Remarrying Chun Yuan

Her voice was sweet and cloying, yet tinged with a coquettish pleading. Yuan Cuo could see the mischievous glint in her crescent-shaped eyes; she was clearly teasing him on purpose.

"My wife is injured, how can I bear to leave her?" he said, but his large hands held her tightly.

Liu Yuechu stretched out her index finger and gently stroked the tip of his nose. His features were handsome and very pleasing to the eye, with a high and straight nose that looked as if it had been carved by a knife... Her fingertip then slid down to his thin, willow-leaf-like lips.

Her lips were a vibrant red, even more tender than her own. Her fingertips slid down to her Adam's apple, and Yuan Cuo finally couldn't help but let them roll.

"Is my wife testing my resolve?" His voice was already hoarse.

She either feeds him nourishing soups or seduces him wantonly; this young lady has two different faces in public and in private.

Liu Yuechu chuckled, his voice clear and crisp, but his whole body was already tense, and a fine layer of sweat seeped from his broad forehead, condensing into a drop that slid down his face to his collarbone.

Liu Yuechu touched the drop of water with her fingertip. "I believe my husband loves me, and he always agrees to whatever I say and never refuses."

She had carefully considered it, and it seemed that Yuan Cuo never objected to what she wanted to do, but always indulged her.

In her past life, when she married Wei Gongming, it seemed that for every matter she brought up, Wei Gongming would immediately refute it, and she would be told that he was being ridiculous.

But Yuan Cuo made an exception today, saying, "No matter how much it hurts, I can't let you act recklessly. If you move your foot too much, it will swell up even more."

He pulled the blanket up and covered her completely, like a cocoon wrapped up. "The painkiller's effects will wear off in an hour. I'll go and prepare some more."

He got out of bed, summoned Huajiao to stay with him, and strictly instructed her, "She must not move around or get out of bed before I return."

Huajiao responded and immediately went over to keep him company.

She watched as Yuan Cuo walked away and left "Yuan Chu Ge" before leaning close to Liu Yuechu's ear and saying, "Third Master just came by and asked about the master's situation. He said that when the young master is not here, he should ask me to call him so that he can tell the master something."

Liu Yuechu's playful expression gradually faded; she had only teased Yuan Cuo to liven up the atmosphere.

She was filled with resentment today because she had been wronged in the palace. But Yuan Cuo had been as cold as ice all day, and she didn't know why.

“Summon him.”

Liu Muzhi sent Huajiao to deliver a message, which seemed to be related to Yuan Cuo...

Yuan Cuo had already arrived at the study, where Hou Lai had crushed the necessary painkillers into a paste.

Yuan Cuo took it from his hand and added some anesthetic powder into it.

"Why target Yue Niang?" His voice was unusually cold.

Hou Lai recounted what he had found out: "Consort Le is from the Wang family. The Wang family has been in the fur business for over a hundred years, and yet it was taken away by Consort Yue. How could they not be angry?"

"Just for this?" Yuan Cuo didn't believe it.

Hou Lai continued, "The Seventh Prince intended to form a marriage alliance with the Li family, but Miss Li Shu's heart was entirely devoted to Prince Wei. Prince Wei's wife, who was heavily pregnant, wanted to save her life, so she spread some fabricated lies. Unexpectedly, these lies spread and everyone believed them."

Yuan Cuo was not surprised. "Most of the people who believe these rumors are unwilling to admit their own incompetence. They think that Yue Niang's outstanding performance is entirely due to her connections, not her own abilities."

Hou Lai curled his lip, "Aren't you ashamed to say that?" If it weren't for his connections, how could the Liu family have become officials and merchants?

"Why would I feel guilty? I didn't do anything. I just showed Cheng Hai a better and more dedicated side of her." Yuan Cuo firmly denied it.

Hou Zi admitted that he couldn't argue with Yuan Cuo, but after thinking about it carefully, he thought of Liu Musheng. Upon reflection, Yuan Cuo's words were also true. If the mud was too rotten and bad, it was indeed impossible to plaster it on the wall.

