Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 425 Help

Xu Xianglan washed herself clean and changed into a servant's clothes. Li Chengyue had previously forbidden her from applying grayish-black rouge to her face, but she left it as is, revealing her healthy, radiant wheat-colored skin.

He has a pair of big, fluffy eyes, a high nose bridge, and a few scattered freckles on his face, which add to his dashing appearance.

She called out "Lord Li" several times before Li Chengyue slowly woke up.

Before he even opened his eyes, he smelled a refreshing fragrance. Then, when he saw Xu Xianglan's face, he absentmindedly reached out and touched it, which startled Xu Xianglan.

Li Chengyue was startled and quickly withdrew his hand. "I was dreaming of catching a thief, and you actually came here." He could only make up an excuse to brush it off.

Xu Xianglan's face was flushed.

However, her skin was tanned, and she didn't blush or show any embarrassment. She simply lowered her head and said, "I'm all packed and ready to leave with Lord Li at any time."

Li Chengyue nodded, and seeing Gu Yu smirking beside him, said, "If they come back first tomorrow, tell Yuechu about it. Don't forget it in your moment of confusion."

"Don't worry, Young Master Li, I understand and won't forget." She presented Xu Xianglan and Li Chengyue with mosquito-repelling sachets. "These are newly made by me for you and your master. I'm giving them to you two first."

Just now, Li Chengyue was asleep when he was stung by a mosquito.

Li Chengyue was very happy and tied it around his waist. Xu Xianglan took it and thanked him repeatedly before following Li Chengyue away.

Li Chengyue led her straight to the Ministry of Works workshop.

They didn't stop on the way; they immediately asked about Song Ziwen's carving knives.

Xu Xianglan may not understand other things, but she is very professional when it comes to carving tools.

"His knife is not for carving wood, but for carving stone. However, this kind of knife requires a particularly strong ability to control, otherwise the wood grain will be easily split. I would not dare to use it. I would rather put in more effort and just use an ordinary tungsten knife."

Li Chengyue was taken aback, only then realizing that Xu Xianglan was a sculptor.

"Do you know what material his knife is made of? An ordinary knife wouldn't be so easy to carve even stone."

“I haven’t seen it. If I had, I would definitely know.” Xu Xianglan recalled carefully. She also wanted to help Li Chengyue. “But I once heard my father mention that Master Song liked ceramics and even tried to use ceramic carving tools.”

"..." Li Chengyue was utterly astonished upon hearing this. "Ceramics? Are you sure it's ceramics?"

Xu Xianglan nodded very seriously, "Yes, a ceramic knife. It is said that it can cut things without sticking to the shavings, but I have only heard about it and have never seen one."

Li Chengyue fell silent and became lost in thought.

He had considered that if Song Ziwen's carving knives were made of special materials, he could obtain the refining formula to manufacture higher-quality weapons and equipment.

However, Xu Xianglan mentioned ceramics, which seems more suitable for making concealed weapons...

Li Chengyue took Xu Xianglan directly into the weapons workshop and buried himself in hard work.

Although Xu Xianglan longed for the carving competition, she knew she couldn't go back and could only stay by Li Chengyue's side.

She told him everything she knew and even helped him test various hidden weapon needles.

Xu Xianglan was unaware that she had seen these objects and that they could no longer be released; on the contrary, she was quite interested.

Liu Yueyue's family didn't return until the afternoon of the following day.

This trip to the outskirts of Beijing for the ancestral worship was also partly a leisurely one, since she and Yuan Cuo hadn't had a moment of peace in a long time, always busy and not as carefree as before.

Especially since she brought her children, including Liu Musheng and Huang Wanwan, she always wanted her mother to meet her eldest daughter-in-law.

The whole family went, but Liu Zhong was the only one absent.

In recent years, Liu Yuechu and Liu Musheng have been used to not having their father by their side when they went to pay their respects at their mother's grave. Therefore, they completely forgot about him on this trip. It was only when they arrived at their mother's grave and started cursing at their father that they remembered that their father had returned and was in the Taoist temple in the palace.

But the brother and sister only glanced at each other; neither of them regretted not inviting their father to come along.

After the worship ceremony, we spent the day sightseeing.

After returning, Liu Musheng and Huang Wanwan did not go back to the Liu family, but stayed temporarily at the Duke's Mansion.

Gu Yu helped tidy up the items, and only remembered at dinner that Li Chengyue had brought Xu Xianglan over.

She recounted the events, including how Li Chengyue had taken the person with him, "...Young Master Li said that once you and your son-in-law return, he will send someone to inform him that he will bring Miss Xu back."

Liu Yuechu never expected that this would happen after she had been gone for only two days.

"Where did they go? Did they return to the Li residence?"

“How could that be? He must have gone to the workshop. You can just send someone to the workshop to find him,” Yuan Cuo interjected from the side.

After thinking it over, Liu Yuechu thought, "That seems to be true?"

Pang Ri didn't bring Xu Xianglan with him. He was a permanent resident of the workshop, and it was impossible for him to bring her home just because there was another person around.

Besides, if he really brings someone home, neither Vice Minister Li nor his wife will likely let him off easily; they'll definitely want to get to the bottom of things...

"Liu Tao, go and find him. Tell him we're all back and we want him to come over for dinner tonight."

Liu Yuechu was already very hungry from the journey, so she sent someone ahead of time to inform the mansion to prepare dinner.

The large kitchen is now ready, and we're just waiting to set up the tables later.

Liu Tao accepted the order and immediately went to carry it out.

He went along today as well, since he now bears the surname Liu and is a member of the Liu family.

But if Liu Tao goes, he'll come back quickly.

"Brother Li said that you don't need to wait for him and Miss Xu to have dinner. He has something he needs Miss Xu to help him with, so he won't be coming for the time being."

Liu Yuechu: "???"

"Ask Xu Xianglan for help?"

"What is he doing?"

Liu Tao shook his head vigorously. "I didn't see him either. It seems he wasn't in the big workshop, but in the small workshop. He didn't come out to see me either; he just sent a message through someone he knew."

"So you came back by yourself?" Liu Yuechu felt that Li Chengyue was a bit unreliable.

Liu Tao immediately nodded and said, "Everyone's busy, and the servants around me are busy too. It seems like they don't have time to explain things to you..." His voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, as if Li Cheng was about to be in trouble.

Liu Yuechu does indeed have a bit of a temper.

Why were they supposed to send the person back, but now they're not?

And what kind of business is it to detain someone and force them to do things? She's a young woman, after all.

Seeing that Liu Yuechu was about to get angry, Yuan Cuo directly sent Hou Lai away, saying, "Go and tell him that if he doesn't explain clearly, his wife will misunderstand that he wants to marry Miss Xu and start arranging the marriage."

Upon hearing this, Liu Tao chuckled.

Liu Musheng hissed, "You're really wicked."

Liu Yuechu, however, thought this was not bad. "Aside from her family affairs being so-so, Xu Xianglan is a good person. Moreover, with Li Chengyue as her husband, even if their family has the greatest courage, they wouldn't dare to provoke her again."

Li Chengyue has always been a headstrong person, including after he returned, when he forcefully drove Wei Gongming away, and he put in a lot of effort, both openly and secretly.