Spring Drunk Chang'an

In the wing room of the villa.

Liu Changan sat obediently on the edge of the bed. A nanny wearing a brown dress and with a serious face bandaged her wound. She wrapped her delicate fingers with a white cloth like a dumpling.

The nanny advised, "Alright, don't touch water this month. Wait until new nails grow out."

"Thank you, Ma'am!" Liu Chang'an frowned slightly and apologized with a chuckle.

The smile is still bitter.

But I feel much calmer inside.

"No need. I am only following the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It is because the Crown Prince is kind-hearted." The nanny said seriously.

Liu Changan stood up, bowed, and said respectfully, "It's time to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Seeing that she was well behaved, the nanny's serious face showed some satisfaction.

At this time, a servant from outside came in and pointed at Liu Changan, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to summon you."

Liu Chang'an hurried forward, said goodbye to the nanny, asked her name, and after knowing that her surname was Liu, he followed the servant out of the wing room and came to the main hall. He stepped into the house and saw Xiao Chuo sitting at the head of the table, drinking tea elegantly.

Liu Qingru knelt on the carpet with tears in her eyes.

Liu Changan's heart skipped a beat.

She discovered that from this angle, Liu Qingru's profile was 70% similar to hers, and they both had almost identical rouge moles.

It’s just that Liu Qingru’s mole is above the corner of her mouth, while hers is below.

"You're lucky to look a bit like her..."

Do she and Liu Qingru look like people the prince knows?

There was a rumor in the capital that the prince had a beloved woman whom he had been thinking about for many years, but she was reluctant to get married. The rumor was not broken until later when he married Liu Qingru.

Is it because Liu Ruqing looks like his beloved that the prince wants to marry her?

She is 40% similar to Liu Ruqing, and 70% similar from the side... So, who looks more like the beloved?

Liu Changan's mind moved slightly, and he knelt down, "This servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the young lady."

"You slut, you stole my hairpin and dared to disturb your cousin, the prince. You deserve to die." Liu Qingru said angrily and reached out to hit her.

"Ok?"

Xiao Chuo raised his eyelids slightly, his handsome face gloomy.

Liu Qingru stopped moving, shrank back, and said pitifully, "Cousin, Ru'er knows you like quiet and peaceful, and mother also told me not to disturb you, but this slut stole Ru'er's Liuyun hairpin."

"That was given to me by Aunt Queen. I love it the most. I wanted to get it back so badly that I disturbed my brother, the Crown Prince. Please don't blame me."

She tilted her head cutely, and her little hands pulled Xiao Chuo's clothes and shook them gently.

She was so sweet, delicate and lovable, which made Liu Changan, whose cheeks were swollen and fingers were wrapped like dumplings, look dirty and miserable.

Xiao Chuo's brows were slightly cold. She brushed her skirt lightly, broke away from Liu Qingru, looked back at Liu Changan, and said in a calm voice with a mixed feeling of joy and anger: "You, stole?"

"I didn't do that!" Liu Chang'an denied quickly.

Liu Qingru raised her head, and said coquettishly and proudly, "You said you didn't do it, so you didn't do it? I saw you steal it, what's the point of quibbling?"

When she falsely accused Liu Changan of stealing the Liuyun hairpin, there were only the two of them in the inner chamber.

She said 'no', is there any evidence?

"It's you, it's you!"

Liu Changan gasped, pinching her palms with her fingertips until blood flowed out. However, due to her status, she could only suppress her blood feud as much as possible. Her mouth was full of salty and fishy taste. She said, "Miss, I am a servant in your courtyard. If you hadn't summoned me, I would not be qualified to enter the main house."

"The Liuyun Hairpin was a gift from the Empress. It's usually locked in a box and guarded by several first-class maids. How could this servant steal it?"

"Your Highness, please think carefully."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chuo raised her eyebrows slightly and pointed at Liu Changan with a half-smile, "She does have a point."

"Brother Crown Prince!! Don't listen to this slave girl. I saw it with my own eyes. How could it be fake? Who do you think you are? Do you think you're worth framing me for?"

"Haha, my truth is the truth."

Liu Qingru scolded tenderly.

Liu Changan's heart trembled. This was how it had been in her previous life. No matter how she explained or pleaded, no one was willing to believe her.

Liu Qingru's words were like the Five Finger Mountain of Buddha, crushing her to death under the mountain. Even if she was recognized by the Duke's wife, she would still be charged with the crime of being a thief.

Is it going to be like this in this life too?

She really couldn't explain it clearly?

Liu Changan's face was pale, and he accidentally saw a hint of light silver light on Liu Qingru's goose yellow jacket.

A bold guess suddenly came to her mind, and she took a gamble.

"What's on the girl?"

She made up her mind, quickly reached out to grab the silver light, and threw it directly to the ground.

'Snapped'.

A soft sound.

The Liuyun hairpin with tasseled purple beads lay quietly on the carpet.

"Ah?" Liu Qingru covered her chest and screamed, "How dare you, a lowly slave, come up here?"

"My dear lady, the Liuyun Hairpin is in your arms. Why do you say that I stole it?"

Liu Changan's eyes reddened and tears flowed down, his voice choked with sobs, "I am not a thief."

"Even though I am a lowly servant, even though I am a servant, my parents have taught me that I must live a life of integrity and dignity."

"Even if I starve to death, I will never steal."

"Please understand, Your Highness."

The little girl's tone of curse and oath was filled with infinite pain and grievance. Everyone in the room felt inexplicably sad when they heard it, and couldn't help sighing.

Xiao Chuo's eyebrows moved slightly, and Junmei suddenly turned cold. "The truth is out. Take Liu Qingru and her to Aunt Gu and explain it clearly."

The 'aunt' he was referring to was the wife of Duke Ningguo, who was a full sister of the current queen.

"The slaves obey."

Nanny Liu, who was applying medicine to Liu Changan, received the order.

Xiao Chuo nodded, as if she thought it was meaningless, and turned away.

Liu Qingru was horrified and got up, chasing after him while shouting, "Brother Crown Prince, I, I put the Liuyun hairpin in the wrong place, don't tell my mother..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Chuo suddenly turned around.

A pair of cold and indifferent eyes.

Liu Qingru felt as if she had been splashed with cold water in winter. Her whole body was stiff and she dared not speak.

Nanny Liu brought Liu Chang'an, Liu Qingru and her servants all the way to the main courtyard of the Duke's Mansion. At that time, the Duke's wife, Mrs. Song, was sitting on the couch in front of the window, chatting with a handsome young man with a smile on her face.

"Mom, big brother..."

Liu Qingru sobbed softly, rushed in front of the two of them, knelt down, and hugged Song's legs and cried bitterly.

"Qingru, what's wrong?" Song was surprised. She quickly helped her daughter up and looked her up and down worriedly. "Why are you crying? Who bullied you? Tell me."

"I, I..." Liu Qingru was choking with tears, staring at Liu Changan with an expression of shame and annoyance, "Mother, it's me, I accidentally remembered something wrong, and the prince scolded me. I, I'm so sad."

"He is obviously my cousin, but he favors a slave and doesn't care about me."

"I knelt for a long time beside the prince, and my knees hurt."

She sobbed and evaded the main point.

Upon hearing this, Song frowned and turned around. The moment her eyes fell on Liu Changan, she cried out in surprise, "Hiss..."

This little maid looks like her.