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

Marquis’ Mansion, Chuyun Courtyard.

Mrs. Shen sat in the courtyard with a blank expression on her face, while Xiuzhi was kneeling beside her.

Shen Du was dressed in black and had a cold expression.

"Let me ask you one last question. Is what Aunt Xiuzhi said true? Did you really want Ah Li to be your concubine?"

"Does it matter whether it's true or not? Anyway, it's all over!" Mrs. Shen said with a cold face.

"It's over? Is that really the case?"

Shen Du snorted coldly and slowly walked in front of Mrs. Shen.

A pair of obsidian eyes seemed to be filled with poison.

"If a person dies, does that mean everything is over?"

Mrs. Shen shuddered, but still held on stubbornly.

"What are you talking about? How can you treat your mother like this?"

"Mother?" Shen Du sneered, "It's been twenty-one years. You've made a fake come true. Don't you feel tired?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Shen's face turned pale instantly.

She hurriedly looked at Xiuzhi who was kneeling, her lips trembling.

"You, you told him everything?!"

Xiuzhi was also stunned, and then she kowtowed continuously.

"Madam, I didn't say anything. The young marquis only asked about your insistence on letting Miss Cui come into the mansion as a concubine!"

Not knowing what she was trying to hide, Shen suddenly stood up from her chair and slapped Xiuzhi in the face.

"Who told you to tell him? It's all nonsense!"

Xiuzhi was knocked to one side by the blow, but she still argued eagerly.

"Madam, you came here to ask Miss Cui to be your concubine! It was Miss Cui who said that the marriage was a joke, so you gave up!"

Shen was furious and was about to raise her hand to hit someone, but Xiuzhi hid aside.

"Madam, I am no longer your servant. You cannot beat me like this anymore..."

"You bitch, how dare you talk back? I'm the Marquis' wife, and I can't be beaten by anyone!"

Shen roared, but was finally silenced by Shen Du's "Enough".

"Zhongfu, mother is planning to make Cui Lingyi a concubine, but mother is doing this for your own good! The Cui family is of humble origin, how can they be worthy of you? You are the top scholar in civil and military affairs appointed by His Majesty, and mother has worked hard to raise you..."

She was about to talk about the love between mother and son, but was interrupted by Shen Du's cold voice.

"You are from a humble background? If you look down on the daughter of the Minister of Rites, you must look down on my biological mother even more, right?!"

"What? You know everything?" Shen's eyes widened in horror.

"As a son, I basically know everything my mother has done!" Shen Du laughed mockingly, as if he also felt that he was too calm.

Shen's face gradually stiffened, and finally she roared viciously.

"That woman told you, right? You care so much about Cui Lingyi because her mother told you things you shouldn't have, right?"

"That woman made up all these stories just to get her daughter to marry you! She hated me for alienating her, hated me for being a marquis' wife while she was nothing, so she said that on purpose!"

Seeing that Shen Du was just listening quietly without saying anything, Shen rushed over and grabbed his sleeve.

"Zhongfu, Mom is really your real mom! Don't listen to what others say!"

"Really? If you are my biological mother, then who is the woman you put in the jar and turned into a human pig?" Shen Du coldly shook her off and slowly straightened his sleeves.

"You, how did you know?" Mrs. Shen looked at him in horror.

"Nothing that has been done will go unnoticed!" Shen Du's eyes were as cold as ice.

"It was you, you took her away, right!"

Mrs. Shen suddenly became excited, "No wonder that bitch suddenly disappeared! No, it's impossible, how could you take her away? You were still young at that time, and it was your father! Right? Where did he take that bitch?"

"Bitch, bitch, where is that bitch?!" Shen screamed and suddenly rushed to the backyard like crazy.

Since being laid off, Marquis Zhongguo Shen Sheng has been recuperating in the Buddhist temple in the backyard and seldom comes out.

But as soon as Shen stepped over the threshold, she was hugged around the waist by two strong maids!

"Someone come quickly, the lady is going crazy again!"

Several maids rushed over upon hearing the noise and held Shen down like a prisoner.

"Let me go. I'm going to find that bitch and kill her!"

Shen kept struggling, and all the pearls and jade on her head fell to the ground.

With his hair disheveled, he looks like a madman.

Shen Du just glanced at him indifferently and waved his hand.

"Mother is sick, bring the medicine up quickly!"

"Yes."

He immediately brought in a bowl of black medicine, pinched Shen's mouth and forced the medicine down her throat.

Shen was still struggling, "Zhongfu, I am really your mother, don't listen to other people's nonsense!"

"Zhongfu, I raised you..."

Finally, Shen's voice gradually became softer, and she fainted with her head tilted.

Several maids dragged Shen into the inner room like a dead dog and threw her on the bed.

Xiuzhi watched from the side with her mouth wide open, unable to close it for a long time.

Seeing Shen Du's eyes slowly looking at him, he quickly knelt down on the ground.

"My Lord, I don't know about these things. I came here later and I didn't do anything..."

The corners of Shen Duliang's thin lips twitched slightly, clearly telling her origins.

"Yin Xiuzhi, 45 years old, was transferred back from a village in the suburbs of Beijing 8 years ago, right?"

"My lord, you are very wise. I came to your mansion eight years ago..." Xiuzhi kowtowed, worried that Shen Du would punish her.

Although her life is not easy now, she is chased around like a dog.

But at least people are alive.

It’s better to live a miserable life than to die!

"Since you have heard such a secret, there are only two results."

Shen Du's gloomy voice sounded, "Death or..."

Xiuzhi was so frightened that her soul almost flew away. She knelt down and took two steps forward anxiously.

"My Lord, please don't let me die. I am willing to do anything for you!"

Shen Du narrowed his eyes, "You have served her before, so you know how to make her feel comfortable. You can stay here from now on. If you do well, I will ensure that you will have no worries for the rest of your life."

Xiuzhi was stunned for a moment, then she understood and kowtowed to express her gratitude.

"I will definitely satisfy the Marquis!"

Shen Du looked at the maids and said in a cold voice, "From today on, Chuyun Courtyard is sealed off, not even a fly is allowed to fly out!"

"Yes!"

There was a noise, and the doors and windows of Chuyun Courtyard were closed.

Soon, the corridor connecting the front and back yards was also blocked.

Shen Du stood quietly for a while before walking towards the Buddhist temple in the backyard.

After walking along a stone-paved path and through a bamboo forest, I heard the sound of a flute in the distance.

He stood and listened for a while before he stepped forward and pushed open the door of the Buddhist hall.

After bowing before the Buddha statue in the middle, he walked towards the side hall.

A woman was lying on the white bed.

Although the woman is old, one can tell from her face that she must have been a stunning beauty when she was young.

However, apart from her head exposed, the woman's body under the quilt was terribly small.

There were neither arms nor legs visible; it looked more like a rectangular box.