Remarrying Chun Yuan

The capital was in turmoil for three days, and people were filled with fear.

Liu Yuechu, however, stayed at home for three days.

Yuan Cuo didn't go to the business; he stayed home with her. Since their marriage, the two had never spent so much time together in such a relaxed and comfortable way. One read, the other admired flowers, and they enjoyed delicious food together. When they got tired, they would sway gently in rocking chairs, snuggling together until they dozed off.

As the sun set, Liu Yuechu gazed at the misty moon in the sky, hanging in space alongside Muyang in the western borderlands.

"It's a pity there's no wind, otherwise I could have taken out the paradise flycatcher to play with." Liu Yuechu thought of the kites he had made.

Yuan Cuo pondered for a moment, "It's not impossible."

"How can a kite fly without wind?" Liu Yuechu asked in surprise.

Yuan Cuo gestured towards the roof with his chin, "Let him take two palm-leaf fans and wave them; he just can't fly too high."

Hou Lai, leisurely on the roof: "???" He's gone completely mad to please a woman?

Liu Yuechu couldn't help but giggle. Of course, she knew that Yuan Cuo was just teasing her, perhaps because he was too comfortable on the roof and he was trying to scare him.

Hou Lai curled his lip, "You two shouldn't be so happy, someone's coming!"

He jumped off the roof and landed steadily. Liu Yuechu quickly stood up from Yuan Cuo's arms.

The two men brushed the wrinkles off their clothes and Uncle Chun entered the courtyard of "Yuanchu Pavilion".

"Madam Liang from the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs sent a lot of gifts, saying that she couldn't come to congratulate you and your son-in-law on your wedding, so she specially sent them to make up for it."

"There are managers outside waiting for a reply; they would like to see you."

……

Liu Yuechu wasn't surprised at all.

Over the past three days, invitations and gifts have been sent everywhere.

Almost all of them were connected to the fur merchants and small shop owners she had cut up at the warehouse entrance three days ago.

The reason she didn't go out was because she was afraid of being surrounded by this group of people. Liu Muchi had been staying in the warehouse for the past few days, and he was already entangled with that group of people.

"When the Liu family was down on their luck, they would come and plunder it. Now that the Wang family has fallen, they want to turn back and get a share of the spoils? If I were to agree to someone mediate, then the Liu family's standards would be far too low."

Uncle Chun agreed, but also worried, “Madam Liang had a deep relationship with our lady. I’m afraid that if we just refuse her like this, people will say that you, Yue Niang, are heartless, greedy and forgetful of your roots.”

"If you still remember your mother's kindness, you shouldn't be bringing this up. Besides, when I got married, not a single person from the Minister of the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs came to congratulate me. Even if they didn't bring any dowry, wouldn't it have been enough for them to come and offer their congratulations? Now you want to curry favor? No way."

In her past life, Liu Yuechu was heartbroken by the complexities of human relationships, so in this life, she doesn't care about any sentimentality.

"Then return all the gifts?" Uncle Chun is a gentle person, and he has never been so assertive before.

Liu Yuechu offered a suggestion, "If you feel it's difficult to say, then let Granny Fang go." Granny Fang was a close attendant of Princess Chen, and if she lowered her guard, even the Imperial Clan Court would have to give her some face.

Uncle Chun answered repeatedly and went to find Granny Fang.

Liu Musheng staggered into the courtyard. "What exactly happened? I've been surrounded by people whenever I go out these past two days. They've been cursing our Liu family for being untrustworthy. Even the old lady's side has sent people to ask me to pass on a message to you: let bygones be bygones."

That day, Liu Musheng was drunk and took medicine, and slept for a whole day, unaware of the various calamities that followed after the Liu family's warehouse was sealed off.

Later, when Liu Muchi recounted it, he only cursed those people for being heartless and cruel. He had not experienced the emotional ups and downs, nor felt any pain, so he naturally could not understand Liu Yuechu's slash.

