I just want to live a good life

Su Nuan felt that she might suffer from indigestion after the meal, so she wanted to go out for a walk after the meal.

Mu Yunting returned to the study after dinner because of the case.

At this time, more than half of the second watch had passed, and most of the servants in the mansion had already gone to bed, and the four maids in Duiyueju were no exception.

Su Nuan didn't want to disturb them, so she quietly left Duiyueju and walked towards the garden.

The garden at night has a unique charm. The cold moonlight shines on the leaves, casting mottled shadows of trees on the ground.

Su Nuan strolled there, feeling peaceful in her heart.

Suddenly, a noise came from a corner of the quiet garden.

Su Nuan was startled. The reason she dared to walk around the garden alone at night was because she was sure that the Prince's Mansion was heavily guarded and absolutely safe.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a figure walking forward stealthily.

This man didn't look like a good person at first glance, so Su Nuan followed him quietly.

The two of them walked out of the garden one after the other and headed towards the northwest corner of the Prince's Mansion.

Without the obstruction of the tree's shadow, Su Nuan discovered that the person sneaking around in front of her was a woman, and her courage grew.

The woman was very familiar with the guards' patrol route. She dodged the guards all the way to the wall, squatted down, and fiddled with the wall for a while, and finally a hole appeared.

Originally this should have been a dog hole, but it was blocked with stones, and some weeds grew at the base of the wall. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell there is a hole here.

The woman stuffed something into the dog hole, blocked the hole with stones, then got up and walked back.

The moonlight shining on her face allowed Su Nuan, who was hiding in the dark, to see it clearly.

It was her!

Su Nuan was a little surprised.

She stood there and waited for a while. When the woman walked away, she quickly went to the dog hole and removed the stones that were blocking it one by one, and then took out a note from it.

Su Nuan took the note in her hand and wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, she unfolded the note and read it carefully in the moonlight.

Then she folded the note again and put it back where it lay.

On the way back to Duiyueju, Su Nuan tried her best to avoid the patrolling guards so that no one would see her having come out.

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The next day, Su Nuan returned to the general's mansion with the drawings she had drawn.

Early this morning, Bitao was sent out to do some work, and Meixiang accompanied her back to the general's mansion.

Meixiang was not familiar with the maids in the general's mansion. Unlike Bitao, she did not go to chat with them as soon as she returned to the general's mansion. Instead, she stayed by Su Nuan's side.

Su Nuan gave her designs to Xia Qingyao, who couldn't let them go.

"Little sister, you have given me a big problem."

"What's wrong?" Su Nuan asked in confusion.

"Your wedding dresses are all so beautiful. I like every one of them."

"Then make them all! Wear one set when getting into the bridal sedan, one set when getting off the sedan, one set when getting married in the hall, and one set when you go to the bridal chamber. That's only four sets, why don't you just pick out four?"

"Go to hell, how can you change so many wedding dresses at one wedding?"

Su Nuan stopped teasing Xia Qingyao and began to introduce these wedding dresses to her seriously. Finally, the two of them chose the most suitable one and asked the embroiderer to work on it.

After choosing the wedding dress, Xia Qingyao went to Su Nuan’s newly opened silver shop to choose jewelry as agreed.

Before the two sisters left, Mrs. Xia specifically came to remind Su Nuan to take good care of Xia Qingyao.

There is no way. It is troublesome for a pregnant woman to go out, not to mention that the pregnancy cannot be told to outsiders.

Soon, two carriages drove out from the gate of the general's mansion. The one in front was the carriage from the prince's mansion, and the one behind was the carriage from the general's mansion.

The carriage moved slowly towards Zhusheng Street.

In order to go faster, the carriage avoided the crowded downtown areas and took quiet roads, but a problem occurred when passing through an alley.

The carriage was blocked by another oncoming carriage.

Zhao Zong shouted at the carriage, "Who is blocking the way? The Crown Prince and his concubine are leaving. Please move aside immediately."

"Please forgive me, Concubine. Our carriage is broken and is being repaired. Please wait a moment."

Mei Xiang poked her head out to check, then whispered to Su Nuan, "My Lady, I think something is wrong. Why don't we leave?"

"What did you see?" Su Nuan asked back.

"Those people said they were repairing the carriage, but they kept hammering and nailing on both sides of the carriage, as if the carriage had fallen apart before. How could a carriage in use be damaged like that? It would have to be hit hard, just like when our carriage collided with Miss Cheng's. But there is no other carriage in sight!"

"Another carriage will appear soon." Su Nuan murmured in a low voice.

"Mother, what did you say?"

As soon as Meixiang asked, she heard the Xia family's carriage driver shouting, "The carriages behind should not go any further. The road ahead is blocked."

Meixiang leaned over to look behind her, but she couldn't see anything because of the Xia family's carriage.

"Didn't you hear me tell you not to go any further? We'll be stuck here and can't get out in a while."

The Xia family's coachman was still shouting, but the carriage behind was getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, a familiar whistle sounded, and several figures suddenly jumped out of the carriages on both sides of the alley. They were as swift as ghosts and rushed towards Su Nuan's carriage.

Su Nuan's heart was pounding wildly, and one hand was tightly holding the dagger.

Just as the assassin was about to reach Su Nuan's carriage, at the critical moment, a man rushed out of the Xia family's carriage. Holding a silver spear in his hand, he flew like a dragon and landed on Su Nuan's carriage.

It was Xia Changze, the third son of the Xia family.

Xia Changze wielded the silver spear in his hand with great vigor, and the assassins who approached Su Nuan's carriage were knocked down one by one by his spear.

After a few rounds, the assassins were beaten to pieces and fled in all directions.

Xia Changze picked up a gun and was about to chase after him, but was stopped by Su Nuan.

"Don't chase me, Third Brother. Be careful of being tricked into leaving the mountain."

Xia Changze jumped off the carriage, frowned and asked, "Little sister, have you offended someone again? How dare they assassinate you in broad daylight?"

"Does His Royal Highness know that someone is trying to harm you? Didn't he send anyone to protect you?"

"Third brother, don't be anxious!"

"How can I not be anxious? I am here today, but who will protect you when I am not here? No, I have to go back and tell my father to talk to the prince."

"Okay, Third Brother, let's talk about this when we get back. My sister is still waiting for us in the store. Let's go find her."

"You sisters are really more troublesome than each other."

After saying that, Xia Changze asked the coachman to drive the carriage in front out of the alley, and he sat on the shaft of the carriage and drove it for Su Nuan himself.

On the other side, the assassins escaped from the alley and quickly blended into the noisy streets, fleeing in the direction of the city.

Where no one was paying attention, someone was quietly following these assassins.