Spring Drunk Chang'an

Both Song and Liu Chang'an have oval faces, willow-shaped eyebrows, eyes like watery apricots, and lips as red as if painted with rouge. They have bright and attractive looks and an elegant and dignified temperament.

To put it bluntly, she was born with the appearance of a mature woman.

They are 60% similar.

Song looked at him in surprise, her heart trembling with astonishment. "You, whose child are you?"

"Madam, I am your bridegroom, Liu Laishun, and Liu Ai's eldest daughter, Liu Chang'an. It was you who gave me my name back then."

Liu Changan's lips were frighteningly white, and he looked at Song with his watery eyes, almost wanting to cry.

The relationship between her and Song was not long, but Song really loved her and took her back against all odds. In order to clear her name, she turned against her mother-in-law, husband, son, clan, and her natal family.

Liu Changan will always remember that when she was taken to Qingyun Temple by the Duke's men, Song chased her carriage barefoot, fell down and got up again, and repeated this countless times.

Her bloody footprints were left all over the snow, and the wind carried her screams like a mother and a beast who had lost her child.

In the end, she died too.

Abandoned by everyone in the Duke's Mansion, including her two biological sons, she 'died of illness' in the small courtyard.

"My slave, please give my regards to Madam."

Liu Changan held back his tears and slowly knelt down.

"Ah, you're the girl I picked up as a child." Song looked at Liu Chang'an and said with emotion, "You've grown up so much."

Liu Changan's adoptive parents, Liu Laishun and Ai Qingmei, were one of Song's trusted concubines.

Liu Laishun is the manager of the outer courtyard, in charge of Song's two dowry shops, and Ai Qingmei is the managing nanny of the inner treasury.

When they picked up Liu Chang'an from the Yan River, the little baby was freezing to death and was about to die. Song Shi accidentally found out about it and sent a letter to invite a good doctor for her and named her "Chang'an".

Chang'an~

Chang'an!

Bless this child and keep him safe forever.

Liu Changan lowered his red eyes and blinked away the hot tears, "Madam, you still remember me."

"Of course I remember. So, you've already started working in the mansion. I thought Qingmei wouldn't want to let you go." Song said softly. Before she finished speaking, Liu Qingru couldn't stand it anymore. Her beautiful face was filled with anger. She shouted, "Mother, why are you siding with an outsider? This lowly maid has made me lose face in front of my cousin, the Crown Prince."

"Why did you start chatting with her?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince?" Song frowned and looked at the two girls separately.

Liu Qingru's tears fell like beads, she looked pitiful and delicate, with her cheeks flushed.

Liu Changan's face was pale, and the exposed skin on his body was covered with scratches. The white cloth wrapped around his palms was also bleeding.

Song, "What's going on?"

"Mother..." Liu Qingru sobbed and wanted to speak.

"I'll report this to the Duke's wife," Nanny Liu said, expressionless, as she spoke to stop him. "Today's events are as follows..." She recounted the events impartially, finally pulling out the Flowing Cloud Hairpin from her bosom and handing it forward. "...This hairpin was found in Miss Qingru's bosom. Whether it's right or wrong, the Duke's wife should have a clear idea of ​​it."

"As His Royal Highness said: The Duke's Mansion is his family, and they should be virtuous and humble. Abusing servants is not the family tradition of a noble family."

"Madam, the Duke should be cautious."

"Your humble servant will obey your instructions." Song knelt down solemnly.

Nanny Liu nodded. "In that case, I will return to report and will not disturb the Duke's wife any longer."

"I'll take my leave." After saying that, she comforted Liu Changan with her eyes.

Liu Changan's face was full of gratitude.

Those few words of "Prince's Instructions" by Madam Liu were meant to save her life. Considering her and Liu Qingru's status, they were impartial and were already on her side.

She stepped forward gratefully, squatting down. While the ceremony was going on, she placed her lips close to Madam Liu's ear and whispered softly, "Madam, I once overheard a servant in the mansion say that the Duke seems dissatisfied with the Crown Prince and intends to defect to the Prince of Yan..."

Nanny Liu's pupils suddenly shrank, and then, pretending nothing had happened, she held Liu Chang'an's wrist and said, "Forget it, no need to thank me. If you are willing, you can kowtow to His Highness one day."

"The servant understands."

Liu Changan whispered.

Nanny Liu looked at her deeply, then turned and left.

Liu Changan waited for her to leave, turned around and bowed his head respectfully, "Madam, this servant..."

"You don't have to say it. This isn't your fault." A stern expression appeared on Song's gentle face. She looked at her daughter, "Qingru, why are you slandering Chang'an?"

"How could I? She stole it..." Liu Qingru said angrily. Seeing Song's stern face, her shoulders slumped and she muttered, "I made a mistake. I forgot I had the Liuyun hairpin in my arms and thought she had stolen it, so I interrogated her."

"Who knew she would actually run away and even run to the Crown Prince? The Crown Prince even scolded me for her. This is really too much!"

Song looked at her daughter coldly, showing no guilt or remorse, and said angrily, "That's enough, Liu Qingru, kneel down!"

"Ah?" Liu Qingru was confused. "W-what?"

"Mom, what did you say?"

"I told you to kneel down." Song's gentle face flushed, and she said angrily, "How did you become like this? You are so cunning, willful, and unreasonable."

"You slandered Chang'an, imposed punishment without fully investigating the matter, disturbed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and exposed the family scandal. Even after realizing the misunderstanding, you refused to repent."

"You are simply, simply..."

When Song gave birth to a daughter, she almost died of hemorrhage during childbirth. She lay in bed for more than half a year and was extremely weak. Therefore, Liu Qingru was raised by the old lady in the mansion.

Pampered to the extreme.

"You, you don't stand for me either? You are my mother, and you scold me because of a slave. I will go to my grandmother!"

Liu Qingru frowned, flicked her sleeves and ran out angrily.

In the room, Liu Changan, who wanted to say something, felt his eyes slightly warm.

Yes, her biological mother was a fair and gentle person who sympathized with the poor and the weak. In her previous life, she had stolen behind her back, and her adoptive parents had a reputation for stealing, which had left her disfigured and shattered, turning her into the shunned Night Fragrance Lady...

The Song family never disliked her.

When he encountered her by chance, he severely punished the person who bullied her and said to her: "Who is without fault in this world? To be able to correct one's fault is the greatest virtue."

He also advised her: beauty is but skin and bones, looks are nothing but skin, so she should love herself and not feel inferior.

Song Shi - Liu Chang'an had only been with her and her daughter for thirty-eight days, but he treated her as his own mother.

She is the best mother, just like my adoptive mother.

"Mother, I'm just dealing with a servant girl. How can you be so angry? It's not a big deal."

Inside the room, the man Liu Qingru had once hugged and cried to—Liu Wenbai—spoke. He frowned slightly and pointed at Liu Changan with disapproval, "She's just a lowly slave. Let alone hurting her, even if she dies, she's not worth a fingernail of my little sister's."

"As for airing the family scandal? The prince is our cousin, we are all family, he won't mind."

Liu Wenbai glanced at Liu Changan coldly, with a look of contempt, as if he was looking at a stray cat or dog on the side of the road.

Not worth mentioning.

Song was shocked, "Wen Bo, you, you..."