Remarrying Chun Yuan

Seeing his flustered appearance, Yuan Cuo stopped in his tracks. "What's the matter that's so urgent? Why are you in such a hurry to come to Yuanchu Pavilion so late at night?"

Liu Muchi panicked for a moment and hurriedly said, "Second sister gave me a list from the Imperial Household Department, saying that they urgently need to replenish the goods... Brother-in-law, you're busy, I'll go to the warehouse now." He left in a hurry after saying that.

Yuan Cuo stared at him intently, while Liu Muchi kept turning back to look at him, as if he had committed some terrible mistake.

Yuan Cuo didn't think much of it. He took the newly prepared medicine back to the room, where Liu Yuechu was lying on the bed, nestled against the soft pillows, watching him.

Both of them were preoccupied with their own thoughts, but neither of them spoke.

Yuan Cuo carefully changed her pain medication and gently bandaged her wound. "Go to sleep. There won't be any more swelling tomorrow."

Liu Yuechu still refused to let him go. Even though she had no romantic feelings for him, she longed to sleep in his arms.

The next morning, Wang Fulai met with Yuan Cuo. The shops under the Liu family's name were about to start collecting rent and settling accounts again, and Yuan Cuo had to personally press his fingerprint on the documents for it to be approved.

After having breakfast, Yuan Cuo quickly went out, reminding Liu Yuechu not to wander around aimlessly, since she was going to attend a palace banquet the next day.

Liu Yuechu's body obeyed obediently, but her mind was not. She found Granny Fang and asked about Granny Fang's son, "...I remember Fang Suozi ran a pawnshop?"

"Oh dear, what kind of pawnshop is this? It's just a small shop, nothing special." Granny Fang was not satisfied with her son.

She was Princess Chen's personal nanny, and if her son were successful, he should have taken advantage of this opportunity to make a name for himself.

Fang Suozi didn't want to work in the government office, finding the interpersonal relationships there too troublesome. He preferred to wander among the common people. He ran a small pawnshop, focusing on having fun and making money as a secondary goal. He had just gotten married and had a daughter, so life wasn't too wealthy. Granny Fang would occasionally give him some extra money.

Liu Yuechu beckoned with her finger, "Find him here. I need someone to help me find out something."

“Him? I don’t trust him at all!” Granny Fang quickly waved her hand and said no, “He can stir up trouble, but if anything is even slightly serious, he has no chance.”

Liu Yuechu said awkwardly, "It's really not a serious matter, otherwise I would have asked Mu Chi to inquire about it."

Granny Fang asked in surprise, "Are you sure?"

Liu Yuechu nodded very seriously, "I'm sure. This matter might really be impossible to handle without him. I've thought it through carefully."

She suffered an injustice in the palace yesterday and has no intention of letting it go. Regardless of whether the palace gives her an explanation, she will not let the Wang family off the hook.

That is to say, Consort Wan's family was not in Beijing, otherwise she would have been the first one.

After her rebirth, Liu Yuechu didn't intend to rush into anything; she just wanted to live a carefree life. However, Wei Gongming was also a reborn person, forcing her step by step onto the path she was on now, and it seemed that she could no longer turn back as she pleased.

If that's the case, why should she be so reserved? If she continues to swallow her pride and scheme behind closed doors, she'll be no different from her past life.

But with her older brother incompetent and her younger brother weak, she thought for a long time before finally thinking of Fang Suozi.

Granny Fang stared at her intently for a while, then sighed, "Alright, I'll have him come to pay his respects to Mistress Yue this afternoon."

Old Jiang is ruthless; how could she not understand what Liu Yuechu wanted to do?

Princess Chen originally kept her by Liu Yuechu's side because she was afraid Liu Yuechu would be bullied due to her gentle nature. But now, seeing that this girl has directly confronted Consort Le and Noble Lady Wan right away, one has to worry whether she is too bold to be restrained.

When Fang Suozi came to see him in the afternoon, he brought his young wife with him. The two had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and she was happy to help him run the small shop and share the hardships.

