Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 320 Putting the blame on

"I don't know."

"I don't know, my subordinate."

……

All three of Prince Chun's closest confidants denied the allegations, and even raised their hands to swear an oath to heaven.

"Although I feel indignant on Your Highness's behalf, I am well aware that there are priorities and that if I were to take action, it would not be on the way to Huaizhou."

"This servant will immediately contact the Chu Kingdom and will soon determine whether they were the ones who did it."

……

“Actually, this servant thinks His Majesty is just putting on an act.” The old eunuch Fu Yue’s eyes gleamed. “Moreover, the Third Prince only sent back news of the attack, but didn’t mention the people from Huai Prefecture at all? Nor did he mention Yuan Cuo.”

Prince Chun sighed deeply, highly doubting whether Emperor Qi Xiao had the ability to put on an act.

"Even if there is any action in Huaizhou, my foolish elder brother probably wouldn't know."

“This old servant is afraid they will take the opportunity to advance into the west… After all, His Majesty has never interfered in Your Highness’s western affairs,” Fu Yue said directly.

Prince Chun shook his head. "He probably won't act rashly."

"Your Highness, if it really doesn't work out, let's go back," Fu Yue earnestly advised. "It's not worth it for a woman."

He couldn't understand Prince Chun's madness over the years.

Prince Chun shook his head. "I've come this far, there's no turning back... Is the person I asked you to contact us reliable?"

Fu Yue nodded.

"Right now, we must make both the Emperor and the Crown Prince focus their attention on Huaizhou. I don't want the throne of Great Qi or that dragon chair. I just want Great Qi to never recover and to become a ruler who has brought about the downfall of his country!" Prince Chun sneered, continuing to observe the situation in the court.

After hearing this unexpected news, Liu Yuechu was greeted by an unexpected person—Li Chengyue.

Li Chengyue returned quietly without informing anyone.

"I will be leading the special products of Huai Prefecture and the new army, along with their weapons, to the palace to meet the Emperor the day after tomorrow, so I came to see you beforehand." Li Chengyue had secretly gone to the Liu family first and learned that Liu Yuechu was already living in the Princess's residence.

He didn't dare sneak into the princess's residence, so he could only wait for Chen Zhongyao at the Inspectorate.

Liu Yuechu looked at him, his strong, dark brown skin radiating joy. His fox fur robe made him look exceptionally handsome, exuding a more imposing and heroic aura than when he was in the capital. He was even more brave and dashing.

"If Vice Minister Li saw you, he probably wouldn't recognize you!" He was indeed completely different from the pale-faced young man he had been before.

"Hehe, even Imperial Censor Chen didn't recognize me today. If I hadn't mentioned a few things from the past, I would have been arrested as an imposter!" Li Chengyue's rage had subsided.

Chen Zhongyao sat to the side sipping tea, still serious. "Was it Yuan Cuo who sent you to the capital first?"

Li Chengyue nodded, took out a booklet, and handed it to Chen Zhongyao. "This is what he asked me to give you; it's very important."

Chen Zhongyao acted as if he had found a treasure, and immediately opened it to look at it.

Liu Yuechu stared at him, "What about mine?" She didn't believe that Yuan Cuo hadn't brought her any news.

Li Chengyue scratched his head. "He asked me to come back and protect you. Although I don't know what I can protect, he just asked me to come back."

Liu Yuechu was a little angry.

The consequences were also very serious.

Chen Zhongyao told her not to be angry, "Don't worry, he'll be back soon, and then you'll have someone to back you up."

Liu Yuechu was puzzled. "Where did he go?"

Chen Zhongyao pointed to the west.

Liu Yuechu's eyes widened. Wasn't that Prince Chun's lair?

"So, what happened today was his doing?" Liu Yuechu certainly didn't dare to say that he sent someone to impersonate a Chu person to attack Qin Muyan.

"There will be plenty of fun things to do in the capital, so just relax and focus on your pregnancy." Chen Zhongyao, being the old-fashioned man he was, wouldn't tell her that the Northwest Army had already emptied out the west.

Li Chengyue couldn't stay too long. After chatting with Chen Zhongyao for a while, he prepared to leave quietly.

Liu Yuechu was somewhat dissatisfied.

Before going to sleep, she was still muttering, "It's getting more and more inexplicable, mysterious, and sneaky!"

But this grumbling only lasted for two days.

The following day at noon, good news came from the palace, urging her to enter the palace immediately.

"It was Lord Yuan who sent Vice General Li back first to present His Majesty with weapons smelted from the Huaizhou mines!"

"Lord Yuan also remembered you and sent two large carts of local specialties and trinkets, which have already been delivered to your door."

"In his letter, Lord Yuan said that he would return to the capital as soon as possible, and that he requested that His Majesty not grant any rewards, but instead give all the rewards to Lady Liu."

"The palace is all ready; we are just waiting for Consort Liu to go and receive the imperial decree..."

The eunuch delivering the message rambled on and on, his words disjointed and incoherent. But his joyful expression was genuine; his smile stretched from ear to ear!

Princess Chen was delighted to hear this, "Good, good, he really is a thoughtful person, he never shortchanges you in the slightest!"

Although Liu Yuechu knew he wouldn't come empty-handed, she never expected him to get the Emperor to bestow a title upon her.

“My elegant palace dress no longer fits me.”

"You're a lucky person today, you can wear anything!" the little eunuch said.

Liu Yuechu gave Huajiao a reward, and Granny Fang also sent over a wide robe.

After quickly tidying herself up, she got into the carriage and went to the palace.

The palace was indeed filled with joy and laughter. This was the first time in more than half a month that Emperor Qi Xiao had shown a genuine smile, especially when he saw that the long spear forged from fine steel could pierce through the existing iron shield, and that the fine steel arrowheads had a range and power that were more than ten times greater than the original weapons of the Great Qi!

"Excellent, excellent! He is truly my lucky general and a meritorious official!" Emperor Qi Xiao was also very pleased to see Li Chengyue. "I never expected that you would actually go to the State of Chu incognito and extract their smelting techniques!"

"reward!"

"Li Chengyue is hereby granted the title of Assistant Minister of Works, and shall enjoy double salary!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!" Li Chengyue knelt down and kowtowed, overjoyed.

Li, the Vice Minister, was already in tears, sobbing uncontrollably. He had been burdened by the fact that his son had disappeared while under investigation for over a year, and now he finally saw his son triumphant!

"You old fool, why didn't you tell me about this sooner!" Emperor Qi Xiao knew from his expression that Minister Li already knew.

Li Shilang hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Actually, at the beginning of the month, I couldn't bear it and secretly passed a message to me. But I only said that he was very well. I really know nothing about where he is or what he is doing."

Emperor Qi Xiao suddenly realized, "This little girl is quite the actress; she even managed to keep it from me!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

Upon hearing this from outside, Liu Yuechu quickly supported herself and slowly stepped over the threshold into the hall.

"Your Majesty, I did not mean to conceal anything. I truly did not know the details about Brother Chengyue. Informing Minister Li was mostly to offer comfort."

She was heavily pregnant and moved with great difficulty.

Emperor Qi Xiao was somewhat surprised. How could her belly have grown so large in just a few days?