Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 324 Portrait

Princess Chen had no better solution after hearing her words.

“I’m just afraid he’s using this to deliberately deceive you, but it’s true that we haven’t heard from your father for a long time.”

Liu Yuechu carefully calculated that she hadn't received any news from her father for at least six months.

"I can't think of anything he'll ask for in exchange yet. I certainly won't agree to betray my husband. If it's money, it depends on how valuable the information he provides is."

"My wife is so devoted to me, I am so grateful!"

A familiar voice came through, and Liu Yuechu was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was hallucinating.

Princess Chen looked up and saw the tall, slender figure. She couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Turn around, turn around, see who this is?!"

Liu Yuechu slowly turned her head and saw that serene and elegant face.

His face was thinner and darker, but the burning gaze he gave her remained unchanged, still deep and intense…

"Clang!" The snacks Liu Yuechu was holding fell to the ground.

Yuan Cuo walked to her side, squatted down to be at her eye level, and took out the snacks he had bought one by one, "These are all my wife's favorites, and they're still warm..."

"Waaaah!" Liu Yuechu didn't know why, but she threw herself into his arms and burst into tears!

She didn't know why she was crying, she just felt a strong urge to shed tears. Princess Chen sighed, gave the others a look, and they quietly left, leaving the couple alone, as it was a rare reunion.

Yuan Cuo's legs went numb from squatting, so he simply sat down on the ground. He held Liu Yuechu in his arms and gently rocked her, as if he were soothing a baby.

After crying her fill, Liu Yuechu struggled to get up from his arms. Yuan Cuo took out a handkerchief and wiped away her tears. "It's my fault. I should have come back to see you sooner."

"You'd better give me an explanation, or I won't forgive you!" Liu Yuechu appeared calm on the surface, but only she knew how unbearable the anxiety was inside.

She had to endure Emperor Qi Xiao's probing and resist the jealousy of others. Now, Prince Chun had emerged and kept causing trouble. Only Princess Chen was willing to protect her, but Emperor Qi Xiao was narrow-minded and wouldn't let her out of his sight. He forced her to leave the Princess's residence and go to live in the new Wolf Den alone.

Now Prince Chun has brought out her long-lost father as bait. Knowing there are tigers in the mountains, yet willingly becoming a lamb to the slaughter is not a pleasant experience.

And what about Yuan Cuo?

Apart from knowing that he went to the west, we knew nothing else.

The west side is Prince Chun's territory. Who knows if he might encounter any danger? Although Liu Yuechu didn't say it, she was worried to death!

Just when things were getting tense, this man, whom she both missed and was angry at, suddenly appeared.

Yuan Cuo looked deeply ashamed. It wasn't that he didn't want to write home, but that he couldn't. Even on his way back, he repeatedly put on an act.

The schemes you set up, you must always complete perfectly.

“I’m paving an excellent path for our future,” Yuan Cuo replied ambiguously.

"That's as if I'm saying our child has all four limbs intact." Liu Yuechu glared at him fiercely.

Yuan Cuo picked her up, and Liu Yuechu was startled. "What are you going to do?"

"Of course I wouldn't dare do anything I shouldn't, but it's easier to talk when we're back in the boudoir." He was very fond of her scent; even just holding her in his arms was enough.

Liu Yuechu blushed deeply, too ashamed of her earlier anticipation to lift her head. "Why can't we say this here? Everyone's watching!"

It seemed like only the two of them were in the room, but who knows how many eyes were watching them from the shadows.

"I just don't want them to hear." Yuan Cuo was really doing it on purpose, and without thinking twice, he picked her up and walked towards the backyard.

The two disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Princess Chen peeked out from behind the screen with a sigh, "So, all this time, you haven't said a single word? This Yuan Cuo, he didn't even bother to tell us how your father is doing, he's only concerned with coaxing his wife!"

Chen Zhongyao didn't care. "Since he didn't say anything, it means my father is safe and sound."

"..." Princess Chen pondered for a moment, and it seemed to make sense?

“Once Yuan Cuo returns, he will probably move to the Viscount’s mansion in the next few days, but I’m really worried about Yuechu’s health.” Princess Chen couldn’t openly complain to Emperor Qi Xiao, but her eyes made it all too clear.

Chen Zhongyao straightened his clothes again, putting the outer robe he had just taken off back on.

"Where are you going? Yuan Cuo just returned, and you're leaving again?" Princess Chen was just about to instruct the kitchen to prepare a good meal, as it was a rare occasion for them to get together today.

"He can be enjoying his sweet moments with his wife in the palace without any problems, which means the palace has already made arrangements." Chen Zhongyao guessed the general idea.

Princess Chen watched him stride away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Isn't this a bit of a rip-off?" she was saying to Granny Fang.

Granny Fang was still reeling from the shock of Yuan Cuo's return. After careful consideration, she finally understood what Princess Chen meant.

"To be frank, if the young master were as gentle and sweet as he was three years ago, he might be a good match for our young master. But now, perhaps siblings are more suitable."

Granny Fang was always by Liu Yuechu's side, and she understood all too well the stubbornness and unyielding spirit in her bones.

Princess Chen couldn't help but sigh, "Oh well, they're all my children anyway..." That was the only way she could comfort herself.

Liu Yuechu and Yuan Cuo whispered sweet nothings in the boudoir for a long time, but dared not take the final step, and stopped abruptly.

Yuan Cuo felt unbearably hot all over, so he took a cold shower.

Liu Yuechu also took a small fan and kept fanning herself until the heat subsided, and the two of them were able to talk peacefully.

"So what have you done? Can't you tell me now? At least give me some comfort and let me vent my anger." Liu Yuechu was so frustrated that if it weren't for the need to maintain her emotional stability and not affect the child in her womb, she would have wanted to have a crazy outburst even if she were alive again.

Yuan Cuo looked at him with heartache, "Okay, whatever you want to know, I'll tell you."

Liu Yuechu put her ear close to his mouth, "I want to hear everything."

Yuan Cuo patiently explained to her, starting with the discovery of the mineral veins in Huaizhou...

Meanwhile, Liu Musheng had already handed the item to Cheng Hai, who opened the box, which was filled with blueprints. He didn't dare look at them immediately and hurriedly took them to Emperor Qi Xiao.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Qi Xiao's expression became complicated.

Each of the scroll paintings depicted a portrait of that woman.

"He..." He actually went to the west?!

This was Emperor Qi Xiao's first reaction.

Cheng Hai was startled. "No way?" He couldn't believe it. "How about we invite Lord Yuan over to ask him?" Even if Prince Chun is in the capital, the west isn't an easy place to enter.

How could they go there so carelessly, and bring out something so secretive?!

Emperor Qi Xiao slumped onto his dragon throne, raising a finger to rub his temples. "In this world, who can I truly trust?"