I just want to live a good life

Normally, Mu Yunting would not pay attention to ordinary rumors, but the protagonist this time is his concubine, so it is difficult for him not to pay attention.

What's more, he sent people to investigate Xia Qingyan's background a few days ago. The investigation results are back now, and they also brought back the truth about the rumor.

Even though the investigation results were more than a dozen pages long, Xia Qingyan's background was still quite clean. She had never committed murder or robbery, nor had she colluded with people with complicated backgrounds.

If you ignore the dozens of troubles she caused, Xia Qingyan can really be considered an ordinary young lady from a wealthy family.

More than a dozen pages of paper were filled with records of the troubles Xia Qingyan had gotten into since childhood.

When she was eight years old, Xia Qingyan led the children of the academy to "fly" down from the roof, causing three children to break their legs. Xia Lian spent a lot of money to hire a famous doctor to set the bones for the three children, and also paid a lot of money before the matter was settled.

When he was ten years old, he burned down half of the Xia family's old house by flying Kongming lanterns.

When he was twelve years old, he took a few children to do justice. They pushed a man who beat his daughter in the street off a bridge and almost drowned him.

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The more Mu Yunting read, the tighter his brows furrowed. After finishing reading, he slammed the paper in his hand heavily on the table.

On the other side, Su Nuan was counting eggs in the Duiyueju.

"Miss, how much is this pot of roses?" Bi Tao asked Su Nuan while holding a pot of roses full of flower buds.

"It's growing so well, so of course I have to sell it for a good price. I'll sell it for ten taels of silver."

"Isn't it too expensive?" Bitao hesitated while holding the flowers.

"How can it be expensive? Our flowers are all precious species and are rarely seen in the imperial city. Ten taels of silver is already a low price. Yes, I'll sell them for fifty taels of silver per pot." Su Nuan said firmly.

"What?" Bi Tao was shocked. "Miss, who would spend fifty taels of silver to buy a pot of flowers? It's too expensive."

"I'm not asking you to sell them to ordinary people. Our flowers are sold in the most prosperous and most expensive places in this city. People who frequent there are either rich or noble. Fifty taels of silver is a lot of money for ordinary people, but it's nothing to people like this." Su Nuan explained seriously.

"Miss, what you said seems to make sense, but I still can't believe that someone would spend fifty taels of silver to buy a pot of flowers."

Su Nuan smiled and said, "You can try it and see if anyone will buy it."

Bitao thought it made sense, so she left with the flowerpot in her arms, half believing it or not.

Five days ago, Su Nuan took Mei Xiang on a tour of the most prosperous and expensive place in the imperial city, and then she chose a teahouse.

This teahouse has a simple exterior and elegant interior, and is frequented by many dignitaries in the imperial city.

Su Nuan asked Meixiang to negotiate with the boss to place a few pots of their flowers in the most conspicuous place in the teahouse. If someone asked, they would sell them. If no one asked, they would just be used as decorations in the teahouse.

Of course, it was not to occupy someone else's place to sell things for nothing. Su Nuan promised to give the boss a commission of one or two taels of silver for each pot of flowers sold. It was a win-win situation, and the teahouse owner had no reason to refuse, so he facilitated Su Nuan's flower business.

She asked Meixiang and Bitao to take turns selling flowers. At first, they only selected some good-looking flowers from ordinary flowers to sell. After a few days, they only sold three pots of flowers, and after deducting the commission for the teahouse, they were left with three taels of silver.

Today, Su Nuan saw that several pots of roses in the flower garden were about to bloom. Thinking that the roses in bloom at this time of year were quite fresh, she asked Baozhu to pick out a pot and asked Bitao to take it to sell.

As soon as Bitao left, Su Nuan counted the eggs, exactly thirty.

Looking at the eggs in front of her, Su Nuan sighed. This was the only kind of protein she had eaten since she traveled through time. It was also thanks to the hard work of her five chickens that they laid an egg every day. Not only did it improve the food for the five people in Duiyueju, but they could also save a few eggs to exchange for other things.

