Demoting my wife to a concubine? After being reborn, I turned around and married into the imperial f

"Why is Madam Hou so angry? Don't let His Majesty's decree have already made you lose your temper?"

As soon as Chu Xunzhen finished speaking, Li Yi, who was lying on the couch, became extremely angry.

"I am your mother. How dare you speak to me like that?"

She roared angrily, the pain in her buttocks making her even more irritable.

Standing to the side, Granny Li spoke up: "Young lady, Madam is your mother. How can you address her like that?"

Chu Xunzhen smiled and said, "I'm a jinx. Calling her 'Mother' is fine, of course, but would she be willing? If she says I've brought her bad luck, I'd have no way to defend myself."

Li Yi was even angrier.

This rebellious daughter was born to anger her.

"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have given birth to you."

Li Yi's cold voice rang out, like frost in June, freezing people's hearts.

Chu Xunzhen raised an eyebrow: "If I had known I would be reborn into your womb, I would have preferred not to be reborn at all."

Li Yi was furious; veins bulged on his forehead.

"You actually despise me?" Li Yi asked incredulously.

She was the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites. Back then, when she married Chu Zhanpeng, who is now the Marquis of Chu, it was the Marquis of Chu who was marrying above his station.

If it weren't for her financial support of the Marquis's mansion, Chu Zhanpeng, with his mediocre character, would never have been respected.

"I dare not seek the truth."

It's not that they don't dare to, but that they don't have the ability.

In other words, Chu Xunzhen despised her as his birth mother.

How dare she do that?

Granny Li spoke up: "Young lady, Madam's injuries haven't healed yet, and she's in excruciating pain. Please bring her a glass of water first."

Chu Xun was truly puzzled.

Is she going to be asked to take care of the sick?

In her past life, Li Yi caught a cold, and she served him tea and water, attending to every little detail, for over a month, until she herself lost weight from exhaustion. But what did she receive in return?

Chu Wanrou said she was a jinx, and that if she suffered, the people of the Marquis's mansion would get better.

The eldest brother, Chu Mingyuan, believed Chu Wanrou's words and made things difficult for her every day.

In this life, I don't want her to take care of me when I'm sick, do I?

"Wouldn't it be enough for Granny to pour water for Mother? Xunzhen just fell into the water and hasn't recovered from her cold. I'm afraid she might pass on her illness to Mother."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi became even more furious: "How dare you shirk your responsibility?"

"Xunzhen is just telling the truth." As he spoke, Chu Xunzhen coughed twice and sneezed a few times, as if he had really caught a cold.

"What happened last night, was it you who did it? Chu Xunzhen, the Marquis's mansion is your root. You're harming others like this, and in the end, you're only harming yourself."

Li Yi said coldly.

Chu Xunzhen looked puzzled.

"I don't understand what you're saying, Mother. I went to bed early last night. Please enlighten me, Mother."

"Still dare to lie? You were jealous of Rou'er, so you poisoned her. You also disrespected your elder brother by poisoning him in the same way. How could you be so heartless?" Li Yi said coldly. "As long as you produce the antidote, Mother will treat you all equally from now on."

If Chu Xun had heard these words in his past life, he would have truly believed them.

She desperately wanted Li Yi's love.

How she had longed to return to her biological mother and enjoy her mother's love.

Her adoptive mother treated her very well, but everyone in the neighborhood knew that she was adopted by her adoptive mother.

For more than a decade, there has been constant gossip and rumors.

She endured it, thinking about her own mother, wondering if she, too, missed each other.

The days at the Marquis's residence were hell.

But she could never go back.

She was ashamed to face her adoptive parents and did not want to cause trouble for them.

The Marquis of Ping'an's mansion wields immense power. Crushing an ordinary merchant is as easy as crushing an ant.

