I just want to live a good life

Su Nuan had another purpose for returning to the General's Mansion this time, which was to find out about the fire in the Xia family's old house seven years ago.

The fire burned down half of the Xia Mansion. Logically, the original body should have had a deep memory of it, but Su Nuan could only find some fragments of memory, including the fire, crying, and the original body's fear, but she was unable to connect the cause and effect of the fire.

The original body was only ten years old that year. What could a ten-year-old girl understand? It was normal for her to be scared and cry when she saw the fire.

After lunch, Xia Lian took Mu Yunting to the study.

Su Nuan took Xia Changze to the martial arts hall where the men of the Xia family practiced martial arts.

"Little sister, why are you suddenly asking about the fire?"

"I suddenly had a dream the day before yesterday. I dreamed that I was in a fire. When I woke up, I remembered the fire seven years ago. However, I couldn't remember how the fire started and whether I was burned in the fire."

As soon as Su Nuan finished speaking, she saw a hint of discomfort flash across Xia Changze's face.

Xia Changze is three years older than his original self. He was already thirteen when the Xia family fire broke out. The half-grown child should remember many details of the fire.

The reason why Su Nuan came to ask him was because they were of similar age. In the original body's memory, she was closest to this third brother when she was a child, and Xia Changze also loved to play with the original body. It was very likely that the two were playing together when the fire broke out in the Xia family.

"There's really nothing much to say. It was just an accident."

Xia Changze spoke slowly under Su Nuan's gaze, "During the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, you brought a group of children to the old house to release Kongming lanterns. Somehow, one of the lanterns fell into the woodshed and caught fire. No one noticed the fire when it first started, but by the time they did, it was already out of control. Overnight, most of the Xia family's old house was burned down."

“Did anyone get burned?”

"No, just some houses were damaged, no one was burned."

If Xia Changze hadn't avoided her eyes when he said this, Su Nuan might have believed him, but he showed his abnormality too obviously.

"Third brother, why are what you said a little different from what I remember?"

"You, what do you remember?"

"I remember people getting burned, badly."

"You really remember it? That shouldn't be the case. Didn't you forget everything at that time?" Xia Changze said in surprise.

Su Nuan bet that the man who kidnapped her was related to the fire in Xia's house. She wanted to try to get some information from Xia Changze, but she didn't expect Xia Changze to react so strongly, and his words revealed a lot of information.

There were indeed people who were burned in the fire at the Xia family's old house, but for some reason, the original body had forgotten about it.

"So who were the people burned in the fire?"

Su Nuan stared at Xia Changze without blinking, afraid to miss any change in his expression.

"You said you remembered everything. It turns out you were trying to trick me." Xia Changze smiled helplessly. "The burned child is called Zhou Zhe. He is the child of a distant cousin of ours. He is one year older than me."

"Where is he now?"

"I don't know. Zhou Zhe was severely burned in the fire. My father asked the imperial physician to treat him and managed to save his life. He was saved, but he was also disabled. The old house was severely burned at that time, and the entire Xia family was in a mess. No one noticed when my cousin and Zhou Zhe left. My father also sent people to look for them, but the mother and son seemed to have disappeared without a trace."

Su Nuan guessed that Zhou Zhe had already hated his original body, Xia Qingyan, and was hiding and waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.

But it doesn’t make sense. The fire was just an accident, and Zhou Zhe shouldn’t hate the original body so much. Could it be that I was wrong and that person was not Zhou Zhe?

"Second Miss, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to come find you, saying that it's time to return to the Crown Prince's Mansion."

The sudden appearance of the little maid interrupted the conversation of the two siblings. Su Nuan still had many questions in her mind, but seeing that Xia Changze was hiding something, she stopped talking and followed the little maid to find Mu Yunting.

Su Nuan originally thought that Mu Yunting would be waiting for her in Chongwu Hall, but unexpectedly she followed the little maid all the way to the gate of the general's mansion.

The carriage from the Prince's Mansion has stopped in front of the door.

Xia Lian was talking to Mu Yunting.

Seeing Su Nuan coming out, they both looked at her at the same time. Mu Yunting was still cold and kept strangers away, but Xia Lian was happy.

He felt very relieved because one of his daughters did not have to be divorced and the other was about to get married.

After saying goodbye to Xia Lian, Su Nuan got on the carriage and her eyes fell on a wooden box.

This wooden box was not there when I came. I guess it was a gift from my father to Mu Yunting.

Su Nuan was curious about what was inside.

Her curiosity didn't last long, because Mu Yunting, who followed her into the carriage, couldn't wait to open the wooden box and took out a sword from it.

"This is a thank-you gift from General Xia!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sword was drawn out with a clang.

The sword was seen flashing a faint blue light, and the carriage was instantly shrouded in a layer of chill.

If Su Nuan had not been attracted by the pigeon egg-sized gems inlaid on the scabbard, she would have discovered at the first moment that this was a peerless sword.

However, she did not ignore the value of the sword. Just by looking at a few "pigeon eggs", she could conclude that it was a precious sword. After all, no one would be so extravagant as to use such precious gems to decorate an ordinary sword.

"The Hongji Sword is unparalleled in the world. It is indeed a good sword." Mu Yunting exclaimed.

"You said this is the Red Princess Sword?"

Su Nuan remembered that this was the sword that her original body had been longing for. It was the sword that her father promised to give her as long as the Crown Prince spoke for Xia Qingyao in front of Prince Yongping.

But now it was given to Mu Yunting. It turns out that my stepfather is unreliable.

This sword was the original owner's favorite thing. Su Nuan didn't have any thoughts about it. Her mind was all on those gems.

If she could design a few sets of jewelry with these gemstones, they would become the treasures of any jewelry store. This would bring her one step closer to her dream of opening a jewelry store.

She wants these gems.

But how could she get it? She couldn't snatch it from Mu Yunting. Even though her stepfather had promised to give her the sword, it was Mu Yunting who did it, so she still couldn't snatch it from him.

After much thought, the only solution is to outsmart it.

"Your Highness likes this sword?"

"Of course I like this famous sword handed down from generation to generation." Mu Yunting's eyes and eyebrows were filled with joy as he spoke.

"It seems that Daddy gave the right thank-you gift. I just wonder if His Highness likes the sword or the scabbard?"

Mu Yunting gave Su Nuan a look that said "you are a fool" and said, "The sword and the scabbard are originally one. I like this sword and naturally I like the scabbard as well."

"But Your Highness, don't you think that this scabbard is too fancy and does not match the temperament of this sword?"

"Have it?"

"of course."

Facing Su Nuan's sly smile, Mu Yunting subconsciously tightened his grip on the sword, "What do you want to do?"

"I think......"