I just want to live a good life

Chapter 170: I have money in my hand and I am not worried

On the second night after being thrown into prison, the old woman who brought food to Su Nuan brought a message from Ying Shu, saying that he could take her away from here, far away, away from the disputes here.

Su Nuan really thought about this sentence seriously, but she still had her shop here, the commercial street she was building, and the talents she was training, and she was unwilling to leave like this.

She asked her maid to pass a message to Ying Shu, saying that she was not considering leaving for the time being.

The prison is different from the outside world. There are only two meals a day. Even with the care of the old woman who delivers meals, Su Nuan can only eat until she is 70% full.

After dinner, she asked the jailer for more straw so that she could make a thicker bed and have a good sleep.

She would not be able to bear sitting all night longer.

But the jailer only brought her a handful of straw as thick as her wrist, and said to her with an embarrassed look: "Concubine Xia, I'm really sorry, we don't have any extra straw here, this was shared from other cells."

This sounded like an excuse. How could there be only so few empty cells? Su Nuan suspected that someone was deliberately making things difficult for her. She knew with her toes that the person was Marquis Zhongyuan.

I just don’t know how Marquis Zhongyuan could stretch his hand so long.

Su Nuan took out a piece of silver from her purse and handed it to the jailer, saying, "I know you have your difficulties. I don't ask for much. I just want some more clean straw."

When the jailer saw the silver, his eyes lit up, but he did not dare to reach out to take it.

"Since you know that I am the prince's concubine, you should know that I can't be locked up here forever. I can get out when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes back. If you are willing to help me, you will definitely get some benefits after I get out.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. Who are you afraid of in this small prison cell? Can the Dali Temple Minister run into my cell to see how much straw there is inside?"

The jailer hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't resist the temptation and took the silver. "Thank you, Concubine Xia. I will get you some clean straw right away."

After the jailer left, Su Nuan weighed his purse. There were only a few pieces of loose change, but there were still a few banknotes.

Since silver can buy straw, it can also buy other things you want.

So, at night Su Nuan not only had thick straw, but also water to wash.

Although a lot of money was spent, what is the purpose of earning so much money? Isn’t it to be used at the critical moment?

Moreover, she wanted to hold the emperor and Marquis Zhongyuan accountable for this. When she got out, she would find a way to make them pay her double the amount.

In the meditation room of Jing'an Temple, Mu Yunting sat upright on the couch, holding a dragon-patterned jade pendant in his hand, in a daze.

At this moment, he was not thinking about the owner of the jade pendant.

To be precise, he only thought about it for a moment, and his thoughts uncontrollably shifted from the owner of the jade pendant to his concubine, which made him a little at a loss.

He forced himself to recall the scene when he first met Xun Zheng at Xun's house eight years ago.

Under the lilac tree, a girl in a light blue dress stood on tiptoe to reach a bunch of flowers on the branches.

The girl tried to reach it for a long time but couldn't.

He wanted to help, but was afraid of scaring her by his sudden appearance, so he pretended to cough lightly to make the girl turn around and look.

When the girl saw him, she was not frightened or shy. Instead, she gave him a bright smile.

"Can you help me pick those flowers?"

At that moment, his heart was beating violently.

This is how he should feel after getting the jade pendant.

But unexpectedly a duck leg broke into the scene, and then there was the woman lying on the rockery, gnawing on the duck leg and saying bad things about him.

Mu Yunting's hand holding the jade pendant trembled.

How could this be?

Something must be wrong.

Looking up and seeing the brushes and ink on the table, Mu Yunting strode over. He was good at painting and had painted many portraits of her in the past eight years. If he painted another one, he would be able to look at it every time and remember the scenes of them being together with her.

So, he picked up his brush and started painting. With just a few strokes, he sketched out the scene of watching the moon on the pavilion. Xun Zheng loved watching the moon the most, and the scene of her watching the moon had been deeply engraved in her mind.

But after stopping writing, Mu Yunting was dumbfounded. This woman who was leaning on the railing with a wine jug in one hand and snacks in the other, without any dignified temperament, was definitely not the Xun Zheng in his memory!

"Xia Qingyan!"

Mu Yunting shouted out the name in annoyance, then simply dropped the jade pendant in his hand and ran to the abbot to listen to the sermon.

On the morning of the third day after being thrown into prison, Su Nuan paid someone to buy two meat buns, an egg, and a bowl of soy milk.

The old woman who brought the food was dumbfounded when she came.

"Concubine Xia, who sent you this food?"

"I asked someone to buy it for me." Su Nuan said vaguely with her mouth full of buns.

"Well, old lady, do you still want this meal?"

"No, no." Su Nuan thought for a moment and took out a tael of silver to give to the old woman who brought the meal, "Take this money and go out and buy some meat buns. I'll treat you."

"This, this is not good."

"Don't refuse. You treated me to a meal yesterday, and I'll treat you today. It's better for us to have a give-and-take relationship."

"I was asked to do that."

"Although you were entrusted by someone, I did eat your meal. This is my way of thanking you. Can you help me pass on a message to him?"

Su Nuan put the silver in the woman's hand and said, "Just tell him I'm fine and don't worry about him."

The old woman smiled happily as she put the silver away, saying repeatedly, "I will definitely bring it to you, I will definitely bring it to you."

That's right. Who doesn't love money? No matter how much it is, any deserved reward makes people happy.

I don’t know how long I will have to stay in prison. It would be a waste of time to do nothing here.

Su Nuan paid for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, asked for a table, and started working in prison.

Time always passes quickly when you are working, and before you know it another day has gone by.

At noon, she bought herself a pancake for a meal, and planned to have something delicious in the evening.

She called the jailer and asked him to call the prison boss on duty.

The prison boss was also a smart man. He understood what Su Nuan meant without her saying much.

Besides, there have been rumors these days that Concubine Xia was imprisoned in the Dali Temple because she suffered for the Crown Prince. When the Crown Prince comes back, Concubine Xia will naturally be taken back to the palace. If he makes things difficult for Concubine Xia, he will be an enemy of the Crown Prince.

So throughout the day, he turned a blind eye to Su Nuan's orders to the jailer to buy this and that for her, and was extremely envious of the benefits the jailer got.

"Princess Xia, please tell me what you want. As long as it does not violate the rules, I will do my best to do it."

Su Nuan first took out a fifty-liang silver note and slapped it into the jailer's hand.

The jailer was afraid that the request would be difficult to fulfill with so much silver, so he did not dare to accept it.