I just want to live a good life

With just one word from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Concubine was confined to her place of residence.

For a time, everyone in the Prince's Mansion was talking about one topic: the new concubine was not favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and was sent to the "cold palace" as soon as she entered the mansion.

This topic unsurprisingly reached Su Nuan's ears. Although she was under house arrest, Baozhu and Meixiang were allowed to come and go freely. Meixiang would tell Su Nuan the news she heard from outside.

However, hearing these words had no effect on Su Nuan, and it did not affect her eating and sleeping at all.

That morning, Su Nuan sat in front of the dressing table and asked Chun Liu to help her with her hair. Seeing the increasingly round face in the mirror, she frowned and sighed in her heart: I can gain so much weight by eating vegetarian food. This physique is really worrying!

After breakfast it was her time to go out for some fresh air as usual. There was nothing else in the bare courtyard except a stone table, and the only chair was moved out of the room by Baozhu for her.

It was early spring and the weather was still a little cold, so Meixiang took out a cloak and covered her with it.

She was covered with a cloak as usual, leaning back in a chair, enjoying the spring sunshine.

"Baozhu, don't you think it's a bit strange for the concubine to behave like this every day?"

"It's all your fault. You told the queen everything. She must be feeling very aggrieved now. We should both be alert and keep an eye on the queen. Don't let her do anything stupid again."

"I don't think the queen is the kind of person who can't let go of things!"

"This also shows you that the people who cry and shout that they want to hang themselves every day will not really hang themselves. On the contrary, people like you who keep silent are more likely to be depressed."

"That's true. Then we really need to keep a close eye on it..."

"..."

The two of them stood behind Su Nuan and whispered to each other. Although they tried their best to lower their voices, every word they said still reached Su Nuan's ears. Her eyelashes trembled slightly above her closed eyes, and the corners of her lips raised to reveal a smile.

In fact, Su Nuan was just enjoying her life during these three days.

When she was working before, she often worked overtime day and night. At that time, she always thought that if she could rest for a few days, she would do nothing and sleep well for three days.

Now that she finally has this opportunity, she wants to experience it for herself.

However, there is no way to make up for sleep if you don't lack it. She will feel energetic after sleeping for four hours a day, but it is impossible for her to sleep for three consecutive hours.

Then she thought about basking in the sun again. In the past, she would take a break from her busy schedule to "bathe" in the sun with a cup of coffee in hand. Now, she wants to sit in the yard and bask in the sun to her heart's content.

Of course, her brain was not idle during these days of enjoying life. She replayed all the palace dramas she had seen in her mind one by one, and silently memorized all the conspiracies and plots in them.

This incident with Cheng Ansu made her realize that if she wanted to live a good life here, she must have some knowledge in this area.

After three days of study, Su Nuan felt that she had achieved some success. Of course, another important reason was that she really couldn't sit still.

Su Nuan stretched her body and stood up to stretch her muscles, then turned back to Baozhu and Meixiang and said, "Don't worry, I haven't lived enough, so I don't want to die."

Hearing this, Baozhu and Meixiang looked at each other, then lowered their heads at the same time.

"So from now on you don't have to look at me anymore. Let's get down to business." Su Nuan pointed to the empty courtyard and continued, "The first thing we have to do is to change the appearance of this place."

Next, Su Nuan spent half a day drawing a blueprint for the courtyard decoration, and then she divided the work. Meixiang was responsible for asking Manager Ding for materials, and Baozhu went to borrow tools.

In this way, the master and his two servants began a vigorous courtyard renovation project.

Su Nuan divided the entire courtyard into four areas, one for planting flowers, one for growing vegetables, one for a leisure area, and the remaining area was used as a chicken coop to raise chickens.

Mu Yunting donated her one year salary, and even converted all her expenses into silver and donated them. This left her with only radishes and cabbages to eat every day. Although they were healthy, she couldn't bear to eat them for a year.

Originally, she still had some dowry that she brought from her parents' home, but once she entered the Prince's Mansion, the dowry was locked in the treasury, and she couldn't take it out without Mu Yunting's order. Now, except for a few pieces of jewelry, Su Nuan was penniless.

To get out of this predicament, she can only rely on her own hard-working hands. Fortunately, she has two helpers.

The three people were busy for seven days, and the transplanted flowers in the flower bed were in full bloom. A swing and a hammock were installed next to the flower bed.

Su Nuan used a pair of silver earrings to ask Meixiang to exchange them for five hens and some vegetable seeds from outside.

The three of them also cleaned up the small kitchen in Duiyueju and used it to cook their own meals.

When Baozhu found the first egg in the chicken coop and picked it up, Su Nuan told herself, "A new life has officially begun!"

"Your Highness, the Concubine did not get some sun today. She asked someone to borrow some tools to turn the soil in the courtyard."

"Your Highness, the Concubine has installed a swing in the Moonlight Residence."

"Your Highness, the shape of the flower bed in Duiyueju is very unique."

"Your Highness, the Concubine has raised a few chickens."

……

Duiyue Curie's changes would be reported to Mu Yunting on time every day.

Finally, that evening, Mu Yunting could no longer resist his curiosity and came to the door of Duiyueju in person.

The first thing that caught his eye was the peculiarly shaped flower bed. He tilted his head and looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what shape it was.

While he was wondering, Ye Yin came to his side and whispered, "Your Highness, you have to sit on the swing to see the shape of this flower bed."

Mu Yunting turned to look at Ye Yin, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Have you swung on that swing?"

Ye Yin lowered his head quickly and replied, "I dare not. I just compared the height by lying on the wall and checking."

As the two were talking, cheers suddenly came from the small kitchen of Duiyueju. Then Su Nuan came out happily holding a round dessert, followed by Baozhu and Meixiang.

"My lady, if this doesn't work, then it's your turn to eat it?"

"Don't worry, Baozhu. This time it will definitely succeed. If you don't believe me, just smell it and see if it's delicious." Su Nuan said as she put the snack in her hand in front of Baozhu.

Baozhu turned her head away and said resentfully, "You said the same thing last time."

"How about we stick to the old rules this time and each of us try a piece?"

After Su Nuan finished speaking, she took out a knife and cut three pieces. The three of them each took a piece and put them in their mouths at the same time.

After a while, Baozhu was the first to speak: "This time it's really delicious!"

Mei Xiang nodded and said, "This is the most delicious snack I have ever eaten. It is soft, sweet and delicious. Madam, what is the name of this snack?"

Su Nuan answered smoothly: "Cake."

Mu Yunting outside the door frowned and asked Ye Yin, "Do you have dessert like cake?"

Ye Yin thought about it and replied, "I haven't heard of it. Do you want to ask Kang Dafu from the kitchen to come over and ask?"