Spring Drunk Chang'an

Mrs. Song was a mother who loved her children very much, but she was also a normal person.

When her child has some minor faults in his temperament, she, as a mother, will instinctively think positively and not think anything of it. However, if the minor faults turn into bad character,

She also didn't want to sugarcoat the situation.

Wenbo refused to listen to advice, and would turn hostile at the slightest provocation, taking his anger out on innocent people. Wenrui had no brotherly love at all. When his own brother was scolded by the Crown Prince, not only did he not offer any words of advice, but he even gloated over his misfortune. Qingru was even more disrespectful to his elders, cunning and domineering...

Song's mind seemed to suddenly become clear.

Her scalp was numb.

Feeling cold all over.

Oh my God, how could she feel that the Duke's Mansion was warm and peaceful, the couple was harmonious, and the children were filial over the years?

"Master, I want to move the three children back to my courtyard to be raised. Is that okay with you?" Song pursed her lips.

She didn't want to find out how the old Duke and the old lady had raised her three children like this. After all, it was her fault that she had not fulfilled her motherly responsibility in educating her children.

She wants to make amends.

"Wenbo and Wenrui are almost coming of age. They will soon take the imperial examinations and enter the imperial court. How can they return to the inner court and be raised by women?"

Duke Liu sneered, not noticing her change.

Song had been docile for so many years, and he was already used to her weakness and gullibility, so there was no need to worry about her. He waved his hand and said, "As for Qingru, she is a girl, and it is reasonable for her to raise her. However, mother raised her for so many years and loved her so much, and it is too sudden to let her go."

"How can mother bear it?"

"Lady Lan, don't be so stubborn. You are a woman from the inner courtyard and you don't understand what we men do outside."

Outsiders? Don’t people outsiders need to be filial to their mothers and be friendly to their brothers and sisters?

Don’t men need to be human beings?

Liu Changan clenched his fists tightly and almost wanted to curse out loud.

Song's face turned even paler, and she looked lonely. She said unwillingly, "They are always my children. Can't I even teach them?"

"This..." Duke Liu frowned, a little impatient, but seeing her persistence and thinking about the Crown Prince and the Duke Cheng's Mansion, he sighed, "Alright, alright, alright. Since you disregard your own health and insist on being a 'strict mother', I won't stop you, lest I make you angry."

"It's just that Wenbo is the heir to our house, raised by my father himself, so I can't give him to you. Qingru also needs Chenghuan's mother's support, so it's not easy to ask for him back."

"As a daughter-in-law, you must always be filial."

"How about this, I'll let Wenrui come to accompany you, that should be okay!"

Duke Liu compromised.

He and Yuanniang's son was reluctant to bring harm to the Song family. Qingru was so well-behaved and cute, and he didn't want the child to be pedantic by the Song family.

Just give Wenrui to her. That child is neither good at literature nor martial arts anyway.

Song pursed her lips, feeling unwilling, but she also knew that she couldn't force it anymore, so she could only nod in agreement.

Duke Liu didn't want to talk to her any more, so he went to wash and change his clothes.

Because Song was not feeling well, he did not stay overnight. He just stayed with her for a while and then went to Aunt Lai's Cuizhuxuan.

Mrs. Song went to bed early.

Liu Chang'an was injured. Cuirong felt sorry for her and didn't need her to keep watch. She said goodbye and went back to the back room to rest.

A dreamless night.

The next morning, Liu Changan had just woken up, washed up, and was about to go to the kitchen to pick up some food when Guiyuan ran in with a smile on her face and said crisply, "Sister Changan, there was a girl with a bun on her hair who I don't know. She asked me to give this to you!"

"He said 'see you at the usual place' and said you'll understand when you see it!"

She came running over and handed over a colorful jade pendant.

Liu Chang'an lowered his head to look, and his heart skipped a beat.

This was a token of trust she gave to Liu Caodeng. They had agreed that if Liu Caodeng found anything, he would come to her.

"Okay, sister got it. Thank you for troubling our little Guiyuan!" She smiled and handed over a handful of candies.

Guiyuan was very clever, with her big eyes curved, and without asking any more questions, she only reminded with a smile, "Sister Changan, remember, that sister said 'same place, same time', so you don't delay."

After saying that, she cleverly and cutely waved to Liu Changan and ran away with the candy in her hands.

Liu Chang'an held the jade pendant, took a deep breath, and after calming her mind, she changed into inconspicuous clothes and left the main courtyard. Avoiding the crowd, she walked along the path in the mansion and came to a desolate courtyard in the west.

It's called 'Ruan Rou Pavilion'.

The old Duke's favorite concubine, Concubine Song, once lived in Ruan Rou Pavilion. But later, Concubine Song became pregnant and gave birth to a stillborn baby. Both mother and child died. Old Lady Lai thought it was unlucky, so she sealed the yard.

Ruan Rou Pavilion is now desolate.

Liu Chang'an climbed over the wall into the yard and walked around to a dry well behind the house. Liu Caodeng hugged his shoulders and shivered. When he saw her coming, his eyes lit up and he rushed forward, complaining repeatedly, "Oh my God, why are you so late? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"This place is so desolate and cold. I don't know if it's haunted. It scared me to death."

"What's so scary about hauntings? People are much more vicious than ghosts." Liu Changan smiled faintly, then said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense. You called me here, what did you find?"

"Well, I don't know if that's what you want to know, but I think this is a bit strange." Liu Caodeng's eyes were vague, and he approached mysteriously. "I've been staying at the prince's house for about ten days now, and I've noticed that he goes to the outer city every three days."

"Outer City?" Liu Changan's pupils shrank. "Where is the outer city?"

"It's the house at the end of Anshun Hutong in the West District, called 'Qufu'." Liu Caodeng said proudly, "As far as I know, before I went to his room, he went there every three days."

"At least two years."

She took great pains to hook up with Hongyao, Liu Wenbai's personal servant, and used all means in bed to get the information out of him. She immediately came to Liu Changan to take credit for it.

Ever since she was threatened by Liu Changan last time, she used her connections to inquire about everyone in the Liu family, and then discovered that Liu Changan seemed to be currying favor with the prince.

He is the crown prince, much more noble than the prince. If she can gain Liu Chang'an's trust, she can take advantage of the situation and become the prince's concubine.

When the prince ascends the throne in the future, she will become the empress.

Liu Caodeng was dreaming sweet dreams, and he also became attentive to Liu Changan. "I asked my mother to find out. 'Qu's House' should be an outhouse built by a foreign merchant. Because the merchant's surname is Liu, but the house is named 'Qu Mansion'. The only person who lives in the house all year round is a beautiful woman in her thirties. However, she is an inner chamber woman, who rarely goes out. Few people have seen her..."

"I have seen!"

Liu Changan murmured, his heart beating violently, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or disgusted.

It was at Qu's residence that her adoptive father, Liu Laishun, found evidence that Duke Liu and Qu Qiutong were a good couple.

That was their comfort zone.

For two years, Liu Wenbai went there every three days? What was he doing? To see his biological mother? To enjoy the company of Qu Qiutong?