Liu Yuechu summoned the women to the inner room and rewarded the little maid with a gold-inlaid jade ruyi pendant.

Fang Suozi knelt behind the screen to express her gratitude, saying, "Don't worry, even if I were bold, I wouldn't dare to put the Moon Master's reward in the shop for sale."

"It's alright if we sell them, we can still reward them later." Liu Yuechu asked Bai Shao to accompany the mother and daughter to choose some fine fabrics, leaving Fang Suozi and Granny Fang to talk.

"I want to know everything about the Wang family, the more the better. I want to know all the old stories and trivial matters, no matter what they are." Liu Yuechu was generous. "One tael for small matters, ten taels for big matters, and there is no upper limit."

Neither of them were brainless idiots, and Fang Suozi instantly understood what she meant when she said that.

"You'd better set a limit. The Wang family has a century-old business and a large population. Every single one of them might be a handful of troublemakers. If you really pile them up, won't you be bankrupt?"

Liu Yuechu hissed, "Then let's talk about things from the last ten years, without going back any further. And the facts must be true, not just made up."

Fang Suozi nodded immediately, "Don't worry, even if it's fake, I'll make it real."

He could only lament that Liu Yuechu was not sensitive to the word "money." In today's market, it was easy to lose an arm or a leg for ten taels of silver, let alone the gossip and scandals of a family.

Even if there were no scandals, they would still do them for money. Who cares about the Wang family's life or death?

Granny Fang glared at him instantly, "There's a long life ahead of you, don't mess around, understand?" She made sure to give him a word of advice, afraid that her son would cause trouble.

"I understand, how could I not understand? If I dare to mess up Master Liu's affairs, you'll skin me alive!" Fang Suozi had the air of a thug, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten involved in the pawnshop business. "From now on, if there are any matters that are inconvenient for you to handle, you can leave them to me. I know the ways of the underworld like the back of my hand."

Granny Fang glared at her, exasperated. How could they talk about such a trivial matter as if it were a heroic tale?

Liu Yuechu smiled brightly and rewarded him with one hundred taels of silver, saying, "I just love listening to gossip. Just come and tell me a few stories every now and then."

“I am not worthy of such a high position and dare not visit the Liu family's door often, but I will instruct my wife to pay her respects to the master every now and then.”

Having covered most of the matter, Liu Yuechu asked a few more questions about the pawnshop's business. Waiting for the mother and son to return, Liu Yuechu told Granny Fang to spend more time with her son and daughter-in-law's family while she ate alone.

At this moment, Yuan Cuo was meeting Li Chengyue at a tea stall outside the trading company.

Li Chengyue handed over a stack of papers covered with dense, messy characters, clearly written in a rush, with the handwriting flying back and forth.

Yuan Cuo flipped through the pages and said, "If you don't have a discerning eye, you really won't understand what you've written."

“If you can’t understand it, just guess. These old materials are enough to bring down the Wang family. They won’t dare to compete with your Yue Niang for business for at least ten years.” Li Chengyue couldn’t help but sigh.

He was startled when he received a message from Hou yesterday. He asked his mother and learned that it was his aunt who was acting as matchmaker, intending to arrange for Li Shu to marry the Seventh Prince's Consort.

He then went to see Li Shu and carefully inquired about what Consort Le and she had discussed during their meeting, and whether it involved Liu Yuechu.

Li Shu's expression changed instantly upon hearing the name "Liu Yuechu".

She questioned Li Chengyue, asking who his sister really was!

Li Shu then told Li Chengyue all the bad reputations Liu Yuechu had recently had.

But Li Chengyue had been busy these days, discussing with Boss Zhu how to get the best horse breeds from Chu. How could he know about these gossips?

Seeing Li Shu's attitude, he understood why Hou Lai had asked him to come up with a solution.

So he contacted his old associates in the county government and, under the cover of darkness, went to the county government's archives and stole a bunch of incriminating materials.