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

"Heli!"

As soon as Dou Jinzhao's words came out, Lu Changyuan sneered, "There is no divorce in aristocratic families. Dou Jinzhao, once you enter my Lu family, even if you die, you will be a ghost of the Lu family. I can divorce you, but I will never divorce you!"

Dou Jinzhao disagreed, "Then wait and see! There is nothing in this world that I can't do as long as I want to. I have no intention of being the mistress of your Dingguo Mansion, so anything in your Lu family has nothing to do with me."

Lu Changyuan had the illusion that it was the first day he met Dou Jinzhao. He was still the same person, but something seemed different.

He couldn't help but think of what Dou Jinzhao once said, "Lu Changyuan, how did you and I end up like this?"

At this moment, looking at Dou Jinzhao's cold eyes, Lu Changyuan was filled with anger, "Dou Jinzhao, do you know what you are saying?"

Dou Jinzhao frowned. How could someone ask her such a stupid question?

"What did I say wrong?"

Dou Miaojin sneered, "Sister, do you still remember what stupid things you said? You said you wanted to divorce Brother Changyuan, just because Brother Changyuan married me? Don't you think about what kind of family the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is, and there is the Queen. You are not a daughter of the Dou family. You have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, and it is a great blessing to keep you alive. You actually still want to divorce!"

Dou Jinzhao laughed and said, "Dou Miaojin, wasn't it the Dou family that committed the crime of deceiving the emperor? Back then, I ran from the cradle of the Xie family to the cradle of the Dou family. As for the divorce, what does it have to do with you? Why, are you afraid that I will give up the position of mistress and you can't sit in it, which is too embarrassing?"

Dou Miaojin's face turned pale, and Dou Jinzhao suggested kindly, "Tomorrow is the day when sister Changting will deliver her dowry. Sister, this is an important matter, you should focus on it, and don't get involved in the matter between me and Lu Changyuan."

"It's not your turn to worry about sister Changting's marriage. I will take care of it. The Dou family spent a lot of money to train you, and your mother personally taught you how to manage household chores. Do you think you will be better than me? You are also lucky. You have been married for a year and nothing major has happened in the mansion, so you have escaped."

Dou Jinzhao didn't want to listen to her nonsense and asked directly, "Dou Miaojin, it's time for you and Lu Changyuan to consummate your marriage! Why, after marrying someone, you don't plan to fulfill your duties as a wife?"

Dou Miaojin's face changed drastically. Fortunately, she was not stupid enough to question Dou Jinzhao why he had not consummated his marriage with Lu Changyuan. "What does it have to do with you?"

Dou Jinzhao said, "Looking at the almanac, today is a good day, Duke, I suggest you consummate your marriage tonight!"

Lu Changyuan glanced at Dou Miaojin and saw that she looked unhappy. She was definitely not happy or shy. He became suspicious and said to Dou Jinzhao, "You and I also haven't consummated our marriage."

Dou Jinzhao found it funny, "Lu Changyuan, do you think I will consummate my marriage with you?"

Lu Changyuan's face darkened. "Dou Jinzhao, don't go too far! Do you think that even if I agree to your divorce, you will definitely have a good ending if you leave the Duke Dingguo Mansion? You are a divorced woman, all alone in the outside world, how do you plan to survive?"

Luoxia rolled her eyes. Her master still needed someone to rely on for survival. She could hold up the world by herself.

The next day, Duke Dingguo's Mansion delivered the dowry, and Lu Changting's personal maid went to make the bed.

Before the time came, the two maids came back in a daze, followed by the matchmaker. The person representing the Guo family was Xu Chen.

The matter was of great importance, so the three parties met at Xuancao Hall.

"Tomorrow is the day to welcome the bride. I don't know what happened that caused such a big fuss." The old lady's face was as gloomy as water. She thought that the Guo family was making trouble and complained that the dowry from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion was too little.

There was a little less cash, and the dowry was all saved up on a daily basis. Although it was not a luxurious dowry, when combined with the reward from the palace, it was not shabby.

Xu Chen was not in a hurry. He smiled, and his handsome face stunned the woman in the room. "Let your maid speak!"

Shuangxi knelt on the ground and trembled, "The dowry... the dowry is much less, it doesn't even match what was on the dowry list."

This was incomprehensible, and only Dou Jinzhao and Luo Xia understood what was going on in the room.

Zhang was panicked. "Shuangxi, explain clearly, how could there be a mistake in the eldest daughter's dowry?"

When the dowry was packed into the box and sealed with the word "囍", she and Dou Miaojin were watching in person. How could there be any mistake?

Dou Miaojin thought that she hadn't done anything anyway, so she didn't panic. She was very confident, "Shuangxi, please tell me slowly. Is there still a time when you can't explain what's going on with the dowry? Besides, the dowry of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion has just been carried to the Guo family. The eldest daughter hasn't married yet. Why are you counting the dowry?"

I don’t know, what kind of logic is this?”

"This lady... I wonder who she is from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion?" Xu Chen's eyes swept back and forth between Dou Jinzhao and Dou Miaojin's faces.

Dou Miaojin was displeased and raised her chin. "I am the wife of the head of the Dingguo Mansion. Why am I not qualified to say this?"

Xu Chen did not care about her attitude and nodded, "Let's talk about the dowry for now. If the Guo family is disrespectful, I, Xu Chen, will explain it clearly."

This is Xu Chen, the love of Guo Xiao’s life!

Dou Jinzhao couldn't help but take a closer look.

"Go on!" The lady urged Shuangxi.

Shuangxi stammered for a long time, "It's what I said. The original cash was two thousand taels, but there is less than one thousand taels. Some small jades, valuable ornaments, and head ornaments are all missing. They don't match the dowry list."

Xu Chen added, "The dowry that was carried from the mansion to the Guo family was about 30% less than what was on the dowry list!"

"How could this happen?" The lady couldn't believe it. She turned her head and looked at Dou Miaojin. "How could this happen?"

Dou Miaojin was also confused for a moment. She said in astonishment, "I don't know either!"

"You don't know?" The lady's voice changed, suppressing her violent cough. "How could you not know? If you don't know now, why don't you send someone to find out what's going on?"

Dou Miaojin was so confused by the scolding that she didn't know what to do or who to ask to investigate. She turned to Lu Changyuan and said, "Brother Changyuan, what should we do? What happened?"

Lu Changyuan had no idea how to handle the affairs in the backyard, so he frowned and said, "Mother, Miao Jin has just taken over the household affairs and has never experienced such a big thing. At this critical moment, I still need you to take the helm."

The lady looked at Zhang and said, "Second daughter-in-law, you have also been involved in this matter. Go and check to see where the problem is."

Zhang was afraid that this hot potato would fall on her head, and said in a panic, "Aunt, there was such a big mistake between Miao Jin's sister-in-law and me, and we were in charge of this matter, so we can't say that there is no suspicion. I think it is more appropriate to let Jin Zhao's sister-in-law investigate. Besides, tomorrow is the wedding day, and something like this happened today, so we have to see how to resolve it."