Remarrying Chun Yuan

Li Chengyue glared at her fiercely.

As expected, as soon as Li Shu finished speaking, Madam Li panicked. She immediately grabbed Li Chengyue, not allowing him to leave, "What are you going to do? You actually want to go to the palace? You're just courting death! Going there is suicide!"

"You're not allowed to go! You absolutely are not allowed to go!" Madam Li held onto him tightly, refusing to let go.

"Mother, I'm not going to the palace." Li Chengyue really wanted to lie and deceive.

Li Shu, however, added fuel to the fire, saying, "Do you dare swear to God? As long as you dare to swear on Liu Yuechu's life, we'll believe you."

"Do you even know what you're saying? When did you become so mean and cold-blooded? You're not even human!" Li Chengyue never expected Li Shu to say such a thing.

"So you're lying, you're going to the palace to save Liu Yuechu's child." Li Shu didn't care how her older brother scolded her; she just couldn't accept that her older brother was going to die for Liu Yuechu.

“Chengyue, I’m not stopping you from rescuing people, but you need to plan carefully instead of acting on your own.” Madam Li knew her son’s temper, and her attitude softened immediately. “Now that your father is not here, if something happens to you, how can I live?”

"I won't get into any trouble. I know what I'm doing." Li Chengyue didn't know what else to say.

“What sense do you have? Even if you can beat Zhang Xinyan, can you beat thousands of Golden Feather Guards?” Li Shu was determined to expose them. “Our family is already in this state, yet you still want to risk your life for someone else’s child, disregarding my mother and me… What you’re doing is cold-blooded, mean, and heartless.”

"That's enough!" Li Chengyue really didn't want to hear his sister speak anymore. "What was I thinking when I stood up for you? If I had known you were like this, I should have let you die stupidly in the Zhenning Marquis's mansion!"

Li Shu took a deep breath, her eyes immediately welling up with tears. "I really don't understand. Liu Yuechu doesn't even like you. How can you be so devoted to her, even risking your life for her!"

"Is all you see petty things like romantic love? I'm not doing this for Liu Yuechu at all; I'm doing this for the Great Qi!"

Li Chengyue shoved Li Shu away and pulled away Madam Li's hand as well. "There are some things I can't say, but I will be fine. Wait for me to come back."

He offered a word of comfort to Madam Li, then turned and left.

In fact, before Yuan Cuo left, he had already handed over the secret guards to Li Chengyue, who was also the one who provided him with various kinds of information in Daqi.

Otherwise, he alone would not have been able to move freely in and out of the capital at such a time.

But neither of the two women in his family are very bright, so he won't reveal a word. Especially Li Shu, that brainless one, who might blurt it out in a moment of madness.

Madam Li could not stop Li Chengyue, and could only weep even louder.

Li Shu also choked up, "This Liu Yuechu is really the nemesis of our family. When will she finally leave my life completely..." She was truly unable to find peace of mind until her death.

Li Chengyue had no interest in what the mother and daughter thought.

With the help of his secret guards, he secretly entered the palace once.

But this time it was indeed a bit risky. When leaving, they had to hide in Liu Zhong's Taoist temple to escape.

Li Chengyue was even more puzzled. Qin Mushuo had even locked up the residences of the court officials with iron chains, yet he ignored Liu Zhong's Taoist temple.

Has he already forgotten this person?

They even forgot that he was Liu Yuechu's father and Yuan Cuo's father-in-law?

Liu Zhong saw the patrolmen off before releasing him.

Li Chengyue voiced his doubts and was even more surprised by Liu Zhong's composure, "Aren't you worried about your grandson and granddaughter?"

Liu Zhong's emotions were so calm that it was unbelievable.

He was like a bystander, and even bystanders might get emotional and be cursed, but Liu Zhong was like a bowl of water, without the slightest ripple or flavor.

“They will be fine, what is there to worry about?” Liu Zhong was drawing a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, his brush moving constantly, but Li Chengyue had no mind to appreciate it at the moment.

"How can you be so sure they'll be alright?" Li Chengyue couldn't help but ask.

"Because of you, they are naturally safe." Liu Zhong had an air of otherworldly elegance, completely unlike any ordinary person.

Li Chengyue had no interest in listening to his Zen sayings. "Then could you please help me out?"

"What can I do?" Liu Zhong paused, his pen still.

"Dig a hole in your Taoist temple so we can easily get in and out," Li Chengyue made his request directly.

Liu Zhong nodded firmly, "Okay."

Li Chengyue immediately wanted to call his men to take action.

“Actually, you don’t need to dig anymore, I’ve already dug it up,” Liu Zhong said frankly.

Li Chengyue opened his mouth wide. Had he already dug it out?

He quickly followed Liu Zhong to the place he had dug...

That place is beneath the statues of the Three Pure Ones.

That seemingly sturdy stone statue was actually hollow inside.

Moreover, there is a small door behind the empty stone statue, but Liu Zhong drew it so perfectly that no trace of it could be seen at all.

Moreover, this is not a cave leading out of the palace, but an underground passage.

“Going out from here leads directly to the outside of the palace. That’s where the kitchen of Prince Chun’s mansion is located, but that kitchen has long been abandoned and no one uses it, so it’s impossible for it to catch fire,” Liu Zhongyan said.

Li Chengyue sighed again and again, "Why did you dig this tunnel? And why did you dig it all the way to the kitchen of Prince Chun's mansion?"

He suddenly realized that he couldn't quite understand Liu Zhong.

I used to think he was naive and had completely stopped caring about these things, but now it seems that's not the case.

"Of course I also want to be with my family, but how can His Majesty use them with peace of mind if I am not in the palace?" Liu Zhong smiled.

"I was placed in a Taoist temple as a hostage. Since I was a hostage, I naturally had to think of a way to get out."

Liu Zhong sighed, "In this life, I have let down Yuechu and the other children. So I will help them behave as hostages under His Majesty's watchful eye."

“I have prepared a way to get out, but I haven’t left yet because the time is not right.”

"Anyway, the meals in the palace are quite plentiful, and His Majesty often comes to ask me to play chess, so there's nothing wrong with that."

Li Chengyue: "..." He really wanted to kneel down and kowtow to him right then and there!

"You are absolutely brilliant!"

"Stop talking nonsense and let's go."

Liu Zhong told him to leave through the tunnel, "Go and scout ahead first, so that you won't make any mistakes when you come back in later due to haste."

Li Chengyue nodded in agreement and left immediately.

As Liu Zhong heard the rubbing sound gradually diminish until it disappeared, he leisurely moved the statue of the Three Pure Ones over and straightened it, then returned to his meditation room to paint.