Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 253 Testing

The next morning, there was no sunrise.

A fine drizzle soaked the ground and eaves of the capital, and even the air felt damp.

The funeral at the Zhenning Marquis's residence was conducted quietly, without even a white mourning banner.

Wei Gongming only drank in his study for one night before leaving the mansion at the appointed time to continue his work at the county government office.

Guan fainted from crying and couldn't get out of bed. Tian Yage didn't die after hitting her head against the wall, but she went completely insane.

Li Shu was the only one at home who had taken care of everything, and she no longer smiled.

She thought that the death of a child would cause Wei Gongming to completely antagonize the Liu family and become enemies with Liu Yuechu... but reality gave her a harsh slap in the face, making her realize the truth.

Wei Gongming didn't love his son at all; what she did was utterly absurd!

"How could I not love my own son?" Li Shu murmured to herself as she listened to the rain.

She wiped the moisture from her face, unsure whether it was from raindrops or from her tears.

“The young master must be heartbroken, he just doesn’t show it,” Chun Ya advised from the side.

Li Shu shook her head. "No, he's not sad." She secretly went to the study last night, wanting to comfort him, even if it was just to hold him and cry together, it would strengthen their relationship.

But she didn't hear Wei Gongming crying; instead, she heard him laughing faintly.

He's laughing, he's laughing!

"Madam, please don't try to make malicious assumptions about the young master. It's possible that he's angry to the point of laughing..." Chun Ya naturally knew this as well.

Li Shu kept shaking her head, "I don't believe it, I really don't believe it. What kind of person did I marry? How could he be so indifferent that he'd be smiling even after his son died?"

Spring Sprout couldn't answer.

The raindrops fell harder and harder.

Liu Yuechu also heard that Wei Gongming's son had died, and it was Suozi's wife who braved the rain to come and gossip with her about it.

"It was buried quietly, and there are no words on the tombstone."

Liu Yuechu couldn't swallow the bird's nest that was almost in her mouth.

Granny Fang scolded Suozi's wife, "Speaking of such depressing things so early in the morning! Bah, bah, bah!"

Suozi's wife said aggrievedly, "It was the master who asked me to keep an eye on things, so of course I have to come and report back."

Liu Yuechu quickly stopped Granny Fang, "I'm not discouraged. I'm just thinking, my own son died, and he didn't try to blame our household?"

After all, back at the Left Chancellor's residence, Li Shu had a conflict with Liu Yuechan while holding the child, and even made a false accusation against her once.

At that time, Wei Gongming stepped forward and let the matter drop. The child was lost, but he still didn't retaliate, which was indeed very unusual!

Granny Fang thought about it carefully, "Perhaps they're afraid of targeting the Liu family and displeasing the Third Prince? After all, the Left Chancellor's Mansion and we are already at a stalemate."

“There is some truth to that.” But Liu Yuechu’s thoughts were even more so. This reborn person actually hoped that his eldest son, who had squandered the family fortune in his previous life, would die, rather than change the way he educated his children.

Wei Gongming might be even more ruthless in this life.

It's so vicious it's outrageous...

"Don't tell Yuechan about this, lest she feel uneasy, as if she has done something wrong." Although Liu Yuechu wasn't that close to her sister, she knew that she was simple-minded. "Besides, the child just died like that, and we don't even know who did it. Anyway, it has nothing to do with our family."

“Yes, yes, I came running over early this morning just to let you know what’s going on, so that you won’t be startled by some mad dog biting you,” said Lock’s wife.

Liu Yuechu understood her meaning and asked her to stay at the mansion for lunch before leaving.

Anyway, rainy days are just days of lethargy.

Even the heavens are being lazy, so they can be lazy for a good day too.

But this was just Liu Yuechu's thought. Before she could even relax until after lunch, she received a message from Jiang Yunjiao asking, "...Our young lady wants to visit Miss Yuechan, fearing that what happened the other day may have frightened her."

"It's so gloomy and rainy, why is she going out?" Liu Yuechu looked at the overcast sky. "My sister is fine, nothing's wrong, so you girls don't need to worry about her."

"It is a pity that Ms. Liu is worried. Our young lady has not been well these past two days. She has been thinking about this matter and is afraid that the two families will break a taboo because of it."

"Reassure her that everything is fine at home." Liu Yuechu didn't want to say more. "My husband sent a lot of local specialties from another place. Just to be on the safe side, I can't send them to the Left Chancellor's residence, lest she get sick from eating them and we get blamed again."

"Go back and tell your daughters that they can come over and have a taste sometime."

She was being extremely polite.

The servant felt awkward hearing this, but still nodded and thanked him.

Liu Yuechu instructed Guyu to deliver the message and then simply sent the person away.

Granny Fang was both amused and exasperated. "You really can't bear to let go of this marriage, and you've sent someone to inquire again?"

"I'm afraid it's because Consort Yu gave the order, and the Left Chancellor's Mansion can't afford to offend her..." Liu Yuechu thought to herself as she realized that the Liu family had already cut back on all their small businesses, leaving only the horse farm, the fur business, and a half-open trading company.

"Some things still need to wait for him to come back." Liu Yuechu began to plan, some business would be moved to the southwest.

Granny Fang didn't know what she was plotting, but she knew that as she thought about it, she leaned back in the rocking chair and fell asleep...

At this moment, Jiang Yunjiao heard the servant's report about Liu Yuechu, and her expression tightened. "What do you think of her attitude? Was it not overly cold? She only said one sarcastic sentence?"

"Yes, they didn't say anything else, and the nannies and maids in the courtyard are all acting normally," the servant quickly replied.

Jiang Yunjiao took a deep breath, but felt uneasy.

She already knew that the old woman who was boiling the medicine had been knocked unconscious and that a pot of medicine dregs had been thrown away.

"The only person capable of doing this is someone from the Liu family. Who else could it be?" Jiang Yunjiao couldn't think of anyone else with ulterior motives.

"Moreover, Imperial Censor Chen was particularly strange that day. He never associated with any mansions, but he stayed and drank several cups of wine with my father and the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. This was really too unusual."

“After all, he’s here to uphold the Liu family’s reputation, so it wouldn’t be right for him to just come and leave, would it?” The wet nurse thought it was perfectly normal.

Jiang Yunjiao still felt insecure. "Then tell me, who could have stolen my medicine residue? And what would their purpose be?!"

The wet nurse couldn't answer immediately, because the old woman who was boiling the medicine was also a sworn servant of the Left Chancellor's household, and it was impossible for her to lie about this matter.

"I still want to go to the Liu family in person," Jiang Yunjiao said with great determination.

She didn't trust the messengers; after all, they were just servants and couldn't detect anything too subtle.

“Or, how about I go and see Liu Musheng?” she had another idea.

The wet nurse objected, "He was so rude to you in public, and you still want to see him?!"

"Then what do you think I can do? Just stand there like the daughter of the Left Chancellor and let myself freeze to death?" Jiang Yunjiao sneered. "This dignity may be worth a thousand gold pieces in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of those who don't care about you, it's probably not even worth a copper coin."