She planned to let Meixiang exchange these thirty eggs for some meat.

Although she had three taels of silver earned from selling flowers in her hand, Su Nuan was reluctant to spend it. She wanted to save money to buy a shop and start her own business. Once she made money, she could live a truly rich life.

By then, she would no longer have to depend on anyone else to make her living. She could hire a cook to come to her own small kitchen and make delicious food just for her.

The more Su Nuan thought about it, the more beautiful it seemed, and the happier she became.

"Miss, Miss, something bad has happened. The Crown Prince has gone to the flower garden."

Chun Liu ran in in a panic, and her exclamation interrupted Su Nuan's daydream.

"Chun Liu, what's the big deal? The flower garden belongs to the prince, so he can go there if he wants."

"Miss, His Highness brought Zhang Shun with him this time. Will he find out that we have taken the flowers from the flower garden and sold them?"

Su Nuan rolled her eyes and said indignantly, "He donated all my money and expenses for the next year with just a few words. So what if I sold him a few pots of flowers? Besides, I didn't take his flowers for free. Didn't you see how well Baozhu took care of those peonies?"

"Well, Miss, please go to the flower garden as well, just in case His Highness wants to see you for something."

Su Nuan pouted and reluctantly followed Chun Liu out of Duiyueju.

Not long after, the two arrived at the flower garden.

At this time, Baozhu was introducing the growth of peony flowers to Mu Yunting, while Zhang Shun was looking here and smelling there like a hunting dog.

Su Nuan deliberately disgusted Mu Yunting, and as soon as she entered the door, she pretended to be a resentful woman and said, "Your Highness, you finally came to see me."

As soon as she said this, she shuddered.

Mu Yunting's reaction was similar to what she expected. In addition to frowning, he also quietly took a small step back.

"I'm not here to see you." Mu Yunting said seriously, "I'm here to see how you're taking care of these flowers."

"Okay, then I will watch it with Your Highness."

Su Nuan quickly came to Mu Yunting's side and enthusiastically introduced the peonies to him.

Although Baozhu had just said what Su Nuan was saying, Mu Yunting did not interrupt Su Nuan. He listened carefully again.

Only seven days had passed since he last came to the flower garden, but the flower bud had already grown from just emerging to the size of a pigeon egg. At this rate, it would bloom in half a month, just in time for the Queen's birthday.

Su Nuan was only halfway through her story when Mu Yunting suddenly said, "One of my cousins ​​also likes to grow flowers. If he knew that you can grow peonies so well, he might come to you to ask for advice."

Su Nuan didn't think much about it and said casually: "Since you are a flower lover, Your Highness should introduce us to each other if there is a chance."

"My cousin is the prince of the Yongping family. His name is Mu Yunshu. Don't you recognize him, my beloved concubine?"

Su Nuan was alerted when he suddenly mentioned Mu Yunshu and called her "My beloved concubine" in such a cheesy way. She guessed that Mu Yunting must have heard that the original Xia Qingyan loved Mu Yunshu, so he tried to test her.

Although Mu Yunting doesn't like her, this kind of testing behavior is understandable. To put it bluntly, it is a man's possessiveness. He may not like the woman he marries, but he cannot tolerate a woman having another man in her heart.

Su Nuan is not the real Xia Qingyan, and of course she has no feelings for Mu Yunshu. But when she thought of the disgust on Mu Yunting's face just now, her heart, which had been oppressed for a long time, decided to do something evil.

So, Su Nuan replied: "Who doesn't know the prince of Yongping Wang's family? He is such an outstanding person, and his every move can attract the hearts of thousands of girls in this imperial city. However, I have never heard that he also likes to grow flowers. If I had known earlier, maybe I could have chatted with him."

Mu Yunting probably never dreamed that Su Nuan would praise Mu Yunshu in front of him, and with a look of regret on her face. So he stared at Su Nuan for a long time with his eyes, and only looked away when Zhang Shun called him.

"Your Highness, there are many fewer flowers in this flowerbed."