"So what do we do?" Hou Lai asked eagerly, finding the days too boring.

Since Yuan Cuo got married, he has been staying by Liu Yuechu's side every day, making him a useless decoration.

"Tell Li Chengyue about this and see what he thinks he should do."

Yuan Cuo now has to manage all the affairs of the Liu family business, oversee the horse breeds at Liu Musheng's horse farm, study the "Southwest Frontier Map" and browse the travelogues left by his father-in-law. The autumn examinations are all scheduled last, leaving him completely overwhelmed.

Even with his exceptional abilities, he couldn't handle an overwhelming amount of miscellaneous tasks. Just then, Li Chengyue approached him, wanting to try his hand at managing the horse farm.

Everyone else thought the horse farm was just a bunch of spoiled brats messing around, but Li Chengyue observed for a while and discovered that the real person in control of the horse farm was Yuan Cuo.

He saw Yuan Cuo's ambition, but there was no need to point it out.

Yuan Cuo did indeed need a reliable partner, and Li Chengyue became one of his accomplices who benefited from this.

"What if he protects his sister and hopes you'll let it go?" Hou Laizhi asked.

Yuan Cuo shook his head. "He's not like Wei Gongming, who can see the filth behind power. Besides, with his sister's brains, she'd probably be bullied to pieces before she even survives a year in the palace."

Hou Lai rolled his eyes. They'd only been married for less than two months, and he'd already become so sharp-tongued...

At this moment, Liu Muchi had arrived at Liu Yuechu's courtyard and was talking to his sister through the screen.

"...Second sister led people to the Imperial Household Department. Your younger brother was a little anxious and afraid that something might happen to you, so he could only wait for you to come out at the palace gate."

"But while we were waiting, we saw my brother-in-law. He came out of the palace."

He was startled to see Yuan Cuo and instinctively hid. He was eager to see who Yuan Cuo met in the palace and what would happen.

But after waiting for a long time, Yuan Cuo stood there motionless until Liu Yuechu came out of the palace gate. He went to greet him, and only then did Liu Muchi realize that Yuan Cuo was waiting for Liu Yuechu.

But his reappearance at that time would be abrupt, so Liu Muchi simply left quietly, waiting to return and have a private chat with Liu Yuechu.

"My brother feels that my brother-in-law is hiding something from you, but maybe I'm overthinking it. Maybe my second sister knows, but we just don't know it."

Liu Yuechu was quite surprised.

She thought that Liu Muchi had found Yuan Cuo, so Yuan Cuo had been waiting at the palace gate.

"You only saw him? Hou Lai wasn't with him?"

"No, it was just my brother-in-law," Liu Muchi hurriedly said. "I even specifically told Uncle Ma not to mention that I had been there." He was afraid that the driver might let something slip and arouse suspicion.

Liu Yuechu pondered in silence for a moment, unsure of what to say.

She shouldn't have doubted Yuan Cuo, but his expression today was terrifyingly dark and cold, a look she had never seen before since she met him.

"Don't worry about it. Maybe your brother-in-law hasn't had a chance to tell me yet." She didn't want her family to have any estrangement from Yuan Cuo.

Liu Muchi immediately nodded, "Brother-in-law has indeed worked hard and worried about our family the most. He is the one who has worked the hardest."

"You should also share some of the burden and prepare the materials for the next batch of furs, and send them to the Imperial Household Department as soon as possible." Liu Yuechu had Huajiao give him the list, so that he wouldn't make a wasted trip.

Liu Muchi accepted the document, and was shocked by the quantity when he opened it. He didn't care about any further gossip and rushed to the warehouse that very night.

He hurriedly left with the prescription, and just as he reached the entrance of the courtyard, he saw Yuan Cuo returning with the prepared medicine.

Liu Muchi was startled, after all, he had just been talking about Yuan Cuo behind his back and felt very guilty. "Brother-in-law, why are you back so late?"