I just want to live a good life

Ever since Mu Yunting suggested that Su Nuan participate in the horse racing competition, Su Nuan has been worried.

I'm not in the mood to do anything.

Near noon, the four maids she sent out came back one after another.

Only two people sent out the invitation letters in their hands. They were Cui Ruyi, the daughter of Cui Zhe, the Vice Minister of War, who was sent by Baozhu, and Cheng Ansu, the daughter of Prime Minister Cheng Ji, who was sent by Meixiang.

The two young ladies that Chunliu and Bitao went to look for were not at home.

"This Cheng Ansu is really destined to be with His Highness. He got her the first time he drew lots." Su Nuan muttered, "It seems that it is God's will to make money from her."

Bi Tao said, "Miss, why is Miss Cui here? Isn't she your good friend?"

The person Bitao was talking about was Cui Ruyi, who was the close friend of the original body Xia Qingyan. The two had known each other since childhood and had a very good relationship because of their similar personalities.

This time, Su Nuan specially invited her to the Prince's Mansion. On the one hand, it was for the current plan, and on the other hand, he wanted to see if she could provide some clues about Xia Qingyan's murder.

"I should have Ruyi just because she is my good friend. Anyway, I can't stop the prince from marrying a concubine. If the prince can marry Ruyi, then I will have a companion in the prince's mansion in the future." Su Nuan said faintly.

"But would Miss Cui be willing to marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Bi Tao continued to ask.

Su Nuan replied: "Just ask and you'll know."

"So do you want to earn Miss Cui's money?"

"She is my good friend, so of course I can't make money from her, but I can't do business that will lose money either." Su Nuan said with some embarrassment: "How about this, I will charge Cheng Ansu double the money. Anyway, her family is very rich, so she won't care about that little money."

"Okay, our money-making plan is about to begin. Let's get ready today and welcome our first guest tomorrow."

As soon as Su Nuan finished speaking, Chun Liu came forward again and said, "Miss, why don't you think of other ways to make money? What if this makes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince unhappy?"

"Is it so important whether he is happy or not?" Su Nuan said angrily, "I am not happy without money, who cares about me? Chunliu, wake up, no matter what I do, the prince will not like me. In this case, I might as well do something that makes me happy, such as making money."

These words seemed to be spoken to Chun Liu, but also seemed to be spoken to herself. After saying this, Su Nuan became anxious again.

For the rest of the day, Su Nuan wandered around except for eating. She walked through every corner of the Prince's Mansion and even knew where the dog holes were.

When they passed Wangyue Tower for the third time, Bi Tao, who was following behind her, finally couldn't hold on any longer and said, "Miss, let's take a break."

Su Nuan looked back at Bi Tao, then looked up at Wangyue Tower, and walked up to it.

The last time I came here was in the evening, and when I sat on the Moon-Watching Tower and looked out, I could see the beautiful sunset. But during the day, when I looked out from the Moon-Watching Tower, I could only see countless roofs.

"It turns out that we should only visit the Moon Viewing Tower at night." Su Nuan murmured in a low voice, "I want to come here to admire the moon again next time there is a full moon. I want to see how the moon rises."

"Miss, what did you say?"

"Nothing, have you rested enough? If you have, let's go!"

"Ah? Still leaving!"

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The next day, the first person to come and ask to see Su Nuan was Cheng Ansu. Su Nuan was not surprised by this. Although she only wrote in the invitation letter that Cheng Ansu was invited to taste tea, Su Nuan guessed that with her yearning for the Prince's Mansion, she would come without hesitation even if she was invited to drink cold water.

Su Nuan had Cheng Ansu arranged to stay in Tinglan Pavilion, the reception hall in the Prince's Mansion. She dressed up and took Meixiang to meet Cheng Ansu.

As soon as the two met, Cheng Ansu smiled and bowed to Su Nuanfu, "Concubine Xia, I was so happy to receive your invitation yesterday. I haven't seen you for a long time and I miss you so much. Last time at the flower viewing banquet, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was there, and I didn't dare to talk to you."

Su Nuan smiled and said, "You seem to be very afraid of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Cheng Ansu said shyly: "I am a little scared."

"What should I do? I was thinking of inviting you to have dinner with His Highness. If you are afraid of him, then I'll have to give up." Su Nuan said regretfully.

"I'm not that scared actually." Cheng Ansu defended, "I'm just afraid of saying the wrong thing in front of His Highness. If my sister wants to have dinner with us, I'll just say less."

Su Nuan chuckled and then instructed Mei Xiang to serve tea.

"This maid of mine is very skilled at making tea. She used to make tea exclusively for His Highness. After I married into the Crown Prince's Mansion, His Highness sent her to be my maid."

Su Nuan was very arrogant when she said this, and Cheng Ansu's expression changed slightly when she heard it.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really dotes on Concubine Xia."

Su Nuan smiled and said, "If you like to drink tea, you can come to me often. I have plenty of tea here, but it's a pity that I don't have any good tea to treat you. The tea in this imperial city is getting more and more expensive. It's so expensive that I can hardly afford to drink tea."

"Sister, you are joking. If even you can't afford to drink tea, then how many people in our Nanzhao country can afford it!"

"Alas, sister, you don't know that when I first married into the Prince's Mansion, His Highness didn't like me at all and was very cold to me. My life was very difficult. Later, I heard that His Highness was particularly concerned about the border wars and was very caring towards the soldiers stationed at the border, so I took out all my belongings to entertain His Highness. I didn't expect that this move would really please His Highness. However, now that I have won His Highness's favor, I can't afford to buy tea anymore."

After saying that, Su Nuan laughed dryly a few times, as if trying to hide her embarrassment.

Cheng Ansu's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Is it still possible to please His Highness in this way?"

"of course."

They both picked up their teacups and took a few sips of tea, but each had their own thoughts.

"I have a distant relative who grows tea. He just asked someone to send some of this year's new tea a few days ago. Although it's not as good as the tea you have here, it's still fresh. I'll have someone send some to you tomorrow for you to try."

"Okay, I'll take some for Your Highness to taste."

"The two chatted for a while, and Cheng Ansu finally couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Sister, how about I host a meal with you and His Highness one day?"

"That won't do. I was the one who suggested we have dinner together. How can I let you treat me?"

"Sister, why are you being so polite to me? It doesn't matter who's the host!"

That's different, Su Nuan thought. If she hosted the dinner at the Prince's Mansion, she could trick Mu Yunting into coming for a meal. But if Cheng Ansu hosted the dinner outside the Prince's Mansion, she wouldn't be sure she could bring Mu Yunting over.

"I'll sell some of the extra flowers in the mansion, and I'll receive some money in a few days. How about I use the money to prepare a banquet and invite my sister to join us?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Cheng Ansu's expression immediately became complicated. She probably never expected that the prince's concubine would say such words. She was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses.

"Sister, you need some silver. I have some here. Why don't you take it first?"

As he spoke, Cheng Ansu took out a silver note and handed it to Su Nuan.

Su Nuan glanced at the face value of the silver note, which turned out to be one thousand taels. While she was impressed by the other party's wealth, she also secretly thought that the money might not have come from a legitimate source.

She felt at ease taking this kind of money.

Su Nuan took the silver without hesitation and said with a smile: "Sister is really considerate. You go back and wait. When the Crown Prince is free, I will send someone to find you."

After saying that, Su Nuan winked at Mei Xiang, who then made a gesture of invitation to Cheng Ansu.

Cheng Ansu achieved his goal and happily left with Meixiang.

Looking at the two people's backs as they left, Su Nuan's lips curled up into a smile.

Meixiang, it turns out you are Cheng Ansu’s person!