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

The lady-in-law handed over the household expenses to Zhang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the second house. There was not much silver in the public treasury. Dou Jinzhao heard that the Guo family had sent a betrothal gift and four thousand taels of cash in it had been misappropriated. Lu Changyuan then borrowed another five thousand taels of silver from an underground money lender.

In order to pay off the usury, he sold two farms outside the city.

Dou Jinzhao sat in the next room, carefully wiping the Rouge Sword with a piece of Jiang silk. The red sword reflected cold rays of light, which reflected on her face, making her look rosy and tender, like a weeping crabapple tree welcoming the spring sunshine, bright and moving.

Qiu Shui brought over a cup of tea and placed it beside.

A year ago, when Dou Jinzhao had just been reborn, he had already transferred all of his dowry and belongings. At this moment, Dou Jinzhao's foresight was truly amazing.

"Master, could it be that you had planned this day to come a year ago?" Qiu Shui couldn't help but ask.

Dou Jinzhao said "hmm", raised his head and smiled, "Why, do you think your master is very powerful, can predict the future and look ten steps ahead?"

Qiu Shui felt like she was being teased, and her cheeks turned red. "Master, isn't it always like this?"

"How can I be so powerful!" She put the sword into the special belt and tied it around her waist. "The two farms of the Dingguo Mansion are quite good, but the difference is that the people they use are not good enough. The heads of the farms are the two sons of the dowry of the lady, who are greedy and idle. The harvest is getting worse every year.

The land is good, don't let it go to waste, let Yunqing buy those two farms."

Qiu Shui responded. Outside, Dou Jinzhao heard the maid paying respects to Zhang. He asked Qiu Shui to go and greet her.

It was already late autumn, but the furnishings in Dou Jinzhao's room had not changed. Zhang took a look and realized that since Dou Jinzhao was not the daughter of the Dou family, she was afraid that her dowry would be lost.

"Sister-in-law, you have become a hands-off boss. I am not as lucky as you. The marriage between the Duke and the second Miss Dou falls on my shoulders. I am really in a dilemma." Zhang picked up the tea, blew on it, and took a sip.

Dou Jinzhao was too lazy to play dirty with her. "No one comes to visit you for no reason. Since you are here, just say whatever you want to say. I have a lot of time now, but you may not have as much time as I do."

"Then I'll be frank. I just found out today that the Dou family asked for a betrothal gift of 12,000 taels of silver. How can I get so many things now? It was my aunt who came up with an idea. She said you have a lot of good things here, and I'll pay for them with the money from the family. This way, you don't have to go out and look for them. If you're not careful, you might get cheated."

Dou Jinzhao was stunned for a long time before she realized that she was going to rob him. She raised her eyelids and looked at Zhang for a while, "Qiu Shui, take the second wife to my storehouse to see if there is anything you like that can be used as a betrothal gift for the Duke?"

Qiu Shui's attitude was not very good. Along the way, she ignored Zhang when she spoke to her.

"Second Madam, look at this!"

The warehouse was opened, Qiu Shui took a step back, and Zhang went forward to take a look. She did not expect that the warehouse was empty. There were only a few pieces of gray cloth and some broken and incomplete porcelain. There was nothing valuable.

"This...how come it's empty?" Zhang remembered that although Dou Jinzhao's dowry was not much, it was not so little.

Qiu Shui glanced at Zhang in a sarcastic tone, "Second Madam, my wife's dowry was not worth much. Others may not know what has been going on in the mansion over the past year, but doesn't Second Madam know?

All the medicines that Madam Tai has taken over the past year were paid for by my wife. My wife doesn’t have much cash, so she had to pawn some valuables!”

Zhang didn't believe it. Before this, Dou Jinzhao's food, clothing, housing and transportation were very casual. Throughout the year, the furnishings in the house would be changed according to the seasons and climate. No one in the mansion lived a more refined life than her.

There is only one reason. Now that the relationship has fallen out, Dou Jinzhao has no intention of showing mercy to the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, but where does she get the confidence from?

The betrothal gift was only 6,000 taels of silver. After it was delivered to the Dou family, Dou Miaojin got very angry and said, "Why did what originally belonged to me end up being given to Dou Jinzhao? It's all your fault, all your fault!"

Dou Yi and his wife, as well as the four brothers of the Dou family, were all there. Dou Miaojin was like crazy, pointing her finger at Dou Yi and his wife, accusing them and sneering wildly, "Don't you think I'm a fool? Now, Brother Changyuan finally chose me. You spent a lot of money to train Xie Jinzhao, but now, Brother Changyuan still likes me!"

Dou Mengshen's internal injuries showed no signs of recovery. As the weather turned cold, he developed a cough and asthma. He looked at Dou Miaojin coldly, "Sister, are you worried about your love poison? If I were you, I wouldn't worry about the betrothal gift now. Instead, I would think carefully about how to spend the wedding night.

What should I do so that Lu Changyuan won’t get suspicious? "

The other three brothers of the Dou family knew that Dou Miaojin was poisoned by love from the moment they learned about Dou Jinzhao's life experience.

This matter concerns the safety of the Dou family, and he frowned at this moment.

Dou Miaojin was hit on the heart of the matter, and she became depressed, her tone softened, "Brother, I am your biological sister, now that it has come to this, aren't you willing to help me?"

"I am not Hong Ran, and even less am I Yan Zhi Jian. In this world, the only ones who can cure this love poison are the Xiliang royal family and Yan Zhi Jian. What can I do? Didn't you go to find Hong Ran yesterday? What was the result?"

Dou Miaojin shook her head. "I heard from the shopkeeper of Changfeng Tower that Miss Hongran has left the capital and I don't know when she will be back."

The second son of the Dou family, Dou Zhonghong, pondered for a moment, "It's easy to spend the wedding night. On that day, just get Lu Changyuan drunk and make him unable to act. That'll be all right."

"This is a good idea. Just do something with the wedding wine." Dou Mengshen was confident.

Dou Jinzhao had been married to the Duke's Mansion for a year, and among the dowry she brought there were people from the Meng family, so it was not impossible for her to do something about it.

Dou Miaojin breathed a sigh of relief. Now she just needed to be a happy bride. There would always be a chance for her to become husband and wife with Lu Changyuan in the future.

The discussion here was heard by Dou Jinzhao in an instant. Luoxia saw that Dou Jinzhao didn't say anything and asked nervously, "Master, should we intervene in this matter?"

Dou Jinzhao smiled and said, "From the moment Dou Miaojin married, Lu Changyuan's good days will come to an end. You arrange for someone to ask Jixiang if she is willing to be the concubine of her brother-in-law. If she is willing, I am willing to help her."

Luoxia didn't know what her master was planning, so she arranged for someone to ask, and the answer she got was "Yes, very much willing."

This is not surprising. Jixiang is Dou Miaojin's dowry maid. In addition to serving the girl, the dowry maid also has a duty to be the male master's concubine. When the female master is unable to serve, it is the dowry maid's turn to take over.

Jixiang didn't think that the second girl would give her this opportunity in the future, but since someone was willing to give her this opportunity, she changed sides without any psychological burden.

Time passed quickly, and the wedding day of Dou Miaojin and Lu Changyuan arrived. On the first day of their wedding, Lu Changyuan came to Xixiangyuan, and seeing Dou Jinzhao under the lamp, he seemed to have returned to the day of his wedding a year ago. Standing in the wedding hall, the breeze blew over, lifting a corner of the gold veil, and Dou Jinzhao's heavily made-up face, more beautiful than a peony, rushed in front of him. At that moment, he was amazed.

Breathtakingly beautiful.