Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 350 Choice

Upon hearing this, Cheng Hai felt a sudden tightness in his chest.

If he gossips about this, isn't he telling the Crown Prince that the Third Prince can seize the position of Crown Prince at any time?

After all, she had a son, the support of her maternal clan's military power, and now she had gone to Huaizhou and occupied the most crucial mine.

Whoever becomes the crown prince will be extremely anxious.

“But I didn’t do it on purpose. I only told Yuechu and my brother-in-law. Maybe my brother-in-law told the Pei family, and the Pei family told the Crown Princess…” Yuan Cuo said.

But just because he didn't say anything doesn't mean others won't gossip.

So the rumor spread like wildfire, and by the time it reached the Crown Prince's ears, who knows what kind of twists and turns it would have.

Cheng Hai thought Yuan Cuo had used some sophisticated methods that he hadn't noticed, so he took advantage of Emperor Qi Xiao's rest to quietly leave the palace and come here to ask.

As it turned out, Yuan Cuo told him that he had only talked about some gossip about the inner quarters.

It seems that not only butterfly wings can change the future, but catching moths can too.

"His Majesty's condition is very unstable right now, so you must be careful," Cheng Hai gave as a final reminder.

Yuan Cuo nodded. "Aren't you leaving yet?" He had already eaten another roasted sweet potato. He didn't know why, but he wasn't greedy when he was out, but when he returned home and was with Liu Yuechu, he became a glutton. He would feel depressed and uncomfortable if he didn't have any snacks.

Cheng Hai snorted coldly in dissatisfaction, then turned and left.

Yuan Cuo finally finished eating the roasted sweet potato, clapped his hands, and prepared to wash up and go to bed.

But he had only taken two steps after getting up when he let out a fart. It was quiet, but it didn't smell good.

"Never mind, I'll go back to my study to rest." He didn't want to upset Liu Yuechu with the smell.

……

Liu Yuechu woke up the next day close to noon. And at that time, it was New Year's Day morning, a time for eating dumplings.

She got up and washed up, and saw dumplings, but not Yuan Cuo.

"The son-in-law was summoned to the palace early this morning... These are dumplings that the son-in-law made for you by hand this morning, please try them, Your Highness." Huajiao didn't expect Yuan Cuo to be so thoughtful, staying up all night to go to the kitchen to prepare food.

Liu Yuechu happily picked it up and put it directly into her mouth.

The delicious flavor of fennel blended perfectly with the meat, bringing tears to her eyes as she ate.

"Master, why are you crying? Is the taste not good?" Huajiao was startled.

Liu Yuechu shook her head. "I do feel happy."

Sichuan pepper: "..." Why are you trying to scare people like this?

Liu Yuechu ate heartily and enjoyed her meal indoors. Liu Musheng soon rushed over and asked, "Now that we've won this battle, shouldn't we collect our bets?"

Liu Yuechu bet 20,000 taels, and now it's going to be increased tenfold.

And this amount of silver wasn't just one sum, but many sums.

“Who’s talking to you or us? This money is mine.” Liu Yuechu wouldn’t allow him to take advantage of the situation.

Want to add the winnings to the Liu family's overall account? No way.

Liu Musheng scratched his head; he hadn't expected to win this battle either!

"This is also your fault. You didn't tell me when you placed the bet." Liu Musheng wanted to extort money from me. "If you had told me, how could I not pay? Besides, my money is all in your hands. It's not reasonable for you to make a profit while I sit idle!"

"Alright, then I'll give you a task: collect silver. You'll get ten percent of the silver you collect." Liu Yuechu naturally wouldn't do this, and Yuan Cuo didn't have the time either.

"That's great!" Liu Musheng was preparing for the wedding, and of course, the more money the better.

Liu Yuechu thought of Yuan Cuo mentioning Huang Fan, "...You can talk to Wanwan about it, so she can feel at ease. As for whether or not to tell the rest of the Huang family, that's up to Wanwan to decide."

Originally, Liu Yuechu didn't care about Huang Fan's movements, since Huang Wanwan couldn't forgive him.

But now that the eldest brother's marriage to Huang Wanwan is getting closer, Huang Wanwan doesn't have enough composure to handle the household chores.

Liu Musheng was overjoyed, "Okay, I'll go right now!"

"Do you have any dumplings? I'd like to bring some over for Wanwan." He was the one who escorted Huang Wanwan back to her residence yesterday.

"She's still observing mourning and eating vegetarian food. You should have the kitchen make some, don't take mine!" Liu Yuechu was reluctant to feed Yuan Cuo's dumplings to Liu Musheng.

The reason Huang Wanwan wants to eat is because Liu Musheng is craving it.

Liu Musheng's attempt to steal food failed, and he could only leave dejectedly.

After eating and drinking her fill, Liu Yuechu stretched and yawned. "Ten thousand taels of silver, how can I spend it all as soon as possible? Otherwise, the palace will be eyeing it with gleaming eyes again."

While Liu Yuechu was pondering how to spend money, Emperor Qi Xiao had already mentioned silver to Yuan Cuo, saying, "You should still go and negotiate with Chu and Yan. You need to have a plan in mind beforehand regarding how much compensation to pay us and how to pay it."

"Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness, but I truly do not know how much compensation is appropriate." Yuan Cuo did not want to get involved in this matter. "Moreover, I wish to stay in the capital to accompany Yuechu in giving birth to her child, and I do not wish to travel to the west to negotiate."

"Your Majesty, why not choose someone else? Actually, Lord Huang Fan is in the west, so it would be most appropriate for him to handle this," Yuan Cuo suggested directly, naming the person in question.

Emperor Qi Xiao remained silent for a long while. "Was he involved in what you did?"

"Of course, otherwise how could we have done it so quietly?" Yuan Cuo did not deny that he had stolen from Prince Chun's house.

Emperor Qi Xiao recalled the details of the process Yuan Cuo had told him, and still sighed, "You trust him that much?"

“He was sent to the west by His Majesty, so of course I trust him. Moreover, Lord Huang knew that there was no way to return from the west, yet he still went without hesitation, which shows his unwavering loyalty to His Majesty. Therefore, I trust him without reservation.” Yuan Cuo praised Emperor Qi Xiao so highly that Emperor Qi Xiao, even though he had many complaints in his heart, could no longer speak them out.

"You..." Emperor Qi Xiao was speechless.

After all, although Yuan Cuo and his group had deceived him, they were wholeheartedly working for the future of the Great Qi.

Moreover, he had thought it over carefully. Neither the Crown Prince nor Qin Muyan would have been so tolerant and magnanimous in their planning. They were only concerned with building their own power and could have ascended to the throne of the last Qi state as early as possible. It seemed absurd to think about it.

"I don't blame you; you saved me." Emperor Qi Xiao deliberately adopted a humble posture, and he rarely shed his imperial armor. He only wanted to be a frail old man.

"I have encountered a problem and I don't know how to solve it. Can you give me some advice?" Emperor Qi Xiao suddenly stared straight at him.

Those eyes seemed to pierce through the world like sunlight.

Yuan Cuo's every move will be subject to scrutiny.

"Your Majesty, why don't you just say it directly?" He was too lazy to beat around the bush.

Emperor Qi Xiao glanced at Cheng Hai, who had taken all the secret guards away, leaving none behind.

"Both the Crown Prince and Qin Muyan have betrayed me. I will be unwilling to choose either of them as my successor."

"I'd love to know, if you were me, what would you choose in the future?"