Remarrying Chun Yuan

Although Xu Xianglan was disguised as a man and deliberately tried to make herself look more greasy, Li Chengyue could still see through her disguise at a glance.

After all, he had served in the county government and had an unparalleled memory of the major and minor events and people coming and going in the capital. Moreover, he knew that Xu Xianglan had been sent by Liu Yuechu to participate in the carving competition, so he recognized her at a glance.

Xu Xianglan was in a daze, never expecting that this person actually knew her.

Dark eyes, a robust and strong physique, and the way his brows were furrowed into a line... She thought carefully and suddenly remembered the carriage!

"Save me! Please take me to see the Duchess!" Last time, she was sent to the Liu family and then taken by Madam Liu to see Liu Yuechu.

Although she didn't know Li Chengyue's identity, she knew he had this ability.

Li Chengyue sighed. What had he done to offend her in his past life?

He picked up Xu Xianglan and said, "She's just a scoundrel. I'll take care of her for you. Why bother going to the Duchess? Do you think she's bored?" These days, it's not easy for him to even see Liu Yuechu.

Xu Xianglan kept shaking her head, "No, it's not just this matter, I, I might... have been exposed." She no longer hid it from Li Chengyue and quickly told him that Wei Junlang wanted to introduce her to Xu Shan as an apprentice.

“If I really run into him, won’t I be exposed? Who knows what he’ll do? I really can’t stay here any longer. I can’t meet the Duchess’s requirements.”

The more she talked about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and she choked up and cried.

He used to speak in a rough, hoarse voice, but now that he had returned to his original voice, his throat was actually a little hoarse.

Li Chengyue was speechless.

This has absolutely nothing to do with anything!

However, he couldn't blame Wei Junlang, after all, he had a keen eye and discovered a promising talent.

"Stay with me for now, I'll talk to you after I finish today's work."

Li Chengyue came with important business to attend to, not for leisure.

Xu Xianglan pointed at Li Xiaofeng on the ground, "Then he..."

Li Chengyue felt disgusted just looking at this person. "Cut out his tongue, sever all his tendons and ligaments, and send him to the county jail."

"Just say that I was the one who handled this case."

"Yes."

The attendants behind him received the order and immediately took action.

Xu Xianglan covered her ears, but didn't hear Li Xiaofeng's earth-shattering roar. She turned around and saw that his mouth was already stuffed with a blood-soaked rag, so he couldn't make a sound!

She screamed in fright.

Unfortunately, before she could make a sound, Li Chengyue covered her mouth and carried her away under his arm!

……

Xu Xianglan was thrown into the washroom, and she almost vomited up her bile.

After Li Chengyue met the Crown Princess who was in charge of the assembly, he leaned against the door of the washroom to watch her.

"You stink like that, how did you put up with it?"

She should have been a woman exuding fragrance, but she pretended to be a man to participate in the carving competition. Not only was she covered in grease, but she also dared not wash her face or change her clothes easily, and she already smelled terrible!

Xu Xianglan was disgusted, of course, even though she had secretly wiped her body several times with water.

She had nothing left to vomit, and no strength remained in her body. "I... I never expected this to happen." Her tears washed away the ash and yellow powder on her face, revealing her true complexion, which looked particularly comical in streaks.

Li Chengyue couldn't bear to watch any longer, so he took a towel and wiped her face clean.

Xu Xianglan stopped her, saying, "Don't wipe it, don't... it'll be troublesome if I'm recognized when I go out!"

"You've already given yourself away, what are you afraid of?" Li Chengyue didn't care about all this nonsense. "Can you move? If you can, come with me."

"can."

Xu Xianglan agreed without hesitation.

She used all her strength to barely get up from the ground. But when she stood up, her legs trembled, and she grimaced as she took each step.

"At this rate, you'll be out the door by tomorrow's sunrise!" He then scooped Xu Xianglan up by the arm.

Xu Xianglan felt a sharp pain in her stomach, but unfortunately she had already vomited everything up, so there was nothing left to vomit.

Looking at the familiar blue bricks and paving stones on the ground, and feeling the strange looks from the people around her, she didn't dare to raise her head at all.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, she arrived at Li Chengyue's carriage.

He came today not only to pay his respects to the Crown Princess, but also for the carving knives at the carving competition.

He had heard that Song Ziwen was incredibly skilled with his knife, but the carving knives used in Daqi before were not made of such good materials. No matter how skilled one was, they could not achieve the same effect as Song Ziwen's work.

So he came to see what was going on and that's when he met Xu Xianglan.

He was about to get into the car, but then he covered his nose in disgust because Xu Xianglan's clothes smelled really bad.

"Take it off." He gave a single word coldly.

Xu Xianglan stared in disbelief, instinctively covering her chest.

But Li Chengyue couldn't stand riding with a woman who smelled terrible. "Take it all off and throw her out, quick!"

"But...but I am a..."

"What do you mean, 'you'? You can sleep in a dormitory with a bunch of sculptors, and you still care if I make you take off these smelly clothes? Hurry up, or don't blame me for dragging you down and sending you straight to see Xu Shan." He couldn't take it anymore.

Xu Xianglan's eyes were brimming with tears, full of grievances, but she knew that Li Chengyue meant what he said, so she could only reluctantly take off her clothes.

"No, I can't..." All that's left are my undergarments; if I take them off any more, I'll have nothing left.

Li Chengyue took off his cloak and threw it inside, saying, "Take everything off, leave nothing behind."

Xu Xianglan didn't dare to hesitate, so she wrapped her body in the cloak, revealing that she was completely naked underneath.

Only after all his tattered clothes were thrown out did Li Chengyue finally get into the carriage.

Xu Xianglan remained motionless in the corner, and Li Chengyue paid her no heed. He ordered the coachman to head straight for the Duke's mansion, instead of detouring to the Liu family this time.

Unfortunately, Liu Yuechu is not here today.

She and Yuan Cuo took the children to the outskirts of Beijing to pay respects to their maternal grandmother and wouldn't be able to return until tomorrow. Liu Musheng and Huang Wanwan also went, so there were no idle people at the Liu family's house, and they were turned away at the door.

Li Chengyue originally wanted to leave her behind, but now it seems that's not an option.

He couldn't very well chase them all the way to the outskirts of Beijing; he had other things to do that evening.

The only option was to have Gu Yu, who remained at the Duke's mansion, fetch a set of servant's clothes for Xu Xianglan to change into.

"You can come with me today, and I'll bring you back tomorrow."

With Liu Yuechu not around, he couldn't just abandon Xu Xianglan.

Xu Xianglan asked timidly, "Could you give me a little more time?"

"What else do you want to do?" Li Chengyue still had to go to the Ministry of Works later to work on carving tools.

"I want to take a shower, otherwise my clean clothes will smell bad," Xu Xianglan said helplessly.

Li Chengyue glanced at the incense sticks used for timing and could only nod in agreement, "I'll give you two quarters of an hour, hurry up."

"Miss Guyu is working so hard, please help her."

Gu Yu knew who Xu Xianglan was, so he nodded in agreement.

Xu Xianglan didn't care whether there was hot water or not, and rushed to the bathroom to wash herself with basin after basin of water.

Li Chengyue waited at the Duke's mansion, but fell asleep while waiting...