Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 289 Happy

"I originally thought he was just the lover of the concubine of the Duke of Jingguo, but I didn't expect him to have another identity. I just found out, so I went to find him... I wasn't the one who was watching him with the secret guards." Hou Lai also said innocently. The secret guards only took on their own tasks and knew almost nothing about other things.

Liu Yuechu couldn't complain; the rules of the secret guards were paramount.

"So he's just the concubine's lover?" What man would help her without any self-interest?

"She was also a childhood sweetheart and was engaged to someone else, but her family was embroiled in a lawsuit at the time, so Madam Ding immediately married into the Jingguo Duke's family. But you should know how strict the rules of the Jingguo Duke are; he simply cannot tolerate her having been engaged before. So the Huang family stepped in and erased all traces of the engagement." Hou Lai liked gossip.

"So he was kept and given a new name?" Liu Yuechu was also surprised.

"Yes, his real name is Huai Changmeng." Hou Lai also found him amusing. Wasn't it a bit perfunctory to just reverse his name like that?

Liu Yuechu naturally didn't know who Huai Changmeng was, even though she had lived two lives.

"Do you know what kind of lawsuit their family is involved in?" Liu Yuechu continued to question.

Hou Lai shook his head. "I can't say any more. Perhaps I can wait for my master to come back and tell you, but I can't say it myself."

Liu Yuechu: "..."

It seems this involves palace secrets, otherwise Hou Lai wouldn't have been able to keep quiet.

Fang Suozi's interrogation wasn't going to be quick either. However, the princess heard that there had been some commotion in the backyard and sent someone to summon Liu Yuechu to come and talk to her.

Liu Yuechu, fearing that she would worry, did not hide anything, "I originally asked him to find out some information, but who knew he would bring someone here... This person is being watched by the palace. Not only does he have an affair with the concubine of the Duke of Jingguo, but he also has some other entanglements. Unfortunately, Hou Lai refuses to say."

Princess Chen was speechless with astonishment.

"What's this person's name?"

"If you turn the name upside down, his real name is Huai Changmeng."

"It's actually someone from the Huai family?!" Princess Chen was even more shocked.

Liu Yuechu looked at her in surprise, "Do you know about the Huai family?"

"Who in the capital doesn't know about what happened twenty years ago? The Huai family was originally a family of doctors, and they lived a very good life. Unfortunately, Huai Changmeng killed one of the old prince's wives, so they got into a lawsuit, which led to the destruction of their family and their deaths. It was a terrible tragedy." Princess Chen also recalled the past.

"The old prince? And his wife?" Liu Yuechu had never heard of these people before, and shouldn't the prince's wife be a princess?

“He is His Majesty’s younger brother, Prince Chun. His wife died young, but he did not remarry. He only doted on a very beautiful woman, so he called her Madam,” said Princess Chen.

"You like her so much, why aren't you marrying her?"

"It's because that woman refuses to marry him."

Princess Chen was also very interested in gossip. "I have seen her a few times. She is indeed incomparably beautiful. Her skin is so smooth that it looks like mutton fat. Even women like her. Moreover, she has a very good temperament."

"Such a fine lady, shouldn't she be treated by the imperial physician? How could the Huai family be used?" Liu Yuechu hesitated.

"It seems that the woman contracted some strange illness and specifically requested Huai Changmengzhi, and no one else was allowed to approach... At that time, I was also confined to the inner courtyard, and all the news I heard was hearsay." Princess Chen was very regretful, after all, there were too few women as outstanding as her.

Liu Yuechu carefully considered the words Huai Changmeng had said when he first approached her...

Did Yuan Cuo get embroiled in a lawsuit for delivering a baby? Did it lead to the destruction of his family?

Could it be that Yuan Cuo was born to this prince's wife?

The thought flashed through her mind, and she immediately covered her mouth.

So Emperor Qi Xiao not only had an illegitimate child, but also stole his brother's woman? My goodness, this old emperor is ruthless!

"And what about this prince? I don't think I've ever heard of him in the capital." Liu Yuechu racked her brains, she didn't even remember that Emperor Qi Xiao had a younger brother.

"After his wife passed away, he left the capital and went to his fiefdom in the west. There was little news of him in the capital. It seems that His Majesty once sent people to see him, but they were all rejected. It was as if he had been cut off from the world. He was indeed traumatized."

Princess Chen recalled Prince Chun's appearance and sighed, "He was charming, talented, and a very good person, but unfortunately... he had a bad life."

Liu Yuechu clicked her tongue twice.

The woman he cherishes has been snatched away by his own brother; no wonder things aren't going well.

"This Prince Chun has no descendants? The royal family has so many offspring and relatives, yet I've never heard anyone mention the Prince Chun's residence?"

“Perhaps he didn’t have any children. I’ve never heard of him having any.” Princess Chen sighed. “Ah, life can’t be too perfect. There will always be some regrets.”

"What regrets do you have? Do you think Zhongyao isn't married? Well, I'm here with you, so I won't let him compete with me." Liu Yuechu deliberately acted coquettishly.

Princess Chen pinched her little nose tenderly, her eyes glancing at her belly. "I can't count on him. I can only hope that you will give me a lovely little grandson, so that this mansion will have more life and won't be so lifeless."

Liu Yuechu was also looking forward to it, but just as she was starting to feel hopeful, she felt nauseous again and vomited violently for a while.

Princess Chen had no time to sigh and immediately summoned servants to attend to her.

After all that busy work, Liu Yuechu was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the couch. When she woke up, it was already dark.

Fang Suozi had also found out a lot of information, but had not yet replied to Liu Yuechu, so he had been staying at the Princess's residence.

But Princess Chen had already told her all of this...

"I'll go see him myself," Liu Yuechu said after waking up, instructing Huajiao to fetch her clothes.

"It's so late, why don't you ask again tomorrow?" Huajiao said with a touch of sympathy.

That vomiting just now felt like his stomach was going to come out; it's been a long time since Master has acted like that.

Liu Yuechu shook her head. "We can't wait. After all, the Dali Temple and the county government are both looking for him. We can't keep him in the mansion forever; that would only cause trouble for the princess."

The peppercorns responded without daring to stop them.

Liu Yuechu washed up and felt more refreshed before going to meet him in a secluded room in the garden.

Huai Changmeng was covered in wounds from head to toe, and his bloody appearance startled Huajiao.

"Why didn't you clean things up before letting the master come to see people?!" she scolded Fang Suozi fiercely.

Fang Suozi was taken aback; he had just wiped it.

"This wound may have reopened." He quickly grabbed some ice water and wound medicine and fiddled with it for a while, and at least he could make out that it was a human face.

Huai Changmeng was panting heavily, as if he was barely hanging on to his last breath. "I never expected that the dignified Lady Liu would repay kindness with enmity and treat the person who delivered your husband like this!"

Huajiao and Fang Suozi were shocked. They looked at Liu Yuechu, not expecting that this person had some connection with the son-in-law.

Liu Yuechu wasn't surprised; some things simply couldn't be hidden and would inevitably come out sooner or later.

"But you are also the murderer who killed my best friend's mother. A beating is too lenient. There will be a second beating, a third beating... I won't let you die too easily."