I just want to live a good life

Holding the sesame cake, Su Nuan squatted on the street corner and ate it in big mouthfuls without caring about her image.

Just now when she passed by the sesame cake stall, she was attracted by the rich sesame flavor. The taste did not disappoint her. One bite filled her mouth with the sesame fragrance mixed with the sweetness of red beans, which made her feel very satisfied.

After finishing a pancake in a few bites, Su Nuan wandered around the street for a while, and even went into a teahouse to drink a cup of tea. After eating and drinking, she saw that it was almost time, so she continued on her way.

The weather in July was scorching hot. After walking for a while, Su Nuan was sweating profusely.

After finally arriving at Zhusheng Street, this time, she did not go straight to Ying Shu's Liangyi Zhai, but instead visited each shop one by one.

The more she walked around, the happier she became. These shops mainly sold fast-moving consumer goods, one of which was delicious food. The dim sum shop had a wide variety of items, and she actually found a cake there. She bought a piece to try, and the taste was no worse than those made in the famous dim sum shops on East Fourth Street, but the price was much more affordable.

The people living near Zhusheng Street are not wealthy, but they are well-off. As long as the products are good and the price is reasonable, there will be customers. The long queues in front of the pastry shop are sufficient proof of this.

There are five shops on this street that belong to Su Nuan. There is a tailor shop that specializes in making the latest styles of clothes in the imperial city; there is a jewelry shop that also attracts people with its novel styles; there is a specialty shop that sells specialties shipped from all over the country. These specialties are in short supply in the imperial city, and customers' reservations have been scheduled until the Mid-Autumn Festival; there is also a dried fruit shop. The Mid-Autumn Festival is only a month away, and every household will buy some dried fruits to store, so the business is also very good; the last one is Ying Shu's Liang Yi Zhai, which mainly does fortune-telling, but this shop was originally agreed to be used by Ying Shu, so Su Nuan would not take the money earned from this shop.

Seeing that her shop was doing a booming business, Su Nuan grinned with joy.

After a lot of effort, they arrived at Liangyi Zhai. The Second Prince was already waiting inside. His first reaction when he saw Su Nuan was that he was shocked by her dress.

"Concubine Xia's dressing style is really unique!"

"The Second Prince is overly praised."

The two of them exchanged some pleasantries regarding Su Nuan's coarse cloth clothes, and the Second Prince went straight to the point.

"Business on this street is really good. Sister-in-law has found a capable man! Please give up Ying Shu to me."

Su Nuan didn't expect Mu Yunyi to ask for Ying Shu directly, and immediately hit back: "A gentleman does not take away what others love. Ying Shu is my treasure, how can I just give it to you? Besides, you also have a share in the business here, and if Ying Shu stays with me, you will also benefit from it."

Mu Yunyi laughed and said loudly to the door of the inner room: "I really let you talk too much. Our prince's concubine is really straightforward. I lose this round."

"What do you mean you lose? You lose. No one in this imperial city knows Xia Qingyan better than me." As the woman's clear voice fell, a young lady walked out of the inner room. She was none other than Cui Ruyi, the close friend of the original Xia Qingyan.

"Ruyi, why are you here?" Su Nuan glanced at Mu Yunyi meaningfully and asked, "When did you two become so close?"

Cui Ruyi blushed for a rare moment and said hastily, "We just happened to meet each other today. I heard that there is someone in Zhusheng Street who can tell fortunes very accurately, so I came here to try it out. I didn't expect to run into the Second Prince here. I learned that he had an appointment with you to discuss business matters today, so I wanted to stay and meet you."

Su Nuan smiled knowingly and said nothing more.

The next thing was to check the accounts and distribute the dividends. Cui Ruyi was not convenient to be present to discuss these things, and she was not interested in them, so she went to the jewelry shop next door to pick out some beads.

Only Su Nuan, Mu Yunyi and Ying Shu were left in the shop.

When Ying Shu went to get the account book, Mu Yunyi was already rubbing his hands together, his excitement evident on the surface.

Next it’s time to look at the account books.

"Oh, so many!"

"Great!"

“Hahaha, I can make money this way!”

"I have never seen so many banknotes!"

If someone was eavesdropping in front of the door of Liangyi Zhai at this time, they would definitely think that Mu Yunyi was crazy. In fact, he had entered a state of madness, not much different from being crazy.

"Madam Concubine," Ying Shu whispered, "Has the Second Prince really never seen a 1,000-liang silver note?"

Su Nuan calmly replied: "Pah, he has squandered hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, how could he have never seen a thousand taels of silver note."

"Then why did he say that?"

"He was so happy that he was incoherent. The correct sentence he said should be 'I have never earned so much money on my own!'"

"Oh!"

"Should we find a doctor for the Second Prince now?"

Su Nuan thought for a while, frowned and replied: "Let's see the situation."

After a while, the second prince finally recovered some of his ecstasy, took the account book, came to Su Nuan, grabbed her arm with one hand, and said excitedly: "Sister-in-law, my dear sister-in-law, we made a lot of money!"

At this moment, the door of Liangyi Zhai was pushed open, and a man and a woman appeared at the gate.

"Hey, isn't this the Second Prince? Why are you here?"

"Who is this woman?"

Hearing the voices, Su Nuan looked back and recognized the two people at the door. They were the children of Marquis Zhongyuan, Dong Youning and Dong Jingshu.

Seeing the two people come in, the second prince finally regained his consciousness and one of his hands left Su Nuan's arm as if it had been electrocuted.

"Is this the Crown Prince's concubine?" Dong Jingshu exclaimed in disbelief.

Su Nuan smiled awkwardly, "Miss Dong, don't be surprised, it's me."

"Is Concubine Xia dressed like this to have a secret meeting with the Second Prince?"

Dong Jingshu's face turned red when she said this, but the Second Prince turned pale when he heard her words.

Su Nuan replied calmly: "Ms. Dong, don't say anything careless!"

"I-I didn't say anything nonsense. You two were still making out when we came in just now."

Dong Jingshu's eyes were flashing with excitement and she spoke louder and louder.

"Ms. Dong, before you slander someone, look carefully. There are other people in this room." Su Nuan said, pointing at Ying Shu who was standing beside her.

Her meaning was very clear. Ying Shu's presence could prove that she and Mu Yunyi were innocent.

As expected, Dong Jingshu stopped talking, but Dong Youning spoke up, "This man belongs to the Concubine. Whether he's here or not doesn't mean anything."

Su Nuan's face gradually darkened. The purpose of this brother and sister was very clear, which was to confirm the rumors in the market and personally prove that she, the prince's concubine, had an affair with the second prince. However, Mu Yunyi's behavior just now could easily be misunderstood.