I just want to live a good life

After taking a hot shower to wash away the sweat and fatigue, Su Nuan gathered herself and walked towards the kitchen.

At this moment, in the kitchen, Kang Zongguan was busy with his cooks. When he saw Su Nuan coming, he immediately came forward and said with a smile: "Madam Concubine, do you think we can do this?"

Su Nuan glanced at the skewers of meat that the cook was stringing together and nodded, "Yes, that's it. Are the chicken wings marinated?"

"OK OK."

"Yes." Su Nuan nodded, seeming to be very satisfied with Kang Dahong's performance, "Now let's have someone start roasting it, and send it to the pavilion after it's done. Remember to add more spicy flavor to the others except for the one for Your Highness."

Barbecue is the delicacy that Su Nuan prepared for Mu Yunting this time. She has visited all the major restaurants in the imperial city in the past half month, and none of them has such a dish, so this can be called a unique meal.

As for the chili pepper, it was a little selfish of hers. Based on her observations when she had meals with Mu Yunting several times, Mu Yunting should have a light taste and prefer sweet to spicy food, so the skewers of meat she grilled for him were less spicy.

The reason why the other dishes were so spicy was very simple. She herself liked spicy food, and Cheng Ansu’s taste was not within her consideration.

After checking the kitchen, Su Nuan went to see the musician she had hired, and after instructing him on some precautions, she went to the pavilion with peace of mind.

At this moment, Mu Yunting and Cheng Ansu had already arrived in the pavilion, which surprised Su Nuan. She had just come out of the kitchen and sent Bitao to invite Cheng Ansu. According to the time, she should have arrived later than herself. Obviously, she knew the location of the banquet in advance and arrived first.

When Su Nuan arrived, Cheng Ansu was talking to Mu Yunting in a vivid voice, and Mu Yunting was actually smiling.

Seeing Su Nuan coming, they both looked at her at the same time, and Cheng Ansu even stood up to greet her.

"Concubine Xia, why did you come just now? His Highness and I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Su Nuan looked at Cheng Ansu, then at Mu Yunting's smiling face, and felt inexplicably depressed.

She pulled Cheng Ansu with one hand and led her away from Mu Yunting calmly, saying, "I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting for so long!"

"No problem." Mu Yunting said, "Miss Cheng and I are having a good chat. Since you're here, let's go together."

"Oh? What are you guys talking about so happily?"

Mu Yunting replied, "Miss Cheng said that her uncle, Mr. Wu, went to the border to do some business a few days ago and made some money. He wanted to donate some money to the soldiers for their hard work."

"Really? Is that true? How much silver does Mr. Wu plan to donate?"

"Thirty thousand taels."

What a generous investment! Su Nuan was surprised but also had to admire Cheng Ansu for spending so much money to pursue Mu Yunting.

"Mr. Wu is truly amazing. It's a pity that he didn't come today, otherwise Your Highness should really reward him well." Su Nuan said regretfully.

"Mr. Wu is not here, but Miss Cheng is. Please accept my gratitude on behalf of Mr. Wu."

Mu Yunting picked up the teacup in front of him and raised it, saying, "I'll use tea instead of wine to toast Miss Cheng."

Cheng Ansu quickly picked up the teacup, looking flattered.

"Your Highness, there is no need to drink tea instead of wine. My wine is here." Su Nuan said, pointing outside, and saw a row of maids carrying wine and food walking towards this side.

After Su Nuan said this, Mu Yunting put down the teacup in his hand.

Cheng Ansu was obviously very dissatisfied with Su Nuan's behavior of interrupting Mu Yunting's tea-serving, and when Su Nuan turned her head, she glared at her fiercely.

The maid placed the skewers in front of the three people. Mu Yunting asked curiously, "What kind of dish is this?"

Su Nuan replied: "Don't worry about what the dish is, Your Highness, try it first and see how it tastes."

Mu Yunting picked up a skewer of barbecue, took a small bite, chewed it for a few times, seemed to like the taste, and took another small bite from the bamboo skewer.

It was the first time that Su Nuan saw someone eating skewers so elegantly, and she felt that she had an obligation to teach him the correct way to do it.

She picked up a skewer of meat and motioned Mu Yunting to look at her, then opened her mouth wide and finished the skewer in just two or three bites.

Mu Yunting looked at her in a daze for a moment, then started eating just like her.

The two of them were eating happily, leaving Cheng Ansu aside. Mu Yunting even forgot to toast her.

Cheng Ansu was not willing to be outdone, so she also picked up a skewer of meat and took a bite like Su Nuan did. However, she spat out the meat before she could chew it a few times, and then guzzled tea.

"Ms. Cheng, what's wrong with you? Are you not used to this kind of meat?" Su Nuan asked knowingly.

Mu Yunting also cast an inquiring look at Cheng Ansu.

Cheng Ansu blushed and whispered, "This meat is delicious but too spicy."

"Is it spicy?" Su Nuan reached out and took a skewer of meat from the plate in front of Cheng Ansu and tasted it. "It's not spicy, Your Highness, what do you think?"

Mu Yunting replied seriously: "It's a little spicy, but just the right amount of spicy."

Su Nuan picked up another skewer from her plate and handed it to Cheng Ansu, saying, "I'll give you a taste of mine."

Cheng Ansu took the skewer hesitantly, and this time he didn't dare to take a big bite like before, but just took a small bite. But after indulging in this small bite, it was still very spicy.

Seeing that Cheng Ansu was about to spit out the meat again, Su Nuan said, "Why is Miss Cheng's taste so different from Your Highness's! Your Highness's favorite Miss Cheng is about to vomit."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Ansu swallowed the meat that he was about to spit out.

"I like it, too, but the last bite was too spicy. Concubine Xia's skewer tastes much better."

Hearing this, Su Nuan pushed her plate in front of Cheng Ansu and said generously, "You eat my portion."

Cheng Ansu was almost crying and frowned as she looked at the plate of skewers.

Before we finished eating the skewers, the maid brought us chicken wings.

This is Su Nuan's favorite. She put a portion of super spicy chicken wings in front of Cheng Ansu and warmly invited her to eat.

On the other side, Mu Yunting ate the chicken wings with gusto, and kindly advised Cheng Ansu: "Miss Cheng, these chicken wings taste great, you should try them."

It would have been fine if the prince's concubine had persuaded her, but the prince himself persuaded her to eat chicken wings. Cheng Ansu had to give him face and cried while eating.

Su Nuan laughed out loud.

After a while, Su Nuan saw that they had almost finished eating, so she said to Mu Yunting, "Your Highness, I have prepared a special program for you. Please wait for a moment, I will be back soon."

As she spoke, she poked Cheng Ansu under the table with her hand, meaning, "Look, I'm going to give you two some time alone together."

Mu Yunting put down the food in his hand, looked at Su Nuan affectionately, and said softly: "Go quickly and come back soon, don't make me wait too long!"

Su Nuan's heart skipped a beat, and for a moment she was not even sure whether she should continue according to the plan.