I just want to live a good life

With the prince sending gifts first, gifts from others also came in.

Su Nuan watched all this silently, and had a strange thought in her mind: it would be a good thing to be able to sit in the back seat.

With this thought in mind, she unconsciously turned her head to look at Mu Yunting. Their eyes met, and Su Nuan saw a hint of alienation in Mu Yunting's eyes.

"I am really crazy. I actually coveted the position of queen. If this man knew, he would throw me out right now."

Su Nuan was thinking randomly in her mind, and her eyes accidentally saw a handsome young man walking up to the bottom of the hall.

This man has a slender figure, a face like jade, and a pair of bright eyes that are brighter than gems.

This was exactly the image of the prince in Su Nuan's mind. She finally found the only thing in common between herself and her original body, Xia Qingyan, which was that she had no resistance to this man's appearance.

This man was none other than Prince Mu Yunshu, the Prince of Yongping.

Su Nuan subconsciously turned her head to look at Mu Yunting. Comparing the two, Mu Yunshu looked more relaxed, and the whole person looked lively and bright. As the crown prince, Mu Yunting looked more dignified, and his face was tense most of the time.

"This pair of eyebrows and eyes should look very good when smiling!" Su Nuan thought and unconsciously revealed a regretful expression. The worst thing was that she shook her head.

This was very interesting in the eyes of others, especially in the eyes of Mu Yunting. Ever since Mu Yunshu appeared, he had been keeping an eye on Su Nuan's every move. At this moment, his expression did not change, but there was already a ripple in his eyes.

Su Nuan, who was standing nearby, didn't notice anything at all.

Although only some noble princes and ministers had the opportunity to present gifts to the Queen in person on her birthday, everyone presented their gifts and said a few auspicious words, and the Queen would say a few words in return, and the back and forth communication took a lot of time for everyone.

After everyone had presented their gifts, the Queen left to change her clothes.

Next came the wedding banquet in the palace. The eunuchs brought in the tables and chairs and set them up, while the palace maids brought in tea.

Su Nuan imagined that she would be able to eat the delicacies of the palace in a while, and a strange light flashed in her eyes.

Just as everyone was ready and waiting for the arrival of the emperor and the empress, a team of guards hurried over and surrounded Fengyi Palace.

"What's going on?" Mu Yunting asked the commander of the guards.

The guard leader knelt in front of Mu Yunting and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, an assassin has entered the palace and the emperor has been assassinated."

Hearing this, Mu Yunting's face changed, and he quickly asked the guard: "How is my father?"

"Your Majesty is fine. Commander Xue is leading his men to capture the assassin. The Emperor sent me to invite Your Highness and several others to the Imperial Study to discuss matters."

Mu Yunting did not hesitate and immediately followed the guard leader and left.

As soon as they left, Fengyi Palace was in an uproar, and everyone gathered together to discuss in low voices the assassination of the emperor.

"This is the second time this year. Who on earth is so bold as to come and assassinate the emperor?"

"The point is not how audacious he is, but how this assassin got in."

"The last time was during the Lantern Festival, and this time is the Queen's birthday. Does the assassin choose to strike at this time for some purpose?"

"What purpose could it have? It's to assassinate the emperor."

"But why did he choose the days when there were banquets in the palace?"

"Who knows then?"

"..."

Su Nuan listened to these discussions silently, thinking that the Nanzhao Kingdom was really not peaceful. The prince's concubine was killed on the day of his wedding, and the emperor was assassinated in the palace during the queen's birthday banquet.

The Prince's Mansion and the Imperial Palace should have been the two safest places in the Nanzhao Kingdom, but they were both sneaked into by assassins one after another.

As people have just discussed, the most important question is "How did the assassin get in?"

After the assassin is caught, she will ask Mu Yunting for details about how the assassin sneaked into the palace to prevent the Prince's Mansion from being invaded by assassins again.

Since the emperor could be assassinated twice, there is no guarantee that the person who killed Xia Qingyan will not try to kill her again.

While Su Nuan was thinking about it, suddenly there was a sound from her stomach. In the morning, due to Chun Liu's obstruction, she only ate half a steamed bun. She had been standing for the whole morning since she entered the palace without even drinking a saliva of water. Now that the steamed bun was digested, her stomach began to growl.

This is the bad thing about being a vegetarian: you get hungry quickly!

She looked at the palace maids who were blocked outside the palace by the guards, her eyes moving back and forth over the snacks in their hands.

The palace maid was just one step away from delivering the snacks, but she was stopped at this moment. What a pity!

An hour passed and Su Nuan was so hungry that she lay on the table without any strength left.

Suddenly, a delicate voice sounded, "It's not a good idea for us to just wait here. The Queen is not here, and the Crown Prince is out too. Among us, Concubine Xia is the most distinguished and can talk to the Crown Prince the most. Why don't we ask Concubine Xia to ask what's going on outside on our behalf?"

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Su Nuan, and most of these eyes were not friendly. Some were dissatisfied, some were disdainful, and some were contemptuous.

Su Nuan looked at the person who was speaking. It was Cheng Ansu who was scolded by Mu Yunting outside the palace gate.

She understood that Cheng Ansu was flattering her. Although Mu Yunting had the title of "the prince of the cut sleeves", there were many people who coveted the crown princess, and there were also many people who admired him like Cheng Ansu. These people didn't like her in the first place, and after hearing what Cheng Ansu said, their hostility became even stronger.

"Miss Cheng, I don't deserve your words. Everyone who can enter this hall today is of noble status."

Cheng Ansu laughed, "Concubine Xia, don't be so modest. Everyone knows that the Crown Prince is the heir to the throne. As his only concubine, it's not an exaggeration to call you the 'best' among us!"

Su Nuan had already cursed Cheng Ansu silently in her heart, but she remained calm on the surface, "Miss Cheng, it's wrong for you to say that. How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only marry me as his concubine? It's possible that any daughter of the sitting family will marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future. Maybe one day His Royal Highness will find that Miss Cheng is so smart and clever, and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask for a marriage. By then, you and I will call each other sisters. Does Miss Cheng think that her status is the most noble?"

As soon as Su Nuan finished speaking, the Second Prince Mu Yunyi burst into laughter, "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really goes to the Prime Minister's Mansion to propose marriage, Miss Cheng will probably wake up laughing in her dreams."

If Su Nuan was implicitly humiliating Cheng Ansu, then the Second Prince's words were a blatant humiliation.

"Second Prince, you, you..."

Cheng Ansu was so angry that her face turned pale and blue.

Su Nuan found it funny and thought that this young lady from the Cheng family was unlucky. Not only did she meet Mu Yunting, but now the second prince showed up.

The power of the Second Prince's words was not only that it embarrassed Cheng Ansu, but also that it made those women from aristocratic families who were hostile to Su Nuan shut up. They were afraid that if they spoke rashly, they would be ridiculed in public by the Second Prince like Cheng Ansu.

There was a moment of silence in the hall. After an unknown amount of time, someone in the crowd said loudly, "Never mind whether you are honorable or not. Let's choose someone to go and find out what's going on. Why are you staying here all this time?"

"Yes, yes, why don't you ask the Second Prince to go there."

"Yes, yes, it is appropriate for the Second Prince to go."

"..."

"Why go? Father has his reasons for asking us to wait here. He will let us go after the matter is over. What is there to ask? I can't help if I go, and it will only cause trouble for Father and the others. Anyway, whoever wants to go can go. I won't go."

After the Second Prince finished speaking, those who had urged him to inquire about the situation looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

Su Nuan wanted to laugh. The Second Prince had a very special personality, and she couldn't help but feel a little fond of him.