Spring Drunk Chang'an

Liu Wenrui was the neglected and spoiled second son of the Liu family. Although Liu Xiu never restricted his spending and the Song family also subsidized him from time to time, he had no shortage of money. However, he was not short of truly luxurious calligraphy and paintings, antiques, jewelry, jade, and the like...

Liu Xiu never gave it to him.

There were only a few jade pendants and ancient vases, which were given to him by Song Shi out of her dowry because she saw that his room was spacious!

However, Liu Wenbai's Jishan Hall was extremely luxurious, with antiques from previous dynasties and jade bottles from the present dynasty. Every time he looked at it, he felt jealous and envious. After arriving at the Cheng'en Mansion, although his grandparents did not allow him to indulge in extravagance, the courtyard that his aunt had prepared for him...

It's not any worse than Liu Wenbai's in the past.

Even some details are better than his. Hundreds of years old ancient paintings are hung on the wall. His clothes are made of snow-white satin that is worth every inch of gold. The fan he waves is made of thousand-year-old white jade. The paintings on it are also painted by his uncle himself at the request of famous artists of the time.

Such casual luxury, he, he...

Can’t let go!!

I really can’t let it go!!!

Liu Wenrui looked at the strange rocks and forests in the garden that were transported from the south. They were truly worth a fortune!

"I, I, I..."

He muttered, turning to leave when suddenly, the servant who was serving him closely from a distance stumbled forward and said urgently, "Young Master, the Duke is calling you! He said you should rest enough and go back to practice martial arts!"

"Practicing martial arts is like practicing cultivation. If you don't make progress, you will regress. If you don't practice for a day, you are delaying yourself!"

"You, please follow me quickly."

"Practicing martial arts again?" Liu Wenrui was originally having a beautiful fantasy, but the servant's words made him feel like he was struck by lightning, and he instantly became depressed. He hung his head, covered his chest, and gasped for a long time. Finally, he forced himself to stay awake with his shaking legs and followed the servant dejectedly.

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Liu Wenrui went to suffer on his own, uh, not to mention practicing martial arts. Let’s just talk about Liu Qingru, who left the Cheng’en Mansion openly. Naturally, she did not attend the plum blossom viewing banquet, but turned back to the Ningguo Mansion.

The coachman who drove her had been bribed by her. In the past, when she met Aunt Lai secretly, this man always drove the car, and she didn't have to worry about his nonsense.

Arriving at the gate of the mansion, Liu Qingru lifted the curtain of the carriage, revealing her pretty face, and said proudly and expressionlessly, "Open the door, I want to go home."

The gatekeeper was stunned.

Of course they recognized Liu Qingru's face. Even though she had divorced her mother, her surname was "Liu" after all, and she was their eldest daughter. The servants did not dare to stop her and quickly opened the door. One of them respectfully served her in, one went to call the sedan chair, and the other!

He tiptoed to the backyard to report to Duke Liu.

After a while, Liu Qingru got on the sedan chair and walked all the way to the second gate and entered the backyard. She got off the sedan chair and lowered her head to think for a moment!

Grandmother had been so angry at Dad that she left and could not protect her. Logically, she should have gone directly to Dad. However, think about that old witch Qu Qiutong. She was obviously an old lady of almost 40 years old, but she was able to bewitch Dad. What Auntie said was true. Dad didn't even want her mother for her!

Liu Qingru was a little afraid that she was causing trouble, and instinctively wanted to ask Aunt Lai for help.

She stepped into Cuizhu Pavilion. At that moment, Aunt Lai had just received a message from the maid and hurried out. When she saw her, she rushed forward, held her heart, looked at her with concern, and asked anxiously, "Qingru, why are you back?"

"But what happened?"

"No, Auntie, I, I just want to go home!" Liu Qingru pursed her lips, her face drooping as she mumbled, "Next year's selection will begin on April 16th, and there are only a few months left. At home, my eldest brother wants to marry Miss Xu, and I'm afraid Dad will think that with the support of the Zhenguo Mansion, there's no need to arrange for someone to enter the royal family!"

"Besides, Qingya is sixteen, and Qingqiu is fourteen. They can both participate in the talent show!"

"If I don't come back, I'm afraid I won't have another chance."

Liu Xiu only has one daughter, Liu Qingru, but Liu Zhi is not one of them.

He also has two daughters, Liu Qingya and Liu Qingqiu, both of whom are in the prime of their lives. The two brothers of the Liu family have not separated, and they are also daughters of the Duke's Mansion.

Even if they were from the second house, and even if Liu Zhi had no official position, they were still eligible to participate in the selection. The only thing that made Liu Qingru better than them was that "a niece is not as close to you as a daughter."

"I, I'm a little scared. Dad doesn't need me anymore!"

"I, I want to marry the prince, Auntie!" Liu Qingru pulled Auntie Lai's hand and stomped her feet willfully.

Aunt Lai felt a little distressed and quickly patted the back of her hand to comfort her. "Aunt knows you like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but you've lived in Duke Cheng'en's Mansion for so long, spending every day with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Isn't there any progress?"

"Didn't we agree that we should be close to each other?"

There is another reason why Liu Qingru stayed in Duke Cheng'en's Mansion and planned for such a long time without taking any action and refusing to return home!

Xiao Chuo is now living in the mansion of Duke Cheng'en.

If Liu Qingru stayed there, she would be able to meet him more often and have a chance to fall in love with him over time.

What the two planned was to let Liu Qingru fall in love with Xiao Chuo first, and then use the excuse that he needed to participate in the selection and it was not convenient for him to stay in the Cheng'en Mansion, so as to take the opportunity to come back and gain the support of the two mansions.

"No?"

"No! No! Aunt, it really can't be done. There are so many rules in the Cheng'en Mansion. Grandfather and grandmother don't want me to wake them up in the morning and evening. I can't see my cousin the Crown Prince at all. If I do see him occasionally, there will always be a large group of people around. There is no chance for me to be alone."

Liu Qingru pouted, her face full of grievance. "My cousin, the Crown Prince, treats me coldly. I try to talk to him, but he ignores me. He just follows that little bitch Liu Changan every day!"

"They also came in and out together."

"My mother doesn't care. My grandparents are very cold to me. My uncle and aunt are completely focused on that cripple Liu Yu. They are wholeheartedly taking care of him. Zhinian is even worse. He pesters Liu Changan every day and is willing to be a slave girl!"

"Second brother is even more useless. He can't come up with any ideas at all. Auntie, I don't want to stay in Duke Cheng'en's mansion anymore. I want to go home. I want Dad to help me participate in the selection and marry directly into the Eastern Palace. I want to be the Crown Prince's concubine, the Crown Prince's concubine, and eventually the Imperial Consort and Empress. I want to piss them off to death!!"

Liu Qingru's tears flowed down her face. She felt that all the grievances in her life had been suffered in the Cheng'en Mansion. Seeing her look, Concubine Lai felt very distressed. She lowered her eyes slightly and thought for a moment. After a moment, she remembered something and a trace of fear appeared on her face. Then, she held Liu Qingru's hand tightly and said repeatedly: "Okay, Qingru, since you want to come back, then come back."

"Auntie will take you to find your father..."

"Auntie, you're hurting me!" Liu Qingru screamed.

Aunt Lai was stunned and realized that she had squeezed Liu Qingru's wrist so hard that it turned red.