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

Dou Jinzhao blinked and nodded, "That's right. You are the eldest daughter of the Dou family. The marriage arranged by the Queen should fall on you. You and the Duke are a match made in heaven. In this case, is it wrong for me to divorce Lu Changyuan?"

The eldest princess was not the Queen's biological daughter. Her mother died during childbirth, so she was raised by the Queen. The Queen had no daughter, so in order to gain a reputation for being virtuous, she was as kind and filial to her mother as her own daughter.

The eldest princess and Lu Changting also have a harmonious relationship.

The eldest princess sneered, "Dou Jinzhao, what nonsense are you talking about? Are you still asleep? You actually want to divorce!"

There were also inappropriate laughters from all around, and everyone was obviously laughing at Dou Jinzhao for overestimating his own abilities.

Even if she was the daughter of the Dou family, the Dou family did not dare to compete with the Dingguo Mansion. Now she is not even the daughter of the Dou family. She is an orphan. The Dingguo Mansion can kill her like killing an ant, and they still want a divorce.

Everyone thinks Dou Jinzhao is dreaming.

This was Dou Miaojin's purpose, to trample Dou Jinzhao under her feet and make her a laughing stock to all the ladies in the capital.

Dou Miaojin walked over and said hypocritically, "Sister, you and Brother Changyuan are husband and wife after all, and I am not intolerant of you. The Duke also said that he would reserve a place for you in the backyard, how can you be greedy?

There is no place for a divorced woman in this world. Brother Changyuan treats you well, why do you still try to smear him?"

"Sister Miao Jin, you should take care of yourself first! There is a saying that a villain will succeed, and that is exactly what you are like now. As for my wish to divorce and how to establish myself after the divorce, that is my own business.

Everyone has their own aspirations. I would rather live in the ups and downs of this world after a divorce than to kneel down and endure humiliation in the backyard of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion!"

The late autumn wind brought Dou Jinzhao's voice to everyone's ears.

Not far away, at the corner of the path, a group of people stood there listening for who knows how long. Lu Changyuan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The prince withdrew his gaze from Dou Jinzhao, who stood proudly among the noble ladies. He said in confusion, "Changyuan, I remember that Jinzhao insisted on marrying you before. You two had a good relationship. Even if you married her sister as your co-wife, it wouldn't have come to this."

Lu Changyuan frowned, "She is not the daughter of the Dou family. Why would the Dingguo Mansion want an orphan girl with unknown origins to be the mistress?"

The prince could not hide his envy, "If there is a problem with her background, I will just demote my wife to a concubine. Jin Zhao is excellent in both talent and appearance. If we divorce such a woman, wouldn't it be a great loss!"

The second prince, the Prince of Han, Ling Chengshao, was a brave but unwise general. He stared at Dou Jinzhao and stroked his chin, "Identity is nothing. She's already married, why do you care about her previous identity? No wonder she's making a fuss!

I'm not saying that Jin Zhao is much better than your concubine! If you don't want her, give her to me!"

Ling Qingchen's gaze passed across King Han's neck, and King Han felt a chill. He touched his neck and the late autumn wind seemed to be colder. He would wear a scarf next time he went out.

The third prince, Prince Zhao Ling Chengwei, glanced at Lu Changyuan with dissatisfaction and snorted, "If you dislike him now, why did you marry him in the first place?"

People outside didn't know what Ling Chengwei felt for Dou Jinzhao, but the people present knew it very well.

When he was young, he was not tall and always followed Dou Jinzhao and called her "sister". Later, he grew up suddenly and was embarrassed to call her that anymore, but he was very caring towards Dou Jinzhao.

Prince Zhuang sighed, "I heard that Dou Miaojin was abandoned by Tuoba Yu. It turns out that Duke Dingguo is a good wife!"

Lu Changyuan's face turned green, "Miao Jin was kidnapped by Tuoba Yu!"

He felt that Dou Jinzhao had lost all his face, so he walked over quickly and angrily said, "Didn't you get banned? Who let you out? Someone, send her back. You are not allowed to leave the hospital without my permission!"

Several maids came over and surrounded Dou Jinzhao. One of them said, "Please come in!"

No one called her "Madam". Few of the mistresses in the backyard were fools. They all realized that Dou Jinzhao really had no status in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

Prince Zhuang followed and stared at Lu Changyuan coldly, saying bluntly, "Why, are you going to put me under house arrest? When did the Duke Dingguo's Mansion become so lawless?"

