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

"What do you mean I have already found a perfect husband? Dou Jinzhao, what are you talking about?" Lu Changting waved her little fist, almost hitting Dou Jinzhao in the face.

Neither the Madam nor Lu Changyuan stopped it.

Luoxia was very angry watching from the side. This was too rude.

Dou Jinzhao was also wondering how she had been so blind in her previous life that she had lived in this family for so many years, enduring humiliation in silence, and finally died a violent death.

"Didn't Miao Jin introduce you to a perfect husband?" Dou Jinzhao didn't want to tip off the person, but wanted to pass on the blame in advance. After all, it was she who took Lu Changting to Daxiangguo Temple today.

"You keep calling her sister-in-law, and you respect her more than me. In that case, let her take care of your lifelong affairs."

There is such a thing!

The lady did not expect Lu Changting to do such a thing. Weddings and funerals have always been arranged by the clan wives, and only then would the husband's family pay attention to it. No matter what, Dou Miaojin was just a co-wife.

After Dou Jinzhao left, the old lady couldn't help but poked Lu Changting's forehead, "You, what can I say about you? Jinzhao said you don't know anything about the world, and he really didn't wrong you. Dou Miaojin is just a concubine, you are so close to her, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

"So what if I'm a co-wife? I'll be on equal footing with Dou Jinzhao in the future. I don't want her to interfere in my marriage. If she doesn't, someone else will."

"Who is the man that Dou Miaojin introduced to you?" the lady asked with a frown. If a girl chooses her own husband, the Lu family will lose face if the news gets out.

"Guo Xiao." When Lu Changting said this name, her cheeks turned red and her heart trembled slightly.

The lady was so panicked that she started coughing again, "You, you, you met a man from outside your family?"

It's not just one outsider, it's two.

"Oh, Mom, I didn't mean it." Lu Changting disagreed, "Besides, do I really want a man I've never met? I don't care. No one can force me to marry someone I don't like."

"Who told you these words?" The lady just felt a headache.

Lu Changting pouted unhappily, "Is there anything wrong? Mother, Dou Miaojin is a person who has seen the world, and many of her words are right. Marriage is for two people to live together for a lifetime. If you don't even like each other, how can you live your life together?

Like my brother and Dou Jinzhao? I don’t want to do that! "

"Are these words something a rich lady should say?" The lady blamed her, but Lu Changting was her only daughter, and she was born when she was older, so she looked at her with a frown and said nothing more.

She thought of the Guo family again. There was a marquis in their ancestor, but their father made a mistake and was stripped of the title by Emperor Yongjia. Guo Xiao was under Lu Changyuan's command, so if the two families were to marry, it would not be a bad thing.

But how do I explain this to the Queen Mother?

When Lu Changyuan came out, he saw Dou Jinzhao had already walked far away. He took two quick steps to catch up with him and called out to him, but Dou Jinzhao seemed not to hear him.

Lu Changyuan was impatient, so he rushed forward and grabbed Dou Jinzhao's wrist.

Dou Jinzhao resisted the urge to avoid it. It was not that she couldn't avoid it, but she didn't want to be exposed for the time being.

Unable to hold back, Dou Jinzhao twisted her wrist and slipped out of Lu Changyuan's palm. She pretended to be pinched and moved her wrist, frowning, "What do you want, Duke?"

Lu Changyuan's palm was empty, and a strange thought flashed through his mind, so fast that he didn't catch it, "You and I are husband and wife, are you trying to show me your face?"

Dou Jinzhao turned his head away, "I dare not."

The tone is not very good.

Lu Changyuan had a gloomy face. The two of them stood by the water, with weeping willows swaying around their heads. Luoxia and Qiu Shui stood far away. It was very quiet around them and the servants avoided them when they saw them.

"I'm sorry about Miao Jin!" Lu Changyuan glanced at Dou Jinzhao, "You and I were arranged to be married, and for so many years, I thought the person I loved was you. I once said that Miao Jin helped me a lot, but in fact, after coming all the way back from Weizhou, I realized that this is what it feels like to like someone."

Dou Jinzhao's face was calm. Lu Changyuan felt as if there was a thorn in his heart, but he didn't take it seriously. He and Dou Jinzhao had been in love for so many years, and even if they didn't have a husband-and-wife relationship, they were still like siblings.

"Although she is my co-wife, in my heart, she is also my wife. I hope that in the future, you can consider that she is your sister and not make things difficult for her."

This was the purpose of Lu Changyuan saying this to her.

Dou Jinzhao turned his head to look at Lu Changyuan.

"Tonight, I will stay in Xixiangyuan. Before Miao Jin gets married, I will follow my mother's orders and consummate the marriage with you." Lu Changyuan's face showed some unnaturalness.

Dou Jinzhao no longer wanted to play along with him, so he smiled and said, "Is the matter of consummating the marriage so unbearable for the Duke?"

Lu Changyuan was stunned for a moment. He couldn't help but think of how much he had been looking forward to their wedding night when they got married. He and Dou Jinzhao had been an unmarried couple for many years, but the most intimate thing they had done was just him holding her hand once.

And it's the kind that breaks apart at the first touch.

Dou Jinzhao was extremely handsome and many noblemen envied him.

It was not until Miao Jin came to him and helped him capture the Xiliang spy with her plan and obtain five hundred stallions that he was greatly enlightened. He then realized that only a woman as wise and brave as Miao Jin was qualified to stand by his side.

"I can give you respect, but I'm sorry, only Miao Jin can stand shoulder to shoulder with me!"

Lu Changyuan avoided Dou Jinzhao's gaze and said, "What Miao Jin did today may have offended you, but she must have done it for my own good. Even if Liu Jing enters the government in the future, he will be a civil official. In our dynasty, there is a clear distinction between civil and military officials, but Guo Xiao is a general under my command. Only by forming a marriage relationship can we help each other."

Lu Changyuan sighed, "You don't know this, I don't blame you. This is also what makes Miao Jin different from you guys."

"We? Duke, who are you referring to when you say we?" Dou Jinzhao laughed angrily.

"You have been living in the backyard for years, burdened by the household chores. The affairs of the court and the ups and downs of the martial arts world are too far away from you. It is understandable that you do not understand these things."

Lu Changyuan explained, "Miao Jin's focus is different from yours. You don't understand her, and I don't blame you."

"My Lord, I haven't been feeling well these past few days. Let's talk about consummating our marriage later!"

She walked forward. Seeing her being so rude, Lu Changyuan frowned, but when he thought that she had deep feelings for him, it was understandable that she couldn't accept Dou Miaojin's behavior for the time being.

The servants from the Madam's courtyard came to call him to discuss something. When Lu Changyuan returned to Xuancao Hall, people from the first and third houses had come and were discussing Guo Xiao.

Lu Changting hid in the green gauze cupboard, listening to the noisy noises outside, her face flushed, thinking of the nonsense that man said to her, she cursed to herself: "Asshole!"

Outside, the lady was still sighing, "The eldest son of the Liu family was originally favored by the Empress, but now that someone else has been chosen, we should at least go to the palace and tell the Empress. I am not in good health, and Jin Zhao should have gone to the palace, but I am afraid she is unwilling to take care of this matter."

Lu Changyuan pondered for a moment, "Then let Miao Jin go to the palace and tell him!"