I just want to live a good life

Chapter 272 Full of Malice

Mu Yunting was dazzled by the flash of a yellow gem on the empress dowager's head.

He didn't even hear the Queen talking to him.

"What are you thinking about so intently, my prince?"

There was a hint of displeasure in the Queen's tone.

"I suddenly remembered the errand my father asked me to do."

"Don't think about the past affairs here." The Queen Mother interrupted and said, "I heard that you took Concubine Xia with you on your business trip this time. It seems that you have fallen in love with this child. Bring her to the palace tomorrow for the Queen Mother to see. I haven't seen her for a long time. I miss her a little bit."

"The person the Royal Grandmother wants to see is Xia Qingyan?"

Mu Yunting was surprised.

"I don't know what kind of magic potion Concubine Xia gave your grandmother and Yun Yi. During the time you were away from the imperial city, these two people kept talking about her in front of me. Tomorrow when Concubine Xia comes to the palace, let her come and sit with me. I want to see if this girl has any magic or how to charm people."

The queen had a smile on her face, but the smile did not reach her eyes. Her words seemed to be a teasing one, but they sounded full of malice no matter how one listened to them.

Mu Yunting frowned. The Empress Dowager had always been indifferent to Xia Qingyan because of Dong Jingshu.

Although the Queen Mother didn't say that she liked Xia Qingyan very much, she didn't show such obvious hostility either.

Xia Qingyan has not been in the palace for long, so what caused such a big change in the attitudes of these two people?

Could it be Dong Jingshu?

It was almost noon when Mu Yunting came out of the palace. He first went to the Ministry of Justice, talked with Xia Changze for a while, said a few words to Lord Shen, and then hurried back to the Prince's Mansion.

Su Nuan looked at the account book of the past month in Liangyi Zhai, and the more she looked, the more her eyebrows frowned.

Don't underestimate the small profits of the shops here. They are huge. More than a dozen shops together have an income of several thousand taels of silver a month.

According to this trend, she will be able to get at least 30,000 taels in a year.

Adding the income from UBS and the hard work fee Mu Yunting gave her as a housekeeper, the total would be at least 50,000 taels.

Oh my god! She is definitely a rich woman! I can’t think about it anymore, I have to laugh out loud!

After coming out of Zhusheng Street, Su Nuan was in a very good mood and went shopping with Chunliu and Meixiang.

A new clothing store opened on the street, and Su Nuan walked in.

"Madam, are you looking for men's or women's clothing?"

The person asking the question was a beautiful woman. If it weren't for the obvious wrinkles at the corners of her eyes when she smiled, she would have been a rare beauty.

Su Nuan's biggest shortcoming is that he can't take his eyes off anything beautiful, no matter if it's an object or a person, a man or a woman.

Anyone else would feel uncomfortable being stared at by her, but this beauty didn't care at all.

"Madam, the dress you are wearing is made of brocade. Although our store also has this kind of material, it is not as valuable as the one you are wearing. I guess our women's clothing will not be to your liking. If you want to try something new, why not come with me? I will introduce you to some new styles in our store."

This is a delicate and exquisite thing, Su Nuan couldn't help but admire it in her heart.

She herself didn't care much whether the fabric was expensive or not, but she had so many clothes that she couldn't wear them all. Although she was happy about earning money, that wasn't the way to spend money.

She came today to buy clothes for the two men in her family.

Su Qingmo didn't bring any spare clothes, and the only set of clothes he had was lost somehow. On the way back, he borrowed some from Chu Qi.

But Chu Qi only had one set of clothes to borrow from Su Qingmo, and the two of them hadn't changed or washed them during the journey, so they all went bad.

Yesterday, when we returned to the Prince's Mansion, Chief Steward Ding found two sets of servants' clothes for the two of them.

Although the two didn't say anything, their lips were pouted.

Just today when she went out, she was thinking about buying them a few sets of clothes. Today when she saw Fusheng, she thought about buying two sets of clothes for him as well.

The beauty was leading Su Nuan to a row of fancy clothes. Su Nuan said to Chunliu and Meixiang, "You two go and choose. Don't forget to pick some for Baozhu and Lady Wang as well."

Chunliu and Meixiang had already been attracted by the beautiful clothes. After hearing what Su Nuan said, they happily followed the beautiful shopkeeper to pick out clothes.

Su Nuan walked to the men's clothing area alone.

Men's clothes are easy to choose. Just pick the fabric and color, and the size will be about right.

Su Nuan picked and chose, and soon selected six sets.

After having it packed, he paid a little extra errand money and asked the shop assistant to deliver it to Liang Yi Zhai.

Su Nuan had chosen her bag, while Chun Liu and the others were still hesitating about whether a skirt would look better in pink or apricot yellow. Su Nuan bought them all with a wave of her hand.

Before leaving, Su Nuan thought of Falcon who was driving the carriage outside, and thought that since he was her first secret guard, she should give him something. She had bought so many sets of clothes that he wouldn't be short of one. Su Nuan, who had Falcon, also didn't forget Liefeng. The two brothers slept in the same room, and it would be bad to favor one over the other.

So, Su Nuan had two more sets of clothes in her hands.

The three women came out of the shop with bags of various sizes. Falcon came to help them and grinned with joy when he knew there was also a share for him.

He carefully put away himself and Liefeng's set before driving the carriage away.

Su Nuan originally wanted to go to UBS Building, but her stomach was growling. Normally, she would have taken a few people to Tianxiang Building for a meal, but today she wanted to go back to eat the meal cooked by Madam Wang.

It was already past noon when we returned to the Prince's Mansion. The servants in the mansion had just finished lunch at this hour, and they had nothing to do so they were resting somewhere unknown.

Su Nuan didn't call the servant for help, but directly asked Falcon to carry the pile of new clothes.

The few of them returned to Duiyueju and ran into Mu Yunting.

As soon as Mu Yunting returned home today, he was pestered by Dong Jingshu. He finally got rid of her and wanted to go to Duiyueju to meet the beauty, but there was no one in Duiyueju.

He had been sitting on the bench for half a day and was still hungry. When he saw Su Nuan, his grievances turned into one sentence: "Where have you been?"

As soon as Mu Yunting finished speaking, Falcon was the first to change his expression.

Is this still the same cold and arrogant Crown Prince?

She's actually acting like a spoiled brat!

I simply couldn’t see it!

Shaking off the goose bumps on his body, Falcon quietly stuffed the bag in his hand into Chunliu's hand, turned around and ran away.

He had to find a place to digest what had just happened.