I just want to live a good life

With a male fox around, Su Nuan naturally wouldn't tell Xia Qingyao what she had entrusted to her, and she hadn't figured out how to start the conversation.

Su Nuan casually replied to Mu Yunting: "It's okay, my mother just missed me!"

As she spoke, she looked at Lou Guang intently, thinking that since he knew about Le Xinghe, he must be holding a grudge against her. She wondered if he would come to plot against her again this time.

She was thinking so seriously that she didn't notice that Mu Yunting was also staring at her intently.

Lou Guang, who was playing the piano not far away, was looking at Mu Yunting at this time.

The three of them were in this strange state for a while, and finally ended when the servant brought a plate of squirrel fish.

This dish of fish was delicious and tasty. Su Nuan's appetite was aroused at the sight. With delicious food in front of her, she had no time to think about Lou Guang. She knew that she would deal with him as soon as he tried to use tricks again.

After Lou Guang finished playing the song, he returned to the table and sat down.

Su Nuan spat out a fish bone and said to Lou Guang, "Mr. Lou's piano skills are indeed extraordinary!"

"Concubine Xia, you are overpraising me!"

The two of them had a brief conversation and then nothing else to say. Su Nuan continued to eat her fish.

There was another silence at the dinner table, and then Mu Yunting said, "Cheng Ji placed Yang Wenqing in the Ministry of Revenue. What do you think about this?"

Su Nuan looked up in surprise and found that Mu Yunting was talking to Lou Guang. She then remembered that Lou Guang was also the prince's aide, and the two were going to discuss state affairs.

Seeing that Mu Yunting had no intention of letting her leave, she lowered her head and continued eating. She was not interested in state affairs, but she wanted to hear about what was related to Cheng Ji.

"The Ministry of Revenue is already in Cheng Ji's hands, so it's not surprising that he put people there. But Yang Wenqing is not from the Cheng faction, so he didn't put people there to help him. I think he was going to take action against Yang Wenqing because he failed to win him over."

At first, Su Nuan didn't understand why Cheng Ji was planning to take action against Yang Wenqing and place him in the Ministry of Revenue, but after a little thought, she understood that Cheng Ji wanted to put the person in the department under his control so that he could deal with Yang Wenqing by making up a random crime.

"The Ministry of Revenue has been controlled by Cheng Ji in recent years. It has almost become Cheng Ji's Ministry of Revenue alone. The few people I planted there were all discovered by that old fox Cheng Ji, and they were all kicked out on some pretexts. This time, Cheng Ji took the initiative to arrange Yang Wenqing into the Ministry of Revenue. Do you have any way to make Yang Wenqing stay?"

Mu Yunting asked Lou Guang.

Lou Guang thought for a moment and replied, "Cheng Ji failed to win over Yang Wenqing and is already wary of him. Even if Yang Wenqing is kept in the Ministry of Revenue, he will not be allowed to access important information."

Hearing this, Mu Yunting remained silent.

"Why not just force Yang Wenqing to join Cheng Ji?" Su Nuan said casually.

Lou Guang smiled slightly, "Concubine Xia, His Highness wants to keep Yang Wenqing in the Ministry of Revenue because he wants to use him for his own purposes. If Yang Wenqing surrenders to Cheng Ji, then it will be useless for him to stay in the Ministry of Revenue..."

Having said this, Lou Guang suddenly paused, looking at Su Nuan who was looking at him with a smile, and his face changed color.

In fact, surrendering does not necessarily mean surrendering sincerely! This meaning just occurred to Lou Guang.

Su Nuan chuckled and said, "Mr. Lou is right. I was not thoughtful enough. I am sorry to have embarrassed you."

There was nothing wrong with what she said; the problem lay in her expression. If she had changed her expression to one of mockery, perhaps the listeners would have really believed what she said.

Lou Guang’s face became even uglier.

Su Nuan secretly laughed in her heart, thinking that Lou Guang was not as good as people said. As the prince's aide, his greatest contribution was probably his sex appeal.

Su Nuan picked up a piece of fish and put it into her mouth. She had already eaten most of the plate of squirrel fish.

Lou Guang coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Concubine Xia is too modest. I think Concubine Xia just wanted Yang Wenqing to pretend to surrender to Cheng Ji, right?"

Su Nuan didn't comment on this question. She didn't want to show off in front of Mu Yunting. The reason she spoke up was because she couldn't understand why these two people were discussing this issue in front of her.

From the content of their conversation, it can be seen that Mu Yunting is hostile to Cheng Ji. Could it be that because she offended Cheng Ji some time ago, these two people regard her as part of the same group?

Or did these two people just not take her seriously, thinking that she was just a foodie who couldn't understand what they were saying?

No matter what the reason was, she felt that she shouldn't play dumb. She took this opportunity to show that she was on the same side as Mu Yunting, so that he wouldn't be able to refuse her when she asked him for help in the future.

"That's a good idea." Mu Yunting praised, "Lou Guang, you go and arrange this matter."

At this time, the maid brought the last dish - Eight Treasure Duck.

Mu Yunting picked up a duck leg and put it into Su Nuan's bowl. Su Nuan had eaten this dish a lot these days. The kitchen would send her one every few days. At first, she thought this eight-treasure duck was a delicacy, but after eating it more, she didn't like it so much anymore.

She looked at the duck legs in the bowl, then at the plate of fish, and sighed slightly.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally picked up food for her. This was considered a great favor by others. It would be very ungrateful of her if she didn't eat it.

So, Su Nuan reluctantly picked up the duck leg and took a bite.

Then, as a return gift, he gave the other duck leg to Mu Yunting.

Mu Yunting just took a glance and then continued to talk about Yang Wenqing with Lou Guang.

What they talked about involved many relationships between characters, and Su Nuan felt dizzy after listening for a while.

She concentrated on finishing the duck leg in her bowl. During this time, she kept her eyes on Mu Yunting's bowl. The duck leg she picked for him just lay quietly in the bowl.

She remembered that she had picked up some food for Mu Yunting on the day of the flower-viewing banquet, which was a piece of eight-treasure duck, but Mu Yunting didn't even touch it that day.

She remembered that Kang Dahong once said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loved Eight Treasure Duck the most. Was he not eating it now because he disliked her?

I was having a hard time eating duck legs to begin with, and now thinking about this, it seems even harder to swallow.

After finally finishing the whole duck leg, Su Nuan burped without caring about her image when she saw Mu Yunting picking up another piece of duck meat and putting it into her bowl.

"Your Highness, I can't eat anymore."

Mu Yunting smiled faintly and put the piece of duck meat into his bowl.

Seeing that it was getting late, Su Nuan stood up and said, "Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I will go back first."

Mu Yunting nodded.

Su Nuan lifted her skirt and went downstairs. When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she looked around and whispered, "Ye Yin, are you there?"

Mu Yunting heard the voice and turned his head to look downstairs.

Seeing this, Lou Guang frowned and said, "Your Highness, did you mistake Concubine Xia for her?"

Hearing this, Mu Yunting frowned and looked at Lou Guang.

Lou Guang said calmly: "Among the three of us, she is the only one who likes to eat Eight Treasure Duck. Every time we eat, you will ask the chef to make a special dish for her, and you always give her the duck legs. Concubine Xia is indeed very similar to her in many ways. It would be a good thing if she could replace her position in His Highness' heart!"

Mu Yunting was silent for a long time, and finally sighed.