Spring Drunk Chang'an

"Chang'an? Didn't she accompany her aunt to see Liu Yu?"

In Chunli Courtyard, Xiao Chuo frowned.

"Uh..." Nanny Liu was stunned.

Who is Liu Yu?

She doesn’t know!

Fortunately, Xiao Chuo didn't expect Madam Liu to answer. She just muttered to herself in confusion, put it aside for a moment, and said directly, "Let her in."

"Yes!"

Nanny Liu quickly responded, turned around and left, and in the blink of an eye, she came in with Liu Changan.

"Just back off."

Xiao Chuo waved.

"promise!"

Nanny Liu responded and retreated respectfully.

In the room, Xiao Chuo and Liu Chang'an looked at each other.

Liu Changan was the first to bow, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"No need to be polite, just sit aside." Xiao Chuo signaled with her eyes.

"Oh!" Liu Chang'an responded and obediently sat down on the couch in front of the window.

Xiao Chuo looked down at her as she sat there obediently, her bright almond-shaped eyes looking at him intently. The words of Emperor Yingwu inexplicably emerged in his mind.

"You're old enough now, it's time to choose a Crown Princess..."

Princess! !

"Cough, cough, cough!" Xiao Chuo's eyes suddenly shook violently. He pursed his lips tightly and started coughing as if he was choking.

Liu Changan was genuinely startled. He suddenly stood up and quickly ran to his side. "Oh my God, Your Highness? Why are you coughing too?"

Liu Yu started coughing, and the prince also started coughing.

What?

Scare her!

Xiao Chuo heard Liu Chang'an's voice become shrill, and his almond-shaped eyes widened like a frightened kitten with its fur standing on end. She couldn't help but take a step back and said, "I'm fine. I just choked a little. Why are you reacting so strongly?"

"Don't panic."

I am not panicking.

So don't get so close!!

Xiao Chuo clenched her fists behind her back and avoided looking.

"I, I'm not panicked, I'm just a little worried!" Liu Chang'an paused and bit his lip, standing half a step away from the prince, his almond-shaped eyes filled with grievance.

Prince...

Is it necessary to hide so far away?

"What are you worried about?" Xiao Chuo coughed lightly and didn't look her in the eye.

Liu Changan looked at him with eyes full of smiles. "Your Highness, I made an appointment with Xiaoyue today to go see Young Master Yu with my wife. I noticed that he kept coughing and looked a little off, so I asked about it. He said that he had been feeling unwell recently. Qu Qiutong found a doctor for him, but not only did he not get better, he was perfunctory instead. I think there might be something wrong..."

"He, was he poisoned?"

She guessed and carefully peeked at Xiao Chuo's cheek.

She was afraid that he would think she was looking for trouble.

After all, there is no evidence and no confession, so it is a bit ridiculous to say that someone poisoned someone.

Seeing that Xiao Chuo didn't say anything, Liu Chang'an smiled awkwardly and said, "I, I'm just guessing. It may be a little..." I took it for granted.

Unexpectedly, before she finished speaking, Xiao Chuo's smoky eyes swept across, her thin lips curled up slightly, and she said with a smile, "You are very perceptive."

"what?"

Is she sharp?

"What do you mean?" Liu Chang'an looked up and asked in a daze.

"Liu Wenbai harmed you once, but he didn't do it again. Don't you find it strange?" Xiao Chuo raised an eyebrow, looked at Liu Chang'an's suddenly wide eyes, and smiled: "You also feel that something is wrong, so you think Liu Yu was murdered, right?"

Liu Changan's eyelashes trembled and he nodded slightly.

Liu Wenbai sent someone to kill her once, but after failing, there was no further movement. It really didn't seem right no matter how I thought about it. So, he was...

"You want to capture the thief and the king, and you don't want to waste time on a small pawn like me, so you just poisoned Master Yu?"

"That's right. Liu Wenbai took advantage of Liu Xiu's absence from the capital to secretly find Qu Qiutong and put ten times the amount of cinnabar in Liu Yu's daily painkillers." Xiao Chuo said calmly.

Liu Yu has disabled legs, a condition he has had since childhood. Whenever it is cold and rainy in spring, he suffers from severe pain in his broken bones, and he usually takes painkilling and sleeping pills.

Qu Qiutong was doing something there.

"Ten times cinnabar?" Liu Changan murmured. She didn't understand pharmacology.

I vaguely remember that cinnabar is used to calm the nerves and help with sleep, and it seems to be the right medicine for Liu Yu, but...

"What happens if you use ten times more?"

"He will die of swelling!" Xiao Chuo said calmly.

Liu Changan took a deep breath, but he wasn't surprised. Since Liu Wenbai and Qu Qiutong had attacked Liu Yu, they naturally wanted him dead, but...

"Your Highness already knew it!"

She used affirmative sentences.

"When Liu Wenbai went to discuss things with Qu Qiutong, my men were watching from the beams!"

I listened very carefully, not missing a word.

Xiao Chuo stood with her hands behind her back, her brows relaxed.

expression……

A little proud.

Her smoky eyes glanced over indifferently.

Liu Changan lived up to his expectations. She covered her lips with her small hand and said with admiration, "So Your Highness had already calculated that Liu Wenbai would harm Young Master Yu and made preparations in advance! This is incredible! I was so worried and guessing, but I didn't expect that I would only cause trouble for myself."

"Then Young Master Yu is coughing. Is he really suffering from a spring cough?"

"I had someone give him the medicine." Xiao Chuo glanced at him.

"Ah?" Liu Chang'an was startled, then immediately realized, "Are you afraid that Qu Qiutong will think the drug is ineffective, so you're pretending?"

"Using a harmless drug and creating a poisoning effect?"

"Yeah." Xiao Chuo nodded, revealing an expression of 'the child is teachable'.

Seeing this, Liu Changan finally felt relieved, a smile spreading across her lips. She tilted her head and looked at Xiao Chuo, her chin slightly raised, her eyes bright, her peripheral vision fixed on him...

She blinked her almond-shaped eyes slightly.

The thick eyelashes fluttered like little fans.

What do you mean?

Why are you looking at her?

"I was just taking precautions in advance. It's not something worth mentioning!" Xiao Chuo coughed lightly and straightened her back.

Liu Changan bit her red lips with her pearly teeth, her expression somewhat puzzled. She was stunned for a moment, thinking in her mind...

The prince's expression was, like, a bit... well, how should I describe it? It was like Wang'er doing well on a test and wanting his mother's praise, but feeling too embarrassed to say it directly. Or like Sanxi making a lot of money selling snacks and feeling incredibly proud, but not saying much, wanting them to discover it themselves...

In the end, he just wants to show off and can't bring himself to do so.

and so……

"Your Highness is truly farsighted. My wife and I never imagined that Liu Wenbai would be so shameless as to attack Young Master Yu without any defense. When the time came, we were completely panicked and could only ask you for help. However, you already had an idea and didn't tell us, leaving us anxious for nothing."

"It's really too much!"

She cautiously tried it a little bit, following the way she used to deal with her brother, and then...

The prince's eyes lit up at the successful discovery.

Her thin lips curled up a lot, as if she didn't pay much attention to Liu Changan's praise. In fact, the pride in her eyes could not be concealed.

Wang'er looked like this when he passed the imperial examination.

In high spirits!

Liu Changan's almond-shaped eyes were filled with amusement. He inexplicably thought of the time when his adoptive mother would occasionally 'teasing' his adoptive father, with her eyebrows flying and her comments.

'Haha, man'...