Remarrying Chun Yuan

Liu Yuechu returned to the courtyard, but unexpectedly Liu Muchi followed her.

The two stared at each other for a long time before Liu Yuechu asked Huajiao and Baishao to prepare dinner and water for washing up.

"Go ahead and say it." Her younger brother was a man of his own mind.

After confirming that no one was around, Liu Muchi moved closer to Liu Yuechu and said, "When I went to the trading company yesterday, I unexpectedly saw my brother-in-law's paintings and travelogues he is currently writing about various places."

"My younger brother was curious and knew that his brother-in-law was very talented, so he broke the rules and went to peek. He didn't expect to see the travel time and route that his brother-in-law had set, and even the temporary residence was written in detail."

"He did marry Second Sister after all, so why would he want to leave? If Second Sister also knows about this trip, and that you two were traveling together, then I'll just consider myself being nosy."

Liu Muchi stared intently at Liu Yuechu, afraid that after he finished speaking, Liu Yuechu would be shocked and heartbroken.

He could tell that Yuan Cuo had kept those items very well hidden, with only a few scraps of paper accidentally spilling out.

Liu Yuechu's eyes widened in surprise. "Are you sure?"

“Of course…” Liu Muchi sneakily took out a small roll of paper from his sleeve.

The scroll unfolded, revealing the few scraps of paper that Yuan Cuo had discarded. Though the paper was wrinkled and crumpled, the hastily written characters were still legible.

Liu Yuechu took it and looked at it carefully. It had place names such as "Luancheng" and "Fengxian" on it.

She had heard of these places in her previous life; they were all places that produced resources and mineral deposits. But these places were unknown and inconspicuous at the moment; they would become the holy lands of the Great Qi in ten years.

Liu Yuechu didn't know if Yuan Cuo had written this now or before. If it was now, then he had always intended to leave, and she wouldn't have needed to repeatedly urge him to leave the capital to fulfill his great wish.

If it was written before, there seems to be no need to dig it out?

But no matter what, she would pretend not to know anything about it, and after reading the papers, she would put them on the candlestick and burn them.

"Just pretend you never saw or heard of this, okay?" she said enthusiastically, without a trace of sadness on her face.

Liu Muchi was surprised that his second sister was actually quite happy to see it.

“My brother knows, but he definitely won’t tell anyone.”

He couldn't see through Liu Yuechu, nor could he understand her; he only knew to follow the rules diligently. But things didn't go as he expected, and he did feel a little disappointed.

"How has Yuechan been these days?" Liu Yuechu only remembered to ask her younger sister at this moment.

“Recently, the Mongols have visited the Great Qi, and Physician Sun has been busy in the palace and has not been able to go home. She spends her days in the courtyard reading prescriptions and planting flowers and plants. Knowing that Second Sister is busy, she has not come to bother you.” Liu Muchi was very satisfied with his sister’s life.

Liu Yuechu nodded slightly. She understood that Liu Yuechan was deliberately avoiding suspicion. "If she needs anything, she can just ask Granny Fang. I really can't take care of her, so please take care of her."

Liu Muchi thanked him repeatedly, and after finishing his business, he immediately left "Yuanchu Pavilion".

Huajiao then leaned over and said, "I heard that Fourth Miss is quite busy in the courtyard."

Liu Yuechu asked in surprise, "What do you mean you're not idle?"

Huajiao sighed, "It was by chance that I ran into Xiaocui, who serves her, when she went out to buy things. I was suspicious, so I looked at the shopping list. The items on the list were a bit strange, so I took the opportunity to go and take a look at the Fourth Miss's courtyard. That courtyard is decorated exactly the same as the young master's previous courtyard."

After Huajiao finished speaking, she quickly added, "But the young master never saw her from beginning to end, and I greatly admire him for that."

Liu Yuechu let out a hiss; it seemed her infatuation was a little too much?

"Forget it, let her be for now. We have so many things to do right now, and we don't have time to deal with it. Just have the maids keep an eye on her."

