I just want to live a good life

The changes in life made Su Nuan overwhelmed. After a few days, she became the real mistress of the Prince's Mansion. Not only was she well-dressed and well-fed, but she was also treated respectfully wherever she went. The only thing was that she could not meet the male owner of the Prince's Mansion.

Mu Yunting must have been busy with official duties these days, leaving early and returning late every day. Su Nuan couldn't find him even when she wanted to.

However, Su Nuan was quite satisfied with the changes in her life and really enjoyed it for a few days.

That day, Su Nuan was enjoying a plate of dim sum when Cai Ya asked to see her.

Cai Ya brought her a piece of news that the "Yipinsu" on Hengsi Street was put up for transfer today.

Su Nuan counted on her fingers and found that it had only been seven days since she sent out her cake-making guide. In just seven days, Cheng Ansu's "Yipinsu" had gone out of business. Wasn't this a bit too fast?

"My Lady Concubine, there is one more thing about you." Cai Ya said and looked at Su Nuan carefully.

As soon as Su Nuan saw his expression, she knew that what happened to her was not a good thing.

"Go ahead."

"Yes." Cai Ya said, "There has been trouble at the Ruiyin Building these days. Many people went there not to buy things, but to sell things instead."

When Su Nuan heard this, her heart sank and a bad premonition came to her mind.

Cai Ya continued, "People outside are saying that Ruiyin Building offended the Concubine of the Crown Prince's Mansion, so the Concubine ordered these people to cause trouble at Ruiyin Building."

"This move is quite vicious. It not only suppresses the UBS Building, but also sows discord between me and the Cheng family. Who hates me so much?"

Su Nuan suddenly realized that there were quite a lot of people who hated her. The range of people who hated her was very large, and it was difficult to single out the mastermind behind the scenes.

Cai Ya said, "People in the imperial city are saying that the things in Ruiyin Building are all fake and not worth that much. Many people who have bought things there are planning to return them. Yesterday, the princess of Prince Ning'an returned a set of headdresses."

Su Nuan frowned and thought. According to what Cai Ya said, it was not just a matter of suppressing UBS now. If things continued to develop and triggered a wave of returns, UBS would definitely be seriously damaged and might even go bankrupt.

By then, Cheng Ji's hatred for her would not just be two thousand five hundred taels, but he would probably hate her to the core.

After dismissing Cai Ya, Su Nuan sat there in a daze for a while. She had no idea who was framing her.

Just when he was feeling bored, a servant came and said, "Master Xia wants to see you."

The only young man who is qualified to ask for an audience with the Crown Prince's concubine can be Xia Qingyan's third brother.

Su Nuan didn't think much about it and rushed to meet him.

When the brother and sister met again, Xia Changze looked a little strange.

Su Nuan spoke first: "How come Third Brother has time to come and see me today?"

Xia Changze replied: "I came here today because I want to ask you something."

"what's up?"

"Are the rumors outside true? Did you really ask someone to cause trouble for the UBS building?"

Su Nuan didn't expect Xia Changze to come here for this matter. "If I say it's not true, will you believe it?"

Xia Changze said: "If you say it's not true, of course I will believe you. Since it wasn't you who did it, do you know who did it?"

Su Nuan was somewhat touched by this inexplicable trust. She shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.

Xia Changze frowned and whispered, "It seems that someone wants to make things difficult for our Xia family."

Su Nuan asked in surprise: "What does this have to do with the Xia family?"

"Little sister, you don't know that this Ruiyin Building is Cheng Ji's secret property. Now it's being said everywhere that you're having problems with Ruiyin Building. Having problems with Ruiyin Building is the same as having problems with Cheng Ji, isn't it? As the Crown Prince's concubine, Cheng Ji can't do anything to you, but Daddy is an official in the court and is subject to Cheng Ji's control. Just yesterday, the Ministry of Revenue suddenly transferred the silver originally intended for the border troops to the Ministry of Works. Daddy guessed that this must be Cheng Ji's revenge."

Su Nuan shrank her neck unconsciously. Although the rumors outside were false, this matter was indeed caused by her. If the closure of "Yipinsu" was included, she destroyed two businesses of the Cheng family in just a few days.

"I don't know who is so bored as to frame you for such a thing. Have you offended someone again recently?" Xia Changze asked angrily.

Of course, Su Nuan couldn't tell him that she went to UBS to cheat because she didn't have money to open a cake shop. If Xia Changze knew that this was caused by her, I don't know how he would react.

"I haven't offended anyone recently, but even if I didn't offend anyone, some people would still dislike me!"

"Who?"

Su Nuan rolled her eyes and said, "Third brother, you were also present at the flower viewing banquet that day, didn't you notice anything?"

Xia Changze asked puzzledly: "What should I see?"

"Don't you realize that Cheng Ansu and Dong Jingshu are both interested in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Xia Changze suddenly realized, "You mean Cheng Ansu likes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and she is jealous of you because she can't get His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, right?"

"That's right. Cheng Ansu dislikes me because she is jealous. Cheng Ji is probably looking for trouble with Dad because he wants to vent his anger for his daughter."

Su Nuan talked nonsense, trying to divert the conflict.

"It's not our fault. This marriage was decided by the Emperor. Who dares to disobey?" Besides, it doesn't make sense for Cheng Ansu to be jealous of you. The Crown Prince doesn't favor you..."

Xia Changze suddenly stopped talking at this point because Su Nuan was already pretending to be aggrieved.

"Oh, little sister, you're really wronged! It's all my fault that I blame you without figuring out the situation clearly. You don't have to be afraid of Cheng Ji and his daughter. As long as the Xia family is here, they won't bully you." Xia Changze spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice, as if he had never worried about being retaliated by Cheng Ji.

Su Nuan asked curiously, "What if Cheng Ji embarrasses Daddy in the court?"

Xia Changze said proudly: "Dad is a military commander, how could he really be afraid of Cheng Ji? If he dares to embarrass Dad in state affairs, Dad can just go to the Emperor for justice."

Hearing him say this, Su Nuan felt very uncomfortable.

She is not Xia Qingyan and has no feelings for the Xia family. When Mu Yunting told her that Cheng Ji would take his hatred for her out on Xia Lian, she felt nothing.

But now she didn't want to be involved with the Xia family at all.

"Little sister, can you come back to the General's Mansion soon? Dad and mom are very worried about you, especially when they heard that the Crown Prince asked you to grow flowers. You have never liked flowers and plants since you were a child, but you were forced to grow flowers. This shows what kind of life you have been leading in the Crown Prince's Mansion. You pretended to be close to the Crown Prince at the flower viewing banquet that day. Others couldn't see it, but I couldn't hide it."

"..." Su Nuan ignored this point. Fortunately, Xia Changze did not suspect her.

"If it's difficult, forget it." Xia Changze said, "Dad said that if it's inconvenient for you to go back, he will invite the Crown Prince to the General's Mansion for a banquet, and then ask the Crown Prince to take you with him. It will be difficult for him to refuse."

"Don't bother. I'll go back to visit Dad and Mom tomorrow."

"Really?" Xia Changze looked at Su Nuan suspiciously.

"Third brother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just doesn't like me. He hasn't put me under house arrest. I still have the freedom to come and go."

Xia Changze said happily: "This is the best!"

Afterwards, the brother and sister decided to return to the general's mansion tomorrow, and Xia Changze said goodbye and left.