Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 284 Incense

Upon hearing this, the first person to become anxious was Song Liu'er. "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you want to have a private chat with the master? If you can do it, then do it; if you can't, then forget it. Actually, I also think you're getting on in years. The journey has been bumpy and rough, and I'm afraid your body won't be able to handle it."

Meng Changhuai ignored him and kept looking at Liu Yuechu. "Twenty-one years ago, I delivered a baby for a foreign woman." He stopped there and didn't say anything more.

Liu Yuechu raised an eyebrow, pondered for a moment, and then asked the people around her to go out first. "You all wait outside. I want to have a chat with this Senior Meng."

"master……"

"Go ahead, this is the Princess's residence, I won't be in any danger." Liu Yuechu's smile was gone, replaced by an unusually serious expression.

Knowing that Hou Lai was by her side, Granny Fang did not insist on staying.

Song Liu'er hesitated for a moment, and after leaving the house, she felt that she had done something wrong. "Was I reckless?"

Granny Fang glared at him, "What's the use of talking so much nonsense now? Just stay outside and keep watch."

Song Liu'er shrank back, and could only wait patiently outside, feeling resentful. He muttered to himself, "I can never trust strangers again; this is clearly a joke..."

His muttering was naturally inaudible inside the house.

Liu Yuechu looked at Meng Changhuai, "I wonder what story this senior wants to tell? Can you tell me now?"

“I’m here to ask for protection,” Meng Changhuai said bluntly. “I was implicated and almost lost my life when I delivered that woman’s baby. I’ve been living under an assumed name for so many years, but I still can’t find peace of mind.”

“I can tell that man what he wants to know, but I also want to live.” His voice was hoarse and very thin, like quicksand in a leaky window, drifting and floating.

Liu Yuechu bit her lip slightly, "You didn't have to tell me, you could have just gone to see him directly, right?"

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave the capital,” Meng Changhuai said. “Some things are always hard to hide, especially that matter.”

“If that person doesn’t agree to you leaving the capital, there’s nothing I can do,” Liu Yuechu shrugged.

Under Emperor Qi Xiao's watchful eye, who can escape?

Meng Changhuai was somewhat surprised, even taken aback. "Don't you want to know about his birth mother?" Why wasn't this woman surprised at all about his background? Could it be that his guess was wrong?

"Do you know?" Liu Yuechu asked.

Meng Changhuai did not reveal everything, "I can describe her appearance and habits..."

“What’s the use of that? There are countless people in the world with similar features and habits. Are we supposed to check them one by one?” Liu Yuechu’s purpose was clear: “I just want my husband to travel in peace and avoid overwork and injury. Besides, all I know is that he is my husband.”

The original plan was to deliver medicinal herbs to the mine, and then this complicated person showed up?

Liu Yuechu was puzzled. Did Emperor Qi Xiao not know of his existence? How could he let him swagger over to see Yuan Cuo? The sun hadn't risen in the west yet!

Meng Changhuai was somewhat disappointed. "Women's hearts are indeed very hard to fathom. I thought you would be willing to help him find that woman, but I didn't expect you to be just a vulgar person who clings to wealth and status and is unwilling to give it up."

“Who doesn’t want wealth and honor? Apart from ascetic monks, I’ve never seen one.” Liu Yuechu was very frank. “I don’t think you are up to the job of the Liu family. I’m sorry I can’t trust you.” She didn’t want to say anything more.

“But because I delivered him, my family was destroyed, I had nowhere to go, and even the woman I was betrothed to abandoned me… I’ve given so much for him, can’t I even ask for his protection?” Meng Changhuai was unwilling to give up. “Everyone says that Lady Liu is a Bodhisattva reincarnated, with a very kind heart, otherwise I wouldn’t dare to risk coming to see you!”

Liu Yuechu: "..." They just lifted her up so high? It seems like it's not easy for her to get off this stage now.

"Why don't you give me some time to ask him? This is my husband's private matter, and I have no right to make decisions for him."

"It seems he's quite adept at being a live-in son-in-law, requiring Lady Liu to specifically consult him before a decision can be made," he said sarcastically.

“He said he wanted to be the most bizarre son-in-law in history, so of course I’ll grant my husband’s wish,” Liu Yuechu said with a smile. “I can guarantee that I won’t reveal your whereabouts, and I will contact you as soon as my husband has a reply.”

Meng Changhuai hesitated for a moment, then could only bow and express his gratitude.

Before leaving, he took out a box of incense, saying, "...I am grateful for your acceptance, this is just a small token of my appreciation."

Liu Yuechu found the incense quite exquisite, accepted it, and immediately thanked the incense master. She then called to Huajiao outside the door, who opened the door to see her off.

As soon as he left, Song Liu'er rushed in, "Master, I was rash and presumptuous in this matter."

"Alright, it's not a big deal. Don't cut off contact with this person, but don't get too close either." Liu Yuechu couldn't figure him out and always felt that there were some unknown secrets behind him.

Song Liu'er immediately agreed, "Shall we find another person to deliver the medicine?"

"Let's put it aside for a couple of days and give me some time to think about it." Liu Yuechu wasn't in a hurry.

She glanced at the incense burner beside her and asked Huajiao to fetch it for Princess Chen. "The baby in my belly hates the smell of incense, but it looks alright? If the scent isn't too strong, Princess, please accept it."

Huajiao smiled and agreed, picking it up to examine it carefully. "The princess might like this flavor."

They had been staying at the princess's residence for several days, accompanying the princess to welcome and see off guests every day, and were starting to feel a bit like returning to the Liu family to relax.

But since Princess Chen didn't speak, Liu Yuechu couldn't force her to leave.

"I heard that Miss Huang's engagement has been called off, which is great news, but the Lü family has a sharp tongue and keeps mocking the Huang family." Huajiao had just heard about it from Song Liu'er and the others.

"How did such an ungrateful scholar manage to become the second-place scholar in the imperial examination?" Liu Yuechu disdained those who, despite knowing only a few characters, elevated themselves to the status of mere scholars. "I will go and beg the princess to summon Wanwan to the Liu family. If the Huang family won't support her, we will."

She went over happily, bringing incense as a small token of her appreciation. Besides, this was the wife her elder brother had his eye on, and Princess Chen also liked her.

She ran over and told Princess Chen what had happened. Princess Chen sighed repeatedly, "You two siblings are both such a worry!"

"Even if he's a troublemaker, he's still better than my sworn brother, right? He doesn't even touch women, let alone pay attention to them. Besides, you've watched me grow up since I was a child. If he can marry Wanwan, I really feel that it's arranged by our mother's spirit in heaven. No god would agree to it." Liu Yuechu betrayed Chen Zhongyao, but didn't forget to mutter a few words of criticism about Liu Musheng in her heart.

Princess Chen sighed repeatedly, wondering if her luck with children in this life was a bit twisted.

"Then send her an invitation and invite her over. We don't have any rules about not visiting for funerals."