Liu Yuechu didn't bother with grand principles; she went straight to talking about money with Liu Musheng, "If you really agree to continue cooperating with this group, the contract we signed the day before yesterday will be void. If the contract is void, it means I'll lose 12,000 taels of silver. We've always split the profits 50/50, which means you'll have to pay 6,000 taels to those people who are kicking me when I'm down."

“If you are willing to be a good person, give me six thousand taels, and I can be a good person and stop arguing with them.”

"??? Six thousand taels?"

"Fuck you, dream on!"

Upon hearing the amount, Liu Musheng immediately cursed, "Six thousand taels can buy sixty good horses! No way! We absolutely cannot cooperate anymore! I don't agree!"

“Then you should tell the old lady not to play the good guy behind people’s backs. She’s almost seventy years old. It’s not good for her to lose face if she can’t get things done and people point fingers at her and scold her.” Liu Yuechu basically no longer interacts with her grandmother. When the two of them talk, Liu Musheng relays the conversations.

Liu Musheng's attitude was very firm: "Don't worry about Grandmother, I will talk to her later."

You can consider personal relationships, but you can't consider money.

"So the horses the Mongols lost haven't been found yet? When can I go to the horse farm to check on them?"

When he woke up from his drunken stupor, he knew that the Liu family was being targeted, and that he had been blocked from going out yesterday.

His newly surging fighting spirit was drowned in the long river of human relationships, leaving him feeling stifled. This man is such a scoundrel; he used to hate going there every day, but now that he can't go, he's starting to miss his horse.

Liu Yuechu rested for three days and really wanted to go out and see what was happening outside, but she needed to know what had become of the outside world.

"Does Houlai know that the Mongol delegation has arrived in the capital?" The furs have already been recovered; can we discuss the horses later?

Hou Lai is arrogant and proud; now, he's the only one in the Liu family who can come and go freely—by walking on the rooftops.

"The horse is gone for good, and the Mongols don't want it back either. I heard the delegation is scheduled to enter the capital the day after tomorrow. As for what might happen before then, only God knows." If they find it, how can they extort Emperor Qi Xiao? Emperor Qi Xiao is afraid of war; he'll probably have to pay a lot of money.

Liu Yuechu then asked about the Wang family, "Have they been convicted? Are they to be beheaded and exiled after the Mongols leave?"

“More than two hundred people have already been exiled. The execution will take place at Jinjiekou tomorrow at noon, with forty-nine sentenced to death.” Yuan Cuo chimed in from the side, “Don’t go out tomorrow, we’ll talk about it the day after tomorrow.” He didn’t want Liu Yuechu to be frightened by such a horrific scene.

Liu Yuechu didn't consider all that. "Then I'll wait until the Mongols arrive in the capital before we set out. We can rest for a couple of days first."

Liu Yuechu took a leisurely rest.

Granny Fang became the gatekeeper, rejecting all the official residences that tried to mediate under her guise.

However, the Liu family's unyielding attitude not only made the merchants who had previously ripped off the family hate them to the bone, but also made the official residence, which they had begged to come, feel extremely oppressed.

The Liu family is nothing more than a family with official and merchant status; even now, they only have more money.

As the saying goes, you can't hit a smiling face. They sent out their invitations, but were rejected so rudely. Anyone would feel embarrassed!

So they secretly passed on the message: if soft tactics don't work, they'll try hard ones... The major merchants got together and reached an agreement: they would no longer cooperate with the Liu family.

If they stop supplying goods, where will the Liu family get furs? The hunters in the mountain towns around the capital have long been incorporated into their ranks. It's impossible for the Liu family to get involved!

The Wang family members were beheaded, and the Mongol delegation entered the city.

Meanwhile, the campaign against the Liu family has already begun.

On her very first day out, Liu Yuechu was summoned to the Imperial Household Department for a reprimand...