I just want to live a good life

Su Nuan's words hinted that Doctor Yao no longer needed to hide the fact that she was pregnant.

Imperial Physician Yao felt at ease taking her pulse, and then happily reported the good news to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The most important thing was that Concubine Xia and the little grandson in her belly were both healthy.

While there was joy in the Lanyue Pavilion, the people tied to pillars in the dungeon of Prince Guang'an's Palace had been whipped to the point of skin and flesh being torn.

This person was none other than the missing Ye Xiaobai.

The person who whipped him was none other than Prince Guang'an Mu Jing.

"You are still a loyal dog. I don't believe I can't pry your mouth open today."

As soon as he finished speaking, the whip rose up. With a crackling sound, blood mist burst out from Ye Xiaobai's body and his face turned pale.

After beating for a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared on Mu Jing's forehead. He stopped and asked Ye Xiaobai sinisterly: "Tell me, who is your master?"

Ye Xiaobai forced out a mocking laugh, "Prince Guang'an is only this capable, has he been drained of his talents by your concubines?"

After saying that, he laughed a few times.

Mu Jing's face looked ugly, but he didn't hit anyone again. If he continued, the person would be killed. He hadn't finished asking the questions he needed to ask.

"Humph, I'll let you be proud for a few more days. Wait for me to catch that bitch Leng Yue and pamper her in front of you. See if you can still smile."

Throwing away the whip in his hand, Mu Jing turned and walked out of the dungeon.

Watching his figure disappear at the entrance of the dungeon, Ye Xiaobai let out the pill he had been holding. He could not hold it in any longer and fainted with his head tilted. He did not see who stuffed the pill into his mouth.

After the examination, Imperial Doctor Yao solemnly recorded the fact that Concubine Xia was pregnant.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked Imperial Physician Yao not to make the matter public for the time being, on the grounds that the period was not yet complete. This was exactly what Su Nuan wanted. Even though Xun Zheng was fake and Mu Yunting would no longer favor her and even promised to protect her, she just felt unsafe.

After seeing off Imperial Physician Yao, Su Nuan wanted to go back to Duiyue Residence, but Mu Yunting stopped her and said, "From today on, you will stay here."

"what?"

"Oh what, you don't want to?"

"This is against the rules."

"What rules? Which rule forbids you from staying in my bedroom?"

Su Nuan didn’t know whether there was such a rule or not. She just didn’t want to live in Lanyue Pavilion, so she just said it casually, and it didn’t fool anyone.

"But I don't want to live here. It's too eye-catching."

"So what?"

"Aren't you afraid that Miss Xun will be jealous?"

"I was afraid at first, but now I'm not afraid anymore."

"How do you say this?"

"Before, I wasn't sure who was behind her, so I just pretended to be nice to that person. Now that I know who that person is, I don't need to pretend to be nice to her anymore."

"So, Your Highness and Miss Xun used a beauty trap?"

"If you insist, then so be it."

Unexpectedly, Mu Yunting admitted it so frankly. Su Nuan gave him a thumbs up and said, "Your Highness is mighty."

After the two of them joked for a while, Su Nuan brought the topic back to the point.

"Your Highness, what information do you think Prince Guang'an wants to get from Xiaobai?"

"Of course it's the master behind Digging Ye Xiaobai."

"Your Highness, do you know who that person is?"

"Even you don't know, how can I know. But I want to know about Ye Xiaobai's life experience."

"His true identity? Isn't he just an orphan whose parents are dead?"

"Yes, his parents are both dead and he is indeed an orphan, but his mother's identity is a little special. Do you remember the saint who escaped from Fanli Country? Her four guardians also fled with her, and Ye Xiaobai's mother was one of them."

Su Nuan was a little surprised. She only knew that Ye Xiaobai was pitiful, but she didn't expect that he had such a background.

"So is it possible that his master is from Fan Liren?"

Mu Yunting nodded, "So I think his appearance next to you might be intentional."

Su Nuan also thought of this.

"Your Highness, I want to ask him in person why he approached me."

Mu Yunting's face darkened. "You want to rescue him. He has already lied to you, why do you still want to save him?"

"Because a lot of things haven't been figured out yet, we can't just let him die like this. Besides, you also said that he lied to me, so letting him die so easily wouldn't be easy for him."

"But I don't want to save him. It's annoying to see him hanging around you all day."

"Then Your Highness, don't you want to know who is behind him? What if after Xiaobai dies, that person sends someone else to approach me? It is also possible that he has already planted someone next to me, but I don't know it yet. How dangerous I would be then!"

"Once Uncle Nine pries open his mouth, I will also know who is the master behind him."

"But King Guang'an is unreliable. What if Xiaobai is beaten to death by him before he even opens his mouth?"

"He will not."

"Are you so sure?"

"It's about that fake Xun Zheng. He won't kill her before Ye Xiaobai opens his mouth."

Speaking of this, Mu Yunting's face turned ugly.

"Prince Guang'an has always known that Miss Xun is a fake? Is the person behind Miss Xun Prince Guang'an?"

"No, he was just being used. As for whether he knew that person was fake, I'm not sure."

"Well, Prince Guang'an doesn't look very smart, so it's no surprise that he was taken advantage of."

After Su Nuan finished expressing her feelings, she realized that she had gone off topic and quickly continued with the topic of saving people.

"Your Highness, I still think you should rescue Xiaobai."

"Oh?"

Mu Yunting looked at Su Nuan leisurely, as if saying, "Let me see how you convince me."

Su Nuan had no choice but to grit her teeth and make up an excuse: "Xiao Bai has been my driver for so long, and he knows many of my business secrets. If King Guang'an finds out, I will suffer heavy losses."

"Don't worry, the Ninth Prince doesn't understand business, he can't steal your business."

"If you can't rob it, you can destroy it!"

"I'll compensate you for the damage."

This reason did not impress Mu Yunting, so Su Nuan had to make up another reason, "Xiao Bai and I have been to the General's Mansion, he knows the secret of my brother's injury."

"It's okay. Chang Xiao's injury has healed. It doesn't matter if people know that he was injured."

Su Nuan gritted her teeth and continued, "Xiao Bai knows all the manpower I used to deal with the fake Xun Zheng."

"Those people of yours are just a mob. They can't do anything big. Besides, you have never deliberately concealed their existence. There is no need for Ye Xiaobai to explain. We can find out everything with a little investigation."

Su Nuan’s teeth were almost broken, and she could no longer think of any reason why she had to save Ye Xiaobai.

In the end, she had no choice but to use her sleeve-shaking technique. However, this method did not pose any psychological burden to her father and brother, but it felt a bit awkward to use it on Mu Yunting.

Su Nuan prepared herself mentally before gently pulling up Mu Yunting's sleeve and shaking him.

Looking at her shy expression, Mu Yunting smiled secretly in his heart, but when he thought that she was acting coquettishly with him in order to save another man, he couldn't laugh anymore.

He exerted a little force with his hands and pulled out his sleeves, and Mu Yunting snorted softly.

Su Nuan was at a loss now. She had found excuses and used her coquettish skills, but still couldn't convince Mu Yunting. It seemed that if she wanted to save people, she had to find a way herself.