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

The two looked at each other, both with a stern look on their faces, and immediately looked around.

Mrs. Shen soon calmed down.

"It's quiet here, but I'm afraid these servants don't know. Xiuzhi, take some silver and go find the bastard of the Xu family. He has always been with Zhongfu, so I'm afraid he knows something."

"Yes, ma'am, I will go there myself and find out the news."

Xu Junyao, the illegitimate son of the Minister of Personnel.

He walks his dog and plays with his cat on weekdays, and is one of the famous playboys in Beijing.

But he is different from ordinary playboys.

He is Shen Du's loyal follower.

The Imperial City Administration was independent of the three provinces and six ministries and was only responsible to the emperor. In the capital city, there was no one who was not afraid of this Chief Inspector.

Because of this relationship, even the Minister of Personnel Xu Zhiyou had to give in to Xu Junyao, the illegitimate son, in every way.

So as soon as Xiuzhi arrived at the gate of Xu's house, she was recognized.

"Oh, isn't this Aunt Xiuzhi? Why are you here?"

Xiuzhi blushed.

She couldn't let anyone know that she came to someone else's house to inquire about her own young marquis.

"Is the Fourth Young Master here? My wife has a small matter that she needs to trouble him with."

"Oh, my fourth young master has just returned and has asked me to invite you in." The gatekeeper was very attentive.

Xiuzhi was stunned at once.

Already given the order?

Originally, she thought that since she was close to Mrs. Shen, she needed to act in a more polite manner. But when she heard that Xu Junyao had already asked someone to greet her at the door, she felt inexplicably inferior.

"Please follow me, this way!"

She didn't have time to think about it, so she had to follow the servant in.

After passing a path surrounded by flowers and trees, we soon arrived at a pavilion.

From a distance, Xiuzhi saw a person standing in the pavilion.

It was none other than the illegitimate son Xu Junyao whom his wife usually looked down upon.

He was dressed in green, holding a folding fan, with a smile on his face. He looked approachable, yet also somewhat unfathomable.

"Fourth Master, Nanny Xiuzhi is here."

When the servant said the "Fourth Young Master", Xiuzhi came back to her senses.

Xu Junyao has always had a bad reputation, and his mother was a singer.

Having been with Madam Shen for too long, she naturally treated the illegitimate son as a servant like her.

But at this moment she suddenly realized that there was still a difference between a bastard and a servant.

"Fourth Young Master..." She bowed, but a folding fan supported her arm.

"Madam, there is no need to be so polite. I guess you are here for the young marquis's matter? Please take a seat!"

Xiuzhi was about to ask when Xu Junyao started laughing.

"I know Madam Shen has always looked down on me, but I never thought that one day she would come to my house for such a trivial matter. I'm sure Madam Shen is not very comfortable with this!"

Xiuzhi's face froze and she was speechless for a moment.

You can't really say that your wife just doesn't like him, but she has no way to control the young marquis!

"But it doesn't matter. I can tell you the story, but please think carefully about why Shen Du has become what he is today. Isn't she responsible for this?"

.......

"What? You little bastard, relying on your good relationship with my family, dare you act so arrogantly in front of me!"

In Chuyun Courtyard, Madam Shen fiercely threw the ice jade carved teacup in her hand away.

The tea exploded on the cold ground, emitting a few faint wisps of heat.

Xiuzhi waved her hand to let the maids leave, then stepped forward and gently persuaded them.

"Madam, the most important thing now is the marriage. If things are really as the Xu family's bastard said, you must quickly get the token of love back!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Shen's expression became even uglier.

"Xiuzhi, could it be that Prince Yan is really in league with the Yue family?"

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one. After all, the Queen has no children, your Majesty is kind and virtuous, and the young son is weak and can't be protected..."

"I still can't believe it. King Yan really wants to take the throne?"

"Madam, the young marquis never does anything without certainty."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Shen became angry again and pushed the teapot off the table again, making a loud "bang".

"This rebellious son! This incident must not have happened recently. If he had informed me last time, I would not have done such a thing..."

"Madam, please calm down. This is just the way the young marquis behaves!"

"What kind of personality is he? The kind that won't say a word to a mother like me?"

"lady..."

Xiuzhi hesitated for a moment, but finally kept her mouth shut.

She couldn't say, didn't you, Madam, teach the young marquis to be a gentleman and be careful with your words since he was young?

You even made him swallow his own bitterness, saying that as the only heir to the Marquis of Zhongguo Mansion, he cannot have any weaknesses!

You also say that talking too much will waste time, expose your emotions, and allow others to take advantage of you?

"Tell me, Xiuzhi, for all these years, I have cleaned up the backyard for him, prevented those cheap women from giving birth to lowly bastards, and made him the only heir to the Zhongguo Marquisate. Am I not good enough to him?"

"I am worried about his marriage, isn't it just to give him a good helper? What did I, as a mother, do wrong to deserve him to treat me like this!"

Xiuzhi didn't know what to say, so she could only comfort him with nice words.

"Madam, the young marquis is a genius. He loves you and doesn't want you to do this. Didn't you become a marquis through your own efforts? You can worry less!"

Mrs. Shen's anger comes and goes quickly.

Especially when she heard someone say good things about Shen Du, her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Xiuzhi, you are right. My family must be worried about me but can't say it out loud, so that bastard from the Xu family said it!"

Xiuzhi nodded quickly, "That's right, if the young marquis hadn't tacitly agreed, how could that bastard dare to say such an important thing!"

"Yeah," Mrs. Shen smiled, completely different from her previous angry and ferocious look.

"In this case, we have to get the token back sooner rather than later! The Shen family has finally regained its former glory, and we cannot allow any mistakes to happen at this time!"

"Yes, Madam, you decide how to deal with it. It would be better if I go there myself!"

"I'm afraid it won't help if you go," Madam Shen frowned, "blame it on me for telling Princess Baohua that the Tongxin Pei was given to her by Zhongfu!"

"What should we do?" Xiuzhi was also a little flustered. "Princess Baohua has a crush on the young marquis. If she doesn't have a good excuse, I'm afraid she won't easily return the jade pendant!"

Mrs. Shen finally panicked.

"I shouldn't have given away the Shen family's jade pendant in order to facilitate this marriage. If it was something else, it would be fine, but it had to be this one..."

Xiuzhi was indeed a lackey who had followed Mrs. Shen for many years. Upon hearing this, a brilliant idea suddenly came to her mind.

She bent over and moved closer to Mrs. Shen, muttering a few words in a low voice.

Mrs. Shen's originally anxious face slowly relaxed, and finally she smiled.

"Xiuzhi, you're the best. You even came up with this idea!"