Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 152 Yizhi

Liu Yuechu tearfully recounted the story to Yuan Cuo, “...At that time, I thought His Majesty really intended to send me to the Mongol Kingdom for a marriage alliance, and it wasn’t impossible that he might kill you for the sake of both countries’ interests. So I agreed to let the Liu family pay for you to travel throughout the Great Qi Kingdom and draw up a map of the Great Qi Kingdom, and that was how we made the deal.”

"If I had known you were his biological son, why would I have said anything?"

"No wonder His Majesty agreed so readily; he's utterly cunning. And why is he so determined to send you away? That's really strange!"

Liu Yuechu understood why the Liu family was given the title of Imperial Merchants;

Why wasn't he punished even though he offended the Bai and Liang families?

Logically speaking, Liu Musheng's sixth-rank sinecure shouldn't have been so easy to obtain, considering that the Bai family had been using their official titles for three to five years...

Yuan Cuo was always criticized as an ordinary scholar and a son-in-law of the Liu family, but no one expected that he was the pillar of the Liu family, otherwise the Liu family's business would have been divided up long ago.

But having gained the benefits, she now had to give her husband away? Liu Yuechu initially wanted to give him away, but now she couldn't bear to part with him.

She admitted that her dilemma was irrational, but she genuinely wanted to curse.

Yuan Cuo stroked her small face, "Didn't you always want to send me away? Now you don't want to anymore?"

"No, I didn't..." she firmly denied. "So what are we going to do? How can we delay things? Even if we're going to leave, it has to be legitimate, and we absolutely have to make sure we're safe."

"Don't rush, let's talk about it after the autumn imperial examination."

"??? You're taking the exam again?"

Liu Yuechu really didn't expect that he would still not give up.

For the emperor's own son to have to rely on the imperial examination to become an official, this is probably unique to Scorpion Baba.

Yuan Cuo remained calm and unhurried. "Didn't you say you wanted a legitimate reason? It's not too late to leave after you've secured an official position... Besides, if you get pregnant now, I'll have an excuse to wait until the child is born before we talk about it."

"Ugh, let's get down to business!" Liu Yuechu blushed instantly. She had only been in the palace for a few days, but she was already acting like a hungry wolf when she got back.

Yuan Cuo was naturally anxious. "This is also a serious matter! I never expected that after only being confined in the palace for a few days, so many people would wish for my death, and that I would want to marry you before I'm even dead."

Not to mention how many people in the capital were concerned, even Yuwen Chan sent a special envoy to deliver a message to Emperor Qi Xiao.

Liu Yuechu hadn't expected this either, but couldn't help but chuckle mischievously, "So my husband needs to pamper me even more, otherwise I'll just run away after giving birth..."

"You woman, you have quite the wild side!"

"How could I dare marry you if I wasn't wild..."

"Then I'll have to give it a try."

The sounds of playful laughter gradually changed, becoming sweet and alluring.

The person on the roof cursed and then ran away in a flash.

Granny Fang also left through the door, instructing the kitchen not to prepare lunch, but only dinner...

The moon is bright and the stars are few; the night sky is clear and blue.

The banquet ordered by Liu Musheng at Jingchunlou provided a lively feast for the people in the mansion.

Liu Yuechu stayed in bed and refused to get up. Yuan Cuo brought the food into the room, and the two of them each poured themselves a small cup of wine.

The couple had hoped to reminisce about their time in the palace, but there were always those who had no sense of propriety and insisted on making a grand entrance.

Liu Musheng, carrying a wine jug, stumbled over, drunk. "Why won't you see anyone when you get home? I've been waiting for you two all day, and you won't even say a word to me. I had no choice but to come and ask you myself!"

"What do you have to ask? Palace affairs have nothing to do with you." Liu Yuechu couldn't stand being around Yuan Cuo any longer, so she had to move half her buttocks to the side.

Liu Musheng was completely oblivious. "How can it be unrelated? My brother-in-law was released, which saved the Empress Dowager's life. Why isn't there any reward or anything in the palace? He's our Liu family's son-in-law. We can't let him suffer in silence."

"Aren't you nagging me to divorce him now?" Liu Yuechu said softly, but her words were full of barbs.

