I just want to live a good life

Before one problem is solved, another one arises. Ye Yin has not been found yet, and something unexpected happens in the mansion again.

Someone poisoned.

The target of the poisoning was the corpse that Su Nuan brought back.

Of course, the corpse would not die again, and the one who was poisoned was a guard posing as an assassin.

Originally, the guard disguised himself as an assassin in order to lure out the assassin's accomplices, so there were many people watching the guard openly and secretly.

If Ye Yin had not suddenly disappeared, this guard would have been disguised as an assassin and sent to the Dali Temple. Now he had died under the protection of so many people, which made Mu Yunting very angry.

Because it was Su Nuan who suggested pretending to be an assassin, she was called to the scene of the guard's death.

But what surprised her was that the person who poisoned the guard was Xiao Douzi.

Usually, the people who brought meals to the "assassin" were the servants in the mansion, but tonight the person who brought meals was Xiaodouzi from the kitchen.

When Xiao Douzi was brought in front of Su Nuan and Mu Yunting, his face had turned blue with fright.

Mu Yunting asked him: "Who asked you to deliver the meal?"

Xiao Douzi cried and said, "It's Manager Kang."

"Why do you have to deliver it?"

"Yang Aqin, who is delivering meals today, has diarrhea and cannot come to deliver meals, so Manager Kang asked me to do it."

"I'll only give you one chance. Hand over the mastermind. Since you're still young, I'll spare you the physical pain." Mu Yunting's voice was cold, but it carried an inexplicable majesty.

Su Nuan was also worried about Xiao Douzi. This matter was too serious and even she couldn't speak for him.

"Your Highness, I don't know what I did wrong, and I don't know who was behind it. Please understand me, Your Highness!"

In just a few days, the changes in Xiaodouzi were visible to the naked eye. The last time he was questioned by Mu Yunting about the Eight Treasure Duck, he was scared and cried, but now he can answer fluently.

Seeing that Xiaodouzi still said nothing, Mu Yunting waved his hand and had someone take him away.

"What do you think?" he asked Su Nuan.

Su Nuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's ask Manager Kang and Yang Aqin first and see what they say."

Mu Yunting did not interrogate Kang Dahong and Yang Aqin personally. He asked the guards to do it. At the same time, everyone in the kitchen was strictly interrogated.

The Prince's Mansion was in chaos that day, not because someone poisoned the house, but because there was no cook and everyone was starving.

Manager Ding found a few older servants and maids to cook, but their cooking skills were not very good and Mu Yunting did not like the food they prepared. He only ate a few bites at noon.

At night, Mu Yunting had the food delivered to Duiyueju in advance, and sent a message to Su Nuan, saying that he was going to Duiyueju for dinner.

Su Nuan frowned as she looked at the three full baskets of ingredients. "I only have one small pot. You sent so many ingredients. Even if I cook non-stop, it will take me until midnight."

There was no other way. Among the five people in Duiyueju, she was the best cook, so she had to cook herself.

But in the hot summer, it was really difficult for her to cook a table full of dishes around the stove.

Looking at the three large baskets of different kinds of vegetables in front of her, Su Nuan suddenly came up with a brilliant idea.

In the evening, Mu Yunting came to have dinner on time. There were only two pairs of bowls and chopsticks and a pot of tea on the huge dining table.

He sat down and waited for a long time. Finally, Su Nuan came in holding a basin, and with her came waves of fragrance.

Mu Yunting couldn't help swallowing.

Su Nuan made a pot of spicy salad. Although there was no chili pepper, there were enough Sichuan peppercorns and Sichuan peppercorns to make the dish rich in flavor.

"Your Highness, why don't you move your chopsticks?"

"Just this one dish?" Mu Yunting asked in surprise.

"Yes! But don't be fooled by the fact that there is only one pot. There are more than a dozen kinds of dishes in it." Su Nuan introduced while putting some dishes into Mu Yunting's bowl, "Come, have a taste, I guarantee you will be satisfied with the taste!"

Mu Yunting picked up a piece of vegetable and put it into his mouth half-doubtfully. Perhaps the rich taste hit his taste buds, and his brows slowly furrowed.

He finished it in one bite, without bothering to judge the taste, he poured himself a cup of tea and took a big gulp.

This tea was Su Nuan's special sour plum soup. After drinking one cup, Mu Yunting couldn't help but pour another cup. He savored it carefully and asked, "Did you put this in the black plum tea?"

In fact, the taste of the black plum tea in Nanzhao Kingdom is similar to the modern sour plum soup, with black plum and hawthorn as the main ingredients. Su Nuan added some dried tangerine peel, osmanthus and licorice according to her memory of the sour plum soup, which made the taste richer. She also took some ice cubes from the ice cellar in the Prince's Mansion and put them in the tea soup, which tasted very cool and refreshing.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Su Nuan asked instead of answering. Perhaps out of selfishness, she didn't want to hand over the recipe this time. If Mu Yunting liked it, he could only come to her place to drink it.

"It's really good."

"Drink more if you like." Su Nuan said as she filled Mu Yunting's teacup.

The meal for two was very quiet, but they ate enough.

Mu Yunting picked up the last fish ball from the bottom of the bowl and put it into his mouth, his eyes still showing that he was still not satisfied.

There was a full pot of food, but by the end there was only a little soup left at the bottom of the pot.

When Mu Yunting left, Su Nuan saw that the belt around his waist was stretched tightly. She was very satisfied with the result.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Su Nuan was awakened by a knock on the door. She thought she was an early riser, but she didn't expect someone to be there earlier than her.

It was Meixiang who opened the door. After the door opened, she exclaimed, "Oh my God! Why are there so many dishes?"

Su Nuan hurriedly put on her clothes and came out to check the situation, only to see five baskets of vegetables neatly arranged at the gate of Duiyue Residence.

"What are you doing?" Su Nuan asked the servant who brought the food.

A servant stepped forward and replied, "Madam Concubine, His Highness said that he would dine at Duiyueju these days, so he asked the servants to bring the dishes to you first."

"His Highness also said that you should just make the same dish you made yesterday today."

Obviously, Mu Yunting didn’t eat enough yesterday and wanted to have another meal today.

"But there are too many dishes. We haven't finished the dishes from last night. You can take them all back." Su Nuan said.

"His Highness said that the Concubine can do more today."

This is probably because he didn't eat enough yesterday. Su Nuan sighed and said, "These dishes are enough for the entire Prince's Mansion to eat together. You carry these dishes back to the kitchen. I will cook for His Highness in the kitchen today."

"This……"

"No need for this or that. Just find a few people to help me. I'll take care of all the meals for the mansion this morning."

The servant said, "My Lady Concubine, how about letting me report back to His Highness?"

"Do you want to ask him about this, too?"

The servant bowed his head and said nothing, apparently he had no choice but to ask.

So Su Nuan said, "Then go ahead."

After a while, the servant hurried back and knelt down when he saw Su Nuan: "Madam Concubine, we dare not ask you to cook for us. It would be too tiring for us."

Su Nuan remained expressionless, but she found it funny in her heart. She didn't expect that the Crown Prince was a person who always ate alone!