Spring Drunk Chang'an

Duke Liu had dinner with Song and chatted for a while. It was getting late, so the two of them prepared to rest.

Song had her period, so they couldn't have sex.

"Or, you can go to Aunt Lai's place." She suggested virtuously.

Duke Liu smiled and declined, "I'm already in your courtyard, why are you making such a fuss? I'll just stay upstairs for the night."

After saying this, he went to the front room without waiting for Song to refuse.

Song was touched and sweet. She turned and walked into the bathroom, wanting to wash herself. Liu Changan came forward to serve her. When she took off Song's outer clothes, her palms loosened.

A pale pink sachet embroidered with a picture of mandarin ducks embracing each other fell to the ground.

When Song was unbuckling her belt, she occasionally lowered her head and saw it at a glance.

"What is this?" She frowned, bent down to pick it up, and opened it to take a look.

Inside the sachet were two strands of black hair woven into a heart-shaped knot, and a marriage plaque with the seal of Yuantan Temple printed on it.

The card has a fortune: Spring feast, a cup of green wine and a song. I bow again and make three wishes: first, that my husband may live a thousand years, second, that I may always be healthy, and third, that we may be like the swallows on the beam, and see each other every year.

Song paused for a moment, feeling inexplicably flustered. She immediately turned over the marriage card and saw two lines of small words written on the back of the wooden card.

Each line is written with strong force.

May Yuanniang and I live in Chang'an every year.

A graceful and graceful line.

Yuan Nu and Liu Lang grew old together.

This, this…” Song was shocked.

What is this? What's going on? This handwriting, the words 'May Yuanniang and I live in Chang'an forever', is it the master's handwriting?

He and a woman cut their hair and made a love knot, are they going to grow old together?

She worked so hard for him in the mansion, taking care of his parents, managing the household chores, and raising his children, and he had a mistress?

Why?

She wasn't a jealous woman. She already had Concubine Lai in the mansion, so she wasn't afraid of having another one. She could just bring her in. Could it be, could it be...

Is this Yuanniang from a different background? Is she from a brothel? Or is she a skinny girl from Yangzhou?

Thinking that she might be sharing a husband with a prostitute, Song was confused and a little disgusted at the same time!

She and Liu Xiu have been married for more than 20 years and have never had a quarrel or a quarrel. She is virtuous and Liu Xiu is gentle. But he married someone else and they see each other every year?

That is the treatment only the original wife gets!

"Madam, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Rong Cui asked her with concern. "You don't look well, I see."

"I, I..." Song felt like vomiting, but she forced herself to hold it back. "I'm fine. Send someone to check on the old man and see how he's doing."

"promise."

Rong Cui responded and turned to go to the front room. After a while, she came back and reported, "Madam, it seems that the master has lost something. We are looking for it!"

Song's face turned pale, and her heart was pounding. Her knuckles turned white as she held the sachet. She frowned and thought for a moment, "Rong Cui, throw this secretly in front. See what expression the master has when he finds it?"

"Come back and tell me."

"Yes." Cuirong was the daughter of Song's nanny and was loyal to her. Although she didn't understand why the lady did this, she obeyed loyally and turned away.

About a quarter of an hour later, she returned, looking somewhat uneasy. "Madam, this is the sachet the master was looking for. He seemed very anxious. After finding it, he was relieved, caressed it with great care, and placed it carefully in his arms..."

"From what I see, something seems to be wrong."

Song listened, her mind dizzy, and she slumped down to the head of the bed, her back covered in cold sweat. She gasped softly and said, "You, you... Rong Cui, ask your father to go to the Marriage Tree at Yuantan Temple and check the post about 'Liu Lang and Yuan Niang', and then..."

She and Liu Xiu have been living in harmony for more than 20 years. She has always felt that the couple in their family are loving and harmonious with each other. She can accept that Liu Xiu has some unfaithful thoughts.

But, he was having sex with other women outside, using the green silk knot and marriage card that only husband and wife can use?

Then what about her, the original wife who was married in a formal ceremony with eight sedan chairs?

"Okay, I'll go right away." Rong Cui's eyebrows jumped and she nodded with an uneasy look on her face.

in the bathroom.

Liu Changan carefully peeked into the inner bedroom. She couldn't hear what Song and Rong Cui said, but she could see their expressions, behavior, and the sachet!

It should have been discovered.

Will she check?

If you check, you will find out that Duke Liu divorced his wife and married another one.

By then, Mrs. Song will have given up on the Duke and will not be so easily deceived or harmed.

Liu Changan let out a sigh, stayed up for the first half of the night, then returned to the back room and continued copying scriptures.

sleepless nights.

The next morning, she and Rong Cui asked for leave to go home.

Liu Chang'an's adoptive parents, Liu Laishun and Liu Ai, were Song's companions. They were small stewards with some power and lived in a small courtyard house in Juning Lane, the back street of Ningguo Mansion.

The couple has three children, including their adopted daughter Liu Chang'an, a son and a daughter. The eldest son, Liu Wang'er, works as a servant to the second young master, Liu Wenrui, and the youngest daughter, Liu Sanxi, has not yet entered the inner courtyard to serve, and works as an errand boy in the outer kitchen.

When Liu Chang'an walked out of the house from the back door and arrived at Juning Alley, he saw Liu Wang'er head-on.

He was fourteen years old, thin and frail. "Sister, I heard you were injured? Are you okay?"

"Has the Second Master given you any trouble lately?"

When the two siblings met, they asked in unison.

Liu Wenrui has a violent temper and those who serve him are bound to be bullied.

Liu Wang'er had a good talent for studying. When he did homework for Liu Wenrui and wrote articles, he would receive praise from the teacher. Liu Wenrui disliked him and always found excuses to beat and scold him.

The family members felt very sad when they saw this, but there was nothing they could do.

"Sister, I'm fine. The Second Young Master treats me very well. He hasn't hit me in four days. It was only yesterday that he got angry for some reason and scolded me."

Liu Wang'er scratched his head and smiled.

The originally pretty face looked silly because of this smile.

"Wang'er!" Liu Chang'an's eyes were hot.

Wang'er started serving Liu Wenrui when he was six years old. That dandy boy was very good at insulting people and manipulating people's hearts. Wang'er followed him for eight years and was conquered by him with a slap and a sweet date. He actually thought that Liu Wenrui was the best master in the world.

He felt that being beaten and scolded was due to his own fault.

He always trusted Liu Wenrui until his adoptive parents in his previous life got into trouble. He went to great lengths to find evidence and gave it to Liu Wenrui.

Liu Wenrui promised to redress his grievances, but when he filed a complaint, he turned against him. Wang'er was beaten with a hundred boards, his legs crippled, and he became a eunuch. When they went to question him, Liu Wenrui actually said...

"The teacher praised him for his talent. If he had been a good student, he would have passed the imperial examination and become a scholar or a juren. I, the master, couldn't pass, so how could he, a servant, pass?"

"My mother even thought about expelling him from the imperial examinations and letting him take the imperial examinations!"

"That won't do. I don't want to be laughed at and be inferior to a servant. Now that he is disabled and can't be an official even if he is exiled, I am relieved. But don't worry, we are master and servant. Even if he is disabled, I will not watch him starve to death."

"He has a meal to eat."

His master, who trusted him so much, did not treat him as a human being, and his parents were sold. Liu Wang'er collapsed and died of a high fever within a few days.

"Wang'er..."