Liu Musheng shuddered, breaking out in a cold sweat despite the warm summer air. "What nonsense are you talking about? I never said anything like that." He firmly denied it.

Liu Yuechu snorted coldly, showing him no kindness. "Tomorrow we'll talk about dividing the family property. From now on, I won't interfere with your business anymore, and I'll buy the house next door. You'll move out!"

"No, please, I was wrong, okay?" Liu Musheng knew his own limitations and how important his sister was. "I was wrong, I was really wrong. I specially prepared this feast today to apologize to my brother-in-law, wasn't it?"

Uncle San and Uncle Si separated their families. Uncle Si's entire family was wiped out, and Uncle San was barely making ends meet. He only knew that without his little sister Fu Bao, he couldn't manage on his own.

Unable to resist Liu Musheng's pleas, Yuan Cuo had no choice but to plead for him, saying, "Forget it, my brother was only doing this for your own good. It's normal for him to have such thoughts, like sacrificing myself to protect the whole family."

"Yeah, yeah? What a load of rubbish! That's so unfair to me, I do agree with you!"

Liu Musheng felt increasingly uneasy as he listened, knowing that he wouldn't be able to go on living without sacrificing some of his wealth to compensate these two. "Here's what we'll do," he said, "I'll give my brother-in-law 10% of the horse farm's profits as compensation to ease his nerves. From now on, you can get your share of the money directly, and you don't have to keep thinking about the little bit of money my sister gives you each month."

“How can a grown man not have money to spend at will?”

"Even if others call you a live-in son-in-law, you can still pull out money and smash it in their faces! In our family, let alone live like a live-in son-in-law, even the dogs live better than other people's families..."

Liu Yuechu rolled her eyes again, saying that he couldn't even say nice things properly.

“The profits from the horse farm are not enough. You all spend your days eating and drinking at Jingchun Restaurant. Why don’t you pay for it and buy it as well? I’ll take 40% of the profits, you take 40%, and the manager will get 20%. If you agree, I’ll have Song Liu’er take care of it right away.”

Liu Musheng had no choice but to agree. His money was all in his sister's hands, so he didn't feel like he had any say in the matter.

“Then I’ll give my brother-in-law 10%, and I’ll take 30%.” Liu Musheng hugged Yuan Cuo’s shoulder and patted him. “From now on, we have to be on the same side. We can’t always listen to him.”

“I will still listen to Yue Niang.” Yuan Cuo said the same thing again.

"Alright, alright, you can listen to whomever you want, just tell me what's really going on in the palace." Liu Musheng was so generous because he saw that Yuan Cuo had saved the Empress Dowager and might rise to prominence in the future.

Yuan Cuo had no choice but to drink and chat with him, briefly mentioning matters in the palace.

Liu Yuechu asked Liu Tao to pass on a message to Song Liu'er, asking him to come and talk.

Seeing the empty courtyard, she thought of Bai Shao again, "...Who did you settle her with?"

Granny Fang naturally knew who she was asking about. "He married a servant in the Princess's household and is in charge of the maintenance of the garden. He's a good person and at the right age."

Liu Yuechu was relieved. Even if Bai Shao wasn't allowed to serve her, she didn't want her to suffer. "On the wedding day, please give me a larger dowry from the household accounts. I won't go."

She didn't want to see Bai Shao cry again, to avoid embarrassment, and the family that Granny Fang had chosen for her was very good, even better than the Liu family.

“The reason for choosing someone from the Princess’s residence is not so that she can live a good life, but so that she can keep her mouth shut.”

Granny Fang knew that Liu Yuechu was being too optimistic, so she simply said bluntly, "You need to be ruthless when you need to, otherwise don't try to elevate the Liu family's status."

As one's status rises, so does the competition, and those around them will naturally become interested.

What money cannot tempt, power can.

Liu Yuechu thought of Yuan Cuo's words again; she had indeed been too yearning for a better life. "Granny is right, I should have made the household more orderly a long time ago..."

"This is not something that can be accomplished overnight; you must take your time." Granny Fang was just about to ask what the young master meant.

Suddenly, a message came from outside the door: "My lords, hurry to the door! The Empress Dowager's decree has arrived!"