I just want to live a good life

It was almost evening and the setting sun dyed the sky red.

Su Nuan stood in the rosy glow, waiting quietly.

When Mu Yunting saw this scene from afar, he unconsciously slowed down his pace.

Finally, the two met again.

Su Nuan smiled faintly at Mu Yunting and said, "Let's go, Your Highness. I'll take you to see something good."

The two walked side by side to a large green wall woven with vines and stopped.

"Is this the surprise you mentioned?" Mu Yunting said lightly.

Su Nuan smiled without saying anything. She walked to the middle of the vine wall, found a rope, and then pulled it gently. A vine was separated from both sides, revealing a piece of land behind the vine. Six peonies were neatly placed there. Several beautiful flowers on the branches were in full bloom, and many flower buds had slightly opened. It would not be long before they would fully bloom.

Seeing the scene in the flower garden just now, anyone would think that the flowers in it were "annihilated", but unexpectedly, these six flowers prepared as gifts for the queen were actually hidden here safely.

When Mu Yunting first saw these flowers, he couldn't help showing his surprise, but he quickly concealed this surprise and asked calmly, "You knew that Zhang Shun had tampered with the flower garden, so you moved these flowers out in advance?"

Su Nuan silently laughed at Mu Yunting in her heart. She was clearly blaming her for not taking good care of the other flowers in the flowerbed. However, she had just said in the flowerbed that as long as these peonies were fine, she could do whatever she wanted with the rest of the flowers. So even though she was angry, she had to pretend to be calm.

"I just heard that Zhang Shun was dissatisfied with me and said a lot of bad things about me in secret. Recently, he was hiding in the fertilizer room and I don't know what he was doing. So I guess he might do something bad."

Su Nuan stopped and looked at Mu Yunting's expression, and continued, "But I'm just guessing after all, and I can't do anything to him, so I just try to keep an eye on him. I originally thought he was tampering with the fertilizer, aiming at these peonies, but I didn't expect his goal was the entire flower garden.

"As for the fact that these peonies were able to survive, it was entirely Baozhu's credit. Since she took over the care of these peonies, she has regarded these flowers as more important than her life. The water used to water the flowers is rainwater from the sky and dew collected from the garden, and the fertilizer is eggshells taken from the kitchen, which she grinds and mixes herself. So no matter how bad Zhang Shun was, he couldn't hurt these flowers."

"Baozhu has done a great job this time. I will send the reward to Duiyueju later." Mu Yunting hesitated for a moment and said, "You, you did a great job this time too."

Hearing this, Su Nuan's eyes lit up and she looked at Mu Yunting eagerly, waiting for him to reward her.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no further news from Mu Yunting.

This made Su Nuan very unhappy. She cursed him in her heart as a "stingy man" and said, "If everything goes well, these flowers should all be in full bloom when they are delivered to the Queen tomorrow. My mission has been completed. Your Highness, please send someone to guard here tonight. If anyone destroys them again, it will not be my responsibility."

"Alright."

At this point, Su Nuan hesitated for a moment, then continued, "In fact, not all the flowers in the flowerbed were destroyed. You asked me to be in charge of the flower viewing banquet, and I've already arranged it. Many flowers have been moved out of the flowerbed."

Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Mu Yunting's eyes. "So you were prepared. You deliberately told the truth now because you were afraid that I wouldn't severely punish Zhang Shun, right?"

Su Nuan replied: "After all, he is Miss Luzhu's cousin. Your Highness thinks so highly of Miss Luzhu, I'm afraid you will really go easy on Zhang Shun."

No matter what, Luzhu is just a maid. No matter how much Mu Yunting values ​​her, he will not let Zhang Shun go for her sake. The reason why Su Nuan said this is simply to remind Mu Yunting that there is Luzhu behind Zhang Shun.

As for whether Mu Yunting would think about Lu Zhu’s relationship with this matter, she didn’t care.

Sure enough, Mu Yunting showed a disdainful expression after hearing this, "Even if Lu Zhu made a mistake, I would not tolerate it, let alone Zhang Shun."

Having said that, the two seemed to have nothing more to say. They looked at each other for a moment, feeling a little awkward.

Finally, Su Nuan spoke first, "If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. Just leave these flowers alone. With this layer of vines covering them, it doesn't matter if it rains."

After saying that, Su Nuan left in a hurry.

But Mu Yunting stood there, looking at Su Nuan's back, and fell into deep thought.

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The next morning, before dawn, Su Nuan was pulled out of bed by Chun Liu.

She was first thrown into the bathtub to bathe, and then pressed in front of the dressing table to dress up.

Through the mirror, Su Nuan saw Chun Liu combing her long hair meticulously, and then applying osmanthus oil to every strand of her hair.

Su Nuan yawned and asked, "Chun Liu, is it necessary to do this?"

"Of course it's necessary." Chun Liu said righteously, "Miss, as the Crown Prince's concubine, you don't have many opportunities to enter the palace on weekdays. Now that it's the Queen's birthday, you have the opportunity to show your face in front of the Emperor and the Queen. Of course, you have to dress up more carefully."

Seeing Chun Liu was so excited, Su Nuan didn't want to throw cold water on her. She sat in front of the dressing table, looking like she was at the mercy of others.

"Miss, do you really want to try Baozhu's method today?" Chunliu asked.

"Of course, letting the peony flowers bloom in front of the emperor and empress is more eye-catching than me dressing up as a flower." Su Nuan joked.

The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener may have taken it to heart. Chunliu's hand holding the comb paused for a moment, and the excitement on her face dimmed a lot.

"Chunliu, is it ready?" Bitao came in with a plate of food. "The food is ready. Let the young lady eat it while it's hot."

"No, Miss, you can't eat this morning."

"But you can't let the young lady go hungry!"

"Be patient and it will pass."

"Chun Liu, you are too cruel. It's just entering the palace once. You will have more opportunities to enter the palace in the future. Why are you so nervous?"

"What do you know? This is your first time in the palace. You must leave a good impression on the Emperor and the Empress."

"What does this have to do with eating? I think you are just too busy and you are just looking for an excuse to control the young lady."

"you……"

The two of them were talking back and forth, and if Su Nuan didn't speak up to stop them, they would probably start quarreling.

"Okay, both of you, stop talking." Su Nuan stretched out her hand and said to Bi Tao, "Give me a steamed bun and I'll break it into small pieces to eat. This way I won't ruin my makeup."

"Eat something to make your stomach less empty. Otherwise, meeting people with an empty stomach will affect your condition."

After hearing her say this, Chunliu and Bitao finally shut up.

After everything was packed up, Su Nuan was led by the servants to the gate of the Prince's Mansion, where the carriage was already waiting.

She had ridden in this carriage once. It was Mu Yunting's exclusive carriage.

Su Nuan's face turned slightly red when she thought about riding in a carriage with Mu Yunting in a while.