Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 255 Reveal

Huang Wanwan felt extremely awkward from the moment she entered the Liu family's house. Even though she didn't look in Liu Musheng's direction, she could still see his extremely embarrassed appearance out of the corner of her eye, and she quickly lowered her head.

"I've been dealing with some family matters, so I only just got here," she offered a perfunctory excuse.

Lin Mengyu listened to the complaints all the way, but still didn't know who Huang Wanwan really cared about. So she just said, "She was forced to go and arrange a marriage. Guess who it was? It was Lu Zhuangfu, a compiler at the Hanlin Academy, who was the second-place scholar in this year's imperial examination."

Liu Yuechu's eyes narrowed, and she quickly looked at Liu Musheng. Sure enough, Liu Musheng's face turned even more purple, and he even showed a little bit of annoyance.

"The position of compiler in the Hanlin Academy is quite good. Although it is a seventh-rank official position, it has a promising future and is a good candidate," Ye Zinan said.

“Indeed, it is quite good. The Lu family is a rising star. His father is also a great Confucian scholar. He doesn’t have much power, but he has a great reputation,” Lu Bingyang said.

“What’s the use of reputation? Can it feed you? Being a compiler in the Hanlin Academy is hard labor. A month’s salary isn’t even enough for a meal at Guiyue Tower. Who can that support?” Liu Musheng suddenly retorted.

Everyone stared at him in disbelief, their faces filled with shock.

When has Liu Musheng ever dared to lose his temper like this with Huang Wanwan? And why does this sarcastic attitude seem a bit off?

Huang Wanwan didn't expect him to be so blunt in his criticism.

"What do you care about how much salary someone gets to live on? He's a compiler at the Hanlin Academy, a proper official, not some idle playboy who just sits around collecting a salary! You can eat and drink extravagantly at the best restaurants in the capital, but it's Yue Niang who pays the bill. What does she have to do with you?!" She couldn't help but retort!

"How can it not be related? I also contributed to the Liu family's business! The money from the horse farm is enough for me to squander, and besides, that salary is rightfully mine. I don't need my sister's money!"

"You're not short of money, and you're going to be the son-in-law of the Left Chancellor, bringing glory to your ancestors! You'll also use your future father-in-law's reputation to get an even higher, sinecure. From now on, I'll have to kneel down and kowtow three times when I see you!"

"Pah! That's something that could kill someone! I'm perfectly fine, stop cursing me like that!"

"I didn't insult you first, you deserved it!"

"I'm just afraid you'll marry a poor man and end up eating coarse food!"

"What does it matter to you if I eat coarse food and wild vegetables? I'm happy to do it!"

……

After Huang Wanwan finished speaking, Liu Musheng suddenly stopped talking.

What good is his hard work? What good is all the money he has? The woman he loves would rather marry a penniless man than pay him any attention...

"Alright, that's enough. Let's go for a drink!"

Liu Musheng turned and walked outside, never looking back.

Everyone was left speechless, no one expected the two of them to have a fight for no reason.

And they're not stupid; they can all see that this argument is really off...

"Ahem, shall we go have a drink first?" Lu Bingyang looked at Lin Mengyu with a teasing gaze. Lin Mengyu was also dumbfounded and could only tell him, "Go home early."

The men all rushed off, actually gossiping that Liu Musheng actually liked Huang Wanwan!

Huang Wanwan's face turned bright red; she didn't know where this anger came from.

"I...I didn't mean to..." She didn't know how to explain.

"You don't need to explain, otherwise it will only make things worse." Liu Yuechu's eyes were already crinkled with laughter.

She only knew that Liu Musheng had a one-sided love for her, but she didn't expect that Huang Wanwan wasn't completely indifferent to her silly older brother.

Huang Wanwan choked for a while, then angrily pinched Lin Mengyu's cheek hard, "It's all your fault for being so talkative! Why did you bring up the marriage proposal out of the blue!"

"I was trying to clear your name, but I never expected..." Lin Mengyu didn't dare to say Liu Musheng's name. "Marriage really does lead to trouble. I missed the story, and you didn't even tell me?!" The last part of her sentence was about Liu Yuechu.

Liu Yuechu kept shaking her head, "I don't know either, I only know that my older brother has a crush on me!"

"!!!" Huang Wanwan felt like she had fallen into a quagmire, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't clear her name!

"So what's going on with the marriage proposal today? Are you unhappy?" Liu Yuechu quickly changed the subject, giving Huang Wanwan a way out.

Huang Wanwan sighed, "Such a family, with more rules than hairs on their heads, do you think they can be happy?"

"Not only are there many rules, but they also nitpick Wanwan from head to toe, and even brought up the matter of dowry..." Lin Mengyu's mouth almost turned up to the sky, "Actually, what your older brother said is right. Marrying into such a poor family, she'll be schemed against every day. She hasn't even gotten married yet, and they're already demanding the amount of dowry."

"Just a runner-up in the imperial examination, does he really think he can reach the heavens? The betrothal gifts are meager, yet he's eyeing your dowry!" Liu Yuechu was also particularly indignant.

“The other families aren’t much better off than this one. The main problem is that I’m getting old, and my father’s reputation isn’t very good, so naturally I’ll be the one who gets scrutinized.” Huang Wanwan spoke out her inner turmoil for the first time, feeling utterly helpless.

Her father favored his concubines over his wife, and with so many concubines, she was unlikely to be considered by civil officials, while military officials found her too uncouth. Moreover, she was involved in the struggle for the throne, making it easy for her to be categorized into one side or the other.

Therefore, Huang Wanwan's aunt carefully selected only a few people to choose from.

Liu Yuechu understood that she had come to find her out of boredom because the atmosphere at the Dali Temple Minister's residence was not very pleasant.

"It's a pity that you two didn't hit it off sooner, otherwise there wouldn't be so much trouble."

"Don't talk nonsense..." Huang Wanwan's refusal wasn't very confident. "Actually, I only recently discovered that your older brother is not bad. Before, I only criticized him for all his faults."

“Not only was he picky, he even hit me,” Lin Mengyu added.

"So, he still likes you even when he's being beaten, which shows that he wouldn't mind being beaten again if he really married you... Actually, I knew my brother's feelings a long time ago, but I didn't want to drag you into it. After all, Consort Yu has already bestowed the marriage upon you, so I didn't want to burden your family." Liu Yuechu also spoke her true feelings.

Huang Wanwan stared in surprise, not expecting that she already knew?

"Perhaps we were just destined to be apart," she sighed.

Liu Yuechu's eyes darted around. "Don't rush into it, and don't agree to the marriage proposal right away. Let's take it slow."

"How can we delay it? Wasn't the marriage already arranged?" Lin Mengyu felt that she had missed a good opportunity for marriage.

Liu Yuechu then told her about Jiang Yunjiao's fear of the dark and the cold, "...What I'm considering now is, if this matter is exposed, will my elder brother be forced to swallow his bitterness and force himself to obey the imperial decree to marry her?"

"Actually, we are missing a supporter, so we can only wait for Princess Chen to return and see if she can provide support."

……

Lin Mengyu suddenly realized that she was now a daughter-in-law in the Lu family and knew nothing about these gossips.

Huang Wanwan brought up Fang Ziqing, "...The Crown Prince really wants to ask the Liu family what they think. I think it's not impossible to borrow the Crown Prince's help."