I just want to live a good life

Chapter 122 Important Prisoner

After returning from the General's Mansion, Su Nuan plunged into her own "studio".

She drew ten wedding dress patterns in one breath and wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Chunliu who came in.

"Miss, why are you painting right after you come back? His Highness just sent someone to tell you that you should accompany him to have dinner in the Moon Viewing Tower tonight. It's almost time now, so hurry up and get dressed."

"When you go back to him, just tell him I'm busy."

Lin Ying replied without even raising his head.

"Oh, young lady, please don't be willful. This just makes things better for His Highness. You must not make His Highness unhappy again."

Chun Liu advised earnestly: "Just try to please His Highness. Maybe one day His Highness will be happy and help you become the principal wife. Once you sit on that position, we will have a firm foothold in this mansion and we won't have to worry about being bullied anymore. You can do whatever you want then."

Su Nuan looked up at Chun Liu and felt that what she said made a lot of sense. She also wanted to sit in the position of the Crown Princess. Everyone knew that after a hundred years of the current emperor, the position would be passed on to the Crown Prince. By then, the Crown Princess would be promoted to Queen. She would be the most noble woman of this era. Being able to sit in that position, why would she be afraid of the suppression of the wife or the provocation of the male fox?

But that wasn't possible. Mu Yunting had warned her on the first day she traveled through time that she shouldn't covet that position.

So she couldn't expect Mu Yunting to bring her any honor.

"Chun Liu, I know you are doing this for my own good, but I really have no destiny with that position. If you feel that following me is a dead end, I can send you back to the general's mansion and let you continue to serve my mother."

Su Nuan put down the pen in her hand and looked at Chun Liu seriously. This girl was too noisy. She really wanted to send her away.

"The slaves dare not!"

Chunliu knelt on the ground in panic.

Su Nuan didn't want to make things difficult for her, so she sighed. The girls around her had their own thoughts, and it was time for her to sort them out.

"Get up, and go tell His Highness that I'm busy and can't have dinner with him."

Chunliu took the order and went out.

Su Nuan took out the gem from the scabbard of Hongji Sword and played with it.

This set of gems includes four large ones in red, yellow, blue and green, and three small red ones. She embedded one of the small red ones in the headdress she was going to give to Xia Qingyao.

Just one small gemstone elevates the whole jewellery set to a higher level.

For the remaining four big and two small ones, Su Nuan wants to design a set of jewelry for each.

That night, Su Nuan drew one pattern after another and didn't even have time to eat dinner.

She had to stop writing until Mu Yunting came to her desk.

Mu Yunting was holding a food box in his hand.

Su Nuan asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"

She hasn't seen Mu Yunting since the last time he stayed at Duiyueju. She heard that the male fox didn't make trouble for him because of his staying overnight, but she didn't expect that he would dare to come.

Mu Yunting put the food box in his hand on the desk and said softly, "I heard that you didn't eat because you were waiting for me. I asked Kang Dafu to prepare this. I'll eat with you."

Su Nuan was a little confused. She worked so hard today that she forgot to eat and sleep, but she had not forgotten that she asked Chun Liu to reply to Mu Yunting. Why was Mu Yunting not angry and even said that she had not eaten because she was waiting for him?

"Your Highness, tonight you..."

"I originally wanted to go to Wangyue Tower with you for dinner, but the Ministry of Justice sent someone to say that they had captured an important criminal who was related to a major case many years ago. I have to go to the trial myself."

"So Your Highness didn't have dinner either?"

Mu Yunting nodded.

Su Nuan guessed that Chun Liu didn't see Mu Yunting at all when she went to reply, so her refusal to have dinner with him did not reach his ears, otherwise this man would not have the audacity to come to her for dinner.

She felt a little guilty and hurriedly picked up the papers on the table. In her panic, the gems were exposed to Mu Yunting's eyes.

He picked one up and examined it carefully. He felt that it looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen such a gem.

Su Nuan was afraid that he would discover the source of the gems, so she picked up the food box and changed Mu Yunting's subject.

"It smells so good. I wonder what delicious food Chef Kang made today."

Su Nuan picked up the lunch box and with her other hand took Mu Yunting away from the desk and came to the table.

Mu Yunting was pulled away by her and casually put the gem in his hand back on the desk. Su Nuan glanced at this scene and breathed a sigh of relief.

The two of them sat at the table. Su Nuan opened the food box, which contained an eight-treasure duck, a plate of crispy fish, a plate of spicy salad, and a plate of braised duck neck.

Except for the Eight Treasure Duck, all the other dishes were Su Nuan's favorite. But as soon as the two of them started eating, Mu Yunting picked up a duck leg for her first.

Su Nuan didn't think much about it. She was hungry. No matter whether she liked to eat or not, it was important to fill her stomach first. Among the dishes on the table, only the duck could quickly satisfy her hunger.

So Su Nuan picked up the duck leg and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

In contrast, Mu Yunting ate much more elegantly. While eating, he watched Su Nuan chew the duck leg with relish.

Su Nuan, who felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, wiped her greasy mouth and said, "Your Highness seems to be in a good mood today. I guess the trial of the case went smoothly today."

"Yes, I have been looking for this prisoner for almost nine years. With his confession, the case of the minister being falsely accused can be reopened."

Su Nuan noticed that Mu Yunting's eyes sparkled when he said this, and she guessed that this framed minister must be very important to him.

"Speaking of this, I also want to thank you."

"Me?" Su Nuan was confused.

"The men in black who kidnapped you are related to the prisoner I interrogated today."

"???"

Su Nuan's mind was racing. She had always believed that the person who kidnapped her was Zhou Zhe, who was burned in the fire at the Xia family's old house. However, Zhou Zhe was only twelve years old nine years ago. He could not have been related to the case in which the minister was framed.

The only possibility is that Zhou Zhe later got together with the prisoner caught by Mu Yunting.

"They knew I was going to reopen the old case, but they couldn't do anything to me, so they targeted you, hoping to use you to divert my attention."

Su Nuan disagreed with the idea of ​​using herself to divert Mu Yunting's attention, but she felt that Mu Yunting was right to use the word "delusion".

"Is this your Highness's conjecture or the prisoner's confession?"

"Of course he confessed, otherwise I would never have thought that they would use such a stupid method to divert my attention."

Isn't this just a disguised way of saying that she is insignificant to him? Su Nuan wanted to get angry, but thinking that she couldn't beat him, she had to bite a big bite of the duck leg to vent her anger.

"Your Highness, can you get the whereabouts of my kidnappers from the prisoners?"

Mu Yunting's face froze when he was asked. He was silent for a while before he replied, "I forgot to ask."

Su Nuan: “…”

With a sigh, Su Nuan gently uttered the two words "eat", and then buried her head in eating seriously.