Spring Drunk Chang'an

Qu Qiudan was reluctant in her heart but looked happy. She took the wine and drank it all in one gulp. From then on, she began to call her "Qingru" or "Ruru".

Showing family love.

A meal is enjoyed by both the host and the guests.

In the afternoon, Liu Wenbai also returned home from the Imperial College, and Liu Xiu called him to see his sister...

Liu Wenbai has always had a good impression of Liu Qingru, and with Liu Xiu and Qu Qiutong explaining it privately, he naturally treated her more gently.

It was rare that he was considerate of her.

Liu Qingru was truly flattered. You know, in the past, before Song Shi exposed the truth and when they were still 'brother and sister', Liu Wenbai had never been so kind to her. Now, unexpectedly, unexpectedly...

She was deeply moved and became even more determined to go home.

So, the whole family, including Aunt Lai, had a warm and sweet meal and chatted about how to face the future, when to arrange for Liu Qingru to return, and how to return. They discussed everything carefully.

It's getting late.

Seeing that it was almost dark, Liu Qingru reluctantly stood up and saluted Liu Xiu, Qu Qiutong and Liu Wenbai with tears in her eyes. She cried, "Dad, Madam, Big Brother, I'm going back over there first. You, you must come to pick me up!"

"I really can't bear to leave you."

Liu Xiu seemed distressed and touched her hair. "Don't worry, just do as we agreed. Just bear with it for a few days, and Dad will take you home soon."

"Yes, I have a brother!" Liu Wenbai assured calmly.

Qu Qiutong also gave her a kind smile.

Aunt Lai: ...

He stood silently in the corner, without saying a word, but his eyes were following his daughter's figure.

Liu Qingru sobbed loudly twice, turned around and left.

Liu Xiu, Qu Qiutong and Liu Wenbai looked at her from behind, as if with affection, but no one saw her off.

Seeing this, Aunt Lai moved slightly and couldn't help leaning forward. Qu Qiutong looked back at her intentionally or unintentionally, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"hehe!"

She laughed out loud.

sneer.

Aunt Lai's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly lowered her head, her eyes looking at her nose, her nose looking at her mouth, and her mouth looking at her heart.

like a statue.

Liu Qingru got on the carriage she came in and left the Ningguo Mansion. She ordered the coachman to go to the nearby rouge shop and buy some rouge and powder. Then, she returned to her own yard in the Cheng'en Mansion.

Song came to see her.

She was holding the lip balm and incense she had just bought from the rouge shop, and she said coquettishly, "Mom, I've been picking these out all day. I'm so tired!"

"It cost me a lot of money!"

“I’m almost out of money!”

After that, she picked up the things from the pile, divided them into several portions, and called to the maid, "Go quickly and give some to my aunt and sister Chinian."

"I picked out these delicious things with great difficulty, I can't eat them all by myself!"

Liu Qingru acted like a sensible person who was filial to her elders and friendly to her sisters.

This is what Aunt Lai taught her.

As expected, Song was extremely pleased to see her like this, especially when she heard her daughter yelling, "No more money!"

Thinking about it, she has been focusing most of her attention on Yu Ge'er recently, and has somewhat neglected Wenrui and Qingru. The two children left their biological father and returned home with her.

Parents separating is a big deal.

They must be scared and nervous. Wenrui is still better. As a real man, he should be strong. Qing is like a little girl who needs more care and attention from her biological mother.

Song was filled with guilt and regret. She really wanted to pick all the stars in the sky and give them to her daughter to compensate her. So, the first thing she did was to take out two thousand taels of silver and give it directly to the child!

Qingru said she was short of money.

Song Shi naturally wanted to give it to her daughter. She stuffed the banknote into her daughter's hand and said distressedly, "Take it, take it. Buy whatever you want. If you need anything, tell me!"

"If it's not enough, Mom will give you some more."

Liu Qingru pretended to decline for a moment, then happily accepted it. She thought to herself that she would go out and buy a set of fine jewelry tomorrow, and give it to "Mrs. Qu" when she returned home next time.

Alas, Dad loves Madam Qu so much, and treats her as his life, with deep affection for her. After she returns, she wants Dad's support to move into the Eastern Palace, and she must get along well with Madam Qu.

Moreover, Mrs. Qu is the eldest brother's biological mother. As a girl, she also needs help from her brothers after marrying the prince.

Girls, after all, have to rely on their parents' family.

You can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing your child, she has to get along with Mrs. Qu as close as mother and daughter! !

Liu Qingru made up her mind and started to act like a spoiled child, trying to get money from Song in order to please Qu Qiutong. Unfortunately, ever since she "complained" to Song that day, Song felt guilty towards her. She never took time out to accompany or see her, but she actually had no time to leave the house!

Song would accompany her for half an hour every morning and evening.

Liu Qingru was so angry that her teeth were itching, but she had no way to refuse. She was afraid that the Song family would become suspicious, so she could only endure it.

The Ningguo Mansion is also stepping up preparations to hold the wedding of Liu Wenbai and Xu Ruyi!

after all……

The two legitimate sons of the Duke's Mansion, especially Liu Wenbai who is the prince, are now getting married, and they have only a little over a month to prepare. It is really urgent!

Regardless of whether they were masters or not, they were all so busy that they wished their parents had not given them two arms and one mouth to feed.

Liu Xiu is even worse.

After all, there was no mistress or old lady in his house. All the work inside and outside the house, including the trivial matters in the backyard - which set of plates and bowls to use on the wedding day, what color are the chopsticks? How cooked are the dumplings for the descendants...

Such a mess, which should be managed by the mistress of the house, now has to be arranged by him, the "head of the house".

Before the divorce, Song was an extremely virtuous woman who handled all matters in the inner house properly. No matter how difficult or tiring it was, she never complained to him and never asked him for help.

But Qu Qiutong can't do that.

As a concubine, she had never taken care of the household. After all, the so-called "Liujiazhuang" in the past was just a place where a beautiful woman was kept. It was a small "merchant's family" that Liu Xiu could manage with a maid. Qu Qiutong only had to accompany him in his pleasure.

There are hundreds of people in the Duke's Mansion, and she hasn't figured out all the social relationships and ways of the world, let alone the important matter of marriage between the two mansions?

At this time of year, the weddings of aristocratic children were so heavy, tiring and complicated that they could make a mistress of a house seriously ill and bedridden for several years.

Qu Qiutong couldn't help.

As for Aunt Lai, she was a concubine, her status was naturally lower, even if she had talent, Liu Xiu was not confident in letting her do it, so...

He can only do it himself.

He was so tired every day that he was like the third grandson. He had no time to inquire about the news of his in-laws, so naturally he didn't know that there was another commotion in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion!

Xu Yuan knew his "sister" was getting married, so he injured the man sent by the Duke of Zhenguo to "guard" him, and secretly ran back to the capital, intending to elope with Xu Ruyi!