I just want to live a good life

It had been raining for many days in the imperial city. Su Nuan didn't like rainy days, so she stayed in Duiyueju and never went out.

Mu Yunting has been very busy recently. He heard that the emperor had a dream a few days ago that the bedroom where the late emperor lived was leaking, so he sent people to reinforce the imperial mausoleum and asked the prince to supervise the work.

That day, the sky was clear and Su Nuan was planning to take a walk in the garden when Bi Tao ran up to her excitedly.

"Miss, Miss, the Madam sent someone to tell you that she missed you and asked if you could come back to the General's Mansion."

Su Nuan guessed that Mrs. Xia missed her just as an excuse, and asked her to go back because of Xia Qingyao's matter.

She had begged Mu Yunting to mention Xia Qingyao and Mu Yunshu's marriage in front of Prince Yongping, but a lot of things had happened recently and Mu Yunting had been busy, so she was not sure whether he had done what she had asked.

"Miss, let's go now!" Bitao looked at Su Nuan eagerly, waiting for her to nod in agreement.

"Is His Royal Highness back?"

"Not yet. His Highness has gone to reinforce the Imperial Mausoleum and will not be back soon. Madam only said that she missed the young lady, but did not ask His Highness to go with her."

Su Nuan frowned and said, "I'm not asking him to go back to the general's mansion with me, but I have something to ask him."

"Oh, then should we ask the guards to ask His Highness to come back?"

"Who do you think I am? I can just invite him back."

"Miss, don't say that. Although His Highness can't come back, he should remember to ask the kitchen to send you delicious food every day. He has you in his heart."

Su Nuan felt speechless. Mu Yunting did ask Kang Dahong to bring her food once, which was his favorite Eight Treasure Duck. After that, he went to the imperial mausoleum to supervise the work.

It was Kang Dahong's own idea to send food from the kitchen these days. He wanted to learn how to make double skin milk from Su Nuan. He sent delicious food to Duiyueju in different ways these days just to please Su Nuan.

Bitao and the others didn't understand the inside story. They just thought that Mu Yunting had instructed Kang Dahong to do this, and believed that Mu Yunting had feelings for Su Nuan. This misunderstanding made Su Nuan speechless. She explained it to the four of them several times but nothing worked. They preferred to believe the beauty they had imagined.

Now Su Nuan was too lazy to explain any more.

Although she had done what Madam Xia and Xia Qingyao asked her to do, she was still unsure of the outcome. If she returned to the General's Mansion like this, she would not be able to explain to the Xia family, so it would be better not to go back.

On this rare sunny day, Su Nuan decided to look for Ying Shu to see how her business was going, so she asked Bi Tao to reply to the people in the General's Mansion and tell them to go back when they were free in two days.

After sending Bitao away, she took out the coarse cloth clothes and put them on. The last time she went out wearing this clothes, she felt good without being noticed. Moreover, she felt much more comfortable without Bitao and others following her.

Unfortunately, Chun Liu saw her changing her clothes and asked, "Miss, are you going to look for Ying Shu again?"

"Well, it's been raining for so many days. I don't know how the business is going in the store. I have to go check it out."

"Miss, aren't you in business with the Second Prince? Why are you the only one who is concerned about the business, while the Second Prince doesn't seem to care about it?"

"Who said he didn't care? Didn't we send someone to inquire about it a few days ago? Today, I'll invite him to go find Ying Shu and give him this month's dividend."

"This is so unfair. The second prince does nothing but waits for his share of the money." Chun Liu felt very unfair for Su Nuanming.

"You can't say that. Although the Second Prince doesn't participate in the daily management, there are some things that would be easier for him to do. This is also a way for him to invest. Besides, I don't manage the business myself, I leave it to Ying Shu. According to what you said, isn't this very unfair to Ying Shu?"

"That's different. Ying Shu has received many favors from the young lady, so it's only right that he manages your business for you."

Su Nuan smiled and asked, "What's that little favor? He even saved my life."

"It's his blessing that he was able to save you. Most people don't have the chance to save you."

"Why do you say that?" Su Nuan asked puzzledly.

"Everyone knows that saving the life of the Crown Prince's concubine will bring many benefits. With his status, how could he be so valued by you if he hadn't saved her?"

Chun Liu said it as a matter of course, but Su Nuan seemed to be thinking about it.

"Miss, do you still need to carry the vegetable basket today?"

"Oh, carry it."

"Miss, you are going to meet the Second Prince today. Is it inappropriate to dress like this?"

"What's wrong with that? He's after the money, not me."

"Miss, how about I go out with you today? I'm worried about you going alone."

"The assassins have been caught. There's nothing to worry about."

Su Nuan pushed the door open and walked out, just in time to meet Mei Xiang who was bringing her tea.

"My Lady Concubine, you are going out again! Baozhu asked me to ask you, most of the vegetables in the garden should be harvested, but we can't eat all of them, what should we do with the rest?"

Su Nuan had been living a life of plenty lately, and had almost forgotten about the vegetables she had grown. After thinking for a while, she replied, "Keep some for seeds, and send the rest to the kitchen."

"My Lady Concubine, would you like me to accompany you out?"

"No, you can help Baozhu take care of the vegetable garden."

After getting rid of Chunliu and Meixiang, Su Nuan hurried towards the corner gate. She didn't want Baozhu and Bitao to come and ask to accompany her again.

After exiting the corner gate, Su Nuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and she seemed to feel a lot more relaxed. She liked the feeling of being free and at ease, and she didn't have to worry about her identity or image wherever she went. When she was hungry, she would buy something to eat on the street, and when she was thirsty, she would go to a teahouse to have a cup of tea and listen to gossip. Of course, it would be even better if the gossip had nothing to do with her.

Su Nuan was strolling leisurely on the street, but she didn't notice that there were two people following her. These two people were none other than Falcon and Liefeng who had been secretly protecting her.

"Why do you think the concubine wouldn't take the carriage and insisted on walking?" Falcon asked Liefeng.

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"She's not going to meet the Second Prince dressed like this, is she?" Falcon asked again.

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"Why don't you know anything?"

Liefeng replied: "I don't know what's so strange about it. Hasn't our concubine done enough strange things? We just need to follow His Highness' orders. Why think so much!"

"I just don't believe that the Concubine would have anything to do with the Second Prince."

"Your Highness asked us to come back and follow the Concubine, not necessarily because he believed the rumors outside. We are also protecting her, right? Falcon, you must remember that our master is His Highness, and you must not question His Highness's orders at any time."

Falcon stopped talking, and the two of them followed Su Nuan silently.

At the time, Su Nuan was buying sesame cakes at a sesame cake stall and had no idea about the conversation between the two people behind her.

"Boss, I want a sesame seed bun with red bean paste filling."

Su Nuan said as she put the money in the boss's hand.

"Sister-in-law, this is your first time buying sesame cakes from me, right? My sesame cakes with brown sugar filling are also delicious. Would you like to have one together?

Su Nuan was very dissatisfied with the word "sister-in-law" and replied unhappily: "No need, one is enough."