His face was frosty, his jawline was taut, his Adam's apple protruded from his long neck like the sharpest knife, and his profile was like a jade carving.

Dou Jinzhao didn't understand what King Zhuang was up to. Was he worried that she wouldn't have the Rouge Sword and would be bullied by Lu Changyuan?

Lu Changyuan was furious. "Your Highness Prince Zhuang, this is an incident in the backyard of my Duke Dingguo's mansion. Dou was responsible for the theft. She originally arranged for someone to look after Changting's dowry, but one third of it was missing. I'm sure the ladies have heard about this incident."

Dou Miaojin was delighted that Brother Changyuan still loved her. She was not afraid of punishment for the loss of Lu Changting's dowry, but she was afraid of ruining her reputation.

It was more surprising that Brother Changyuan put the blame on Dou Jinzhao than that Dou Jinzhao took the initiative to take the blame for her.

"And the layoffs were also caused by Dou. Her original intention was to cause trouble in Duke Dingguo's Mansion." Lu Changyuan stared at Dou Jinzhao with a warning look.

At this time, everyone seemed to understand what was going on. Dou Jinzhao was dissatisfied with Lu Changyuan taking a concubine, so he used the name of household supplies to cause trouble for the Duke's Mansion.

At this point, the lady was still giving Dou Jinzhao face. The Duke's Mansion was merciful. Dou Jinzhao had really gone too far.

They actually want to divorce!

"Lu Changyuan, is this the case?" Prince Zhuang's voice turned completely cold. "I have never seen anything so unfair as this. Duke Dingguo had better clarify the matter before drawing any conclusions."

Dou Jinzhao was a little surprised. King Zhuang helped her a lot. Why?

Her eyes fell on his belt, inside was the Rouge Sword. She understood that he must be doing this for the Rouge Sword's sake. She felt that Rouge Sword was someone who would never do such an unfair thing.

In this respect, they may be the same kind of people.

This person's features are very similar to Ling Jinglan's.

If she wasn't very clear about Ling Jinglan's background, she would really think they were the same person.

What a fate!

Lu Changyuan looked a little unnatural, and cleared his throat, "Your Highness Prince Zhuang, I've already said that this is a matter in the backyard of our Duke's Mansion, Your Highness really shouldn't interfere!"

"I can't help it. I hate injustice the most in my life." King Zhuang couldn't suppress his anger. "I think Duke Dingguo is talking nonsense. He is really good at calling a horse a zebra!"

The prince frowned and said, "Fourth brother, we should not interfere in the family affairs of Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

Ling Qingchen turned around and said to the prince sternly, "Your Highness, if you can't even clean up your own house, how can you clean up the world? If you can't even settle the injustices in front of you, how can you settle the world?"

This makes so much sense that the prince was speechless.

Dou Jinzhao was also stunned. So this was the reason. Could it be that she really misunderstood King Zhuang?

King Zhuang actually has a chivalrous heart.

If her Rouge Sword had not been taken away by King Zhuang, she would have been willing to believe that King Zhuang was a virtuous gentleman.

What a pity!

Ling Qingchen raised his chin towards Luoxia, "It's already this late, why don't you help your master clarify the facts?"

Luoxia then said aggrievedly, "My master handed over the household duties before Madam Miao married, and has not been in charge of anything since then. Madam Miao is in charge of everything in the mansion, and the loss of the dowry and the tailoring have nothing to do with my master."

There was a sigh from the crowd.

Lu Changyuan's face was gloomy, and he said to Dou Jinzhao, "As long as you are the mistress of Duke Dingguo's mansion, these things will be your responsibility, unless you ask to leave!"

Dou Jinzhao glanced at him coldly, "You want me to leave you? Lu Changyuan, you might as well dream on! I said, you and I can only divorce!"

In the kitchen, when they heard that the banquet was about to begin, everything became a mess.

"The sea cucumber hasn't foamed up yet, so it won't be cooked well when it's put in the pot, and I won't be able to bite it when the time comes. The double-flavored pot hasn't been stewed yet, and the duck with pork has just been put on the stove. How are we going to have the feast? Are we going to serve all these uncooked dishes?" Mrs. Liu, who was the chef in the kitchen, was shaking with fear and couldn't even hold the spoon in her hand steadily.

The kitchen manager didn't want to live anymore. "Can you not go up? Let the guests sit there doing nothing? No matter if they can eat or not, go up first. Anyway, you won't survive today!"