I just want to live a good life

On the second day after the poisoning incident, when Mu Yunting was enjoying a delicious meal in Duiyueju, the guards brought news that Xiaodouzi admitted to poisoning and had committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

In his confession, Xiao Douzi said that he was seeking revenge on the Concubine because the Concubine secretly put a small turtle in the Crown Prince's dish and almost killed him. He also wanted to make the Concubine suffer, but he usually had no chance to contact the Concubine. This time it happened that Yang Aqin had a diarrheal illness, and Xiao Douzi wanted to take revenge on the important person brought back by the Concubine, so he thought of poisoning the food.

Naturally, Mu Yunting and Su Nuan would not believe such an explanation, which was full of loopholes. It was hard to explain how an apprentice in the kitchen could get a deadly poison.

However, this matter can no longer be investigated further. Xiaodouzi is dead and the clues are gone.

All the cooks in the kitchen except Xu Ping were sent back to the kitchen. As Xu Ping was Xiao Douzi's master, he did not dare to use him again even though there was no evidence to prove that he was involved in the matter. Manager Ding paid him his wages and let him leave.

In fact, although Xu Ping left the Prince's Mansion, his every move was under the surveillance of the guards.

This poisoning incident came quickly and went away quickly.

Soon, the Prince's Mansion returned to its former tranquility.

On this day, Su Nuan came to visit Ying Shu, and Ying Shu, as usual, asked to leave the Prince's Mansion.

Su Nuan thought it over again and again and felt that it was time for him to leave, so she asked someone to rent a small courtyard near Zhusheng Street for Ying Shu to live in.

He also paid for him to hire a servant to take care of him.

The injuries of Falcon and Liefeng were getting better day by day, but Yeyin was the only one whose life or death was unknown and there was no news.

June 13th of the lunar calendar was the birthday of the Second Prince Mu Yunyi. There were no complicated rituals for celebrating a prince’s birthday. He went into the palace in the morning, paid his respects to the Emperor and Empress, and then left.

He held a banquet in his own house to entertain the crown prince and several princes.

In previous years, no female relatives attended the gathering of the brothers because none of them had married. But this year was different. This year the prince married a concubine, and this concubine was also a business partner of the second prince, so her name was also on the invitation list.

Su Nuan prepared a gift early in the morning and attended the event in her best attire.

In the carriage, Mu Yunting was curious about the wooden box in Su Nuan's hand. After looking at it again, he asked, "What gift did you prepare?"

"Why? Your Highness wants to know?"

"..."

Facing Mu Yunting's inquiring gaze, Su Nuan smiled brightly, "Keep it secret for now, you'll know in a moment."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Mu Yunting's face.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the Second Prince's mansion. When the servant saw Mu Yunting and the other man getting off the carriage, he hurried back to report.

A moment later, Mu Yunyi came to the door in person to greet the two.

The other guests were already waiting at the table, and when they saw the prince and his wife, they all bowed.

The current emperor has six sons, five of whom are adults and are all present today, while the youngest is only eight years old and is not qualified to attend such a gathering.

This year's party was different from previous years. Not only were there a few brothers, but some outsiders were also invited. Except for a few young talents who had attended the flower-viewing banquet at the Prince's Mansion last time, most of the guests were female.

"What's going on?" Mu Yunting asked Mu Yunyi quietly.

"That's not what I meant. My original intention is for us brothers to get together. These people were invited by our mother."

"What is mother going to do? Are you going to matchmake for you guys again?"

"Not only that, your mother will also choose a wife for you!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yunting turned around unintentionally to glance at Su Nuan who was following behind him.

Although the two brothers spoke in low voices, Su Nuan was right behind them and had sharp ears, so she had heard every word of their conversation.

She responded to Mu Yunting with a faint smile without any expression, but her heart was filled with mixed feelings.

"Sister Jingshu, that woman is here too. Sister, you must stand by my side this time. You have the Queen's support, so the position of Crown Princess belongs to you. I don't ask for anything else, I just hope that after you take the position of Crown Princess, you can give me the position of Concubine."

Such a conversation in the crowd attracted Su Nuan's attention. The person who spoke spoke in a very low voice, so low that it was impossible to tell who was speaking just by the sound of the voice. But Su Nuan didn't need to know who it was, because there was no one else except Cheng Ansu who could say such words.

When she sat down, Su Nuan glanced in the direction of Dong Jingshu and saw that she and Cheng Ansu were sitting together.

It seems that Cheng Ansu didn't get the upper hand from me, so she wants to join forces with Dong Jingshu to deal with me. Su Nuan looked at the two of them and felt that Dong Jingshu was more reliable. If she had to choose one of the two to be the crown princess, she hoped it would be Dong Jingshu.

Coincidentally, Dong Jingshu looked over here at this time, and Su Nuan gave her a friendly smile.

Dong Jingshu was stunned for a moment, then returned Su Nuan's smile.

Since this banquet is to celebrate the second prince's birthday, giving gifts is inevitable.

According to the order of seniority, the Crown Prince and his wife should present gifts first.

Mu Yunting gave a black coral bracelet, which was very exquisite and won applause from the whole audience as soon as it was taken out.

When it was Su Nuan's turn, she picked up the small wooden box she had been holding on the way and handed it out.

The small wooden box was ordinary, and the workmanship was even a bit rough. It was the box used by Chunliu to store pearl flowers, and was temporarily requisitioned by Su Nuan.

"What's in it?" Mu Yunyi took the small wooden box and looked up and asked Su Nuan.

"You'll know if you open it and take a look."

Out of curiosity, Mu Yunyi opened the box and found a piece of paper inside, which was neatly folded.

"What's in it?"

"It looks like a piece of paper to me."

"The Crown Prince's concubine only sent a piece of paper? Could it be a banknote?"

"I don't think so."

"Is it a title deed?"

“No.”

"What the hell is that?"

"How would I know? If you want to know, just ask the Second Prince to open it and take a look!"

"How could the Second Prince listen to me?"

"Oh, stop talking. Didn't you see that the Second Prince was about to unfold the paper and take a look?"

"..."

Amidst the discussion, Mu Yunyi gently took out the paper, carefully unfolded it, quickly scanned the contents, then looked up and asked Su Nuan: "Is this true?"

Su Nuan smiled and nodded.

"Oh my God! Sister-in-law, this is the best gift I have received today!"

According to the rules of Nanzhao Kingdom, only the wife of the elder brother can be called sister-in-law. As a concubine, Su Nuan can only be called by her title. At this moment, Mu Yunyi called Su Nuan sister-in-law in public, as if he treated her as the crown prince's consort. This not only surprised Su Nuan, but also surprised many people present. In their opinion, the second prince dared to call the crown prince's concubine like this, which must be because he understood the crown prince's intentions.

Everyone looked at Su Nuan, and Su Nuan subconsciously glanced at Mu Yunting. Seeing that Mu Yunting remained calm, she breathed a sigh of relief.