Now that you're reborn, who would still keep a mistress for their scumbag husband?

Lu Changyuan didn't expect this to be the case. He blamed Dou Jinzhao without asking any questions and felt very upset.

Dou Jinzhao's face was covered with a layer of frost. "What does the Duke want to say?"

She winked at Luoxia calmly. Luoxia was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and left in a hurry.

Lu Changyuan raised her hand to take a willow leaf from Dou Jinzhao's hair, but Dou Jinzhao turned her head away and the willow leaf fell with her movement.

Lu Changyuan withdrew his hand with some displeasure, "What did you say to Miao Jin that made her react so strongly?"

Dou Jinzhao sneered, "Duke, are you here to call me to task? If I tell you the truth, will you believe me? Why don't you ask your sister?"

Lu Changyuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the lake, "Jin Zhao, you once asked me why we have come to this point. I think you don't have to worry. In my heart, your position will not change. You and I are husband and wife, and this will never change."

Dou Jinzhao sneered in his heart, "My Lord, you and I are not married. On the wedding day, although we went to the hall, you never entered the bridal chamber. We never had the ceremony of spreading the tent, never drank the wedding wine, and certainly never got married."

What kind of married couple are they?

These are the words that Lu Changyuan had said to her at the end of his previous life.

After she finished speaking, she walked away, leaving Lu Changyuan standing there, looking at her back, feeling panic in his heart.

He could feel that Dou Jinzhao had changed.

He was very annoyed that she was no longer the gentle, generous, docile, polite girl who always cared about him.

Dou Jinzhao walked out of the room and found herself alone. Luoxia came and whispered in her ear, "I have already told Madam Jiang that Madam Jiang will tell Madam Dou that the second young lady eloped with someone and was poisoned by love."

Dou Jinzhao nodded.

She would not be stupid enough to go and complain to Madam Dou in person, so it would be most appropriate to complain through the person closest to Madam Dou, and Nanny Jiang, Madam Dou's companion, was the best candidate.

Dou Miaojin took a bath, drank ginger tea, changed into clean clothes, and twisted her hands nervously when facing Mrs. Dou.

"What did Dou Jinzhao say to you that made you so excited?"

Mrs. Dou asked expressionlessly, "How could she have given birth to such a fool?" Dou Jinzhao provoked her to the point of losing her sense of proportion with just a few words.

Dou Miaojin certainly didn't dare to tell the truth, "I didn't say anything, I was just playing around with my sister. Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn't have played around with my sister by the water. We will be careful about safety in the future."

Madam Dou looked at Dou Miaojin deeply, "I know you suffered a lot when you were young. Don't blame your sister. It wasn't her fault that you were taken away by that damned midwife when you were born. Even if nothing happened to you at that time, your sister is the eldest daughter of the Dou family, and you are the second daughter. According to the rules, your father and I will pay more attention to your sister.

Don't feel it's unfair, because you were born later than your sister. "

Dou Miaojin pursed her lips and raised her head, "I don't blame my father or my mother. My sister is the eldest daughter of the Dou family. She is more noble than me."

Dou Miaojin hid her hands in the quilt and almost tore the mattress. The Dou family was not a small family. Dou Yi was the Minister of Rites, powerful and wealthy. He had two daughters in the family, but he treated them differently. She was thrown into the farm to fend for herself since she was a child. Wasn't it because she didn't have a good marriage?

What if Lu Changyuan finally chose her?

Madam Dou snorted lightly. Just as Dou Miaojin didn't trust her, she didn't believe a word of what Dou Miaojin said. "You should have a good rest. Don't be angry with your sister anymore. You are sisters in the same family. You are not afraid of being laughed at for making such a fuss."

She left the yard and asked Madam Jiang, "Did you find out anything? What did Dou Jinzhao say to her that made her so angry?"

Nanny Jiang was hesitant to speak, and Madam Dou knew that this matter was of great importance. She waited until they returned to her own courtyard before letting Nanny Jiang speak.

"Madam, I heard earlier that the second young lady suddenly disappeared. It turns out that the second young lady eloped with someone from Xiliang. She arrived in Weizhou, but for some reason, she suddenly didn't dare to move forward, so she contacted her son-in-law and lied that she was kidnapped."

Madam Dou's eyes went dark, and she almost fell to the ground. She gritted her teeth and said, "It's immoral. She dared to elope with someone, and now she dares to come back!"

Madam Jiang was also covered in lumps, "That's not all, the second young lady has also been poisoned by love."

"Love poison? What the hell is that?" Mrs. Dou had a feeling it was not a good thing.

"It's a kind of poison from Xiliang. I heard it's used to treat love rivals. This poison is silent and tasteless, so it's hard to identify. It's mixed in tea and drunk quietly. The second girl was tricked by someone. If you're poisoned by this, it's fine if you don't do anything with a man. But once you want to do something with a man, black spots will start to appear on your head."

Madam Dou felt her anger rising from her feet. "Are you sure she was really poisoned?"

Madam Jiang was also extremely anxious. "Madam, I have seen it all. There is a black spot on the base of the second young lady's ear. I don't know if it was caused by the Xiliang man or by... the Duke?"

What follows is really hard to say.

Madam Dou's figure swayed and she rubbed her brows, "She still wants to marry into the Duke's Mansion and become a concubine. She is going to bury my entire Dou family."

Madam Jiang said, "Madam, you can never tell the truth about this kind of thing."

Madam Dou said angrily, "I'm not stupid. Even if Jin Zhao is married, I still have three sons who need to get married. If anyone dares to say a word about this disgraceful thing, I will make her die miserably!"

Madam Jiang swore a solemn oath, "Madam, rest assured, I will never tell anyone even if I die."

Madam Dou nodded, "I still don't trust you?"

As they were talking, Dou Jinzhao came to say goodbye. Mrs. Dou changed her attitude and showed deep motherly love. "Why don't you stay a little longer? It's still early before dark. I won't keep you for dinner. You can go back later."

Dou Jinzhao knew what was going on when his attitude changed drastically, so he played along and said, "My Lord, you still have things to do, so I'll go back home alone, so I'll leave first."

Madam Dou thought that Dou Jinzhao was still angry with Lu Changyuan because of what happened just now, and was trying to persuade him, "Don't be angry with the Duke. Just now, even I misunderstood. The only one to blame for this matter is Miao Jin. If it weren't for her, how could these things happen?"

As they were talking, Dou Miaojin and Lu Changyuan came out together. Mrs. Dou got a headache when they saw them.

Dou Miaojin stepped forward, "Mom, sister, Brother Changyuan needs my help with something, so Brother Changyuan and I are going out for a while. I'm sorry, sister, you have to go back home alone."

Madam Dou refused outright, "What's going on? What ability do you have that would make the Duke ask you for help? As a girl, why don't you stay at home and run outside all day? How can you be so rude?"

With my own brother-in-law!

Dou Jinzhao didn't say anything. Lu Changyuan frowned and walked forward. "Mother-in-law, there is indeed something wrong. This matter concerns the Queen, so I won't say much. If Miao Jin's reputation is ruined because of the matter of Duke Dingguo's Mansion, I, Lu Changyuan, am willing to take responsibility."

There was nothing he could do about it, he looked at Dou Jinzhao apologetically.