Remarrying Chun Yuan

She pondered it all night and finally asked the question that had been bothering her, regardless of whether he was drunk or talking nonsense.

Sometimes, people speak the truth after drinking, because the strong liquor emboldens them. When they're sober, they really don't dare to open up about many dirty things.

Yuan Cuo didn't expect her to ask about this, so he didn't say anything for a moment. He picked up the purple clay teapot next to him and poured a pot of tea directly into it.

He wiped the tea from the corner of his mouth and looked at Liu Yuechu seriously. "If I said I didn't want to, would you believe me?"

"Then why do you make things difficult for him? Isn't it just so you can get him to acknowledge you?" She blurted out her doubts.

Yuan Cuo whispered, "Whether he acknowledges me or not is one thing, whether I acknowledge him or not is another."

Liu Yuechu was stunned by what she said. "Am I drunk or are you drunk? I don't understand what you're saying."

“My lady doesn’t need to know everything.” Yuan Cuo rinsed his mouth with tea again, but it didn’t wash away the smell of alcohol on his body. “Da Qi seems to be living a life of peace and prosperity, but it’s still the worst of the seven kingdoms. There’s nothing good about sitting on the throne of the worst-ranked emperor. I don’t care to sit on it.”

Liu Yuechu: "..."

He was really drunk; he could say such arrogant things.

“You don’t believe me? I’m serious. I’m going to make him regret not acknowledging me sooner, and not sincerely admitting that you are an excellent daughter-in-law,” Yuan Cuo reiterated.

Liu Yuechu coughed twice. "There's no need to be so arrogant. When you count our family's assets, we're just the last-ranked official and merchant family in the Seven Kingdoms, the Great Qi. At most, we have two sixth-rank officials who have no real power."

Where do they get the audacity to make such boastful claims?

She finally saw what it meant to brag wildly when drunk!

Yuan Cuo let out a hiss, "What kind of official position with real power does that lady want?"

"No matter what official position you hold, get rid of this smell of alcohol first, wash up and then come back to talk!" Liu Yuechu could no longer bear it.

Yuan Cuo quickly took off his outer clothes, hurriedly ran to wash up, and then came back. "...I didn't expect Yuwen Chan to be such a heavy drinker. He ruined all the good wine I had."

"You're not bad either. I never expected you to be able to drink so much without getting drunk." Liu Yuechu was truly surprised.

"I don't have that kind of alcohol tolerance, so I naturally mixed in some hangover medicine." Yuan Cuo readily admitted to cheating. "But what I just told you was serious. I don't care about sitting in that seat."

Liu Yuechu: "..."

I'm still not quite sober.

"So what are you really thinking? You need to give me an answer."

She touched her belly. Although there was no sign of pregnancy, her anxiety was too great and the environment was changing too quickly, so she didn't want to be pregnant anymore.

Yuan Cuo paused for a moment, "I haven't decided yet. At least I want to make sure it's not last place, and I also want to know who that woman is before I make any plans."

"Do you have a direction yet? I feel that Yuwen Chan knows something." Liu Yuechu told Yuan Cuo about her conversation with Yuwen Chan today, "...Although he said he didn't know, he said that if you intend to seize the throne, that person will definitely help you."

“I feel that he did not lie to me on purpose, and his sudden visit this time may also be related to your background, and it is not as simple as a visit as the new sect leader succeeding to the throne.”

Liu Yuechu pondered carefully and felt that Yuwen Chan's attitude was somewhat different, which made it even more intriguing.

Yuan Cuo pondered for a long time, "I can only deduce that she was the woman who helped him seize the throne."

"Seize the throne?" Liu Yuechu thought carefully, but really couldn't remember how Emperor Qi Xiao had obtained the throne.

"He was not the crown prince chosen by the late emperor, but rather the most incompetent of the late emperor's sons. Unfortunately, all the successors chosen by the late emperor died mysteriously, leaving only him to inherit the throne."

“Otherwise, the Empress Dowager wouldn’t have needed to hate her or fear her so much.” Yuan Cuo’s tone was bleak.

Liu Yuechu was even more dumbfounded, as this was something she had never known in both of her lifetimes.

But when she recalled her past life, she felt a strange sense of familiarity with the words "enemy of the Great Qi".

It seemed like she had mentioned it in a past life, but she couldn't remember when or where it happened.

“She might not be from Qi, but from Chu. Because there are some medical prescriptions in the coffin that were used by people from Chu.” Yuan Cuo hugged her and gently coaxed her, “All of this is just my speculation, there is no solid evidence, otherwise I would have told you long ago.”

Liu Yuechu pouted, "So you sent Boss Zhu and Li Chengyue to Chu to establish trade routes so that one day they could gather information from there?"

“No, that’s not it. I’m doing this so that we won’t lack places to go when we leave Daqi. I’ve not only established trade routes with Chu, but I’ve also dabbled in Meng and Yan. The other four countries need sea transport, but given our current situation, opening sea routes is still a bit too much for us.” Yuan Cuo finally revealed his true intentions.

Liu Yuechu was dumbfounded. "You've only been an official for a few days. Where did you get the time and energy to embezzle money, and even plan to go to the Yan Kingdom?"

“I started planning this before I became an official, otherwise how could I have been so poor and become your son-in-law…” Yuan Cuo was not embarrassed at all, but instead rested his chin on her chest and acted coquettishly.

“I have already explained the current situation. What further interrogation is there for you, my lady? I will tell you everything I know.”

Liu Yuechu was indeed taken aback by his words.

She had some doubts: Did he really die of illness in a foreign land after drawing the map in his previous life? Or perhaps he sent the items back to the Great Qi royal family and then went to other countries to live a life of pleasure and debauchery!

"Yuancuo," she called softly.

“My wife said…” He stared at him intently.

Liu Yuechu hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

She wanted to say that she had been deceived by him, but then again, she couldn't blame him; she had just assumed he was a pitiful person from Daqi!

"I've listened to so much from you, but you haven't asked me what kind of person I want to be or what my plans are for the future?" She really wanted to argue and be unreasonable.

Yuan Cuo got up from her and sat up straight. "My wife said that as long as you ask, I will do my best to help you do it."

Liu Yuechu's eyes flashed with a mischievous glint. "Are you sure you can do it if I tell you to?"

"I definitely can," he readily agreed.

Liu Yuechu's eyes darted around, "I want to be the richest woman in the world."

Yuan Cuo: "..." It seems that the promise he just made was a little bit urgent.

“Yes, as long as I possess the whole world, you will be the richest woman in the world,” Yuan Cuo said.

Liu Yuechu couldn't help but chuckle. "Drunk people can be quite funny; they take their nonsense very seriously."

“I told you I wasn’t drunk, don’t you believe me, my wife?” Yuan Cuo couldn’t stand the questioning look in her eyes.

"I believe, I believe, I really believe." She noticed that his gaze was strange.

"I feel that my wife's belief is not sincere enough. It would be better to prove it with actions."

Without a word, he silenced her with a kiss, his voice tender and lingering...