I just want to live a good life

"Although I, Xia Qingyan, loved to act up in the past, I admit everything I did. I have never let anyone else take the blame for me, and I will never do something like making random accusations."

Su Nuan straightened her back deliberately when she said this. Although Xia Qingyan was a troublemaker, she was also a daring troublemaker. Su Nuan was certain of this.

Her bold words seemed to have shaken Mu Yunting. He pondered for a moment and said, "Then what evidence do you have to prove that Zhang Shun was responsible for the flower garden becoming like this?"

Su Nuan turned to Zhang Shun and asked, "Let me ask you, where does the fertilizer in this flower garden come from?"

Zhang Shun replied, "Madam Concubine, the fertilizer used in this flower garden has always been fermented by me using beans."

Su Nuan said: "The flowers in this flower garden have become like this because of the fertilizer you sent, so I suspect you tampered with the fertilizer."

"How is this possible? This fertilizer has always been like this and has never changed." Zhang Shun argued, "Did your Majesty not control the dosage and use too much fertilizer?"

"No." Baozhu suddenly said, "The fertilizer you deliver every day is fixed in quantity. If you use it on just one type of flower, it might be excessive, but if you use it evenly on the entire flowerbed, that amount of fertilizer is not enough. And in the past seven days, the fertilizer you delivered every day was only half of the original amount, so there is no such thing as excessive."

Zhang Shun said quickly, "There is less fertilizer. That's because this batch of fertilizer is almost used up. We can only send less fertilizer these days. But the fertilizer is less. You can use it wisely. Some flowers don't really need fertilizer at this time."

Su Nuan said: "Well, you are right, but this also proves that the flowers are not like this because of too much fertilizer, right?"

"I just said there is such a possibility."

"Well, then in your opinion, what other reasons might have caused the flower garden to become like this?" Su Nuan continued.

Zhang Shun replied cautiously: "The amount of fertilizer and watering may cause the flowers to fall off."

Su Nuan snorted coldly and said, "It's nothing but fat and water. I don't think you can explain it. Why don't we find an expert to ask?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she winked at Meixiang, who understood and immediately left the flower garden.

"Your Highness, if you want to know what happened to this flower garden, please follow me. However, before that, I have a request."

Su Nuan said this while looking at Mu Yunting with burning eyes.

"What request?"

"No matter what Your Highness hears later, please don't make a sound easily."

"it is good."

After getting Mu Yunting's assurance, Su Nuan led everyone to the fertilizer pond behind the flower garden.

"My Lady Concubine, this place is filthy, why did you bring His Highness here?"

Zhang Shun said loudly.

Su Nuan smiled slightly, "Why are you so nervous? We are just passing by here, and I didn't say I would take His Highness in. But when we get there, you mustn't talk so loudly, otherwise I will think you are informing the people inside."

As they were talking, they arrived at the servants' quarters. Meixiang was already waiting outside. When she saw them coming, she imitated the meow of a cat and soon heard voices coming from the yard.

A man said, "Xiao Shitou, you have been quite free these days. You can come back to rest in the broad daylight."

"What? Are you jealous of me?" The person who spoke was Xiao Shitou.

The man replied, "I don't envy you. Now that the concubine has taken over the flower garden, she might kick you and Zhang Shun out in a few days. I would rather not have a rest than be kicked out."

"Zhu Er, don't talk nonsense. Who said that my master and I are going to be kicked out?"

"You two have nothing to do, do you still want the Prince's Mansion to support you?"

"Bah, you have nothing to do. Master said that in just one or two days, His Highness will let us go back to the flower garden to work."

After Xiao Shitou's proud voice came out, Mu Yunting turned his head to glance at Zhang Shun.

Zhu Er's voice sounded again, "Is your master a fortune teller or something? How did he know that His Highness would let you go back to work? Right now, the concubine's people are working well in the flower garden. I heard that the flowers in the flower garden are about to bloom. After tomorrow's Qianqiu Festival, they will start preparing for the flower viewing banquet. Then we servants will be able to see those precious flowers in the flower garden."

"Hehe, I'm afraid we can't hold the flower-viewing banquet this year." said Little Stone.

"Why can't it be done?" Zhu Er asked.

"What else can I do if all the flowers are gone!" said Little Stone proudly.

"You are crazy, kid, you want to go back to the garden. You are talking nonsense."

"Who is talking nonsense? It's true. Master said that by tomorrow at the latest there won't be a single flower bud left in the flowerbed."

Hearing this, Mu Yunting kicked the door open and strode in.

