Spring Drunk Chang'an

Liu Changan's eyes were slightly hot and he kept calling his brother's name.

"Sister, please don't cry. I'm a boy, with thick skin and flesh. I serve the young master, without any burdens or help. I live like a deputy young master, and it's great."

Liu Wang'er pressed his chest, which was aching slightly from being kicked by Liu Wenrui yesterday, and smiled innocently as he showed concern for his sister.

"It was you, Sanxi, who said you were beaten?"

"Does it hurt?"

He carefully touched Liu Changan's wound, his face full of heartache and self-blame.

He is the little man of the family, so he deserves to be beaten and scolded. But how could his sister, a delicate and weak girl, bear it?

"I'm fine, Wang'er. Seeing you're doing well, I've forgotten all the pain and suffering!" Liu Chang'an held back her tears and held her brother's arm. "Let's go home to see our parents first."

"I have something important to tell them."

"Ok!"

Liu Wang'er nodded obediently, his eyes never leaving the injuries on his sister's body.

The brother and sister entered the Liu family courtyard at the end of the alley and went straight into the house.

In the living room, Liu Laishun and Liu Ai were cleaning the house. When they saw the two people come in, the couple hurried forward to greet them.

They did not ask about the witchcraft incident, but instead looked at their daughter anxiously and with concern.

"Oh, my god, Chang'an, how could she be injured like this? The girl that my Jiao'er Bao'er raised, who hasn't even played a fingernail in 16 years, is being bullied!"

"I told you long ago that I wouldn't send Chang'an into the palace, but you refused to let me!"

Liu Ai was heartbroken and burst into tears. She turned around and angrily scolded her husband.

Liu Laishun looked regretful, but he didn't try to defend himself. He said sullenly, "It's all my fault."

The bold and straightforward Liu Ai, the taciturn Liu Laishun, and her adoptive parents were standing in front of her alive, their tone and expression full of love. Liu Changan could no longer hold back the tears in her heart, and she threw herself into Liu Ai's arms and burst into tears!

How can a child who has suffered so much injustice and pain not cry when he sees his parents?

“Dad, Mom!!”

My daughter was bullied to death in a place where you can't see.

"Chang'an, don't cry, don't cry. It's mom and dad's fault. Let's not go into the mansion. Let's stay at home and stop being bullied. Mom will go and plead with the lady. Mom will go and tell her!"

Liu Ai was panicking. She wanted to comfort her daughter and hug her, but seeing her daughter covered in bandages, she was afraid to hurt her. She could only comfort her repeatedly, "Don't hurt, don't hurt. Mom is here."

Liu Laishun clenched his fists tightly. Girls tend to avoid their fathers when they grow up. He didn't want to hug his daughter and coax her like Liu Ai did, so he walked out.

He wanted to go to the steward of the inner court and have his daughter's name removed from the list of maids.

"Stay home. You have a father and brothers who can support you."

"Wait!" Liu Changan choked and stopped him, saying bitterly, "Dad, I'm already hated. I can't hide from you."

"Holding a grudge?" Liu Ai was startled, then quickly realized, "Are you talking about the witchcraft incident?"

Liu Changan nodded while crying, "Yes."

Without evidence, she couldn't say the witchcraft was directed at her, so she had to use the Song family as a pretext, "...it was Aunt Lai who tricked the eldest daughter into slandering me. It was also she who secretly placed the witchcraft doll in our house. She wanted to use this incident to harm Madam and us."

"She wants to remove Madam's confidants and leave her isolated and helpless."

"She wants to be straightened out!"

"What?" Liu Ai panicked. "Lai, she's so bold! No, I have to tell the Madam!"

She hurried out.

"Mom, it's useless. We have no evidence, and Madam won't believe us." Liu Changan sighed and stopped her, "We have to find a way to save ourselves."

The couple looked at each other and fell silent.

After a moment, Liu Laishun asked, "Chang'an, do you have any ideas?"

Liu Changan bit his lip and said, "Dad, I've come up with a plan. Let me tell you. If it works... then that day we'll..."

She took out the Buddhist scriptures.

"Hiss!" Liu Laishun and Liu Ai gasped, and after a moment, they nodded vigorously, "Okay, let's do it."

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After staying at home for half a day and discussing things, Liu Changan returned to the Ningguo Mansion, entered the garden, and was about to return to the main courtyard.

At the end of the path, Aunt Lai came over with graceful steps and called her softly, "Miss Chang'an, please stay. I have something I want to talk to you about."

Liu Changan's heart was pounding and he didn't dare to look back.

She felt both fear and hatred.

It was this woman who orchestrated the baby-swapping incident, which resulted in the destruction of her family and the death of her loved ones, but she could not speak for herself.

She couldn't even show her emotions, for fear that Aunt Lai would notice and become suspicious.

Liu Changan lowered her long eyelashes, controlling her slightly trembling body. "This servant greets the aunt. May I ask what is the important matter that the aunt has summoned me to?"

Aunt Lai stepped forward, her smile as gentle as spring breeze, but filled with calculation and contempt, she said: "Miss Chang'an, I am here to apologize to you on behalf of the eldest lady!"

Liu Changan involuntarily stepped back, hiding his trembling and deep hatred. "Apologize? How can you say that?"

"Young lady, why do you need to apologize to this servant?"

Aunt Lai, what does she want to do?

"Miss Chang'an, what you said is wrong. It's wrong. The eldest lady believed the rumors and thought you were harboring evil intentions, so she framed you. Madam taught her a lesson, and she already knows she was wrong. But she was too embarrassed to apologize in person, so she asked me to come."

Aunt Lai smiled and bent her knees, "Come, come, I'll bow to you on behalf of the eldest lady, and we'll let this matter rest."

"What do you think, Miss Chang'an?"

"I am of humble status and didn't intend to make a fuss about it. However, I dare not accept the gift from the young lady." Liu Changan dodged.

Unable to figure out what Aunt Lai meant, how could she dare to accept Liu Qingru's apology?

If Liu Wenbai and Liu Wenrui knew about this, they would probably skin her alive!

"As expected, I knew Miss Chang'an was a good child who knew the rules of respect." Aunt Lai's eyes flashed, and she deliberately pretended to be serious and pointed out: "You are not brave enough to accept the gift from the eldest lady, and that's right."

"We slaves and concubines have the word 'lowly' etched on us since birth. Our masters are our heaven."

"Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all blessings from heaven."

Liu Changan, "What did Auntie mean..."

She gradually understood.

"Because of that little incident with you, the eldest lady was scolded by the mistress, who said she was not tolerant enough. The whole house was in an uproar, and the young lady was very upset."

"So..." Aunt Lai paused, lowered her eyes to look at Liu Chang'an, and said seductively, "Miss Chang'an, the eldest lady sympathizes with you and is willing to condescend to apologize to you. You should also be grateful and share the master's worries."

"Please admit to stealing the young lady's hairpin. This will not only help the young lady out of her predicament, but will also benefit you..."

Liu Chang'an pursed his lips and looked at Aunt Lai, feeling sad and annoyed.

In her previous life, Aunt Lai was so shameless and eloquent. She persuaded her countless times with kind words, asking her to "die to prove her innocence" and bewitched her to commit suicide.

In this life, she came again to let herself share the worries of her master and admitted to the theft.

"Auntie, what good can this servant gain from calling herself a thief?"

Liu Changan laughed sarcastically.

She wanted to see what Lai could say.