Yuan Cuo doesn't know when he will leave the capital, and I'm afraid I can't even keep him. What's the use of her being so infatuated with him?

"Have the cook prepare some noodles, I'll try cooking them myself."

Yuan Cuo has already said that Yuwen Chan will definitely wake up tonight.

She might as well study the noodles as a reward, but she hasn't cooked in a long time and doesn't know if the food she cooks will be edible.

……

At this moment, Yuan Cuo had already used a long needle to wake Yuwen Chan.

Yuwen Chan's eyes could move, but his limbs remained powerless, like a paralyzed and immobile cripple, only able to see Yuan Cuo pricking him with needle after needle.

"Water, drink water." His throat felt like it was being scraped by a razor blade.

Hou Lai pried open his mouth and poured a vat of water into it.

"Slow down..." Yuwen Chan coughed repeatedly, choked by the choking. If he hadn't felt himself being rescued, he would have thought he had encountered an enemy.

Hou Lai did indeed regard him as an enemy, after all, in the war between Meng and Daqi, it was the Daqi soldiers who suffered more casualties.

"Your life has been saved, but I don't know how much longer you have to live," Yuan Cuo said calmly, looking at him with an air of indifference.

Yuwen Chanxi opened his mouth and said, "When can I get up? I want to go back to the Mongol Kingdom. I am a prince of the Mongol Kingdom. If you can help me go back, I will reward you handsomely!"

"Let you go back? You wish! If you go back, won't you immediately start a war with the Great Qi?" Hou Lai said sarcastically, arms crossed.

"It was you Qi people who plotted to assassinate the prince of the Mongol Kingdom! Your intentions are sinister!"

"Wouldn't that avenge you? Otherwise, you would have been a victim of Yuwen Chen's blade long ago!"

"Who are you? Who exactly are you?!" Only then did Yuwen Chan realize that they were not ordinary people, otherwise he would not have said these words, let alone called them Yuwen Chen.

Yuan Cuo said slowly, "Who we are is not important. What's important is whether you want to live."

Hou Lai continued, "Don't think we're exaggerating. You're now wanted by the Golden Feather Guards of the capital and the county government. They're doing everything they can to arrest you, saying you deliberately plotted to harm my elder brother, Yuwen Chen, and wanted to frame the Great Qi to gain more benefits. Besides, your elder brother isn't dead. If he knew you weren't dead either, lying here, you know what would happen without me saying it."

Yuwen Chan was instantly enraged, "It was you people from Great Qi who deliberately set a trap to harm us! You are utterly despicable!"

Yuan Cuo's long needle pierced behind his ear with a "whoosh," causing him to scream in pain but unable to make a sound.

"The word 'filthy' is not worthy of us Qi people. Think carefully about whether you want to live. If you do, sign the cooperation agreement and I can help you keep your life and return safely to Mongolia. If you don't want to live, that's simple too, I'll just throw you out."

Yuan Cuo slowly stood up, stretched his limbs, and said, "Take your time to think it over. I need to go home first. My wife might have already cooked noodles for me. I must go back and try them."

After saying this, Yuan Cuo strolled back to the Liu family home.

Hou Lai grabbed Yuwen Chan and threw him into the woodshed, locked the wooden door, and then jumped onto the roof, ready to take a long nap.

Yuwen Chan was still in a daze, trying hard to recall what had happened before.

He was being hunted down by Yuwen Chen, who wanted to kill him and even threatened to defile his mother.

Then a fire engulfed the post station, and he was discovered by the commander of the Golden Feather Guard, nearly dying from poisoning.

He craned his neck and looked down at his wounds. The wounds were well bandaged, but the exposed skin was not only pale but also had a greenish tinge.

He recalled that he had been in a daze then, having been poisoned... But what could he do with this life? Should he really seek revenge on the Qi people?

Yuwen Chan's thoughts didn't last long before he fell into a deep sleep.

At this moment, Yuan Cuo returned home excitedly.

"Did my wife cook these noodles especially for me?" He saw several bowls of noodles of different colors on the table.