"What nonsense are you spouting, Mother? I did not poison anyone. Can you make baseless accusations without evidence?" Chu Xunzhen's voice was icy. "Since I returned from the countryside, I know everything about my monthly allowance, how many times I've left the manor, and who I've associated with. Do you think I have the ability to poison them?"

Li Yi's eyes flashed with murderous intent as she coldly said, "Even if you didn't poison them, it must be because of you. Chu Xunzhen, if you want me to accept you, you should first go to the Mingshan Stone Temple to pray for your elder brother and Wan'er. A month later, I will send someone to fetch you."

"unnecessary."

Chu Xunzhen said coldly.

"No need to pick me up? That's fine too. You can come back on your own when the term ends in a month."

Li Yi spoke to himself.

Chu Xunzhen gave a mocking smile: "Mother, what I mean is, I'm not going to Mingshan Stone Temple."

In her past life, she listened to Li Yi's words and went to the Mingshan Stone Temple, where she was brutally beaten under the guise of giving a lecture, leaving her covered in scars.

She later married Gu Changfeng. Although Gu Changfeng knew about her past, she could still see a hint of disdain in his eyes.

She felt so ashamed that she wanted to end her own life.

"You're unwilling to pray for your older brother and younger sister? How can you be so selfish? If you continue like this, don't blame me for ignoring you as their mother."

Chu Xunzhen smiled with relief: "Then thank you very much, Madam. I'm happy to be at ease."

Li Yi was so angry he almost spat out blood when suddenly, a powerful voice rang out from outside the room.

"Chu Xunzhen, how could you do this? You are so insensible."

A familiar voice rang out.

Chu Xunzhen turned around and saw Gu Changfeng.

He was dressed in black, looking imposing. Behind him stood his arrogant servant, Ting Han.

Oh, I suddenly remembered that I gave him a little pet the other day. I wonder if that little pet has taken root in Gu Changfeng's heart?

Chu Xunzhen's right hand twitched slightly, and the mother Gu in his body trembled slightly. Gu Changfeng stopped in his tracks and turned pale.

"Your Highness, how is it?"

Hearing Han's worried inquiry, he almost dropped the gift he was holding.

"It's nothing, just a sudden cramp in my abdomen. It's fine now."

"Why has the young master come?" Li Yi asked in surprise, his cold face suddenly changing to a warm and tolerant one.

"Changfeng specially brought some tonics and medicinal herbs for you and Mingyuan, Auntie. He hopes you will recover soon."

Gu Changfeng gestured, and Tinghan immediately put down the tonic.

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness."

Li Yi's expression softened, and the more he looked at Gu Changfeng, his prospective son-in-law, the more satisfied he became.

This was originally the backyard.

However, Gu Changfeng was someone she had watched grow up since childhood, and the two families were extremely close, so she didn't care about such formalities.

"Xunzhen, I'm not trying to criticize you, but things have been going wrong in the manor lately. All we asked you to do was go to the temple to pray for blessings, but you refused. You're really much worse than Rou'er."

In her past life, Rou'er often went to the temple to pray for him.

He often ran into her. At that time, she was already married, and he couldn't get close to her. But that day, she was drugged, and he had no choice but to risk his life to save her. Later, after much effort, he finally managed to get Rou'er to leave the Ninth Prince, marry him, and become his concubine.

She really suffered a lot.

In this life, Chu Xunzhen must pray for Rou'er's well-being and make amends to her.

"You can send Chu Wanrou and Chu Mingyuan. I think it must be because they behaved improperly and acted strangely that they offended the gods and Buddhas, angering the Heavenly Emperor and causing this illness to befall them."

"Nonsense. Today, I, the young master, will send you to the Mingshan Stone Temple. You will not be allowed to come down the mountain until you have prayed for blessings for a month." Gu Changfeng said coldly, then turned to his servant and said, "Tinghan, go to Chu Xunzhen's room and bring the six thousand taels that Chu Xunzhen had left there. Use it to add to Rou'er's dowry."