I just want to live a good life

"Serve the food, Eight Treasure Duck!"

Following a shout from the cook in the kitchen, a little maid came forward, took the food box from the cook, and then walked towards the garden.

At the same time, behind a sycamore tree outside the garden, Meixiang was holding a plate of eight-treasure duck and asked Su Nuan with a worried look on her face: "My queen, if the crown prince finds out, will he ban you again?"

Su Nuan pulled a duck leg off the duck and took a vicious bite, "Am I afraid that he will ground me?"

Xiang Xiang felt that what he said was too confident, so he changed his tone and said, "Just don't let him find it. Hurry up and take the duck back to share it with the three of them. When you are done, throw away the bones and see who can find it."

"Remember to be careful on the road, especially avoid the sycamore trees on the roadside."

"Why should we avoid the paulownia tree?" Meixiang asked puzzledly.

Because the paulownia tree is tall and can hide people, Su Nuan did not explain much and just urged Meixiang to leave quickly.

After Meixiang left, she slipped into the garden by herself and climbed up a rockery opposite the lilac garden. While gnawing on a duck leg, she secretly observed Mu Yunting and Lou Guang.

The distance between the rockery and the lilac garden was just right. Su Nuan lay on it and looked down. Not only could she see clearly every move of the two people, but even the subtle expressions on their faces could not escape her eyes.

At this time, Mu Yunting and Lou Guang were sitting opposite each other in front of a stone table that was filled with dishes. There was a set of bowls and chopsticks in front of each of them, but they were only concerned with drinking and didn't touch the food on the table at all.

Su Nuan lay on the rockery and muttered, "These two must have had a conflict. Is it because Mu Yunting has been too busy recently and ignored Lou Guang, so Lou Guang came here to question him? This Lou Guang, if he came here to question him, he should be more aggressive. How can he be so polite?"

At this time, a maid carrying a food box walked quickly into the garden. Su Nuan quickly closed her mouth and watched the maid walk under the rockery, through a patch of crabapples, and into the lilac garden.

The little maid came to Mu Yunting and said softly, "Your Highness, the Eight Treasure Duck is here."

Mu Yunting raised his hand and pointed, asking the maid to put the dish on the empty corner of the stone table.

The little maid opened the food box swiftly, but when she was about to reach out to take the food, she was stunned.

Mu Yunting asked coldly: "What's wrong?"

The little maid quickly replied: "Your Highness, the dishes in the food box are wrong."

"What's wrong? Bring it out and let me see."

The little maid did not dare to be negligent and took out the dish from the food box and presented it to Mu Yunting.

On the white jade plate, there were two small turtles carved out of radishes, neatly placed. They looked lifelike and very pretty.

Mu Yunting's expression changed immediately when he saw this, and he angrily asked, "Asshole, who did this?"

The little maid was so scared that she immediately knelt down and replied timidly: "Your Highness, it was not my fault. I took the food box from the cook in the kitchen and sent it here directly. I would not dare to change your Highness's food even if I had a hundred guts!"

"Tell Kang Dahong to come and see me."

The little maid took the order and retreated quickly.

Su Nuan, who was lying on the rockery, was so happy because this pair of little turtles were her masterpiece.

The inspiration came from a half-carved peony flower made of radish in Xiaodouzi's hand. Su Nuan remembered that there was a carved radish in her first radish banquet. She treated it as a treasure and placed it on the table to admire it for half a day.

Today she wanted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his Master Lou to appreciate the carved radish, but she didn't have the skills to carve a peony flower, so she could only let the two of them appreciate the little turtle instead.

Looking at Mu Yunting's frustrated look not far away, Su Nuan felt very proud and even the duck in her mouth tasted extremely delicious.

Speaking of which, this was her first time to eat the delicious food in the kitchen. I have to say, the chefs in the Prince's Mansion are very skilled, and the Eight Treasure Duck is extremely delicious.

After a while, Manager Kang trotted into the garden.

Su Nuan watched his fat body enter the lilac garden with a smile, feeling somewhat gloating.

As soon as he saw Mu Yunting, Manager Kang fell to his knees.

"Your Highness, I am innocent! Eight Treasure Duck is your favorite dish. I watched the chef make it. From the beginning of slaughtering the duck, I watched every step closely. It is impossible for it to become two pieces of carrots! Someone must be trying to frame me. Please investigate!"

"This fat guy is really good at talking. Mu Yunting, use your energy and teach him a lesson."

As soon as Su Nuan finished speaking, she saw Mu Yunting looking up towards the rockery. She was startled and quickly lowered her head to avoid him.

After a long while, Su Nuan heard Mu Yunting scolding Kang, and then she slowly raised her head and observed carefully. After a while, she was relieved to see that Mu Yunting didn't look at her again.

"No matter what, as the head cook, it's your responsibility if something like this happens. Someone, take him down and give him twenty strokes of the cane."

"Your Highness, please spare my life, Your Highness, this is none of my business!"

Mu Yunting had already ordered the punishment of Manager Kang. Su Nuan felt a little guilty after hearing this. It was too much of a punishment to make someone be beaten just because of a meal and a few words.

But at this moment, Manager Kang's howling started again.

"Your Highness, this is really none of my fault. It must have been Xiaodouzi's doing. He has been learning carving recently. He must have been playing around and greedy, so he secretly changed the dishes."

"Who is Xiaodouzi?" Mu Yunting asked.

"Xiao Douzi is the apprentice of the new cook Xu Ping."

"Go and bring me that little bean."

Hearing Mu Yunting's cold voice echoing in the garden, Su Nuan had a bad feeling.

Xiao Douzi arrived faster than Manager Kang and was carried in front of Mu Yunting by two guards. He was so scared that his face turned pale and his lips turned blue.

Mu Yunting pointed at the two little turtles on the plate and asked him, "Did you put this in the food box?"

"No, no, I didn't..."

Xiaodouzi was already incoherent, hesitating for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence.

Su Nuan stared at this side nervously. She was afraid that Mu Yunting would punish Xiao Douzi the same way he treated Manager Kang.

"Come here, drag him out and beat him until he confesses."

When these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned, even Lou Guang was a little surprised.

"Your Highness," Lou Guang called Mu Yunting softly, as if to plead for Xiao Douzi.

Mu Yunting frowned and said, "No need to say more. You know better than me what day it is today. If he dares to do such a thing, he must bear the consequences."

Su Nuan looked at Mu Yunting in disbelief.

This man is so cruel! He can kill a child, it's just a duck!

Seeing a guard coming to drag Xiaodouzi away, Su Nuan was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.

She wanted to rush out and admit that she was the one who replaced the duck, but she was afraid that Mu Yunting would also beat her with a stick, and given how much he hated her, he might beat her even harder.