The cold husband can't warm me up, I don't love him anymore

This is indeed the case.

Cui Lingyi's heart sank.

She just didn't expect that the Marquis of Zhongguo would actually come to her house for his son's marriage.

It was obvious that in his previous life he was a marquis who didn't care about anything.

During the three years she was in the Marquis' Mansion, she never saw him speak a word to Shen Du.

The father and son are like strangers.

All we know is that he lives in the Buddhist temple in the backyard and never goes out.

It seems like he is living in isolation from the world.

It seems that he is also worried that she will marry his outstanding son...

"My Lord, Shen Du and I have already made our engagement clear, so you don't have to worry..."

Before she could finish her words, Shen Sheng interrupted her.

"Your marriage was arranged by your mother and Shen Du's mother. Although your mother is no longer with us, the Shen family recognizes this marriage."

"I know that there is a misunderstanding between you and Shen Du. I came here today to explain this misunderstanding."

"Mrs. Shen did something bad to you before, and I deeply regret it."

At this point, a layer of gloom covered Shen Sheng's handsome face.

"It's my fault too. I handed all the household affairs over to her. I didn't expect her to be like that..."

He looked at Cui Lingyi earnestly, with a serious expression.

"Don't worry, I will personally supervise your marriage from now on. I will never let you suffer any injustice again."

It would have been fine if Shen Sheng didn't speak, but once he opened his mouth he said a lot.

Cui Lingyi was at a loss for words.

Looking at the pair of eyes in front of me, which are full of wrinkles but full of expectation.

Cui Lingyi didn't know what to say for a moment.

"...My Lord, don't you know? Shen Du and I have broken off our engagement."

Hearing this, Shen Sheng nodded, with a hint of regret in his expression.

"I didn't take your matter seriously before. I thought that person would be able to handle it... ahem... in fact, Madam Shen has no right to cancel your engagement with Shen Du. Your engagement is still valid."

After a pause, he continued, "As long as Miss Cui agrees, I will go to the Li Mansion to formally propose marriage later. Although your parents are gone, your maternal family is still here. The Shen family will follow the etiquette and procedures to formally marry you."

“…”

Why did you propose marriage?

How did you get married?

Cui Lingyi was completely confused.

How come she doesn't understand this?

It was mentioned earlier that the marriage was jointly agreed upon by her mother and Shen Du’s mother.

Then it says that Mrs. Shen has no right to cancel the engagement?

what does it mean?

How come she doesn't understand at all?

Cui Lingyi thought that Shen Sheng had not asked about family affairs for a long time and did not know what happened that day.

So he briefly told her about the cancellation of the engagement.

"My Lord, when Madam Shen came to propose marriage that day, she made her words very clear."

"The engagement was a unilateral agreement made by my mother. If Madam Shen doesn't recognize it, then the engagement will naturally..."

"No, it's not." Shen Sheng interrupted her before she could finish her words.

"I have said that Madam Shen has no right to cancel the engagement..."

“…” Now Cui Lingyi was really confused.

"My Lord, Lingyi really doesn't understand what you are saying."

Shen Sheng was silent for a moment.

A flash of pain appeared on that weathered face, as if his heart was burning with anger.

Cui Lingyi felt a little uneasy.

"....Marquis, Lingyi shouldn't ask that... In fact, you don't have to come here. It's not just Madam Shen's wish to cancel the engagement. I..."

"No, you should know about this!" Shen Sheng waved his hands suddenly.

There was a glimmer of determination and resolution in those dark eyes.

"Shen Du's mother is someone else, not Madam Shen."

"....?"

Cui Lingyi was stunned for a moment, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses.

Isn’t Shen Du Mrs. Shen’s biological son?

This is impossible!

Although this woman was not a good person, she was very fond of Shen Du.

Ever since she could remember, she knew that Shen Du was the only legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhongguo.

Mrs. Shen loved him, doted on him, held him in the palm of her hand, and protected him like the apple of her eye.

In order to ensure that Shen Du completely inherited the Marquisate, she did not allow Shen Sheng to take concubines, let alone have children.

When Shen Du grew up a little, she cleaned up the backyard directly.

She drove out and sold all the women who had any relationship with Shen Sheng.

Not only that, she herself stopped having children and devoted herself to raising Shen Du.

As soon as Shen Du learned to talk and walk, she spent all her dowry and invited the great scholar Liu Qiu Sheng to live in her mansion permanently.

It is to allow Shen Du to learn from him and gain wisdom.

When Shen Du grew older, she became more strict.

In addition to keeping Liu Qiu Sheng to continue teaching, he also sent him to the Imperial College.

The purpose was to give Shen Du the opportunity to make friends with the ministers and learn the principles of governing the country.

Shen Du was naturally intelligent, and after doing all this he still had some energy left.

Mrs. Shen then invited the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Li Chengyi, to be his martial arts master.

During those years, Shen Du had almost no spare time.

Mrs. Shen also accompanied him every day, and took care of all of Shen Du's food and daily life personally.

It can be said that they put a lot of thought and effort into it.

Everyone knows that Mrs. Shen has high hopes for her son Shen Du to become a successful person.

After Shen Du became an adult, he began to worry about his marriage.

Try every possible means to find a good marriage for him.

If she wasn’t the biological mother, who would be willing to do so much?

Besides, with Shen Du's personality, if Mrs. Shen was not his biological mother, he wouldn't be so obedient, right?

Cui Lingyi clearly remembered that Shen Du was very obedient and sensible when he was a child.

He also has a deep admiration for Mrs. Shen.

Occasionally, when he was tired of practicing sword, he would act coquettishly to Madam Shen and ask someone to invite her to come over to talk.

Or you can exchange it for an opportunity to go out and take her out to play.

If Mrs. Shen was not his biological mother, he would never do such a thing, right?

......

Suddenly, a completely different picture popped up in my memory.

She remembered that all the above situations seemed to have suddenly changed when Shen Du was a teenager.

He suddenly became extremely cold and indifferent.

It's not just towards her, it seems even worse towards Mrs. Shen.

As soon as he saw Mrs. Shen, he would turn around and leave without saying a word.

In her previous life, she had asked Shen Du the reason, but he didn't tell her.

He also got angry with her and told her not to mention that woman in the future.

At that time, he thought that Mrs. Shen was too strict with him, which made him rebellious.

At that time, I naively persuaded him several times.

But Shen Du became more and more indifferent to her and refused to say a word.

Now that I think about it, there seems to be something wrong here?

Later, Shen Du became the top scholar in both civil and military studies, and became famous in Kyoto.

He even turned a blind eye to Mrs. Shen, his mother.

She didn't know anything else, but during the three years she was married into the Marquis's Mansion.

I have never seen Shen Du and Mrs. Shen speak to each other in a calm and peaceful manner.

Shen Du even stopped her from going to the back hall to pay her respects to Madam Shen, and let her live her own life in the backyard.

She was devoted to repairing their mother-son relationship, and would take the initiative to visit Mrs. Shen in the back hall from time to time.

The result was that I was rubbed by her.