Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 232 Marriage Grant

"Let's go!" Sichuan pepper whispered.

Liu Yuechu quickly stood up, rubbing her aching back. "One horse costs a thousand gold pieces, and he wants ten or eight? Why doesn't he just rob them?"

Fortunately, Pei Chun betrayed her beforehand and came to tell her the news. Otherwise, she wouldn't have had to bid him a long and reluctant farewell...

Is it easy to make money?

"Master, shall we go back now?" Huajiao asked cautiously.

She glanced at the several unfamiliar servants around her, who trembled with fear; their cold faces sent a chill down her spine. Though they were supposedly left by the young master to protect him, she felt more like they were imprisoning him…

Liu Yuechu had gotten used to it. "Let's go home right away."

She boarded the carriage and led the group away.

Besides Huajiao and Xiazhi, who were following him, there were four other lithe servants.

From a distance, the four servants were unremarkable, but within three meters, no one dared to approach Liu Yuechu's carriage.

It wasn't their menacing drive that made passersby unconsciously step aside.

In a private room on the third floor of a teahouse, Wei Gongming kept watching Liu Yuechu's carriage until it faded from view, and only then did he gently lower the hand that had lifted the curtain.

He looked at Qin Muyan, who was constantly drinking wine, and said, "Yuan Cuo has already left the city, and His Highness the Crown Prince has also returned to the palace."

"Your Highness, we haven't lost yet."

Qin Muyan paused for a moment, then continued to gulp down the large bowl of wine in front of her.

Ever since he was summoned to the palace and demoted to a prince, Qin Muyan has been drunk every day after leaving the palace.

He would ask for wine as soon as he opened his eyes, until he was drunk and passed out. After waking up, he would continue drinking, even when Consort Yu cried and yelled at him.

He drank like this for several days in a row until he lost consciousness, and the imperial physician rushed to his aid.

After drinking the medicine for several days, Qin Muyan still refused to give up the alcohol. She simply stopped drinking excessively, and the first thing she did after sobering up was to personally kill Qin Yongshang, sending him straight to meet the King of Hell.

He can forgive any mistake, but not the one that would demote him from a prince to a duke.

Moreover, on that day, Emperor Qi Xiao was alone with him in the imperial study, where he presented all the evidence of the Crown Prince's framing, slander, and schemes over the years, each of which was a capital offense.

The words of Emperor Qi Xiao, filled with disappointment, echoed in his ears: "I love you, so I pretended not to see you, but you should know when to stop. Are you trying to force me to abdicate so I can watch you two brothers kill each other? Such despicable methods are truly vile."

Qin Muyan later realized that the Liu family was actually her father's money vault, and no one could take it from them...

“What’s the point of winning or losing? Actually, I was really wrong.” Qin Muyan admitted defeat for the first time. “Father is in his prime. He can watch me fight with my brother for fun, but he can’t stand me taking resources from him.”

So even though the crown prince did nothing, he still won.

Wei Gongming had been beaten for refuting Qin Yongshang, which finally earned him Qin Muyan's attention. "Since we've already chosen this path, we might as well continue with the previous covert route. His Majesty still has feelings for His Highness, otherwise the Imperial Concubine would also pay the price for it."

Qin Muyan had long forgotten Wei Gongming's suggestion. "What hidden agenda?"

"A marriage decree," Wei Gongming reiterated, "choosing a noblewoman from a high-ranking family, one that the Liu family cannot refuse."

Qin Muyan hesitated, "This needs to be discussed with my mother. Perhaps she is also reluctant..."

"Of the six people sent by the Court of State Ceremonial, four are His Highness's men. As long as they can seize the opportunity and help His Highness gain merit, there is still a chance for things to turn around. Moreover, at this stage, Your Highness must continue down this path; there is no turning back." Wei Gongming became increasingly determined.

Qin Muyan remained silent for a long time before instructing the guards to remove the wine and replace it with tea.

……

Liu Yuechu hadn't left the Liu family home for half a month.

Song Liu'er acted quickly, selling off all the rice shops, general stores, and small shops within half a month, leaving them completely empty.

The teahouse that Lin Mengyu and Huang Wanwan wanted to build was left behind, but with Liu Yuechu currently pregnant, the two of them had no heart to make arrangements and put it aside for the time being.

Huang Wanwan would come to keep Liu Yuechu company every few days, since Yuan Cuo was not at home, she felt more at ease.

And Yuan Cuo did indeed keep his word, writing a letter to Liu Yuechu every day.

Seeing Liu Yuechu grinning foolishly, Huang Wanwan was puzzled. "It's the same few sentences every day, repeated over and over again, and you still laugh every day. What's so funny about that!"

"You blockhead, you have no sense of romance, you don't understand at all. You'll understand when you find someone you like!" Liu Yuechu couldn't help but stab her in the back.

Huang Wanwan stuck out her tongue, feeling a tiny bit lonely inside.

Originally, only Liu Yuechu hadn't noticed, but now that Lin Mengyu has married Lu Bingyang, although their marriage was somewhat hasty and absurd, they are living quite well now. She has arranged to meet them several times, and all she has done is watch the two of them showing off their affection.

Perhaps she should give it a try too?

But thinking of her own father's many concubines, she gave up in disappointment, "I would rather never marry than live the miserable life my mother endured."

"Didn't you ever think about marrying a powerful son-in-law to support your mother and prevent your father from favoring his concubine over his wife again?" Liu Yuechu suddenly blurted out.

Huang Wanwan was stunned. She had never thought of it that way before.

"What if he's cut from the same cloth as my father?"

"...You haven't done so many bad things, you can't be this unlucky, can you?"

After Liu Yuechu finished speaking, she thought of her past life, which seemed to be filled with great compassion, but was also very unlucky.

"As long as you have enough money, life won't be too difficult."

“I’m afraid you won’t be in the mood to run a teahouse next year. Why don’t Yu’er and I get things started first?” Huang Wanwan felt she should do something, since she was short of money.

In truth, the Dali Temple Minister's residence wasn't poor, but she spent all her time at the Liu family's house...

She couldn't compare to Liu Yuechu in terms of food, drink, clothing, or jewelry, and she hoped to be as carefree as Liu Yuechu.

After reading the letter, Liu Yuechu carefully folded and put it away. She would read it again before going to bed at night.

Summer Solstice brought over pastries and cooked bird's nest made by Granny Fang herself. "Granny said that there will be chicken soup simmered for four hours and steamed yellow croaker tonight. Miss Huang, please stay and eat before you leave."

Huang Wanwan nodded with a smile; she was already used to eating at the Liu family's house.

Just then, someone came to report from the door, "Master, someone from the palace has arrived, looking for the eldest young master. Would you like to go and see him?"

Since the last incident, Liu Muchi has been acting as the messenger for all matters concerning the Imperial Household Department. Following Liu Yuechu's instructions, Liu Musheng has not approached the Imperial Household Department at all.

Why would the palace be looking for Liu Musheng right now?

"Did he say why he wanted to see me?" Liu Yuechu was also very puzzled.

Liu Fujia glanced at Huang Wanwan, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It seems like they're going to bestow a marriage upon our young master."