Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 151 Life experience

The next afternoon.

A notice was issued in the palace: the Empress Dowager's serious illness had been treated by Yuan Cuo and her condition had improved; the birthday banquet would proceed as planned.

But Yuan Cuo was neither praised nor punished, not even a single word was said. This is puzzling; what exactly happened?

A palace carriage escorted Yuan Cuo home.

As soon as Yuan Cuo got out of the carriage, Uncle Chun immediately gave him a reward.

Yuan Cuo raised his hand to stop him, saying, "They won't even give us money for medical treatment in the palace, so we can't give it away to others." He put the purse that Uncle Chun handed over directly into his embroidered pocket.

The eunuch who came to see them off was empty-handed and could only awkwardly take it back.

He greeted Liu Yuechu and then relayed Emperor Qi Xiao's message: "His Majesty said that he has agreed to the conditions you mentioned yesterday and that you should make preparations as soon as possible."

Liu Yuechu's eyes were completely focused on Yuan Cuo, and she had no intention of listening to the little eunuch's words.

Uncle Chun hurriedly saw the people off, leaving the two masters to express their longing for each other.

Liu Yuechu stared intently at Yuan Cuo, her eyes glistening with tears, even carrying a hint of resentment and grievance.

"If you don't explain what's going on clearly to me, you'll live in the study from now on and never be allowed to move back into the main room!"

She tossed and turned all night, thinking about it, and felt that her guess was very likely.

Yuan Cuo smiled and stepped forward to hug her. "Okay, I'll tell you. As long as my wife doesn't kick me out, I'll do whatever you want."

Liu Yuechu pushed him away; with so many people watching, it wouldn't be appropriate for them to hug and cuddle.

Yuan Cuo could only take her hand and stroll back into the courtyard.

Liu Musheng also rushed back at this time, wanting to ask Yuan Cuo what was going on.

Uncle Chun stopped him, saying, "Don't cause trouble at this time, or you'll definitely get scolded."

Liu Musheng paused, "Tell me what happened!" But he really didn't dare to follow. Yesterday, Liu Yuechu even called him a "tyrant," and he was afraid that an imperial decree to confiscate his property would come first thing in the morning. Fortunately, he escaped a disaster.

"No matter what happened, it's all over, and nothing's wrong, which is a good thing. Young master, why don't you tell Jingchunlou to set up a table?" Uncle Chun quickly offered a suggestion, not only to have a nice meal but also to calm the nerves of the household.

Moreover, Liu Yuechu hadn't eaten well for several days and had lost a lot of weight. As her older brother, this was the perfect time for him to comfort her.

Liu Musheng was used to spending money lavishly. "Set it up, set it up right now."

Seeing the empty doorway, he added, "Why didn't you put a charcoal brazier down for him to step over when he came in? Or did you use some wormwood stalks to dust him off?"

Uncle Chun: "The son-in-law came back from the palace, not from prison..."

"Ah, that's right." Liu Musheng immediately called over a servant to arrange the table and food, as he still wanted to go to Yuanchu Pavilion to ask.

However, Liu Yuechu and Yuan Cuo had already had Granny Fang guard the door, forbidding anyone from entering.

Hou Lai also appeared on the roof, his eyes scanning the surroundings.

Liu Yuechu kept staring at Yuan Cuo, unwilling to look away. She thought of Emperor Qi Xiao from yesterday; he didn't seem quite like him.

Could it be that she was mistaken, and that there was no relationship between him and Emperor Qi Xiao?

“He is my biological father,” Yuan Cuo suddenly blurted out.

Liu Yuechu had already thought of it last night, so she wasn't too surprised when she heard it.

She sighed heavily. "You want to acknowledge him?" No wonder Emperor Qi Xiao asked her yesterday if she was sure she wouldn't become a member of the royal family. Wasn't this just a trap he deliberately set for her?

Actually, she should have guessed it when he said that his adoptive parents died tragically because they found out his identity. But at that time, she was blinded by the thought of the 360 ​​stab wounds and didn't dare to think about the possibility of an explosion.

Yuan Cuo shook his head. "If he doesn't tell me who my mother is, I won't acknowledge him." He hugged Liu Yuechu. "Besides, didn't you already say you wouldn't be a member of the royal family?" he teased deliberately.

"Uh, who would have thought it would turn out like this?" Liu Yuechu's feelings were complicated. She stared at Yuan Cuo's features carefully. "Besides, you and he don't look very alike."

Emperor Qi Xiao possessed the grandeur and majesty of an emperor, but his features were not particularly handsome. In contrast, Yuan Cuo was indeed very dashing and a refined gentleman with a scholarly air; clearly, his birth mother was no ordinary person.

"You've been investigating for so many years, and you haven't found a single result?"

Yuan Cuo shook his head. "She may not be in Daqi, nor is she a Daqi native."

"What exactly happened?" Liu Yuechu thought of the Empress Dowager. "Why was she poisoned with the same poison as your adoptive parents? Was this poison administered by your birth mother?"

Yuan Cuo nodded. "It was the Empress Dowager who poisoned my adoptive parents, and then the Empress Dowager was poisoned with an even more potent poison."

“At that time, my father and mother passed away, and I was all alone. Hou Lai appeared and took me to a tombstone without any inscription. I dug up an empty grave and found a medical book and a jar with some strange medicine inside.”

“I started studying all the herbs listed in the medical books back then and began to teach myself the acupuncture techniques. It was only a few years ago that I learned that they were not from the Great Qi, but from the State of Chu.”

"So, your birth mother might have been from the State of Chu?"

Liu Yuechu couldn't help but connect all the fragmented details together.

"The Great Qi and the Chu Kingdom have always been at odds, so your birth mother could not have married into the Great Qi royal family. However, the Empress Dowager discovered her affair with His Majesty and could not tolerate it. She had no choice but to flee with you and give you to the Yuan family to be adopted."

"The Empress Dowager used this as leverage to threaten His Majesty into relinquishing power and controlled the court for ten years. During those ten years, she naturally discovered your existence, so she poisoned your adoptive parents... But before she could kill you, she was given an even more potent poison, and her health failed to improve, which is why His Majesty was able to regain power?"

She knew she was being incredibly bold, so she could only whisper in his ear.

Yuan Cuo couldn't help but laugh, "You think too highly of them."

"Huh? Isn't that right?" Liu Yuechu thought of Emperor Qi Xiao's desolation, and wondered if it really was a dramatic tale of a love affair in a foreign land that was difficult to maintain.

Yuan Cuo stroked her head. "Is it possible that he poisoned the Empress Dowager, and that it had nothing to do with that woman?"

Liu Yuechu hissed, having no reason to refute, "Really?" After all, she was her own mother.

Yuan Cuo continued, "Is it possible that the woman doesn't like him at all, but is just a seductive woman sent by the State of Chu to lure the Emperor of Qi and deliberately disrupt the Qi court?"

Liu Yuechu: "..." She couldn't answer for a moment.

“So I used to really want to know who she was, to confirm if my guess was accurate, and to find a reason for my existence. But now I don’t need that reason anymore.” He looked at Liu Yuechu, “Because of you, I already have a reason to exist.”

Liu Yuechu felt a warmth in her heart and nestled in his arms. Even though she was a reborn person, she never expected that the hero of the Great Qi Dynasty in her previous life would have such a complicated background.

Perhaps in his past life, when he left the capital to draw maps, it was also in order to find his birth mother.

Yes.

territory.

Liu Yuechu suddenly remembered the words of Emperor Qi Xiao that the little eunuch had just relayed.

"Um... I think I made a mistake."