Spring Drunk Chang'an

The Ningguo Mansion is a large courtyard with five entrances.

The main courtyard is located in the center of the back house, and Rongxi Courtyard is located in the northwest.

The backyard is separated from the front yard by two doors. At night, if you want to open the two doors and go out from the main door, side door, or side door of the front yard, it will be necessary to disturb many people.

Song gave birth to Liu Wenbai in the middle of the night. Liu Changan asked his adoptive father, and he said that no one opened the second door that night.

If you want to sneak the child out, you have to enter and exit through the two corner doors in the backyard.

The west corner gate is next to the concubines' courtyard, and people often walk around at night, so it is not safe.

Therefore, the person who stole the child should have gone through the East Corner Gate.

Liu Changan had been secretly asking, who was the gatekeeper of the East Corner Gate on the night Song gave birth?

"Uncle Hu~"

At the gatehouse of the East Corner Gate, Liu Changan faced the old man with a gray beard and a squinting gaze in front of him, lowered his body and clenched his fist, "Is what you said true?"

"Miss Chang'an, I am almost eighty years old, and my family has only one little grandson. If you can bring him into the Madam's courtyard to serve, you will be my benefactor."

"How could I lie to you?"

Old Man Hu, hunched over, nodded and bowed as he said, "On the night of Madam's birth, someone indeed used the Duke's card to open the East Corner Gate."

"The man wasn't riding in a carriage. He was wearing a cloak, so his head and face couldn't be seen clearly. He was carrying a basket with a baby in it."

"How do you know?" Liu Changan's heart tightened.

Old Man Hu hung his head, his voice hoarse, "That night there was a wind, and the cloth covering the basket blew up, and I saw a child's arm sticking out from the swaddling clothes."

"What happened later? Did that person come back?" Liu Changan said in a deep voice.

Old Man Hu didn't even look up. "I'm back, also with the basket, but the color of the swaddling clothes is different."

The corner of Liu Changan's eye twitched violently.

Her heart was pounding, and she took a long moment to calm down before slowly exhaling, "Uncle Hu, did you really not see who was holding the child?"

"This~"

Old man Hu stared blankly ahead with his old eyes fixed on the ground.

The one guarding the gate that night was actually his son. He knew all this because his son was lazy and wanted him to take over the night watch. When he arrived at the place, he happened to see his son opening the door for the man in the cloak. He felt something was wrong and didn't dare to go forward. He secretly hid behind a tree and saw all this.

Later, a few months later, his son was transferred to a farm outside the city and died after encountering refugees. The government gave his family some money as compensation. His daughter-in-law took the money and remarried the manager of the government. She followed her husband to a shop in the south, and his daughter and son-in-law were also transferred away.

He was the only old man left in the mansion, guarding it with his little grandson.

He was blind in one eye and so old, so he pretended to be confused so that no one would try to transfer him. But when he thought about his dead son and his grandson who still had no job,

The girl in front of me was the only one who had come to ask about this matter in recent years. She was the head maid in the Madam's courtyard, and her parents were both Madam's trusted companions...

Old Man Hu gritted his remaining teeth and mumbled, "The wind blew up that man's cloak, and I saw he was wearing purple official boots~"

In Daxia, red and purple are the most respected colors. Those who do not hold a title cannot wear purple.

Official boots, those who do not hold official positions have no place to buy them.

That night, the person who left with the child in his arms was Duke Liu himself.

The one he took away was Liu Yu, who had just been born to Song, and the one he got in return was Liu Wenbai, who was born to Qu Qiutong.

Liu Changan was almost certain. She looked at Old Man Hu but didn't say much. She just took his little grandson away and asked Rong Cui for help to get him a job as an errand boy in the main courtyard.

After all, what Old Man Hu said was just lies. She needed irrefutable evidence to shake her "biological son" in front of the Song family.

Liu Changan was not in a hurry, she just sank and floated quietly.

However, she was not anxious, but Aunt Lai was very anxious. She watched helplessly as Liu Chang'an gained more and more power in the main courtyard. Every day when he paid his respects to her, he looked at her face, which was 60% similar to Song's.

Aunt Lai felt like she was on fire, always thinking that a disaster was about to happen, but she had no way to deal with it, so she kept urging Liu Ye.

Liu Ye asked Xia Mu several more times.

Xia Mu wanted to give Liu Changan the cold shoulder, but he had no choice but to ask his parents to plead for him.

On this day, Xia's father and mother prepared generous gifts and personally went to the Liu family's gate with their two sons.

After entering the yard and seeing the Liu family, Mother Xia immediately smiled and walked forward to hold Liu Changan's hand affectionately.

Liu Changan frowned slightly and dodged sideways.

Mother Xia's face changed, and anger flashed in her eyes. Then she remembered her son's instructions and forced a smile. She ignored Liu Chang'an's cold face and instead took Liu Ai's arm.

He said with a smile: "Ah, Qingmei, it's been a while since we last met. You must have missed me so much."

"This time, I came to apologize to Chang'an on behalf of my disappointing son."

"Chang'an, it's my aunt who didn't teach me well. I'm sorry."

After saying this, she bowed and made her way down.

When Song first married into the Duke's Mansion, Xia's mother had served her and was an old acquaintance of Liu Ai.

Now, she lowered her posture as soon as she entered the room. She didn't want to hit someone who smiled at her. Liu Ai couldn't bear to be cold, so she reached out and helped her up. "Qingju, what are you doing? Chang'an is a junior, how can he accept your courtesy?"

Liu Ai's name was Ai Qingmei, and Xia's mother's original name was Jiao Qingju.

Just by listening to the name, you can tell that they have been living together as real "sisters" for several years.

"What's there to be unbearable? If it's wrong, it's wrong!" At the critical moment, Jiao Qingju was extremely embarrassed. She turned around and glared at Xia Mu and Xia Shi, then raised her hand and slapped them twice.

"You two evil creatures, why don't you hurry up and apologize to your sister from the Liu family."

"Especially you, Xia Shi. You spoke rudely, angered Chang'an, and implicated your brother. What are you doing standing there?"

Xia Shi's face darkened as he walked forward sullenly. He clasped his fists towards Liu Changan and said unwillingly, "Changan, I was wrong. I'm sorry."

"Sister Chang'an, I was wrong too. Please forgive me." Xia Mu quickly lowered his head.

Liu Laishun and Liu Ai looked at each other, not knowing how to react.

The child told them about the conflict between the two brothers of the Xia family and their daughter, but they did not expect that the Xia family would be so embarrassed as to apologize as a whole family.

This this……

Are their family members so sincere in wanting to marry Chang'an?

They were stunned and accepted the gift anyway.

However, Liu Changan was unwilling to accept it. He took two steps to the side and avoided it directly.

This action startled Liu Ai. She reached out to support the two Xia brothers and said, "Xia Mu, Xia Shi, please stop doing this. We were just chatting on the street. It was just a few words of quarrel. Why make such a fuss?"

What my family wants is not street interview relationships!

Seeing Liu Chang'an being so unreasonable, Jiao Qingju couldn't help but curse inwardly, "You little bitch, you don't know how to appreciate my kindness." She was resentful in her heart, but on the surface she said righteously, "Qingmei, you can't say that. You are a precious guest. What's more, I watched Chang'an grow up. In my heart, she is no different from my own daughter!!"

"I can't bear to see her being bullied by those brats."