I just want to live a good life

Following Bitao's instructions, the coachman drove the carriage to the gate of the Xia family's old house.

As soon as Su Nuan saw the words "Xia Mansion" on the lintel, she felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Bi Tao walked in happily with a few bags of snacks, shouting as she walked, "Come out, look who's here!"

As she shouted, people living in the old house came out one after another to check the situation. When they saw Su Nuan behind her, they all showed expressions of surprise and fear. Finally, everyone knelt in front of Su Nuan.

"What are you doing?" Bi Tao asked in confusion, "Miss came to see you all, and she even bought something for you all."

The leader, Mr. Li, said excitedly: "Bi Tao, you are such an ignorant girl. What is the young lady's current status? How could you bring her to such a place?"

Bitao called out "Grandpa" aggrievedly, then looked at Su Nuan, not knowing what to do.

"Everyone, get up!" Su Nuan said, "I just passed by here and came to take a look. It's the same as before, so there's no need to be polite."

After hearing her say this, everyone stood up with joy.

Bi Tao distributed the snacks in her hand to everyone, and then called her two brothers, A Da and A Er, to follow her to the carriage to move things.

Ah Er came to the front of the carriage, took a look inside and couldn't help but exclaimed: "How can this thing get into the young lady's carriage!"

Ah Da, who was following behind him, also leaned over to look inside the carriage after hearing what he said.

Bi Tao said, "Why not? My lady and I are still raising chickens in the prince's mansion. My lady said that giving you these things is the most practical. Money will be spent and snacks will be eaten, but these chickens and ducks can continue to breed chicks and ducks. You won't have to worry about eggs and meat in the future."

In fact, part of the reason why Su Nuan bought these was because they were relatively cheap.

As she spoke, she directed A Da and A Er to move a cage of chickens and a cage of ducks out of the carriage.

The coachman Zhao Zong looked at the chicken and duck cages being moved past him with a look of disgust on his face. He muttered quietly, "Thank goodness there's no chicken and duck shit on it, otherwise we wouldn't have to use this carriage."

Although his voice was low, Bi Tao still heard it.

Bi Tao was immediately unhappy when she heard this, "What do you mean by that? This carriage belongs to the Concubine, and the Concubine didn't say anything, so why are you being so sarcastic here?"

Hearing Bi Tao's unfriendly tone, Zhao Zong panicked a little and stammered, "I'm just worried that the concubine will feel uncomfortable sitting in the car!"

"Hmph, just do your duty and don't say useless things. It's not your turn to interfere in the affairs of the Concubine." Bi Tao scolded loudly.

Zhao Zong's face turned red and he dared not say a word.

"Sister Bi Tao, you are so impressive. The driver dared not say a word."

"Yes, Sister Bi Tao, do you have to manage many people in the Prince's Mansion?"

"That's for sure. Our sister Bi Tao is a big hit with the Concubine. The servants in the Crown Prince's Mansion have to live by Sister Bi Tao's face."

Bi Tao was very pleased to hear what A Da and A Er said. Even though it was far from the truth, she had no intention of correcting them. She walked towards the gate of the old house with her head held high.

After the three of them disappeared behind the courtyard gate, Zhao Zong spat fiercely from behind, "What are you so proud of? It's fine for the unfavored concubine, but a dog slave comes out to show off."

Everyone in the old house was very happy to see the chickens and ducks that Su Nuan gave them. Like Su Nuan, they believed that these chickens and ducks could lay eggs and hatch chicks. As long as they were well taken care of, they would have an endless supply of eggs and meat to eat.

Everyone gathered around Su Nuan for a while, and then Su Nuan dismissed them. She asked Bi Tao to have a private conversation with Mr. Li, while she went to the room in her dream.

The original body of Xia Qingyan lived in the Xia family's old house for ten years, until she accidentally set the old house on fire when she was ten years old, and the Xia family moved out of the old house.

So when she was in this old house, Su Nuan had an inexplicable sense of familiarity. With this familiarity, she successfully found the room in her dream.

She even found the hole in the window paper through which Xia Qingyan had peeped in her dream.

Lie down on the hole and look inside.

Perhaps because she knew someone had died here, Su Nuan felt that the room was eerie. Even though the sun was scorching hot outside, there seemed to be cold air seeping out from the other side of the window paper, causing her to shiver.

"Second Miss, what are you looking at?"

A woman's faint questioning voice suddenly sounded beside Su Nuan's right ear.

Su Nuan was immediately furious and her body jumped violently to the left.

"Oh, Second Miss, you must be scared." A middle-aged woman saw Su Nuan's look and hurried forward to comfort her.

Su Nuan held her violently vibrating chest with one hand and took a few deep breaths before she calmed herself down.

"Aunt Zhang, do you know that scaring others can kill them?" Su Nuan said viciously to Widow Zhang.

"Oh, damn it, damn it. I really didn't mean it." Widow Zhang apologized to Su Nuan repeatedly.

Su Nuan wanted to vent her anger, but seeing that Widow Zhang did not mean to scare her, her expression changed several times, and she finally suppressed her anger.

It can be seen at first glance that this widow is a very curious person. She even wants to explore Xia Qingyan's behavior, so she must be well aware of the suspicious behavior of the Cui family mother and son.

"Aunt Zhang, do you know why the mother and son of the Cui family both committed suicide for no reason?"

When Widow Zhang heard Su Nuan ask this, she immediately started talking.

"Isn't it because Shao Yuan didn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is? He dreamed of marrying the eldest lady, but in the end, he failed to marry her. He was so depressed that he did something stupid!"

Su Nuan asked, "Does Cui Shaoyuan love my sister? I don't think I've ever heard of this."

Widow Zhang's expression suddenly became strange, and she murmured, "I didn't dare to think about it before, but after that incident, he felt that he was qualified to be a match for the young lady, so he started to have wild thoughts."

What Widow Zhang said was similar to the rumors outside, nothing new, and Su Nuan was a little disappointed.

She always felt that there was a close connection between Cui Shaoyuan and Xia Qingyan, so she didn't quite believe what Widow Zhang said.

"Did Cui Shaoyuan do anything special before committing suicide?" Su Nuan asked.

Widow Zhang thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing special about it. It's just that during that period of time he would often bring back a classmate from the academy. However, Shao Yuan also liked to bring back his classmates and friends in the past, so this is not special."

Classmates and friends, this is a point that no one has ever mentioned in Cui Shaoyuan’s suicide case.

Su Nuan asked, "What's the name of Cui Shaoyuan's classmate?"