I just want to live a good life

After leaving Xia Qingyao's room, Su Nuan suddenly regretted having dismissed everyone. She didn't know where Lily was being held and needed someone to lead the way.

After leaving the courtyard, Su Nuan saw several maids gathered together and whispering in the distance, so she walked towards them.

Perhaps because she had behaved too harshly just now, the maids ran away instantly when they saw her walking towards the crowd.

Su Nuan shouted "Someone come here" twice, and except for Bi Tao who didn't know the situation, everyone else hid and disappeared.

"Miss, what's wrong?" asked Bi Tao.

"Go find someone to help me find out where Lily is being held."

"Lily was locked up? What did she do wrong?" Bitao asked curiously.

Yes, what did she do wrong? Just because she didn't stop her master from having affairs, she was beaten and locked up. Su Nuan replied helplessly: "You don't need to ask these questions, just find out where she is being held."

Bitao said "Oh" and left quickly.

Su Nuan stood there waiting for a long time, so long that she snorted impatiently, turned around and went back to Xia Qingyao's boudoir.

Standing in front of the door, Su Nuan suppressed the anger in her heart, slowly sorted out her thoughts, and then pushed open the door.

The Xia Lian couple were still guarding the bed, and Xia Qingyao was still lying there peacefully.

"Daddy, Lily refused to confess, so I had her beaten to death with sticks."

Xia Lian sighed lightly and didn't respond.

But Xia Qingyao on the bed couldn't lie there any longer. She suddenly stood up and shouted at Su Nuan, "Xia Qingyan, why are you so vicious? Baihe provoked you, and you want to kill her."

Su Nuan snorted coldly, "It was obviously you who killed her, how can you say it was me? Lily was hiding it for you, wasn't she?"

Xia Qingyao said angrily: "You have already married into the Crown Prince's Mansion. Why don't you just be a good Crown Prince's concubine? Why did you come back to the General's Mansion? And you meddle in other people's business as soon as you come back!"

"I really don't want to get involved in your business, but I already know who made you pregnant. What do you think I should do?" Su Nuan said.

"You, how did you know?" Xia Qingyao asked in a trembling voice.

Xia Lian and his wife were also looking at Su Nuan.

Su Nuan chuckled, "This is all thanks to Baihe. When I was interrogating her just now, she refused to say who the man was, but her eyes were always on Baocai. I guess this must be related to Baocai. Let's get someone to tie Baocai up."

"This Baocai's mouth is not as tight as Baihe's. Guess what? I whipped him twice and he confessed readily."

Xia Lian was delighted when he heard this and asked, "Who is it?"

Su Nuan said with a smile: "Daddy, why don't you ask me why Baocai knows such a secret thing about my sister?"

Xia Lian's body trembled noticeably, and he looked at Su Nuan in disbelief. Mrs. Xia's reaction was exactly the same as his.

Su Nuan was very satisfied with their reactions. It was obvious that they had misunderstood.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xia Qingyao said in astonishment: "How could I follow a servant..."

"You do want to, but Baocai may not be willing." Su Nuan said with a smile.

Xia Qingyao's face almost turned purple, and she pointed at Su Nuan, so angry that she couldn't speak.

"The person Baocai really likes is Baihe, and they are a perfect couple." This was originally some gossip among the maids, and Su Nuan also heard it accidentally from the whispers of Bitao and Chunliu. It was a good opportunity to use it now.

"Lily told Baocai all of her sister's scandals, so Baocai was able to tell me just now."

Xia Qingyao's expression changed, and her eyes became sharp as she looked at Su Nuan.

Su Nuan didn't care at all and was about to start teasing, but suddenly Xia Lian said, "Yan'er, just tell me who that man is."

Su Nuan smacked her lips, swallowed what she had just said, adjusted her breath, and said, "That person is the one my sister has always wanted to marry—Mu Yunshu."

"It's indeed him!" Xia Lian and Madam Xia said in unison.

For a moment, Su Nuan felt something was wrong, because when she heard Mu Yunshu's name, Xia Qingyao's eyes flashed, and it seemed as if she had fallen into her trap.

Su Nuan gradually moved her gaze to Xia Qingyao's lower abdomen, and after careful consideration, she immediately understood what she was planning.

Xia Qingyao was pregnant, and she told Madam Xia about it. Madam Xia had to discuss such a big thing with Xia Lian. Given Xia Lian's character, he would be furious when he heard about it, and might even rush into Prince Yongping's Mansion and kill Mu Yunshu with his own hands.

So Xia Qingyao refused to tell anyone who that person was. Even though Xia Lian and his wife could guess in their hearts that the person was Mu Yunshu, the matter was of great importance and Mu Yunshu was of noble status. Xia Lian would not act rashly unless he was 100% sure.

Xia Qingyao first tried to ease Xia Lian's temper, then asked Madam Xia to help her mediate with Xia Lian. After Xia Lian's anger was eased, she would find a suitable opportunity to mention Mu Yunshu's name.

By then, Xia Lian could sit down and listen to Xia Qingyao's request.

If it was really as Su Nuan thought, then Xia Qingyao was too scheming. She didn't know if she was part of her plan.

Su Nuan suddenly felt like she was being played like a monkey.

Just when Su Nuan was feeling extremely helpless, she heard Xia Qingyao sobbing softly, "Daddy, I am an unfilial daughter. I have caused you and me so much worry. Now I have no face to live in this world. Daddy, just pretend that you have never given birth to a daughter like me and let me go."

After saying that, she struggled to get up from the bed and ran headfirst into the corner of the table.

At the critical moment, Xia Lian violently pulled Xia Qingyao's arm and saved her. Then Madam Xia rushed forward and hugged her tightly, crying, "My poor child! You can't do stupid things again. If anything happens to you, how will I live?"

Xia Lian also said in a deep voice: "Yao'er, it is Daddy who has let you down. If Daddy had not agreed to the Emperor's proposal, you would not have ended up in this situation today."

"Dad, don't say that. The emperor's order is hard to disobey. Dad has no choice. I don't blame anyone but myself."

Su Nuan sighed softly and looked at the three people crying in the room. She was already sure that she had made a mistake and Xia Qingyao did it on purpose.

There shouldn't be anything for her to do next. She believed that Xia Qingyao had already made plans for her future, and perhaps she would be able to attend her wedding with Mu Yunshu soon.

Thinking of this, Su Nuan wanted to quietly leave the room, but just as she was about to take a step, she suddenly remembered that she had just made up a story about Baocai. If she didn't explain it clearly, Xia Lianjiu might kill her to silence her as soon as she left.

"Well, listen to me before you cry!"

The three of them looked at Su Nuan at the same time after hearing her words. Su Nuan cleared her throat and continued, "Actually, I didn't go to see Baihe just now, and there was no story about Baihe and Baocai. That was all made up by me. If I hadn't said that, my sister wouldn't have admitted her relationship with Mu Yunshu. Now that everything has been made clear, I should also clarify it."

"What about Lily?" Xia Qingyao asked anxiously.

Su Nuan shrugged and said, "I don't even know where she is being held."

Xia Qingyao was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then a faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips.