up and wash your face first, and I'll take you to see him?"

"Alright." Even the Emperor suspected that Du Mingxian was deliberately teasing him.

Du Mingxian went to fetch water, and the Emperor picked up the bronze mirror on the table and saw a slightly unfamiliar face, only a three-tenths of his own reflection.

After bringing in the water, Du Mingxian also took out some makeup remover from her spatial storage. "Master Huang, rub this with your hands, and then rub it on your face. That should wash it off."

"Can't it be washed off with water?" the Emperor asked with some doubt.

"It can't be washed off."

The Emperor did not take the things from Du Mingxian's hands. He refused to believe it and rubbed them with water himself. As a result, they were still not washed off and there was no change. Only then did he take the small porcelain bottle from Du Mingxian's hands, pour some out and put it in his palm.

Following Du Mingxian's method, I rubbed and washed it little by little, and then looked up and it really came off.

What is this?

"I usually like to tinker with things, and I made this myself."

The Emperor asked no more questions, composed himself, and looked at Du Mingxian, "Let's go."

Du Mingxian could hear that when they found the house on the left, she had Qiu Shu bring two ladders and place them on the wall. The two of them quietly climbed up, only peeking out a little bit to see what was happening in the opposite courtyard.

No matter the place or the dynasty, there has never been a shortage of people who like heat.

Given the scale of the search, it's quite normal for a few neighbors to gather around and watch.

However, this search is different. Everyone is being searched. Recently, people are in a state of panic and fear. Generally, very few people dare to watch the excitement.

Even if they encountered onlookers, the person being searched would shout, "Keep watching if you don't want to die!" and the onlookers would immediately behave themselves and never dare to show their faces again.

But the Ling family is different. Wu Daniu had just instructed his men to know that this family knew Lord Wu, so many people saw Du Mingxian and the Emperor's heads on the wall. Although they couldn't see their faces clearly, they knew that there were two people watching the commotion.

They didn't shout, and just followed Du Mingxian and the others.

This also made it clear to the Emperor that a search was indeed taking place next door, and... he also saw that some people were stuffing valuable small items from other people's homes into their own pockets.

The Emperor wanted to scold someone, but Du Mingxian held him back tightly, afraid that he might do something bad in a moment of impulse.

Qiu Shu and Xia Yu, who were holding the ladder below, exchanged a glance, both shocked and puzzled.

The Emperor was trying to shake off Du Mingxian, but Du Mingxian kept grabbing his hand, as if she were just playing around.

After a while, the search next door was almost complete. Du Mingxian pulled the Emperor down the ladder and then followed him back to his room.

"What were you trying to say? We were peeking over the wall, and you think they didn't see us? They just didn't say anything. The fact that they did it so openly proves that someone is behind them."

Moreover, the person behind this must be short of money.

"They are robbing the people." The emperor was genuinely angry; his face had turned pale.

Du Mingxian was afraid that he would get so angry that he would faint, so when she turned her back to pour him water, she added two drops of spiritual water to the cup before handing it to the Emperor. "Please calm down. What's the situation now? When you return to the palace, you can take down all these people at once."

After the Emperor drank the water, his gaze towards Du Mingxian became complicated, but his previous displeasure was gone. "How did you know they were coming, you little girl?"

"I know martial arts, so naturally I can hear some of it."

The Emperor had no doubts. Even if there were things he didn't understand, there was no need to ask now. It was already very good that the girl could react so quickly and let him get away with it.

When he returns to the palace, he will definitely teach those people a lesson.

"You should rest well. They have already started the search. Once this search is over, they will no longer detain you or prevent you from moving around."

The emperor lowered his eyes, seemingly lost in thought, and said nothing more.

Du Mingxian didn't disturb him and quietly left.

Little Zhou was waiting in the courtyard. When she saw Du Mingxian come out, she hurriedly went to greet her, "What happened, Fourth Sister-in-law? I saw Mother crying."

Du Mingxian's heart skipped a beat. Damn Wu Daniu.

She had nothing to hide from Madam Zhou and recounted the whole story in detail. Madam Zhou was speechless. "Is this man sick? Didn't he already get promoted by relying on other women? Why is he still doing this?"

"Who knows? Let's go and comfort Mom."

The two went inside. Ling's father was still comforting Ling's mother. When he saw his two daughters-in-law come in, he felt he couldn't stay any longer, so he got up and left.

Xiao Zhou and Du Mingxian sat down on either side of Ling's mother.

Madam Zhou spoke up immediately, "Mother, why are you so sad? Si Lang is just locked up. He'll definitely be released once the matter is investigated. Besides, Lord Wen is taking care of him in prison, so he won't suffer any losses."

"That Wu Daniu who just came here, he and our Mingxian are not destined to be together. If they were, they would have been together long ago. Our Silang is so lucky to be able to marry such a wonderful Mingxian."

"Mother, think about it, didn't our family's life only get better after Mingxian came into the family? And Silang's health before, everyone said he wouldn't live past eighteen, but Silang is fine now, isn't he?"