Su Nuan looked at Lu Zhu with a smile, then looked at Zhang Shun smugly, and quickly caught up with Mu Yunting.

As soon as they saw Mu Yunting, Zhu Er and Xiao Shitou knelt down immediately.

Mu Yunting looked at the little stone and asked sternly, "What did your master do to the flower garden?"

Xiao Shitou looked at Zhang Shun in doubt, the latter's face already looked ashen.

"What are you looking at him for? Why don't you answer quickly? Do you want me to torture you?"

"Your Highness, this, this is none of my business. It was all Master's idea. He asked me to sprinkle the water source outside the flower garden with fallen flowers. He said that as long as the flower buds fall off, we can go back to work in the flower garden."

As soon as Xiao Shitou finished speaking, Su Nuan muttered softly, "So they put drugs in the water. I thought they were in the fertilizers. Why did all the flower buds fall off?"

Mu Yunting glanced at Su Nuan with a complicated expression.

Su Nuan pretended not to notice. She smiled faintly at Mu Yunting and said, "Your Highness, now that everything is clear, I don't think you will want to punish me anymore. When you finish dealing with things here, please move to the garden. There is a surprise there."

After saying that, she walked away with brisk steps.

Mei Xiang followed Su Nuan for a while and asked in a low voice, "My queen, do you think the Crown Prince will punish Lu Zhu this time?"

Su Nuan thought about it and replied, "It shouldn't be the case. This incident was all caused by Zhang Shun and Xiao Shitou. Lu Zhu has nothing to do with it."

"Luzhu must be the mastermind. Zhang Shun doesn't have the guts to do such a thing."

"But we have no evidence!"

"If Your Highness tortures Zhang Shun, he might give Lu Zhu away."

"Meixiang, you seem to really want Luzhu to be punished. Do you have a grudge against her?"

"..."

"If you don't want to say it, I won't force you. But this time, Lu Zhu really can't be touched. We don't have evidence. If we force her to be involved, she will probably bite back."

"Your Majesty, I do have a grudge against Luzhu. Please help me." Meixiang said as she knelt in front of Su Nuan.

"Meixiang, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

Su Nuan reached out and helped Meixiang up.

Then Meixiang told her about the grudge between her and Luzhu.

There is no mistress in the prince's mansion, so there are relatively few maids. The prince doesn't like women to get close to him, so the only person who can serve him closely in this mansion has always been Lu Zhu.

Luzhu also regards this task as more important than anything else.

Two years ago, Meixiang went to work in the Prince's Mansion. Because she was smart, she was highly regarded by Chief Steward Ding. In particular, her skill in making tea was superb, and the Prince liked to drink the tea she made.

Once, when the prince was meeting guests, he specially asked Meixiang to make tea for him. However, Luzhu was dissatisfied with this and regarded Meixiang as a thorn in her side.

One time, the prince and Lou Guang were tasting tea, and they asked Meixiang to make tea. The tea was then delivered to the prince and Lou Guang by Luzhu. But who would have thought that Lou Guang started to have diarrhea not long after drinking the tea.

Later, the imperial physician was invited to come. He found senna leaves in Lou Guang's teacup, which looked very similar to tea leaves. He believed that Meixiang had mistaken senna leaves for tea when making tea.

In this way, Meixiang was fined two months' monthly salary by the prince. It happened that Meixiang's father was sick at that time, but Meixiang could not send money home because of the fine. Meixiang's father died because he could not afford the money for treatment.

Afterwards, Meixiang was sent by Manager Ding to manage the storehouse of the Prince's Mansion. She saw in the storehouse account book that senna leaves were what Luzhu asked to buy.

Meixiang suspected that Luzhu had deliberately framed her. Later, she accidentally learned the truth from a maid who was good friends with Luzhu. After that, she vowed to find an opportunity to take revenge.

Su Nuan couldn't believe that there was such a grudge between Mei Xiang and Lu Zhu. She asked Mei Xiang, "How do you plan to take revenge?"

Meixiang replied: "Drive Luzhu out of the Prince's Mansion."

Su Nuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although Lu Zhu was hateful, she did not kill anyone after all. The death of Mei Xiang's father could only be said to be an accident. If Mei Xiang asked to kill Lu Zhu, then she really had no way to help her do it. However, it seemed that it would not be difficult to drive Lu Zhu out of the Prince's Mansion.

"Okay, I promise you, I will help you drive her away if I have the chance."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the garden. From afar, they could see Mu Yunting walking towards them.